The Union Covers the Sierra College Budget
The Union covers the Sierra College budget story. Here’s the latest from David Mirhadi…
The Sierra Community College District will cut $2.7 million from its $96 million budget this year, and another $5.6 million from the 2010-11 budget because of declining state revenues.
Nancy Palmer, who has represented Nevada County on the board of trustees for 15 years, called the budget situation “the worst thing that has ever happened to Sierra College in its history.”
The community college district voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt the provisions for the next two years.
The college would have had to cut an additional $5.6 million for this fiscal year, but is using $5.6 million in reserves to lessen the impact.
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The fact that the next year begins with a deficit is of great concern to trustees, Klein said.
“My concern with this budget, which I expressed strongly (Tuesday) night at the meeting, was that our institution is choosing to push most of the pain of these cuts to next year. As a result, we’ll have to get the budget back into balance next year, and closing a $5.6 million gap in a single year will be one of the most painful and challenging experiences Sierra College has ever experienced,” Klein wrote in his blog, aaronklein.com.
“We will spend today until June 2010 figuring out how to do that in a way that protects students as much as possible,” Klein said Wednesday.
