Black clouds cover CCC budget - Brian Baldwin, Clackamas Print

All state -funded programs in Oregon are subject to a 9 percent cut due to an economic forecast for the coming year, Gov. Ted Kulongoski announced on Wednesday, May 26. The college will have to make up a shortfall of $1.3 million. Janet Paulson of CCC’s public relations said that the college hasn’t made any decisions for how it will recover from this reduction. In a recent interview, Board of Education member Chuck Clemans commented that in the 2007 through 2009 biennium Oregon colleges appropriated about $500 million, and in the current biennium for 2009 through 2011 colleges had a 10 percent deduction in funds. He projected that we would see less in the next session and this announcement from the state’s executive office reinforces that statement.