Friday, May 11, 2012
College braces for 2013-14 budget squeeze - Joshua Scheer, Daily Ranger
Central Wyoming College leaders are trying to be proactive with the coming year's budget after Gov. Matt Mead announced April 23 that all state agencies should prepare for a possible 8 percent funding cut for the 2013-14 fiscal year. "We were told that we could expect a possible 4 percent cut in fiscal year 2014" earlier in the year, president Jo Anne McFarland said. At a meeting April 18, the college Board of Trustees unanimously approved a preliminary 2012-13 budget. Trustees Colton Crane and Judy Pedersen were not in attendance. McFarland told the board the proposed $56.5 million budget was ready for adoption, however she and staff would be coming to the board in May with proposed cuts to ease the transition of a possible 4 percent cut in fiscal year 2013-14. Two days later, McFarland said she was alerted at the Wyoming Community College Commission meeting that the college should at least expect 4 percent, possibly up to 8 percent.
