Staff reductions, leaving open positions unfilled, offering fewer sections of courses, less community outreach and reducing some student services are among the ways Wyoming’s seven community colleges are contemplating dealing with possible budget cuts of 8 percent for the fiscal year that starts July 2014.
The legislature had predicted 4 percent cuts for Wyoming community colleges for 2014. But in April, Gov. Matt Mead told community colleges along with the University of Wyoming and most state agencies to prepare for 8 percent budget cuts in light of falling energy revenue. The colleges are now considering a variety of options, according to Jim Rose, executive director of the Community College Commission.
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