Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin’s requested cuts for next budget year would reduce funding for the state’s colleges and universities by almost $35 million, according to the Higher Education Policy Commission. That figure reflects the impact on four-year institutions, community and technical colleges and other programs that fall under the commission’s parameters, commission spokeswoman Ashley Schumaker said. Tomblin recently called for some state agencies to trim 7.5 percent from the budgets they will proposed for the state fiscal year that starts next July 1. The cuts would save the state $85 million as the administration anticipates a $390 million budget gap for next fiscal year.
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