More cuts, tuition hike at Coconino CC - MICHELLE McMANIMON, Arizon Sun

Another tuition hike, programming cuts and dramatic changes to Coconino Community College’s Page campus are coming to CCC. The community college’s District Governing Board voted unanimously Tuesday to adopt a Financial Austerity Plan in response to ongoing budget woes. The plan, which takes effect July 1, includes revenue generation and cost-cutting measures that will close CCC’s roughly $1.3 million annual budget gap starting next fiscal year and extend to fiscal year 2017. “These were not easy choices for the board,” said District Governing Board Chairman Patrick Hurley. The board had previously cut $2 million in expenses and raised $1 million in addition tuition revenues to offset a loss of $3 million in annual state aid. A proposed $4.5 million annual property tax hike failed at the polls last fall. http://azdailysun.com/news/local/education/more-cuts-tuition-hike-at-ccc/article_3c3b29e2-9eb7-11e3-a4fe-001a4bcf887a.html