Parkland plans on cuts to balance budget - Anna Carrera, Illinois Home Page

Parkland College is in line for a budget shortfall. School leaders say low enrollment may be to blame and it's changing the way they pay for projects next year. The community college offers more than 100 programs. WCIA-3's Anna Carrera finds out where they're making cuts. They won't be cutting any full-time positions, but college leaders will be cutting $1.5 million in salaries by cracking down on overtime and things like that. They hope the financial situation gets better soon. The halls aren't as crowded in the summer as they are in the fall, but even so, they're not as full as college leaders expected. "It seems as though, across the state, enrollment's down, at least at community colleges," said Parkland chief financial officer Christopher Randles. "Some are much worse off than us, so we don't know why exactly the decrease in enrollment, but it seems to be fairly universal." http://www.illinoishomepage.net/story/d/story/parkland-plans-on-cuts-to-balance-budget/41818/e96gU-KFlUi4IS9xhwpOMw