Barton Community College Board of Trustees publish FY-15 budget - Susan Thacker, Great Bend Tribune

Dean of Administration Mark Dean said the budget is based on assumptions that the college will grow by 3 percent and that the state will take back 2 percent of the financial aid it awards, which is called rescission. “We’re planning on a rescission in the state,” he said. It could range from 0 to 10 percent, with the higher figure costing the college about $900,000. Board chairman Mike Johnson and Barton President Dr. Carl Heilman also commented on the loss of funding from the state. Heilman said the state is projecting a budget shortfall of more than $200 million for Fiscal Year 2017. “Financial numbers for the state next year look very bleak,” Johnson said. http://www.gbtribune.com/section/1/article/75462/