County comes up with half of ’19 budget ask - Alexandra Radovic, Campus Current

The Anne Arundel County executive in June approved about half of the budget the college requested this year. The county, which shares funding of the college with the state and student tuitions, agreed to contribute $2.1 million toward AACC’s budget for the new school year—$1.7 million less than it requested. According to Melissa Beardmore, vice president for learning resources management, the budget pays, in part, for faculty and staff pay increases. She said the county usually increases the amount it funds AACC every year. This year, however, it based the budget reduction on an expectation that AACC will not need the full, requested amount to compensate faculty and staff. Beardmore explained that because the college runs on a $115 million budget, it can work around the reduction. https://www.thecampuscurrent.com/5971/features/budget/