CNC Board to Talk About Budget Today

Friday, February 22, 2008 03:58 AM

Prince George, BC. - The Board of Governors for CNC will meet today and the budget shortfall will be the topic of discussion.

Earlier this month, College of New Caledonia President John Bowman informed employees the College would be facing a $1.1 million dollar deficit unless some changes were made.

Those changes include, higher tuition, program and staff cuts.

The College was predicting revenue of $41.1 million and expenditures of $42.2 million.

Bowman says the shortfall is a result of a combination of things, including employee benefits, sick leave and maternity leave costs, changes to program duration, equipment maintenance costs and energy costs.

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Posted on Friday, February 22, 2008 03:58 AM in News by 250 News

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Posted by: raresense on February 22 2008 10:40 AM

Maybe our LOCAL Minister of Education could find an OPORTUNITY (her favorite word) to develop a budget that would support the actual costs of education provision. Or better yet, maybe we could consider education in this province an Olympic legacy event. No shortqage of funding there. Time to get your priorities straight Minister Bond!

Posted by: Rockin on February 22 2008 1:58 PM

One of the signs of a good economy is low attendance at the College level... with many layoffs going down lately in the forestry industry I'm sure the classrooms will be once again be packed with students in the up coming months.

Posted by: Betterday on February 22 2008 3:14 PM

Raresense you may want to get your ministries right, the Ministry of Advanced Education has responsability of post secondary education. I would also suggest that you look at some of the opportunities that there are available for students to get into post secondary (for free I may add). Try www.LearnNowBC.ca for starters.

Posted by: Harbinger on February 23 2008 10:24 PM

Looks to me that the folks at CNC didn't talk about their budget before this deficit came about. Maybe they will have sharper pencils next time and won't be in this state again.

Posted by: Harbinger on February 23 2008 10:27 PM

Maybe CNC can have an little Economics 101 course taught for the new Board of Governors next year. In house of course, to save money.