State leaders are talking about funding money for community colleges but details are not quite up to date yet because they have not agreed on a plan to make it happen. The topic right now is $154 million dollars in state funding for community colleges that Governor Rick Perry vetoed in June. He and the colleges disagree on how health care costs for college employees should be split between the state and local taxpayers and students. Perry wants community colleges to get the $154 million in vetoed funds and about $50 million more, with much of it spent on performance incentives and financial aid programs that Perry championed during the session. But in order for this to happen there must be a budget board meeting with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst and House Speaker Tom Craddick, R-Midland. This is interesting the only thing that caught my eye is that they are going to raise tuition which I think they already did by increasing student fees by $2 per credit hour.
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