Proposed Budget Cuts Include Closing Ranger College
By: VERTEXNews/Newsroom Solutions
Updated: January 19, 2011
RANGER -- Ranger College and other two-year colleges in Texas would be closed under the proposed House budget bill released late Tuesday.
Other community college districts on the 2012-2013 chopping block are in Odessa, Borger and Lake Jackson. The plan calls for $772 million in funding cut from colleges and universities.
Ranger College reported a 66 percent increase in enrollment from Spring 2009 to Spring 2010, attributed to new centers opened in Brownwood and Stephenville.
The proposed budget also makes $5 billion in cuts to public schools.
Tuesday's reveal of the proposed House budget kicked off a debate that will likely last through May.
Other community college districts on the 2012-2013 chopping block are in Odessa, Borger and Lake Jackson. The plan calls for $772 million in funding cut from colleges and universities.
Ranger College reported a 66 percent increase in enrollment from Spring 2009 to Spring 2010, attributed to new centers opened in Brownwood and Stephenville.
The proposed budget also makes $5 billion in cuts to public schools.
Tuesday's reveal of the proposed House budget kicked off a debate that will likely last through May.
