Johnson County Community College
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5/13/2008
Story by Julie Haas

JCCC trustees approve the college’s 2008-2009 operating budget

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — At their monthly meeting May 13, the Johnson County Community College board of trustees approved the college’s 2008-2009 operating budget. The budget is $142,855,215, an increase of 7.5 percent over 2007-2008’s total of $132,928,376.

In this budget, the mill levy assessed for the college will not change for 2008-2009 but will remain the same, at 8.749 mills. However, the cost-per-credit-hour for students will increase by $2 for Kansas residents and $5 for students from outside the state. Johnson County residents will pay $65 a credit hour this fall, Kansas residents $80 a credit hour and nonresidents $149 a credit hour.

The board also adopted a resolution that authorizes the renewal of an annual capital outlay mill levy of one-half mills each year for a period of five years for equipment, construction, repair and remodeling of facilities.

The college anticipates a 3.4 percent increase in state aid in 2008-2009. Assessed valuation in the county is expected to increase by 3 percent.

The college’s 2008-2009 operating budget will reflect several new full-time positions, including faculty in polysomnography, dental hygiene, administration of justice, marketing and management, sociology, English, interior design, life science and architecture. Also included are  two new counselors, two coaches, a buyer for hospitality management, a lab aide for automotive technology, a media production specialist for the Healthcare Simulation Center, a coordinator for the Science Resource Center, an advising supervisor in Financial Aid, a college information manager, an accountant-grants, three custodians, three Public Safety officers, an emergency response coordinator, an administrative assistant for the Intercultural Center, an associate vice president of Information Services, and a systems specialist in Information Services.

Operating costs are again limited to an increase of 2 percent, except in areas where greater increases could not be controlled, such as utilities and insurance. Capital expenses will fund an extension of the dental hygiene and EMS facilities in the Science building and the completion of renovations to the Police Academy.

JCCC staff and faculty have been working on the college’s 2008-2009 budget since November 2007 when the board approved its initial set of guidelines.

The college’s legal budget will be approved by the board and filed with the county in August.

The next meeting of the JCCC board of trustees is at 5 p.m. June 19 in the Hugh Speer board room, 137 GEB. Board of trustee meetings are open to the public.