2006

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Sutphin looking to Legislature to help with faculty salaries

"We have really taken some hits the last

11u: 1'-it"'\t n Rew I East Central Communi– ty College officials are hoping the upcoming leg– islative session will yield some benefits not seen by higher learning institu– tions in the past few years. At the top of the wish list are funds to provide for facultv rabes which have been·absent from the budget for a \\ hile. "We have discussed a number of bsues." ECCC president Dr: Phil Sutphin said of recent tlks with state lawmaker~. "\\'e have reallv taken some hits the last four or five years and we are hoping to recoup some of the losses from years past. Our main pri– ority is salaries, faculty salaries in particular~ We have been se\·eral years without good raises for them."

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ence building which he said is in the beginning stages. The current facility is about 50 years old and Sut– phin said enrollment increases has caused the school to outgrow the facil– ity. Funds could also be forth– coming to help establish and expand a workforce training program which would operate through existing businesses and industry to prepare individ– uals for specific areas of need in the workforce. A key factor, Sutphin

four or five years and we are hop– ing to recoup some of the

ers will be looking at ways to help post-secondary institutions in the state. Sutphin said other issues he hopes to see addressed could help expand the schools reach and provide for local work– force training. The second most prima– ry need of the college, Sut– phin said, is bond money to help with expansion and renovation of the sci-

losses frmn years past. Our main p1iority is salanes, faculty salaries in J?arttcular. We have been several years without good ratses for them. " Dr. Phil Sutphin ECGC president State Sen. Terry Burton has expressed his opti– mism about the upcoming session and said lawmak- See ECCC, Page 7A

said, will be how federal funding for Hurricane Katrina pans out and though he has high hopes for the coming session, he is remaining cautious. "It is a guarded opti– mism," Sutphin said. "There will probably be more effort made than in the past but a lot of things are up in the air because of Katrina. Those questions of how much federal fund– ing will be available for relief will determine how much of other state funds CA can be used to fund educa– . tion."

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