Community college faces budget deficit because of growth

Thursday, March 11, 1999 | 9:49 a.m.

The college exceeded projected enrollment for the fall of 1997 and fall of 1998 by 900 students, causing the shortfall under current state budget recommendations before the Legislature. Additionally, annual growth in 1999 and 2000 would be limited to 2 percent.

College President Richard Moore finds himself in the predicament in part because he was warned two years ago in a letter from state Senate Finance Chairman Bill Raggio to grow no more than a projected 10 percent annually. The college's actual growth rate approached 15 percent a year.

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