The impact of Gov. Tim Kaine’s budget cuts for state colleges will take a few days to fully understand. Piedmont Virginia Community College President Frank Friedman issued a statement this afternoon, saying that the initial 13 percent cut will be supplemented with federal stimulus funds.
“Although the Governor announced a budget reduction of 13% for the Virginia Community College System, we are pleased that he decided to use one-time federal stimulus funds to offset part of this, resulting in a reduction of 6.9%,” said Friedman.
“However, since the federal stimulus funds will not be available next year [2010-2011], we are not only concerned about this year’s budget but also very concerned about next year’s budget.”
Earlier this year, Friedman told C-VILLE that at 5 percent, about $420,000 would have to be cut from PVCC’s $18-million-plus budget and it would have a “minimal impact” on the principal functions of the community college.
UVA’s budget will be cut by 8 percent.
