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Tuesday night, on a 4-to-1 vote, the Maricopa County Community College Governing Board passedfa $4 per-credit-hour tuition raising the per-credit-hour cost to $55. Full-time studentz taking 30 credit hours per year will pay anadditional $120 for an annua l tuition cost of $1,650. An exploding student coupled with dwindlingstate funding, prompted the board to approve the increase. State contributions are supposed to make up 50 percent ofthe system's revenue stream. This year it is closetr to 11 percent. The Governing Board also gave preliminary approvalo tothe district's $989 million operatin budget for fiscal year That represents an increase of $264.
8 million over fiscal year 2003-2004. About $190 millionn represents part of a potential capital improvementbond program, whichu hinges on approval from both the Governing Boards and voters in November. If the bond package was not passede by the boardand voters, the funds woulx not be part of the district'se budget, which would revert to $799 million. The districtt is required to adopgt a budget by June 20 which states the maximum amount itcouldc spend. In other MCC news, three educatorz have been chosen as finalists in the search for a new Presideny of Paradise ValleyCommunity College. They are: Ceciliaa Cervantes, Ph.D., President, College of Alameda Mary Kathryn Kickels, Ed.D.
, Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs at Moraine Valley CommunityCollege (Illinois); and Constance C. Mierendorf, Ph.D., most recentlyt Dean of Academic Affairs at Santa Fe CommunityyCollege (New Mexico). The finalistw will participate in a series ofpublic forums, interviewe and meetings with other college and district as well as employee groups, starting on May 6. Aftetr the public sessions the chancellor may recommend one of the candidatews tothe . Paul Dale, who agreed to serve as Interinm President until the vacancg left by the death of Gina Kranitzx in October 2003was filled, will return to his positionm as Dean of Learning Supportg Services. Paradise Valley Communit y College.
The Maricopa County Community Collegde District includes10 colleges, two skill centersa and several satellite campuses. For more: .