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Students attending community colleges in Texas might see tuition increases as a way for campuses to deal with state funding cuts by Governor Rick Perry.  The cuts were a part of a “$152 billion biennium budget which included $154 million in state funding cuts for health insurance coverage at all of the state’s 50 community colleges” according to an article on Kcbd.com.

The tiny little problem is that community colleges are “required by law to provide health insurance to their employees.”  So regardless of how the colleges pay for it canceling health coverage isn’t an option.  

Community colleges receive funding from three main sources; “student tuition and fees, taxpayer dollars and state funding.”  Therefore if one leg is taken out the other two have to do some extra work.  Taxes are going up or students are going to feel a pinch when registering for classes.  

 

Of course if the governor decides to give more money to the colleges then all will be solved.  Although, it sounds like the governor is coming from a different perspective.

“The governor's office claims the reason for the veto is because community colleges often overestimate their health insurance costs. But the SPC president thinks it was merely an oversight by the governor.”