Appropriations, Subcommittee on Article III

February 18, 2011

The Achieving the Dream Leader College designation recognizes an institution’s impact in the effort to improve student success and eliminate achievement gaps nationwide.

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This is about Texans - today

Texas Economy Today and Tomorrow

San Antonio Working

Your Hands are on the Future of Texas

“Remember the Alamo (Colleges)”

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San Antonio’s Passion… families, culture, history and its future

113 Year History

$83 million Cut

($ in Millions) HB1Appropriations Cuts & Unfunded Growth (42)$

Health Insurance (21)

Retirement (10)

Other Appropriations (10)

TOTAL REDUCTIONS: (83)$

Alamo Colleges is Doing our Part….

Slashed our budget by $30 Million

The only Historically Black College or University and

Hispanic Serving College in the nation

St. Philip’s College alone has a $508 million Economic

Impact

Alamo Colleges has Total Economic ROI of

$2.5 Billion!

10% Slice for Community Colleges

55% of students at community colleges

Note: Recalculate to 45%without private universities

Displacement of 11,000 students  Eliminate 1,043 jobs Eradicate $508 million of economic impact

Future cyclonic loss greater than $83 million

Dual Credit serves 9,500 Students – larger than an

average size college

½ Dual Credit students couldn’t afford tuition and would drop out.

Pattern of state funding losses

6 Times Greater than Prior Years

Efficiencies and Local Taxes can’t offset state cuts without

massive tuition increases

• Enrollment Cap• Tuition Increase• Operational amputations• Increase state aid

DEVASTATION

Three Recommendations:

#1 Eliminate Unfunded Mandates

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#2 It’s Raining

#3 Treat Medical and Retirement the

same as the Universities

You hold the future of Texas in your hands.