© 2024 WXPR
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Nicolet Area Technical College Budget Cut Nearly $2 million

Nicolet Area Technical College

The Nicolet College Board of Trustees recently approved a budget for next year that is a five percent reduction from last year. Board President Ron Zimmerman says the reduction was significant....

"....it came in under budget from last year....next year is $36.5(million) and the previous year it was 38.6, so that is almost two million(reduction) actually...."

Zimmerman says the cost reductions happened because some positions were left unfilled and other cost reductions. New academic offerings this fall include a Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse (AODA) associate degree; a Drafting Design Technician technical diploma, evening Welding classes, and two new Auto technical diplomas. Nicolet will be able to fund these new programs, in part, with a 1.5 percent increase in tuition, a 3 percent projected increase in enrollment, and reductions in operational costs in other parts of the college.

In addition, the budget passed at the board’s June meeting calls for a projected 60-cent tax increase for every $100,000 in property valuation in the district. This would bring the total tax levy to $6. 5 million in the six-county district. The final tax rate will be determined in October, after the state releases official equalized property valuations for the district.

Up North Updates
* indicates required
Related Content