The House Education Appropriations Committee this morning got a high-level briefing on the deep cuts to state colleges and universities.
Budget Director Victor Moore and staff didn’t get into many details of the cuts.
But here’s what wasn’t laid out to the legislators.
The proposed budget reductions in Higher Education come to $343,719,000. An analysis of the governor’s budget documents by Federation lobbyists shows the governor is proposing 1,046 staff cuts in Higher Education. It’s not clear how many are faculty and how many are Federation-represented classified staff. But overall, the governor would cut: 402.2 positions at the University of Washington; 205.9 at Washington State University; 63.5 at Eastern Washington University; 50.5 at Central Washington University; 33 at The Evergreen State College; 79.8 at Western Washington University; and 210.9 at Community and Technical Colleges.
Until we get clarification, we have to assume big cuts to Federation members’ jobs. That’s why we encourage Federation Higher Ed members to come to Olympia to register concerns directly with legislators. Call your legislative and political action team at 1-800-562-6002; they’ll set up your appointments.
A public hearing on the proposed Higher Education cuts takes place Thursday in the same committee and Federation members will be there.
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