Urging lawmakers to prevent further cuts to higher education yesterday, six members of the WSU Board of Regents joined regents and trustees from the other state’s colleges to meet with higher education committee members from the House and the Senate. You can find more details here as reported by the Seattle Times.
To deal with the state’s budget deficit, lawmakers cut $500 million from higher education last year, and the budget submitted by the governor in December has proposed another $160 million in cuts to help re-balance the state budget.
The state’s Economic and Revenue Forecast Council is expected to produce its next revenue forecast on Feb. 16. That forecast will be used by the Legislature to craft the budget re-write they send to the governor’s desk. Adjournment is scheduled for March 8.