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SUNY Ulster presents 2025–26 budget, seeks 3% county maintenance‑of‑effort increase
Summary
SUNY Ulster County Community College presented a draft 2025–26 operating budget outlining an enrollment-driven revenue increase, a $482,000 projected deficit, 13 new positions and a request for a $213,000 (3%) county maintenance‑of‑effort increase; committee members asked about contingency planning, dual‑enrollment expansion and faculty hiring.
SUNY Ulster County Community College presented its proposed 2025–26 budget to the Ulster County committee on May 6, asking the county to increase its maintenance‑of‑effort (MOE) support by 3 percent, or roughly $213,000, while detailing enrollment gains, new hires and a projected fund deficit.
The college’s presenter, Michael, said, “we are budgeting 16 67 students this is up from last budget which was 15 47 so this represents about 120 additional FTEs,” and explained the proposal includes 13 new positions, five of them faculty, and contractual bargaining‑unit increases that raise personnel costs, which account for roughly 78 percent of the college’s budget.
The nut graf: the budget presentation foregrounded enrollment growth as the primary revenue driver and asked Ulster County to raise its contribution while warning the college still…
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