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Grand Rapids Community College urges action on unequal state community college funding
Summary
Lisa Freiberger, interim president of Grand Rapids Community College, told the subcommittee that per-student state operational allocations vary widely across Michigan community colleges and asked legislators to consider establishing a funding floor to reduce inequities.
Lisa Freiberger, interim president of Grand Rapids Community College, told the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Higher Education and Community Colleges that the current state operational funding formula for community colleges perpetuates large per-student funding disparities and recommended consideration of a funding floor.
"We are really seeking some attention to that base funding allocation and potentially some, consideration about providing some additional equity throughout that funding system," Freiberger said, describing data the college provided to the committee.
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