Stonecypher said he is pushing a three-year plan that would increase funding by $110 million, about a third of it for faculty salaries.
He said community colleges are supposed to be funded at the midpoint between K-12 schools and the universities but in fact are funded far below either one.
Figures from the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges shows state funding for K-12 at $4,049 per student; junior colleges, $2,751 per student; and the universities, $5,382 per student.
Stonecypher said without further funding, the community colleges may not be able to grow like they have been for much longer.
``We're stretched about as far as we can go,'' he said.
— Associated Press
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