Four out of the six scheduled annual public hearings on the proposed 2008-10 budget will occur at Virginia’s Community Colleges.
The budget hearings are conducted jointly by the House Appropriations Committee and the Senate Finance Committee. The schedule is as follows:
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DATE |
TIME |
COLLEGE |
BUILDING |
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Thursday, January 8 |
10:00 am |
Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria Campus |
Rachel M. Schlesinger Hall |
|
Thursday, January 8 |
10:00 am |
Virginia Highlands Community College |
Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, Grand Hall |
|
Thursday, January 8 |
12:00 noon |
Piedmont Virginia Community College |
V. Earl Dickinson Humanities and Fine Arts Building |
|
Friday, January 9 |
12:00 noon |
Central Virginia Community College |
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Additional public hearings are being held at noon on Thursday, Jan. 8 at Christopher Newport University, and on Monday, Jan. 19, at 1 p.m. in House Room D in the General Assembly Building in Richmond.
The purpose of the hearings is for the House and Senate committees to receive comments on the Governor’s proposed 2008-2010 State Budget. Persons wishing to speak may register at each hearing site no earlier than one hour prior to the start of the hearing and are asked to limit comments to three minutes or less. See the General Assembly announcement for more information at: http://sfc.state.va.us/.
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About Virginia’s Community Colleges: Created more than 40 years ago, the VCCS is comprised of 23 community colleges located on 40 campuses across the commonwealth. Together, Virginia’s Community Colleges serve more than a quarter-million credit students each year. For more information, please visit myfuture.vccs.edu
MEDIA CONTACTS:
Jeffrey Kraus
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Public Relations
(804) 819-4949
jkraus@vccs.edu