Arizona has increased its funding for Yavapai College for the coming year
The next time you hear President Penelope Wills criticize the lack of state funding for Yavapai College, if you actually check the budget for the coming year, you will discover that funding has been increased. Here are the facts from the budget for next year.
State support for operations will increase by $3,000 to $890,300. State support from proposition 301 will be increased an additional $50,000, which will bring the total Prop 301 figure in the coming year to $1,455,700. The Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) Workforce appropriation from the state will be increased to $805,700 for the coming year. The College claims that the STEM funding was used this past year for capital expansion and Development of the Career and Technical Education Campus and the Southwest Wine Center. It is not clear how the College will use this year’s grant.
State support accounts for 2% of the total College budget. County property taxes and student tuition and fees account for the bulk of revenue coming to the College each year.