09-10 Budget - These will be difficult times for the NCCS board as they structure a budget for the upcoming school year that is responsive to student needs while facing less funding from the state. While nobody, including the legislators themselves, know right now the outcome of the funding session in May, it is pretty well expected that there will not be a lot of new funding for education. All business organizations, including the one that NCCS employs, are recommending that the budget be built with no increase. While all of the unexpected expenses that came with a move into a new building will be slowing, and some of the expenses will now have a track record which will allow the board to be able to predict, money will still be tight. The NCCS board finance committee is hard at work looking at areas in which money can be saved and will be bringing various proposals to the full board over the next few months. A budget must be in place by June 30th as per state statute. Please feel free to contact NCCS board members with your thoughts.