College says increased cost of creating independent administrative college in Verde Valley is less that $1.2 million dollars
The estimate by the Yavapai Community College executives that setting up an independent administrative college would cost less than $1.2 million dollars in additional operating expenses came as a welcome surprise. (Recall that Valley residents now pay more than $5 million dollars over current operating costs to run the Sedona Center and the Verde campus.) If the separate college were approved by the Governing Board, this would put total operating expenses at about $6.3 million dollars for the Verde campus and the Sedona Center.
The estimate was made by Yavapai Community College Vice President Clint Ewell at the Governing Board retreat on Monday, September 8. The chart presented to the Governing Board by Mr. Ewell follows and can also be found on the College website by clicking here: Read More→
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