HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The September meeting of the Board of Trustees of Hutchinson Community College began with the Board welcoming two groups of students, the Blue Dragon softball team and the Ambassadors. The softball team is currently in the midst of fall practices and will open its regular season in the spring. The Ambassadors is a group of students that provide tours to prospective students and their families. They share personal experiences about their time here and answer questions about HutchCC and the community. This is a limited group selected by the Admission Office.
The Board then held a pair of hearings, one pertaining to the College’s Revenue Neutral Rate and the other regarding the 2022-23 budget.
Following the hearings, the board approved the budget after a presentation by Julie Blanton, Vice President of Finance and Operations. The budget includes a mill levy set at 21.829, the same as the year prior and its lowest level in at least ten years. This is made possible by an expected increase in county valuations. Tuition is slated to remain consistent with 2021-22 while fees will increase by $2.00 per credit hour. The $10.00 per credit hour reduction for Reno County residents remains in place.
In other business, the Board approved several items of routine business and received an updates on its strategic planning initiatives.
The next meeting of the board will be on Thursday, October 13. The meeting will be at 7:00 p.m. in the Shears Technology Center Justice Theater. The public is invited to attend.