RESULTS OF BLINN/RANEY MEETING TO BE HEARD TUESDAY NIGHT

  

Tuesday night, the Blinn board of Trustees and the public will hear the results of a special meeting Friday, between representatives of Blinn College and State Representative John Raney.

Raney met with Blinn Board member Carolyn Miller and Bryan campus president Sylvia McMullen, Friday morning on a conference call to his office in Bryan.

The three discussed House Bill 1903, which would require Blinn to allocate funds from tuition and fees as well as state appropriations based on campus contact hours.

Raney also attached a rider to the state appropriations bill, which would require Blinn to base campus allocations on student contact hours.

Since Blinn’s campus in Bryan has significantly more students than the college’s other three campuses, the bulk of state funding would go there.

Under Rainey’s rider Blinn College would be forced to allocate “a proportional share of appropriated funds in each year of the biennium to each campus of Blinn College with an enrollment of 1,000 students or more based on each campus’ proportional share of total contact hours.”

Raney’s appropriations bill rider would have the same effect as HB 1903.

Blinn Director of Marketing and Communications Rich Bray says all indications are that “…the meeting went well and everyone is anxious to hear Miller and McMullen’s report, Tuesday night.”

Bray says he spoke with Miller, who told him the meeting was “very productive” and “went well”.

Blinn officials would not supply any other details of the conversation with Raney.

The results of Friday’s meeting will be revealed Tuesday night at 6:30 in the third floor board room of the Blinn Administration Building.