For this program, NMC asked $3,027,376 representing $1,226,026 in personnel costs; $40,000 for professional services; $15,250, travel; $206,300 supplies, $1,379,300, capitalized fixed asset; and $160,500, others.
But in the administration proposal, the program will get only $186,591.
Hofschneider said the college requested $700,000 for utilities but the administration only allowed $140,000.
The administration factored in cuts for austerity and unpaid holidays at 17.8845 percent, which pulled the college’s request down, he added.
Last week, the House Committee on Ways and Means held a budget hearing that was attended by NMC officials including three members of the board of regents.
One legislator told the college that it should have been more diligent in ensuring that the funds were deposited into the special account which the law established for the apprenticeship program.
“This member seemed to think that the college did not do anything to ensure that the law was administered and that the funds to start the apprenticeship program were deposited,” Hofschneider said.
NMC Chairwoman Janet H. King urged other regents to attend the next budget hearing on May 11.
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