Rep. Kristey Williams visited the Butler County Board of Commissioners Tuesday and discussed funding options for Butler Community College.
Williams said she would like to see the college’s mil levy reduced by five mils. She also said that 60 percent of Butler Community College employees live outside of Butler County, enrollment is dropping and expenses are going up.
In the state of Kansas there are 19 counties that have community colleges. Of those 19 counties, 55 of the 125 members of the House of Representative have those counties as part of their district. That is a challenge when trying to get more state funding for the college from the state, Williams told the commissioners.
Board Chair Dan Woydziak is contacting commissioners from the 19 other counties that have community colleges to go to talk to state legislators in Topeka.
Williams said a united front from the counties would give the current minority more push when it comes to community college funding at the state level.
(Read more: El Dorado Times)