Governor Matt Bevin proposes a nine percent state funding cut for k-c-t-c-s, calling it a ‘fiscal reality’ in light of money needed to address the state public pension systems crisis. Bevin calls the community and technical colleges the backbone of Kentucky’s economic future. Hopkinsville mayor carter Hendricks, a chair of the business champion’s council, a k-c-t-c-s advocacy group, agrees.

  :13   (the backbone you cannot mess around with. Without the backbone we don’t have a Functioning system that allows us to be our best, which allows the commonwealth to Compete with every state. We must protect the backbone.)

K-C-T-C-S President Jay Box argues the nine percent cut proposed in the Bevin budget would push state funding cuts to 56-million dollars over the last eight years. This is Richard Farmer.