The legislature's Joint Budget Committee (JBC) on Monday approved its proposed budget for higher education for the coming fiscal year. The JBC recommends cutting total General Fund appropriations for higher education by $29 million over the current level. This represents a 4.6 percent cut and is $142 million below the appropriation for FY 2007-08 – the year before the Great Recession hit Colorado. To make up for the cut in state support, students and their families will have to pay more in tuition and fees.
