{"id":20348,"date":"2023-07-12T12:05:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T16:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/rensselaer-county-legislature-approves-colleges-2023-24-budget\/"},"modified":"2023-07-12T12:05:56","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T16:05:56","slug":"rensselaer-county-legislature-approves-colleges-2023-24-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/rensselaer-county-legislature-approves-colleges-2023-24-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Rensselaer County Legislature Approves College\u2019s 2023-24 Budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At its July 11 meeting, the Rensselaer County Legislature unanimously approved the 2023-24 operating budget for Hudson Valley Community College. The budget totals $98,967,577, a 7.6 percent increase from fiscal year 2022-23.<\/p>\n<p>Enrollment for the next academic year is projected to increase by 3.2% or 6,607 full-time equivalent (FTE) students. This is the third consecutive year of rising enrollment \u2013 a positive indicator for the college, the area\u2019s workforce and economy.<\/p>\n<p>After holding tuition flat for three consecutive years, tuition for 2023-24 is set at $2,528 per semester for full-time students with New York State residence, an increase of $11 per credit or $128 per semester.<\/p>\n<p>Hudson Valley\u2019s tuition remains among the lowest in the SUNY system. In 2022-23, the college\u2019s tuition rate was the fifth lowest of all 30 community colleges in the state.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, nearly 80 percent of Hudson Valley students benefit from financial aid or grants, and the college\u2019s Foundation awards hundreds of scholarships each year to make college more accessible.<\/p>\n<p>The college\u2019s Board of Trustees unanimously approved the budget plan on June 27.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Published:<\/strong>\u00a0Wed, 12 Jul 2023 12:05:56 +0000 by\u00a0d.kennedy1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; At its July 11 meeting, the Rensselaer County Legislature unanimously approved the 2023-24 operating budget for Hudson Valley Community&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2086,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-announcements"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2086"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chronicle.hvcc.edu\/wpdev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}