Tennessee Colleges and Universities like ETSU continue to struggle with major budget cuts. Stimulus money is expected to help, but it's not nearly enough to cover every expense.
"I'm definitely concerns with the economic climate at this point, I think that we do need our legislators in Nashville to allocate money to our system," said Chris Carroll, student.
On Friday, professors and others took their concerns directly to State Representative Mathew Hill. The hot topics of discussion: the impact of the the stimulus money topped the list. Representative Hill says ETSU and other schools must be careful how they spend it.
"It's one time money spread out over two years and you don't want to obligate yourself whether on a state level or on a University level to anything that has an ongoing fiscal impact or ongoing costs because then you won't be able to afford it in the third year when the money runs out," Representative Hill said.
Hill said a lot still has to be done to keep higher education at ETSU and other schools a top priority in Nashville, but he says today's event was a good first step.
"ETSU is something that is extremely important economically as well as educationally, not only to Johnson City and Washington County, but to all of Northeast and I would say all of Tennessee," said Representative Hill.
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