Originally posted by Tigerpride
Mighty Dog, your school had been getting lawsuit money long before an settlement was even suggested for the Ayers case. Also, Ayers is still pending.
The Federal Judge left the door opened for a future take over. Therefore the new Republican Governor Riley is trying to take advantage of the situation, but we are mounting our forces to take him to court.
Riley also recommended cutting $522,682 of the university's allocation from the Knight v. Alabama desegregation lawsuit, of which A&M is a part along with Alabama State University in Montgomery.
The state makes a separate $16.22 million appropriation for that suit, some of which is earmarked for specific purposes. At A&M, dollars earmarked for the school's electrical and mechanical engineering programs were zeroed out, a loss of $731,903 and $370,333, respectively.
"We strongly object to being singled out as the only university that has an overall reduction in the governor's budget," said trustee George Ponder III.
Overall increases at other universities range from about 1.6 to 2.2 percent, though the schools do face some cuts. For instance, Riley recommended completely dropping state support for ASU's National Center for Civil Rights and African American Culture, a loss of $46,902.