Representatives Ray Rapp and Phil Haire are fighting to protect Haywood County institutions from state budget cuts. Beckoned toward the chopping block in various budget proposals are:
- The Mountain Research Station
- The Haywood Correctional Facility
- Tuition subsidies at Haywood Community College and a two-year, $1.2 million disbursement for the college’s Regional High Technology Center
- 26.83% of financial aid available from the Agricultural Cost Share Program
- 10% of school executive positions
- 15% of school secretarial and janitorial positions
- some funding for school buses
- 34% of textbook funds.