Hubbert refuses to concede a higher education victory, citing Pryor's opinion. The governor achieved his purpose of protecting K-12, which will end up at less than 4.6 percent proration. Higher ed could have left with 4.6 percent, but will have 12 percent to 14 percent. The clock was ticking and we were unable to beat that in 12 days. We will be back in regular session.
Education is vital to the state.
We will continue to address the problems. It has been appealed to the state Supreme Court. Siegelman said he intends to use this formula, which higher education officials will challenge in court. He later offered a borrowing plan to reduce higher education's cuts to 4.6 percent, which also failed.