But Boyles warned against future poor planning for the needs of state universities and recommended new ways for funding higher education. He explained that university needs must compete with too many other important state needs. The General Assembly should identify programs it wants to finance and the resources that will be used to finance those programs, he added. If money were taken from the individual income tax and went directly to education, for example, it would lead to more accountability. The committee will likely take action on the bond early during the 2000 legislative session, which convenes next week.
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