Senate committee OKs $10M project
PHOENIX - A Senate panel yesterday gave preliminary funding approval for a joint UA-Pima northwest campus that would become the new home of the AIC.
The proposed 300,000-square-foot campus would eventually accommodate 12,000 students at North Shannon and West Magee Roads, about one mile northwest of Marana.
In addition to housing the Arizona International College, the campus would give permanent space to a joint University of Arizona-Pima Community College "Two Plus Two" teacher training program.
The funding request came in the form of two bills, SBs 1523 and 1297. SB 1523 would appropriate $5.2 million to the UA and $4.77 million to Pima for the construction of the new facilities. SB 1297 would appropriate $800,000 to the UA for operating costs related to the new facility.
Sen. Toni Hellon, R-Tucson, proposed the bills.
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