President Coleman says after learning the bill didn’t have the necessary support, school leaders scheduled a board meeting to discuss closing the beloved institution.
How he feels now that the fight to stay open is finally over, and what will happen to the campus in the months aheadColeman says this last week has been a difficult one for the Birmingham-Southern family. He says as recently as last Thursday, he thought a bill to help the college secure $30 million in funding would be approved.
The meeting came after aschool’s loan request denied by Alabama State Treasurer Young Boozer, and efforts to change the decision in court proved unsuccessful Their final priority, selling off the campus and paying off creditors. One of which was the city of Birmingham. City leaders agreed to give the college two different loans at $2.5 million a piece in November 2023.
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