BUTLER TWP — Butler County Community College may need to seek alternative funding if the state budget is not passed by the middle of November.

“We have about 60 days’ cash as of today,” said Jim Hrabosky, vice president of administration and finance, at Wednesday’s college trustees meeting. “It’s kind of a position where we’ve never been.”

The college’s current budget is $27.4 million.

There is no 2015-16 state budget because the Republican-controlled Legislature and Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf have not agreed on one.

A state budget was supposed to be in place by July 1.

About $3.2 million in state money hangs in the balance for the college, including $1.9 million in operating costs, $500,000 for the BC3 @ Brockway facility and about $800,000 in capital funds.

“That money is incredibly tight right now,” said Nick Neupauer, BC3 president. “If this goes the full way to December, we’ll have to find a way to meet some of our general obligations.”

Those obligations include essentials like payroll, utilities and rent.

The college already has been finding ways to stretch payments over longer periods of time to make ends meet. A state stopgap budget also could benefit the college.

“There’s absolutely no doubt that it’s impacting our college,” Neupauer said about the state budget dispute.

Trustees at Wednesday’s meeting also discussed student enrollment, which has been about level when compared to last year. There are 3,239 students taking 34,015 credits this fall semester while there were 3,291 students taking 34,143 credits last fall.

Total credits taken in the fall, spring and summer sessions were 69,425, which is down from about five years ago when the college peaked above 90,000 credits, Hrabosky said.

Neupauer said having level enrollment is better than what most state community colleges are facing. Having students from outside the county and state who pay higher tuition also helped the college, he said.