Columbia Gorge Community College released its proposed 2015-16 budget on Monday, which attempts to close a roughly 20 percent deficit through both cuts and new revenue, along with continued limited use of operating reserves.  In his budget message, CGCC President Frank Toda says the proposal will continue every academic program, degree, and certificate, but reduced course offerings will raise average class sizes from the mid-teens this year to the low twenties in 2015-16.  The budget does include a two dollar per credit tuition increase and three dollar per credit increase to general fees, the first raise in those since 2012.  Toda says the largest reductions in the budget are in the areas of administration, student services, and facilities.  Public comment on the tuition and fee increases is on the agenda for Tuesday’s CGCC Board of Education meeting, which begins at 6 p.m. in the board room at the school’s campus in The Dalles.  The proposed budget will be the subject of budget committee hearings on April 28, May 5, and May 7, all at The Dalles campus beginning at 6 p.m.