November 2000 Volume 13 No. 24 By the Way . . . California State University Opts to Use Community Colleges to Combat “Tidal Wave II.” By the Way . . . Community College Share of Proposition 98 Funds By the Way . . . Community College Trustee Appointed to Board of Governors Big Push to Concurrently Enroll High School Students in Community Colleges Changes Made to the Community College’s 2001-02 System Budget Community College General Obligation Bond Elections By the Way . . . President Signs Bill to Help Rural Schools Federal Budget Talks Stalled The Education Propositions—Schools Go Three for Three More of Same for Sacramento as Democrat Margins Widen in Senate and Assembly
October 2000 Volume 13 No. 23 By the Way . . . Fourth Quarter Lottery Apportionment Higher than Anticipated By the Way . . . Community Colleges Best Value for the Buck By the Way . . . Interdistrict Full-Time Faculty—A Concept That Should be Opposed Ask SSC . . . More on Retirement Legislation “Whistleblower” Protection for Community College Employees Strict Accountability Measures Will be Imposed if Proposition 39 Passes Three Propositions That May Change the Face of Public Education Let’s Repeal the 50 Percent Law—A Commentary Bidding for Public Contracts Governor Announces ¼-Cent Rollback in State Sales Tax
October 2000 Volume 13 No. 22 By the Way . . . Cerro Coso Community College Successfully Passes $15 Million Bond By the Way . . . Retired Congressman Mervyn Dymally Appointed Community College Liaison By the Way . . . Assembly Creates Select Committee on Education Equity New Staff Joins Joint Committee for Master Plan for Education AB 420 Study (Part-Time Faculty) The Governor Gives a Little and Takes a Little From Classified Employees Board of Governors 2000 Legislative Program Falls Short of System’s Goals 2000 Chaptered and Vetoed Legislation—Part IV Field Poll Shows Mixed Projections for Education Under Propositions 38 and 39 Governor Signs Major Retirement Benefit Legislation