April 2000 Volume 13 No. 8 By the Way . . . Another Appointment to the Board of Governors Joint Legislative Audit Committee Approves Three Audit Requests That Impact Community Colleges Budget Subcommittees Approve Community College Capital Outlay Budget Community College Budget Update—Part V Assembly Democrats Deliver $1.4 Billion in New Spending for Education By the Way . . . Governor Names Director of Intergovernmental Relations By the Way . . . Classified Employees Layoff Notice By the Way . . . Hertzberg Sworn In As New Assembly Speaker. STRS/PERS Retirement and Benefit Legislation Update Lottery Releases 1999 Annual Report—Proclaims the Year a Success State Voucher Initiative Likely to be on November Ballot Silicon Valley and Political Leadership Pulling Together for a New Measure to Reduce Bond Threshold to 55% State Revenues Growing at “Dramatic Pace” Per LAO
March 2000 Volume 13 No. 7 By the Way . . . Governor Appoints Interim Secretary for Education. By the Way . . . State Auditor May Audit Part-Time Faculty and 50% Law Compliance Issues By the Way . . . Tenure Legislation for Part-Time Faculty Approved by Assembly Higher Education Committee Are Community College Student Transfers to UC and CSU on the Decline? Little Hoover Commission Completes Study of the California Community Colleges Community College Funding Stability Act By the Way . . . Cesar Chavez Day Legislation Amended to Delete School Holiday Mandate Ask SSC . . . Proposition 20 and Potential Supplanting Ask SSC . . . No Gann Limit Excess on the Horizon Agency Fee Battle Continues in Court District Participation in Statewide Elections
March 2000 Volume 13 No. 6 By the Way . . . California State University to Give Preferential Admission to Community College Students By the Way . . . Part-Time Instructors Expand Their Unionization By the Way . . . Governor Davis Reappoints Faculty Member to Board of Governors By the Way . . . Community College Bond Measures Face Narrow Defeats Ask SSC . . . Are Community College Districts Considered State Agencies for the Purpose of Recycling and Waste Diversion? Community College Budget Update – Part IV Ask SSC . . . Use of Sick Leave for Family Emergencies Ask SSC . . . Proposition 20 and “Instructional Materials” Governor Appoints Interim Secretary for Education Education Loses March 2000 Election