July 2001 Volume 14 No. 14 By the Way . . . 2000-01 Third Quarter Lottery Released By the Way . . . Flexible Building Standards for Community Colleges. By the Way . . . Assembly Leadership Forecast By the Way . . . New Withholding Tables for Wages Paid after June 30, 2001, Are Available Classified Senates Tossed a Bone Part-Time Faculty Retirement Legislation?Amended to Include Classified Staff State Budget Stalemate Continues Ask SSC . . . When Does AB 2700 Implementation Occur? Multi-Billion Dollar Statewide Education Bond Measure Stands a Good Chance of Passing UCLA Economic Forecast Projects Deteriorating California Economy
June 2001 Volume 14 No. 13 By the Way . . . UC Regents Vote to Expand Provisional Admissions By the Way . . . Governor Signs Community College Legislation into Law By the Way . . . Community College Administrator Salary Survey—High and Lows By the Way . . . CASH Poll Shows Voters Support School Bonds Fewer Students Receive Cal Grant Awards Legislation to Provide Community College Leadership Training is Gaining Support Faculty and Administrator Bills Approved by Assembly Higher Education Committee Thirty-Two “New Start” Capital Outlay Projects to Be Considered By Budget Conference Committee State Seeks To Build $3 Billion Reserve—No Action on Community College Budget Yet Ask SSC . . . What is a “Healthy Reserve Level”? Ask SSC . . . 3.87% COLA is a Certainty
June 2001 Volume 14 No. 12 By the Way . . . New Approach to Funding Credit and Noncredit Equalization By the Way . . . Good Day for Old-Fashioned School Bonds Workers’ Compensation Safety Groups University of California Admits Record Number of Community College Transfer Students Top 10 Education Bills in the Legislature Community Colleges are Preparing for A Long Hot Summer: Energy Saving Efforts are in Full Swing as Districts Prepare for Blackouts Budget Conference Committee Defers Action on Community College Budget Public Utilities Commission Releases Rates Senator Jack O’Connell Joins Conference Committee on the State Budget