February 2008 Volume 21 No. 3 By the Way . . . Search for a Chancellor Activity on the Facilities Bond Front Update on the Community College Initiative This Year’s Legislative Session This Week’s Community College Budget Hearings National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) Releases Digest of Education Recent Polling on Proposition 93 and Other State Issues Monumental Health Care Bill Heard by Senate Health Committee
January 2008 Volume 21 No. 2 Board of Governors News Governor’s Budget Workshop Q&A Budget Hearings - 1/18/08 California State Teachers’ Retirement System Overview of the Community College Budget for 2008-09 Initial Thoughts on the Budget Process STRS Retiree Health Benefits LAO Releases its Overview of the Governor’s Budget Joint Education Committee Hearing on the Achievement Gap
January 2008 Volume 21 No. 1 By the Way . . . Caltech Replaces Loans with Gift Aid. By the Way . . . Board of Governors Appointments By the Way . . . Pending Federal Funding for Energy Projects on College Campuses New Laws Affecting Community Colleges in 2008 Contents of Health Care Reform Bill By the Way . . . Scholarship Funds Available The Financial Impacts of a Classification and Compensation Study Budget Deficit Could Halt Healthcare Reform Plan Potential for Mid-Year Budget Adjustments Under Proposition 58 Impact of Declaration of a Fiscal Emergency on Negotiations By the Way . . . 2008 Legislative Calendar Bid Limit Raised Effective January 1, 2008 By the Way . . . FCMAT Issues News Alert Regarding OPEB Bonds Governor Delivers State-of-the-State Address Post-Employment Benefits Commission Issues Final Report Proposition 92: The Community College Initiative