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2000
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
December 21, 2000 Update
How Many Students Community
Colleges Transfer to Four-Year Institutions Will Continue as a Major Policy
Issue for 2001 [Posted
12/21/00]
The Grid that Stole
Christmas [Posted
12/21/00]
Audit Guide Requirements for
K-12 Students Concurrently Enrolled in Public Higher Education Could Affect
Community College Enrollment
[Posted 12/21/00]
Kerry Mazzoni Named Secretary
for Education [Posted
12/21/00]
Ask SSC . . . STRS Earning
Cap Limitations [Posted
12/21/00]
Ask SSC . . . Who
is Eligible for STRS-Paid Medicare Premiums?
[Posted 12/21/00]
By the Way . .
.Republicans Propose Ways to Spend the Projected State Budget
Surplus [Posted
12/21/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
December 8, 2000 Update
Part-Time Faculty
Compensation--State Budget Request
[Posted 12/8/00]
BOG Approves "Interdistrict
Faculty Pilot" [Posted
12/8/00]
Buzzer Sounds for the 2001-02
Legislative Session [Posted
12/8/00]
By the Way . . .50% Law
Update [Posted
12/8/00]
By the Way . . .Assembly
Speaker Hertzberg Introduces Education Bond
[Posted 12/8/00]
By the Way . . .Use of
Part-Time Faculty in the Community
Colleges
[Posted 12/8/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
November 22, 2000 Update
Ask SSC . . .How
Can We Be on "Test 3" When Economy Is So
Strong?
[Posted 11/27/00]
LAO Forecasts Continued Strong
State Economy [Posted
11/22/00]
Implementation of Agency Fee
Legislation Becomes Slightly Clearer
[Posted 11/22/00]
New Faces Flood the State
Legislature [Posted
11/22/00]
Changes to Child Support
Reporting for Independent Contractor
[Posted 11/22/00]
By the Way . .
.Board of Governors Approve $245 Million Budget
Hike
[Posted 11/22/00]
By the Way . .
.Richard Leib Elected President of Board of
Governors
[Posted 11/22/00]
By the Way . .
.Assembly Speaker Hertzberg to Introduce Education Bond
[Posted 11/22/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
November 2, 2000 Update
The Education Propositions--Schools
Go Three for Three [Posted
11/9/00]
More of Same for Sacramento
as Democrat Margins Widen in Senate and Assembly
[Posted 11/9/00]
Community College General
Obligation Bond Elections [Posted
11/9/00]
Changes Made to the
Community College's 2001-02 System
Budget
[Posted 11/9/00]
Federal budget Talks
Stalled [Posted
11/9/00]
Big Push to Concurrently
Enroll High School Students in Community Colleges
[Posted 11/9/00]
By the Way . . .Community
College Trustee Appointed to Board of Governors
[Posted 11/9/00]
By the Way . .
.Community College Share of Proposition 98
Funds
[Posted 11/9/00]
By the Way . . .California
State University Opts to Use Community Colleges to Combat "Tidal Wave
II" [Posted
11/9/00]
By the Way . . .President
Signs Bill to Help Rural Schools
[Posted 11/9/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
October 27, 2000 Update
Let's Repeal the 50 Percent
Law--A Commentary [Posted
10/27/00]
Governor Announces 1/4-Cent
Rollback in State Sales Tax
[Posted 10/27/00]
Three Propositions That May
Change the Face of Public
Education
[Posed 10/27/00]
Strict Accountability Measures
Will be Imposed if Proposition 39 Passes
[Posted 10/27/00]
"Whistleblower" Protection
for Community College Employees
[Posted 10/27/00]
Bidding for Public Contracts
[Posted 10/27/00]
Ask SSC . . .More on
Retirement Legislation [Posted
10/27/00]
By the Way . . .
Inderdistrict Full-Time Faculty--A Concept That Should be Opposed
[Posted 10/27/00]
By the Way . . .Community
Colleges Best Value for the Buck
[Posted 10/27/00]
By the Way . . .Fourth
Quarter Lottery Apportionment Higher Than Anticipated
[Posted 10/27/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
October 13, 2000 Update
2000 Chaptered and Vetoed
Legislation--Part IV [Posted
10/13/00]
Board of Governors 2000 Legislative
Program Falls Short of System's Goals
[Posted 10/13/00]
The Governor Gives a Little
and Takes a Little From Classified Employees
[Posted 10/13/00]
Governor Signs Major Retirement
Benefit Legislation [Posted
10/13/00]
AB 420 Study (Part-Time
Faculty) [Posted
10/13/00]
New Staff Joins Joint
Committee for Master Plan for
Education
[Posted 10/13/00]
Field Poll Shows Mixed Projections
for Education Under Propositions 38 and 39
[Posted 10/13/00]
By the Way . . .Assembly
Creates Select Committee on Education Equity
[Posted 10/13/00]
By the Way . . . Retired
Congressman Mervyn Dymally Appointed Community College Liaison
[Posted 10/13/00]
By the Way . . .Cerro
Coso Community College Successfully Passes $15 Million Bond
[Posted 10/13/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
September 29, 2000 Update
Modifications to Program
Based Funding [Posted
9/29/00]
New Enrollment Policy
for UC Will Impact Community Colleges
[Posted 9/22/00]
Proposition 35--Good
or Bad for Community Colleges?
[Posted 9/29/00]
California Lottery Commission
Sends Extra $25 Million to Schools
[Posted 9/29/00]
2000 Chaptered and Vetoed
Legislation--Part III [Posted
9/29/00]
Ask SSC . . .Earnings
for Retired STRS Members
[Posted 9/29/00]
By the Way . . .Governor
Vetoes Part-Time Faculty Salary Bill [Posted 9/29/00]
By the Way . .
.Joint Committee to Develop a Master Plan for Education Needs Help
[Posted 9/29/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
September 15, 2000 Update
Update on Budget
Package for 2001-02 [Posted
9/15/00]
CPEC Contracts for the Completion
of Part-Time Faculty Study
[Posted 9/15/00]
New Financial Aid Proposal Approved
by Governor [Posted
9/15/00]
2000 Chaptered and Vetoed
Legislation--Part II [Posted
9/15/00]
Ask SSC . . .STRS
Obligation [Posted
9/15/00]
By the Way . .
.Equalization Funding Gets a New Name
[Posted 9/15/00]
By the Way . . .Board
of Governors Opposes Voucher Initiative
[Posted 9/15/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
August 18, 2000 Update
Legislative "Suspense File" is Where
The Action is Now! [Posted
8/18/00]
Consultation Council Reviews Work of
The BCP Task Force
[Posted 8/18/00]
Community College Students to Benefit
From New Financial Aid
Proposal
[Posted 8/18/00]
Assembly Speaker Hertzberg Appoints
New Chairperson to The Assembly Higher Education
Committee [Posted 8/18/00]
Legislation Resolution Introduced to
Urge FEMA Not to Proceed With Local Insurance Requirements
[Posted 8/18/00]
By the Way . .
.Community College Trustees Could
Double Their Compensation [Posted
8/18/00]
By
the Way . . .Senate Committee Kills
Bill Restricting Use of Social Security Numbers
[Posted 8/18/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
August 4, 2000 Update.
Waiting in the Wings--Legislature
Returns to Sacramento [Posted 8/4/00]
Survey Shows Community Colleges
Key in Technology Economy [Posted 8/4/00]
Community Colleges May be
Barred From Using Student Social Security Numbers
[Posted 8/4/00]
John Mockler Named Interim
Secretary for Education [Posted 8/4/00]
By the Way . . .Lottery
Director Appointed [Posted 8/4/00]
By the Way . . .Access
to Student Transfer Information Approved by Governor
[Posted 8/4/00]
By the Way . .
.SSC Alumnus Bill Pieper Still Writing
[Posted 8/4/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
July 21, 2000 Update.
Governor Signs State
Budget on-Time--Vetoes Almost $100 Million From Community Colleges
[Posted
7/7/00]
Governor Vetoes Budget Trailer
Bill Language [Posted
7/7/00]
Senate Education
Committee Approves Community College
Legislation
[Posted 7/7/00]
State Auditor Releases
Report on Part-Time Faculty
Compensation
[Posted 7/7/00]
Statutory Restrictions Proposed
for 55% Bond Initiative
[Posted
7/7/00]
Legislators Take Month-Long
Recess [Posted
7/7/00]
By the Way . .
.Governor Davis Makes Appointments to the Board of Governors
[Posted
7/7/00]
By the Way . . .Bond
Adoption at 55% Qualifies for State Ballot
[Posted 7/7/00]
By the Way . . .New
Statewide Bond Bill Appears Dead
[Posted 7/7/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
June 23, 2000 Update.
Community College Budget
Update--Part X Conference Committee Wraps up Community College Budget--State
Budget on It's Way to the Governor
[Posted 6/23/00]
Agency Shop may be a Reality
for Community Colleges
[Posted 6/23/00]
"80/20" Ratios for Short-Term
Classified Employees [Posted
6/23/00]
STRS/PERS Retirement and Benefit
Legislation Update [Posted
6/23/00]
Community College Leadership
Institute [Posted
6/23/00]
School Voucher Initiative
Qualifies for November Ballot
[Posted
6/23/00]
By the Way . . .0.0%
PERS Rate for 2000-01 is Official
[Posted 6/23/00]
By the Way . . .The
Best Friends of "Son of Proposition 26"
[Posted 6/23/00]
By the Way . . .Governor
Davis Names Former Governor Wilson Honorary Chair of Majority Vote Bond
Initiative [Posted
6/23/00]
By the Way . . .Former
BOG Member Appointed to CPEC by Governor Davis
[Posted 6/23/00]
By the Way . . .Sue
Burr, Interim Secretary for Education, Accepts Position with Elk Grove Unified
School District [Posted
6/30/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
June 9, 2000 Update.
Budget Conference Committee
Begins Work on Education Items
[Posted 6/9/00]
Community College Budget
Update--Part IX Budget Conference Committee Slices and Dices
[Posted 6/9/00]
Parts of K-12 Salary
and Benefit Proposal Could Impact Community
Colleges
[Posted 6/9/00]
Community College
Equalization is a Priority With the
Legislature
[Posted 6/9/00]
Legislative Resolution
Introduced to Change the Current One-Third Bond Split for Higher Education
Facilities [Posted
6/9/00]
By the Way . . . STRS
Post-retirement Earnings Exemptions Extended for Administrators
[Posted
6/9/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
May 26, 2000 Update.
Community College Budget
Update--Part VIII Senate and Assembly Budget Subcommittees on Education Conclude
Actions [Posted
5/26/00]
Will the Community Colleges
Ever Receive Funding for Deficit Reduction
[Posted 5/26/00]
Is a Predictable Event Going
to Catch You by Surprise?
[Posted 5/26/00]
Signatures Filed
for November Initiative for 55% Local Bond Vote Threshold
[Posted
5/26/00]
California State University
Agrees to Initiatives to Improve Community College Student Transfers
[Posted 5/26/00]
California's Community Colleges
Cannot Sit on the Voucher Sidelines--A Commentary
[Posted 5/26/00]
California Community
Colleges--"Educational Workhorse"
[Posted 5/26/00]
By the Way . .
.Who Owns the Rights to Intellectual Property?
[Posted
5/26/00]
By the Way . . .Two
Key Community College Bills Approved by the Assembly
[Posted 5/26/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
May 12, 2000Update.
May Revision Governor's Proposed
State Budget 2000-01 For California Community Colleges
[Posted 5/15/00]
Community College Budget
Upate--Part VII [Posted
5/12/00]
STRS Board Supports Retirement
Proposal [Posted
5/12/00]
Mandatory Social Security
Not A Dead Issue [Posted
5/12/00]
Ask SSC. . .Short-Term
Employees' Work Schedule
[Posted
5/12/00]
By the Way. .
.Passage Rates For Local School Bonds In Other
States
[Posted 5/12/00]
By the Way. . .Teachers
Reject 30 Percent Pay Raise
[Posted
5/12/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
April 28, 2000Update.
Community College Budget
Update--Part VI [Posted
4/28/00]
Short-Term Employees' Work
Schedule Reduced [Posted
4/28/00]
Democratic State Legislature
Likely to Adopt Mandatory Agency Fee Legislation
[Posted 4/28/00]
Lottery Commission Changes
SuperLotto Game [Posted
4/28/00]
State Nears Gann Limit,
But Can Easily Avoid Any Excess
[Posted 4/28/00]
By the Way. .
.Brulte Named Senate Majority Leader
[Posted 4/28/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
April 14, 2000Update.
Assembly Democrats Deliver
$1.4 Billion in New Spending for Education
[Posted
4/14/00]
Community College Budget
Update--Part V [Posted
4/14/00]
Budget Subcommittees
Approve Community College Capital Outlay Budget
[Posted 4/14/00]
State Revenues Growing at
"Dramatic Pace" Per LAO [Posted
4/14/00]
STRS/PERS Retirement
and Benefit Legislation Update
[Posted 4/14/00]
Silicon Valley and Political
Leadership Pulling Together for a New Measure to Reduce Bond Threshold to
55% [Posted
4/14/00]
State Voucher Initiative
Likely to be on November Ballot
[Posted 4/14/00]
Joint Legislative Audit
Committee Approves Three Audit Requests That Impact Community
Colleges [Posted
4/14/00]
Lottery Releases
1999 Annual Report--Proclaims the Year a
Success
[Posted 4/14/00]
By the Way. . .Another
Appointment to the Board of Governors
[Posted 4/14/00]
By the Way. .
.Classified Employees Layoff Notice
[Posted 4/14/00]
By the Way. .
.Hertzberg Sworn in as New Assembly Speaker
[Posted 4/14/00]
By the Way. . .Governor
Names Director of Intergovernmental Relations
[Posted 4/14/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
March 31, 2000Update.
Community College Funding
Stability Act [Posted
3/31/00]
Little Hoover Commission
Completes Study of the California Community Colleges
[Posted 3/31/00]
Are Community College
Student Transfers to UC and CSU on the Decline?
[Posted 3/31/00]
Agency Fee Battle Continues
in Court [Posted
3/31/00]
District Participation in
Statewide Elections [Posted
3/31/00]
Ask SSC. . .No Gann
Limit Excess on the Horizon
[Posted 3/31/00]
Ask SSC. . .Proposition
20 and Potential Supplanting
[Posted 3/31/00]
By the Way. . .Tenure
Legislation for Part-Time Faculty Approved by Assembly Higher Education
Committee [Posted
3/31/00]
By the Way. . .State
Auditor May Audit Part-Time Faculty and 50% Law Compliance Issues
[Posted 3/31/00]
By the Way. . .Governor
Appoints Interim Secretary for Education
[Posted 3/31/00]
By the Way. . .Cesar
Chavez Day Legislation Amended to Delete School Holiday Mandate
[Posted 3/31/00]
Attachment. .
.Guidelines for District Participation in Statewide Elections Concerning
Education Issues [Posted
3/31/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
March 17, 2000Update.
Community College Budget Update
Part IV [Posted
3/17/00]
Education Loses March 2000
Election [Posted
3/17/00]
Governor Appoints Interim
Secretary for Education [Posted
3/17/00]
Ask SSC. . .Proposition
20 and "Instructional Materials"
[Posted 3/17/00]
Ask SSC. . .Are
Community College Districts Considered State Agencies for the Purpose of
Recycling and Waste Diversion?
[Posted 3/17/00]
Ask SSC. . .Use of
Sick Leave for Family Emergencies
[Posted 3/17/00]
By the Way. .
.Community College Bond Measures Face Narrow Defeats
[Posted 3/17/00]
By the Way. . .Governor
Davis Reappoints Faculty Member to Board of Governors
[Posted 3/17/00]
By the Way. .
.Part-Time Instructors Expand Their
Unionization
[Posted 3/17/00]
By the Way. .
.California State University to Give Preferential Admission to Community
College Students [Posted
3/17/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
March 3, 2000Update.
Education Loses March 2000
Election [Posted
3/8/00]
Community College Budget Update
Part III [Posted
3/3/00]
New Community College
Legislation [Posted
3/3/00]
New Retirement Legislation
Highlighted by Abolishment of the State Teachers Retirement System
[Posted 3/3/00]
In Support of Proposition
26, the "Majority Rule Act for Smaller Classes, Safer Schools, and Financial
Accountability? [Posted
3/3/00]
In Support of Proposition
14 Regarding Library Bonds
[Posted 3/3/00]
LAO Releases Report
Regarding Alternatives for Allocating Property Taxes and Revising Local
Government Financing [Posted
3/3/00]
In Remembrance of a Very
Special Legislator [Posted
3/3/00]
Secretary of Education Gary
Hart Resigns [Posted
3/3/00]
Ask SSC. . .Advisory
Committees and the Brown Act
[Posted 3/3/00]
Ask SSC. . .Cesar Chavez
Holiday Legislation Passes First House
[Posted 3/3/00]
By the Way. . .Governor
Davis Appoints Two More Board of Governors Members
[Posted 3/3/00]
By the Way. . .More
Full-Time Faculty Hired [Posted
3/3/00]
Fond Memories of a Good Man
and a Great Lawmaker, by George Skelton of the Los Angeles Times
[Posted 3/3/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
February 18, 2000Update.
Community College Budget
Upate -- Part II [Posted
02/18/00]
LAO Recommends Changes
to the Community College Budget and Forecasts a Bigger State Budget
Surplus [Posted
02/18/00]
Budget Subcommittees Hearing
Schedule [Posted
02/18/00]
New Regulations Adopted
by FEMA Regarding Disaster Insurance
[Posted 02/18/00]
Top Technology Issues for
2000 [Posted
02/18/00]
Ask SSC. . .Resolution
to Oppose Proposition 20 -- Lottery
Initiative
[Posted 02/18/00]
Ask SSC. . .AB 1668
and 1099-NT Requirements
[Posted 02/18/00]
By the Way. . .Governor
Davis Makes His Third Appointment to the Board of Governors
[Posted 02/18/00]
By the Way. .
.Part-Time Faculty Qualify for Retirement Benefits
Posted 02/18/00]
Draft Resolution Regarding
Opposition to Proposition 20 Regarding Restrictions on Lottery Income
[Posted 02/18/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
January 28, 2000Update.
Community College Budget
Update [Posted
2/7/00]
"Rule of 85" Keeps Coming
Back [Posted
2/7/00]
LAO Reports Tax Loss
Due to Internet Will Grow Rapidly
[Posted 2/7/00]
Development of Candidates
to Become Chief Business Officials
[Posted 2/7/00]
Short-Term Employees Seek
Permanent Employment [Posted
2/7/00]
By the Way. . .Assembly
Speakership Changes Hands
Gracefully [Posted
2/7/00]
By the Way. .
.California's Revenue Per Student Lags Behind 10 Largest States
[Posted 2/7/00]
By the Way. .
.California Federation of Teachers Completes Report on Full-Time/Part-Time
Faculty Ratios [Posted
2/7/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
January 28, 2000Update.
Governor Releases Budget Detail
-- Community Colleges Receive $267 Million Augmentation
[Posted 1/11/00]
The Davis State Budget --
Number 2 [Posted
1/21/00]
Left Outs and Community College
Wish List [Posted
1/21/00]
What Could Change
[Posted 1/21/00]
Lottery
[Posted 1/21/00]
Legislative Analyst
Projects Dramatic New Increases in State
Funding
[Posted 1/21/00]
STRS Retirement Bill
Introduced to Match PERS Benefit
[Posted 1/21/00]
Ask SSC. .
.Provisions of Law in Union Contracts
[Posted 1/21/00]
By the Way. . .Assembly
Republicans Comment on Governor's Proposed State Budget
[Posted 1/21/00]
By the Way. .
.More Part-Timer News
[Posted 1/21/00]
By the Way. .
.Community Colleges Removed From Proposition
98
[Posted 1/21/00]
By the Way. . .IRS
Mileage Reimbursement Rate Increased to $.325 on January 1, 2000
[Posted 1/21/00]
Please Note: The following articles were included in the
January 7, 2000Update.
Governor Releases Budget
Detail -- Community Colleges Receive $267 Million Augmentation
[Posted 1/11/00]
Governor Delivers Education's
State-of-the-State Address
[Posted 1/5/00]
Legislature Returns to
Sacramento [Posted
1/7/00]
Assembly Higher Education
Committee [Posted
1/7/00]
Ask SSC. . .Day Labor
and Bid Requirements [Posted
1/7/00]
By the Way. . .Bid
Limit Raised to $54,900 [Posted
1/7/00]
By the Way. . .Field
Reports Drop in Support for Proposition 26
[Posted 1/7/00]
By the Way. .
.$32.77 for First Quarter Lottery -- Plus Other
Adjustments
[Posted 1/7/00]
By the Way. .
.Districts Required to Hire More Full-Time
Faculty
[Posted 1/7/00]
By the Way. . .Retired
Teachers Sue CALSTRS [Posted
1/7/00]