February 2004 Volume 17 No. 3 Are Community Colleges Getting a Measure of Respect? The Community College Budget and Collective Bargaining New Assembly Speaker Makes Committee Membership Changes Proposition 98 “Split”—A Historical Perspective Revised K-14 Budget Package Reduces Funding for Equalization By the Way . . . 2004 Legislative Calendar Released By the Way . . . Bid Limit Raised to $60,900 Ask SSC . . . How Long Do We Need to Keep Mandated Cost Claims? Ask SSC . . . Do You Have a Resolution to Support Propositions 57 and 58? Moody’s Warns of Downward Pressure on State’s Bond Rating if Proposition 57 Fails Pressure’s On to Re-reform Workers’ Comp
January 2004 Volume 17 No. 2 By the Way . . . Proposition 55, $12.3 Billion School Bond, in Jeopardy By the Way . . . CTA Supports Passage of Propositions 57 and 58 STRS Issues Directive for Retirement Incentive Programs Introduction of 2004 Legislation Gets Under Way Financing California’s Community Colleges What Happens if Proposition 57 Fails? Initiative to Repeal Mandated Health Insurance Bill Headed for November 2004 Ballot Exceptions to Return-to-Work Restrictions under AB 1207 Ask SSC . . . Can Board Members Earn a Mileage Allowance? State Tax Commission Calls for Property Tax Swap A Follow Up on the LAO’s November Forecast . . . A Conversation with Brad Williams, LAO’s Chief Economist
January 2004 Volume 17 No. 1 By the Way . . . Governor’s $15 Billion Deficit Bond Trailing in the Polls Administration’s Transfer Plan May Run Into Trouble Lottery Capital Outlay Program PERS Rate Categorical Reform Equalization Aid Proposition 98 Funding K-12 “Agreement” Determines Community College Funding Levels Highlights of the Proposed Community College Budget for 2004-05 Community Colleges May Receive a 1.84% COLA A Better Starting Point for California Community Colleges—An Editorial