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October 13, 2000

By the Way . . .

Cerro Coso Community College Successfully Passes $15 Million Bond. Over the past 20 years only a dozen or so colleges have placed bond measures on the ballot and only a handful have been successful. Recently, Cerro Coso Community College sought the support of its community for a bond measure and was rewarded with more than 76 percent of the voters approving a $15 million local bond.

Now that bond elections can be held on any Tuesday of the year we may see more community colleges attempting to place bond measures on the ballot, particularly if Proposition 39 (55% vote) is approved by the electorate on November 7.

The November 7 ballot will contain more General Obligation Bond elections for community colleges than any prior election. The colleges hoping to duplicate the success of Cerro Coso are College of the Sequoias ($49.2 million), Contra Costa CCD ($236 million), Los Rios CCD ($215 million), Peralta CCD ($153.2 million), and Southwestern CCD ($89.3 million).