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School Services of California, Inc.
Community College Update
October 17, 1996
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Legislative Proposals Already Blossoming for 1997

The ink is barely dry on the Governor's pen and new legislative proposal suggestions are starting to surface. Community college organizations and faculty unions have begun to formulate ideas for their legislative agendas for the 1997 legislative session. The proposals are still in the development stages and have not been officially designated as proposed legislation, at this time. As a result, sponsors of the proposals are being omitted until the proposals are officially adopted by the respective organizations. Again, these are just ideas &emdash; but I though Update readers would like to know some of the proposals that the legislature may be considering next year.

• Authorization for a 1998 General Obligation Bond (capital outlay funding);
  
• Reintroduce Proposition 98 split agreement between K-12 districts and community colleges;
  

• Seek funds to help implement the common course numbering system;

• Take a leadership role in formulating a plan to provide welfare recipients with educational skills needed to acquire jobs with a sustainable income;

• Require all colleges to have a 75/25 full-time/part-time ratio for all faculty workloads (including non-credit, librarians, counselors, etc.) by the year 2002;

• Require all teaching faculty to provide paid office hours at a ratio of 1 hour of office hours for each 3 hours of class time;

• Authorization to hire full-time faculty on a non-tenure track;

• Reinstate faculty right to have unused accrued sick leave count towards years of service retirement;

• Remove the multiple district employment clause in part-time health insurance subsidy; and,

• Limit expenditure on Academic Administrators and Supervisors and Classified Administrators and Supervisors to a percentage of total unrestricted expenditures.

Don't get to excited one way or the other about most of the above suggested proposals, however, they may never get into print. But stay tuned, the Update will keep you informed if any of these proposals gain momentum and become legislation.

&emdash; Arnold Bray
[Posted 10/15/96]