December 17, 1999 Volume 12 No. 25 By the Way . . . San Joaquin Delta College Selects New Superintendent/President By the Way . . . Governor Appoints Community College Employee to Board of Governors By the Way . . . Republican Proposal to Remove Community Colleges from Proposition 98 By the Way . . . Part-Time Faculty Picket Chancellor’s Office By the Way . . . Joint Legislative Audit Committee to Hear Part-Time Faculty Issues Capital Outlay Remainder Reinvesting in California Schools Act – Good or Bad for California Community Colleges? Legislative Calendar for the 2000 Legislative Session Insurance Referendums Added to March 2000 Ballot There’s More than Just the Majority Vote Bond Initiative on the March Ballot
December 03, 1999 Volume 12 No. 24 By the Way . . . AB 420 Study Gets Underway Budget Development: Now is the Time to Work on Goals Now is the Time to Repeal the 50% Law — A Commentary Senate Republican Leaders Propose Broad-Based Education Reforms Governor’s January Budget May Include Only COLA and Growth Funds for Community Colleges By the Way . . . Assembly Speaker Villaraigosa to Step Down Ask SSC . . . 2000-01 Projected to be a Good “Test 3” Year LAO Forecasts Robust Economy through 2004-05
November 12, 1999 Volume 12 No. 23 By the Way . . . First Education Fund Launched CPEC Supports Maintaining the Current One-Third Split of Bond Funds Among California’s Public Higher Education Institutions Simple Majority Vote for School Bonds Qualifies for March 2000 Ballot Community College District General Obligation Bond Elections State Tax Revenues Up Sharply Fact Finding – An Extension of Negotiations Referendums to Overturn Major Liability Bills Gain Speed