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Save Funding for Community Colleges |
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Current-Year Property Tax Shortfall to Deliver Devastating Mid-Year Hit
The majority of Community college revenues come from two sources – the State General Fund and property tax revenues. But unlike the K-12 and 4-year college systems, community colleges do not have an automatic legislative back fill of money when property tax collections fall below projections.
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Community Colleges Join Hunt for Private Cash |
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California's 109 community colleges are joining the search for large donations from businesses, foundations and alumni - green pastures that used to be grazed almost exclusively by the state's public and private universities.
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CalSTRS Cuts State a Break |
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fTrustees of the California State Teachers' Retirement System agreed Thursday to allow the state to reduce its contribution to a supplemental pension plan as long as payments from the fund to teachers never dip below a fixed rate.
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Garamendi Launches Education Coalition |
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Lt. Gov. John Garamendi joined state education leaders on March 6 to kick off a public awareness campaign about the effects of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposed education cuts.
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State Democrats Determined to Raise Taxes to Stave Off Education Cuts |
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Democratic legislative leaders declared Tuesday that they are prepared to delay the state budget this year if that's what it takes to get tax increases, which they called the only reasonable solution to California's multibillion-dollar shortfall.
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