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Glendale Community College District
Budget and Legislative Update
February, 2011
Budget Overview
Community College Budget
June Election
Update on Activities
Legislative Update
Next Steps
2010 Budget Gap
=
$8.2 billion
2011 Projected Gap =
$17.2 billion
Proposed Reserve
=
$1 billion
Total Solutions
=
$26.4 billion
 $12.5 billion in general fund reductions.
 $12 billion in new revenues.
 $1.9 billion in fund shifts and borrowing from
special funds
Community College Budget
 $400 million cut to apportionments by
changing census date.
 $110 million growth augmentation,
funded through
 $10/unit fee increase.
 Additional $129 million deferral.
Additional Deferral
LAO Proposals for Budget Solutions
1. Establish statewide registration priorities – specifically for
students that have “fully matriculated”
2. Limit state-support to 100 units ($175 million savings)
3. Limit repetition of “activity” classes such as PE ($60 million
savings)
4. Increase fees to $60/unit
5. Limit state support for intercollegiate athletics ($55 million)
6. Suspend 50% law and 75/25
7. Permit colleges to contract our for non-instructional
services
Proposed budget shifts $400 million from community colleges to
K-12 schools.
Support placing sunset extension of tax rates on the June ballot
Oppose census date proposal
Support workload reduction to maintain quality
Support additional Proposition 98 funding going to community
colleges to buy down fee/increase access
Community colleges took majority of Proposition 98 cuts in the
first budget proposal
Reject census date proposal and instead provide for unallocated
cut of $400 million.
Backfill part of cut with $110 million in fee revenue and apply a
workload reduction proportional to the $290 million total cut.
Reporting language required on workload reduction.
Adopt additional $129 million deferral.
Committee also rejected policy proposal to decouple financial aid
funding with fee increases.
Governor’s Proposed Schedule
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sept.
Governor’s Budget
No Tax Extensions
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6
5
5
4
4
2010-11
3
2011-12
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3
2010-11
2011-12
2
1
1
0
0
Proposition 98 Funding
Prop 98 min Prop 98
Guarantee suspended
Governor’s Budget assumes approximately $10
billion in tax extensions.
Will require 2/3 vote to get to the ballot.
Magic number is 4 Republicans.
Extensions then must be approved by voters.
We will be involved in three campaigns
1. Changing the technical aspects of the budget so
that implementation is easier for Glendale
College.
2. Generating sufficient legislative support to get the
tax extension measure on the ballot.
3. Mobilizing to vote for the measures in June.
We will provide a campaign template for you to
use in your free time.
Continue to meet with legislators, Democrats and
Republicans, in support of a balanced approach.
Continue to articulate to the community and news
outlets the impact that the budget will have on
Glendale College.
System Cut
Glendale CCD
Share
Likely Student
Impact
Proposed/
Estimated
Fee level
Governor’s
Proposal
$400 million
$5.28 million
2,050
$36/unit
No Tax
Extension –
Proposition 98
Minimum
$620 million
$8.18 million
3,606
$40 - $60/unit
No Tax
Extension –
Proposition 98
Suspended
$1.03 billion
$11.9 million
5,600
$66/unit
Budget
Scenario
 Development of White Paper with input and sign off from President Lindsay
 League Legislative Advocacy Day
 Meetings for Glendale included meetings with Chair of the Assembly
Budget Committee and Senate Education Committee
 Provided talking points and materials
 Upcoming Lobby Days in Sacramento: March 7th FACCC and March 8th
Board of Governors
 Policy development in coordination with President Lindsay and ad hoc
Legislative Task Force
 Coordination of Lobbying efforts and budget positioning with SanFACC, the
League and the Chancellor’s Office
 All budget currently, but will soon turn to policy
Bill deadline February 18th
 About 2,500 bills introduced
 Must be in print for at least 30 days prior to legislative action
 Bills cover a wide variety of issues, including:
 Funding
 Financial Aid
 Contracting
 Accountability
 Retirement
 Veterans
 Programs
Major Bills Of Interest
AB 2 (Portantino) – accountability and goals for higher education
AB 85 (Blumenfield) and AB 63 (Donnelly) – armed forces members fees
AB 91 (Portantino) – financial aid pilot project
AB 130 (Cedillo) – California Dream Act
AB 160 (Portantino) – concurrent enrollment
AB 285 (Furutani) – automatic property tax backfill
AB 288 (Fong) – campus safety
Major Bills Of Interest
AB 331 (Brownley) – education bond vehicle
AB 478 (Hernandez) – growth funding request for community colleges
AB 743 (Block) – student assessment
AB 852 (Fong) – first refusal right for temporary faculty
SB 27 (Simitian) – pension changes
SB 114 (Yee) – part-time faculty salary schedules
SCA 5 (Simitian) – reduce parcel tax from 2/3 to 55%
This is the most important election that you
will be a part of in a long time.
Change the way community colleges and education
are undertaken in California.
$1 billion cut and $66/unit fees.
Change the promise of the Master Plan
Assuming the measures make it to the ballot in
June, we will need student, faculty and staff (in
your free time) and the board promoting the
importance of the measures to the college.
Student, faculty and staff education
Register voters
Cyber campaign (Facebook, Twitter, etc.)
GOTV activities