March 19, 1999

Community College

Facility Coalition

Updated November 7, 2008

Updated November 10, 2008

Community College Facility Coalition

Legislative Update — March 19, 1999

Phone (916) 441-3300

BUDGET HEARINGS FOR CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS SET — Both the Senate and Assembly budget subcommittees for education have scheduled their hearings for higher education capital outlay. All three sectors are scheduled for hearing as follows: Senate – Wednesday, April 14^th, 1:30 PM in Room 113 of the State Capitol, and Assembly – Wednesday, April 21^st. 4:00 PM in Room 447 of the State Capitol. Except when Assembly Member Jack Scott chaired the Assembly Budget Subcommittee, UC usually goes first, CSU second and community colleges third. Although Mr. Scott no longer chairs that subcommittee, his replacement, Assembly Member Sara Reyes, is also a community college person. We can hold out hope that community colleges will lead off the 4:00 PM Assembly Subcommittee meeting.

LATE PROJECTS APPARENTLY ON TRACK — The 13 additional facility projects that were approved by the Board of Governors in November appear to be on track for inclusion in the Governor's Budget by way of a Department of Finance (DOF) Augmentation letter. DOF has apparently raised no questions or objections to the projects as recently as this week. These projects, affectionately referred to as "The November 13" are as follows:

DISTRICT/COLLEGE	PROJECT DESCRIPTION	PHASE	REQUEST
Contra Costa CCD, Diablo Valley College	Life Sciences Renovation	p	368,000
Los Rios CCD, Folsom Lake Center	Instructional Facility, Phase IB	p	1,537,000
Mendocino-Lake CCD, Mendocino College	Science Building	p	194,000
Merced CCD, Merced College	Interdisciplinary Learning Center	p	219,000
Palomar CCD, Palomar College	High Technology Laboratory/Classroom Bldg.	p	715,000
Rancho Santiago CCD, Santiago Canyon	Learning Resource Center	p	278,000
Riverside CCD, Riverside College	Learning Resource Center	p	1,094,000
San Luis Obispo County CCD, Cuesta College	Library Addition/Renovation	p	472,000
Santa Monica CCD, Santa Monica College	LRC Expansion/Seismic Retrofit	c	14,356,000
Sequoias CCD, College of the Sequoias	Multi-Media Learning Resource Center	p	333,000
State Center CCD, Madera Center	Academic Facilities, Ph. Ib	p	541,000
Victor Valley CCD, Victor Valley College	Advanced Technology Building	p	442,000
Yuba CCD, Woodland Center	Science Building	p	202,000
Proposed Additional Category B-2 New Start Sub-Total			$ 20,751,000

April 1^st is the ominous date that more information should be known, however, it could be as much as two weeks later.

At one point early in the legislative session both houses were attempting to wrap up their budget activity early in May. While the capital outlay hearings are significantly earlier than usual, the subcommittees are scheduled well into May, similar to all preceding years. It looks like all effort for an early budget has been abandoned.

JOINT-USE BECOMING HOT TOPIC — CCFC drafted a bill to help expedite the funding of joint K-12 and community college facility projects. This measure has been introduced by Senator Charles Poochigian as SB 1203. Since the introduction of the bill a number of community college and school districts have expressed an interest in the issue. The measure has the following three major components:

Requires the BOG to give high priority to projects that provide at least 30% of the project funding with local funds.

Requires the BOG to give high priority to joint-use projects involving K-12 and community college districts.

Provides for preliminary approval and bridge funding for joint-use projects, while the permanent funding moves through each sector's priority system.

SB 1018 (Dunn) also deals with joint K-12 and community college projects, and is very similar to SB 2159 (Greene) of last year which was also sponsored by CCFC. It was vetoed by the Governor.

For more information, contact Paul Holmes or Shannon Mahoney.

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