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From: John Fetcho <jfetcho@cuesta.edu>
Date: Dec 13, 2011 3:14 PM
Subject: Benefits Refund
To: CCCUE Local 4606 <CCCUELocal4606@cuesta.edu>

Good afternoon everyone.

At last Thursday’s General Membership meeting, I shared with you the fact that you will be seeing a refund on your benefits coming in your December paycheck. Here is the spreadsheet that will show you just how much you will get back. I would like to thank Peppe Rose for working on this for us.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

In Solidarity,

John Fetcho

President, CCCUE

Local 4606

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December 13, 2011

As you may have heard, the governor announced today his mid-year cut scenario for the current year. As expected, community colleges will take a $102 million mid-year cut, effective January. Additionally the community college per-unit credit fee will increase to $46, effective summer 2012.

Specifically, $30 million will be treated as a one-time deficit, and $72 million will be permanently reduced--spread across each district's apportionment as yet another workload reduction. That means permanent reduction in access to courses for our students.

<http://www.ccleague.net/updates/gfrevenues-201112.png> The only surprise in today's announcement was that the governor decided to minimize the cut to K-12 schools. Instead of the $1.35 billion cut projected by the Legislative Analyst's Office, the governor will only cut K-12 budgets by $327.6 million--$248 million from home-to-school transportation and $79.6 million from general per-student funding.

As reflected in the chart above, the Department of Finance projects that revenues will be $1.6 billion higher than projected by the Legislative Analyst's Office <http://www.lao.ca.gov/reports/2011/bud/fiscal_outlook/fiscal_outlook_2011.aspx> on November 16 (and thus $2.2 billion below the Budget Act). While this was sufficient to "pull" both triggers completely, the governor decided to shield K-12 schools from the largest cut--over $1 billion in general revenue. With language approved by the Legislature in the final moments of the budget debate that limited the ability of K-12 schools to realize any actual savings in the current year, many school districts argued this was just an unallocated cut.

Of course, this leaves community colleges with a significant (nearly 2%) cut in the current year, offset only by the increased student fee revenues from summer 2012 that might be attributed to the 2011-12 fiscal year. Additionally, I have significant concerns that jumping from $26/unit to $46/unit in under a year may dissuade students from continuing their education, even considering California's continuing national lead in low fees.

Clearly, K-12 was protected, and there are both political and policy reasons for the decision. The fact is that the state needs more revenue--for higher education, for health and human services, and for public safety. According to the Public Policy Institute of California's poll released today <http://www.ppic.org/main/publication.asp?i=1005> , California's voters want to see more revenue specifically dedicated to education. We are heartened that the governor's plan would fund K-12 and community colleges, and look forward to the details explaining the restoration of funding to community colleges.

The League will likely be a strong advocate for reasonable increased revenues for education and other public services. We anticipate the governor's January 10 budget, which will explain where the nearly $7 billion in increased revenues will be spent if the voters agree to new revenues. In this round, K-12 was protected, which was likely reasonable, but we can not ignore the price to California from the continued disinvestment from higher education.

As advocates for an accessible, affordable and equitable higher education for all Californians, we look forward to the governor's plan in January.

Sincerely,
<http://www.ccleague.org/images/scott.jpg>
Scott Lay
President and Chief Executive Officer, The League
Orange Coast College '94

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December 12, 2011

In the news:

We wanted to share what we’re reading. The purpose of Today’s News is to disseminate throughout the system media accounts about the California Community Colleges and related issues.

California’s financial forecast this week will have real-world consequences

The Sacramento Bee (daily newspaper)

Published: Monday, December 12, 2011 | (Link to story <http://www.sacbee.com/2011/12/12/4116082/californias-financial-forecast.html> )

California braces for more budget slashing with possible ‘trigger’ cuts

The San Jose Mercury News (daily newspaper)

Published: Sunday, December 11, 2011 | (Link to story <http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_19525841> )

California’s glut of tax-hike initiatives

The Los Angeles Times – op-ed (national daily newspaper)

Published: Monday, December 12, 2011 | (Link to story <http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-1212-meyerson-too-many-c...> )

Governor steps out of limelight to work on budget

The San Francisco Chronicle (daily newspaper)

Published: Monday, December 12, 2011 | (Link to story <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/11/MNHT1MAACA.DTL> )

Cal State campuses overwhelmed by remedial needs

The Contra Costa Times (local daily newspaper)

Published: Sunday, December 11, 2011 | (Link to story <http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_19526032> )

Let’s make textbooks affordable

The Los Angeles Times – column (national daily newspaper)

Published: Monday, December 12, 2011 | (Link to story <http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-me-cap-textbooks-20111212,0,1727080... )

High price for higher education: CPA tries to teach parents tools to pay for child’s tuition

The Santa Cruz Sentinel (local daily newspaper)

Published: Sunday, December 11, 2011 | (Link to story <http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/ci_19525723?source=most_viewed> )

For community colleges, a time to shine

The Chronicle of Higher Education – opinion (education trade periodical)

Published: Sunday, December 11, 2011 | (Link to story <http://chronicle.com/article/For-Community-Colleges-a-Time/130064/> )

Graduation-rates campaign heads to Dallas

The Texas Tribune (Texas nonprofit policy and politics news publication)

Published: Friday, December 9, 2011 | (Link to story <http://www.texastribune.org/texas-education/higher-education/graduation-rates...> )

At Forum on the Future, leaders dissect what ails higher education today

The Chronicle of Higher Education (education trade periodical)

Published: Monday, December 12, 2011 | (Link to story <http://chronicle.com/article/At-Forum-on-the-Future/130087/> )

Current crop of California college grads can’t find jobs they want

The Sacramento Bee (daily newspaper)

Published: Sunday, December 11, 2011 | (Link to story <http://www.sacbee.com/2011/12/11/4114705/current-crop-of-california-college.h...%20Stories> )

Silicon Beach: Real or high-tech hype?

The Los Angeles Times (national daily newspaper)

Published: Sunday, December 11, 2011 | (Link to story <http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cover-la-tech-20111211,0,7901017.story> )

Dan Walters: Legal traps could stop California’s high-speed rail project

The Sacramento Bee - column (daily newspaper)

Published: Monday, December 12, 2011 | (Link to story <http://www.sacbee.com/2011/12/12/4115979/dan-walters-legal-traps-could.html#m...%20Walters> )

Berkeley’s Occupy camp thrives, unthreatened

The San Francisco Chronicle (daily newspaper)

Published: Monday, December 12, 2011 | (Link to story <http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/12/11/BANK1MAB77.DTL&feed=rss.news> )

In California, a plan to charge inmates for their stay

The New York Times (national daily newspaper)

Published: Sunday, December 11, 2011 | (Link to story <http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/us/in-riverside-california-a-plan-to-charge... )

FINGERS CROSSED FOR SANTA BARBARA CITY COLLEGE…

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College up for $1 million prize

The Mississippi Press (Mississippi news website)

Published: Monday, December 12, 2011 | (Link to story <http://blog.gulflive.com/mississippi-press-news/2011/12/mississippi_gulf_coas...> )

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October 20, 2011

California spends billions on community college students who drop out.

Huh?

That was the headline that greeted me in the Los Angeles Times at 4:45 this morning. I immediately brewed another pot of coffee, as it forecasted a pretty long day. I'm guessing a few of you also had a bit of pre-breakfast appetite loss.

The first paragraph didn't comfort me any further:

California and other states are spending billions of tax dollars on community college students who drop out before completing their studies, according to a report released Thursday.

In 2009-10, California spent about $5.9 billion on community colleges (state general fund and local property taxes), so "billions" is a lot of to spend on drop outs.

However, this is a classic case of good research spun for political purposes and to grab readers, rather than rational policy thought. Upon reading further down in the story, I found this paragraph:

In California, expenditures on such students over the five-year period totaled $480 million, far more than any other state.

Oh, that would have been nice to put in the headline, or in the lede. So, going from "California spends billions" (inferentionally in one year), we're now down to $480 million over a five-year period. Specifically, the report from the American Institutes of Research, funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, found that $130 million in state funds were spent on students who didn't persist after their first year.

So, from "billions" of a $5.9 billion budget, we're now down to $130 million, or 2.5%. And, as the authors of the study recognize, not all of these are dropouts who left without some benefit. I don't want to point fingers at other segments, but UC and CSU have a lot of dropouts as well, and they receive far more funding per student.

As we have talked about over the last couple of years, there is no doubt that we could do a better job helping our students achieve their academic dreams. We need to do a better job ensuring students have the knowledge, guidance and support to persist through to reach their goals--whether transfer, a certificate or degree, or skills needed in a very competitive workforce.

Meanwhile, question the headlines.

Sincerely,

Scott Lay
President and Chief Executive Officer, The League
Orange Coast College '94

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September 27, 2011

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We wanted to share what we’re reading.  The purpose of Today’s News is to disseminate throughout the system media accounts about the California Community Colleges and related issues. 

Community colleges get $20 million for job training

Thoughts on Public Education (education trade periodical)

Published:  Tuesday, September 27, 2011 | (Link to story)

Winners and losers

Inside Higher Ed (education trade periodical)

Published:  Tuesday, September 27, 2011 | (Link to story)

College district gets $5 million to train students for health jobs

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Jerry Brown rips Republicans, says Jarvis Group is their jockey

The Sacramento Bee (daily newspaper)

Published:  Thursday, September 15, 2011 | (Link to story)

Calif. Treasurer wants to maintain automatic cuts

The Associated Press (national news agency)

Published:  Wednesday, September 14, 2011 | (Link to story)

East County college district adopts lean budget

The San Diego Union-Tribune (daily newspaper)

Published:  Wednesday, September 14, 2011 | (Link to story)

COC trustees OK budget for 2011-‘12

The Santa Clarita Valley Signal (local daily newspaper)

Published:  Wednesday, September 14, 2011 | (

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-------- Original Message --------

From:	John Fetcho <jfetcho@cuesta.edu>
To:	CCCUE Local 4606
CC:	Shannon Willson, Allison Merzon, ASCC President

Please post this message for those that do not have access to e-mail.

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From: Scott Lay

August 23, 2011

Dear Steven:

[this is a relatively long message about unemployment, social equity and the economy...if you're just looking for budget or legislative news, feel free to skip!]

I ruffled a few feathers when I wrote in my June 29 message that the tax revenue growth expected in California was largely expected to come from "a mostly white and already wealthy segment of our population," citing the reliance on Silicon Valley as our economic savior.

I certainly could have used different language, but I think it's essential that we, as community college leaders, pay particular attention to the growing economic inequities in our state and country and the impact on our colleges and students.

It's been an issue I've been thinking a lot about this summer and on which I have been doing some writing. As I have traveled the state this summer visiting new CEOs and for fun, I have seen the dramatic economic differences between Mountain View and Marysville and San Francisco and Stockton. We have microeconomies where money is freeflowing not far from areas with economic devastation. In some areas, IPO is the acronym de jour, while others it is EDD. And, unfortunately, there is a strong separation among races and educational classes, and our fastest growing population--Latino Californians--appear to be paying the biggest price.

Beyond the economic impacts of the Great Recession on racial demographics, there is also a huge impact on our nation's young people, who are emerging with record levels of student debt and few job prospects. And, as you know, the longer someone is unemployed or underemployed, the less likely they are to ever get into the job for which they have trained. Let's consider nursing, one of the biggest community college focuses of recent years.

Responding to demand studies, we dramatically scaled up our nursing programs. Meanwhile, three factors--economic downturn, fewer retirements and the uncertainty related to health care reform--have dramatically reduced the demand for nurses. A large portion of our nursing graduates are no longer finding jobs. The husband of a friend of mine has a bachelor's in science, went back to get an RN with allegedly "guaranteed placement," and is now volunteering at an adult day health facility to maintain his skills. And, when you're told you have to show up certain days for a certain number of hours, "volunteering" really means "working for free."

We continue to graduate nurses, and there's a real question as to who will be hired when the job market returns. Will it be the people that graduated last year and are working at Starbucks, or the new graduates fresh out of school?

What is our responsibility in helping these students?

Finally, there's a recent report form the Pew Hispanic Center that paints a shocking picture of the impact of the Great Recession. Using Census Bureau data, Pew finds that median Hispanic household wealth dropped 66% and black household wealth dropped 53% between 2005 and 2009. Meanwhile, median household wealth among whites dropped only 16%.

This leads to the median household wealth ratios among whites-to-blacks and whites-to-Hispanics reaching their most disparate gaps in 25 years. The median wealth among white households is now $113,149, Hispanics is $6,325 and blacks is $5,677.

The large drop among Hispanic families can be attributed to first-generation home ownership in housing markets that saw the greatest climb, and fall, over the last ten years--California, Florida, the Southwest. This loss of wealth, however, will affect choices related to higher educational enrollment and further economic empowerment.

Obviously, as community college leaders, we can't "solve" these problems. However, make no doubt that they affect our colleges and the students we serve. Education, and community colleges in particular, will continue to be the great economic ladder, although the rungs are getting rusty and fragile.

As I continue to write on this topic, I would love your thoughts. What is our role as community college leaders in addressing these issues? What are you doing on your campus to have a discussion and take action to ensure that the economic ladder is accessible, sturdy and providing the same hope as previous generations?

Sincerely,

Community College League of California
2017 O Street, Sacramento, California 95811
916.444.8641 . www.ccleague.org

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Finding the keys to college

The Santa Maria Times – editorial (local daily newspaper)

Published:  Wednesday, August 24, 2011 | (Link to story)

Governor Brown creates California Interagency Council on Veterans

Imperial Valley News (local daily newspaper)

Published:  Tuesday, August 23, 2011 | (Link to story)

7 in 10 students have skipped buying a textbook because of its cost, survey finds

The Chronicle of Higher Education (education trade periodical)

Published:  Tuesday, August 23, 2011 | (Link to story)

California Community Colleges adds schools with transfer programs

The Sacramento Business Journal (local business periodical)

Published:  Tuesday, August 23, 2011 | (Link to story)

Transfer program under way at Solano Community College

The Vacaville Reporter (local daily newspaper)

Published:  Wednesday, August 24, 2011 | (Link to story)

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The Classified News

Volume III, Number 21

Negotiations dominate my news this week, as they have pretty much dominated our time and attention over the summer and into the beginning of this semester. Since the Board of Trustee meeting in May that reduced many classified schedules and eliminated others completely, we have been trying to restore employees back to their previous schedules and to rescind eliminated positions. We filed an Unfair Labor Practice Charge that sought to have PERB rule on the District’s decisions to reduce employee’s schedules and we have met several times since to try to negotiate to mitigate the damage done to our unit by these decisions. We have reached an agreement with the District that we believe to be the best outcome we can achieve in this regard.

The election to ratify the agreement is this week.  The ballots will go out today, August 23, and will be due by 5:00 PM, Tuesday, August 30.  We will have a special General Membership meeting tomorrow, August 24, from 3:00 to 4:00 to discuss the proposal.  The meeting will be in room 5402 with polycom to N1013. 

If you are not a member, please join us!  Only members in good standing are eligible to vote in ratification elections.  You just need to fill out a membership application to join CCCUE.  To get one, contact Armando Teran in Computer Services at ateran@cuesta.edu and he will be happy to send you one.

In Solidarity,

John

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August 22, 2011
 

In the news:

We wanted to share what we’re reading.  The purpose of Today’s News is to disseminate throughout the system media accounts about the California Community Colleges and related issues. 

 

 

The tarnished State of California’s golden college system

Time (national news magazine)

Published:  Monday, August 22, 2011 | (Link to story)

 

Budget cuts, tuition hikes jeopardize quality of Higher Education in California

PBS NewsHour (national public broadcasting news video magazine)

Published:  Friday, August 19, 2011 | (Link to story)

 

 

Bill aiming for increased transparency passes state Senate vote

The Daily Californian (local daily newspaper)

Published:  Sunday, August 21, 2011 | (Link to story)

California’s jobless rate grows to 12% in July

The Los Angeles Times (daily newspaper)

Published:  Saturday, August 20, 2011 | (Link to story)

 

Unemployment highest among teens, men, minorities

California Watch (investigative journal)

Published:  Monday, August 22, 2011 | (Link to story)

 

 

Candidate hopes to fire up community

The Belmonth Patch (local news site)

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*August 15, 2011 *

*In the news:*

*/We wanted to share what we’re reading. The purpose of Today’s News is
to disseminate throughout the system media accounts about the California Community Colleges and related issues./*

*Local colleges, universities face budget impacts*

The San Diego Union-Tribune (local daily newspaper)

Published: Sunday, August 14, 2011|(Link to story
)

*Cutbacks cause community college students to scramble for classes*

The Whittier Daily News (local daily newspaper)

Published: Saturday, August 13, 2011|(Link to story
)

*COC on track with the “new economy”*

KHTS AM 1220 (Santa Clarita-area radio station)

Published: Sunday, August 14, 2011|(Link to story
)

*Calif. student fee waivers under scrutiny*

The Fresno Bee (local daily newspaper)

Published: Friday, August 13, 2011|(Link to story
)

*Generation vexed: Young Americans rein in their dreams*

The Los Angeles Times (daily newspaper)

Published: Sunday, August 14, 2011|(Link to story
)

*Battle over online class fees moves to Capitol*

The San Francisco Chronicle (daily newspaper)

Published: Thursday, August 11, 2011|(Link to story
)

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*Higher education: Online access fees should not be passed on to
students at community colleges to protect openness and access*

The Daily Californian - editorial (UC Berkeley student newspaper)

Published: Sunday, August 14, 2011|(Link to story
)

*California faculty poll: Textbook costs can be reduced*

PRWEB (press release distribution service)

Published: Wednesday, August 10, 2011|(Link to story
)

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*Too few high school graduates ready for college?*

The Los Angeles Daily Breeze (local daily newspaper)

Published: Sunday, August 14, 2011|(Link to story
)

*San Bernardino college students offered free bus rides to class*

KABC-TV 7 (Los Angeles ABC affiliate)

Published: Sunday, August 14, 2011|(Link to story
)

*Harris seeks millions in for-profit college lawsuit*

California Watch//(investigative journal)

Published: Monday, August 15, 2011|(Link to story
)

*A four-week Sacramento acid test*

The Los Angeles Times - column//(daily newspaper)

Published: Monday, August 15, 2011|(Link to story
)

*Wall Street’s ride compounds states’ pension fears*

The Associated Press//(national news service)

Published: Friday, August 12, 2011|(Link to story
)

*As lawmakers return, will Brown push pension overhaul?*

The Sacramento Bee//(daily newspaper)

Published: Monday, August 15, 2011|(Link to story
)

*State’s exports return to pre-recession levels*

The Associated Press//(national news service)

Published: Thursday, August 11, 2011|(Link to story
)

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coverage, updates on Chancellor Scott’s initiatives and speaking
engagements, budget reports, advocacy activities, Board of Governors
information and the latest from the California Capitol./*

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