Proposition Summary

COMMUNITY COLLEGES. FUNDING. GOVERNANCE. FEES. INITIATIVE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. Establishes in state constitution a system of independent public community college districts and Board of Governors. Generally, requires minimum levels of state funding for school districts and community college districts to be calculated separately, using different criteria and separately appropriated. Allocates 10.46 percent of current Proposition 98 school funding maintenance factor to community colleges. Sets community college fees at $15/unit per semester; limits future fee increases. Provides formula for allocation by Legislature to community college districts that would not otherwise receive general fund revenues through community college apportionment. SUMMARY OF LEGISLATIVE ANALYST'S ESTIMATE OF NET STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT FISCAL IMPACT: Increase in state spending on K–14 education from 2007–08 through 2009–10—averaging about $300 million per year, with unknown impacts annually thereafter. Loss of student fee revenues to community colleges—potentially about $70 million annually.

Proposition Number

92

Year

2008

Document Type

Proposition

Pass/Fail

Fail

Popular Vote Results

Y:3613332;A:42.7;N:4831445;B:57.3

Election Type

Primary

Proposition Type

Initiative CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT AND STATUTE. --

For Author

WILLIAM HEWITT, President, Faculty Association of California Community Colleges; REBECCA J. GARCIA, President, California Community College Trustees; DENNIS SMITH, Secretary Treasurer, California Federation of Teachers

Against Author

DAVID A. SANCHEZ, President, California Teachers Association; BILL HAUCK, President, California Business Roundtable; TERESA CASAZZA, Acting President, California Taxpayers' Association

Rebuttal Author

ALLAN ZAREMBERG, President, California Chamber of Commerce; JOEL FOX, President, Small Business Action Committee; TERESA CASAZZA, Acting President, California Taxpayers' Association

Rebuttal Against Author

STEFAN LEE, Student, Sacramento City College; VALERIE NOVAK, Student, San Joaquin Delta College; SAMUEL AGUILAR III, Student, College of the Desert

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