Monday, December 8, 2008

Only IVC and Saddleback are announcing no cuts

TODAY, Marla Jo Fisher of the OC Register (Community colleges cutting classes, sessions) reports on a “double whammy” for the state’s community colleges:
Just as more people are seeking to go to community college this year, either because they don't have jobs or they can't get into universities, state budget cuts are forcing [these] colleges to cut back on their offerings.

Even as the cuts begin, the statewide chancellor's office is projecting that enrollment increases will force the system to turn away 260,000 students.

People hoping to go back to school because they can't get jobs or want to retrain for different jobs are also having problems trying to get into class.

California has 110 community colleges in 72 districts, with about $6.2 billion general operating budget. $4.2 billion comes from the state's hard-hit general fun, and some $2 billion from property taxes.

But wait a minute! Aren’t we, here in the good old South Orange County Community College District, on that special gravy train called basic aid? Yup:

Irvine Valley and Saddleback colleges are on a different funding formula than other colleges because they derive most of their funding from property taxes, rather than state enrollment payments.

These so-called "basic aid" colleges are also taking a hit statewide as property tax rolls decline due to lower property values, but a district spokeswoman said neither Saddleback nor Irvine Valley is planning to cut any classes….

In a sidebar, the Reg presents cuts that local colleges have been forced to make. Only Irvine Valley and Saddleback have announced no cuts:
Coastline College: Spring course sections reduced 12%

Cypress College:
Winter intersession canceled. Monitoring low enrolled classes.

Fullerton College:
Winter intersession reduced 75%, hold on summer school until the final budget is known, Spring courses may be reduced.

Golden West College:
40 classes cut from winter intersession, only 15 offered. Spring course sections cut by 100 classes and 110 more closed for registration, could be reopened by demand.

Irvine Valley College:
No cuts announced

Orange Coast College: Winter intersession cut 10 percent. Spending freeze on equipment

Saddleback College:
No cuts announced

Santa Ana College: Winter intersession cancelled, spring course sections reduced 15 percent

Santiago Canyon College:
Winter intersession canceled. Spring course sections reduced 17 percent

▼ In the New York Times: Tribune Company Seeks Bankruptcy Protection:
The Tribune Company, the newspaper and television chain that publishes The Los Angeles Times and The Chicago Tribune, filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday….

Brother, can you spare a dime?
Nice arrangement, from 1932, by Charlie Palloy, who seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth in '32. Too bad.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Yes, great arrangement of the song. Nobody knows anything about this guy?

Anonymous said...

Are you saying we're headed for another Depression?

Roy's obituary in LA Times and Register: "we were lucky to have you while we did"

  This ran in the Sunday December 24, 2023 edition of the Los Angeles Times and the Orange County Register : July 14, 1955 - November 20, 2...