Cencal Members,
here's an email that might impact your seniors/transfers applying to  
the CSU System.  Get your students to apply ASAP!

BEN

> ----- Forwarded Message -----
> From: "Angel Langridge" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 2:00:51 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada  
> Pacific
> Subject: [BULLETINBOARD] The California State University Employee  
> Update
>
> The California State University Employee Update
> Tuesday, October 13, 2009
>
> Applications to CSU Surge in First 13 Days
> The California State University received almost double the number  
> of applications from prospective students in the first 13 days of  
> the application period this year over last. More than 100,000  
> students submitted their applications through the system's website  
> csumentor.edu between Oct. 1 and 13 as compared to 48,858 for the  
> same time last year.
>
>  The CSU’s application period for first-time freshmen and community  
> college transfers began Oct. 1 and runs through Nov. 30. The CSU  
> will announce in early December which campuses and programs will  
> remain open after Nov. 30. The largest increase in applications  
> came from community college students with more than 41,000 applying  
> for upper-division transfer to a CSU, a three-fold increase from  
> last year.  Applications for prospective first-time freshmen  
> increased by nearly 50 percent.
>
> All 23 campuses will remain open for applications through Nov. 30  
> but at least 12 campuses will stop accepting applications from  
> first-time freshmen and, in some cases, from community college  
> transfers after that date. The CSU has undertaken a communications  
> effort that includes a video on YouTube and outreach to schools and  
> to the student media and general media to encourage students to  
> submit their applications early to avoid missing the closing date  
> of campuses or programs.
>
> CSU Neutral on Oil Severance Tax Bill
> State Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico will be at several  
> CSU campuses this week to garner  support for Assembly Bill 656,  
> the “California Higher Education Endowment Corporation: Oil and Gas  
> Severance Tax”.  The measure would institute a new 9.9 percent oil  
> and gas severance tax on any oil or gas producer in California with  
> the revenues dedicated to California’s three public higher  
> education segments (CSU, the University of California and the  
> California Community Colleges). The revenues generated by the tax  
> would be allocated by a newly created board and without  
> appropriation or oversight by the state.
>
> The CSU has no official position on the bill. The CSU believes the  
> legislation is well intended but feels it does not solve higher  
> education’s funding needs as it would not generate enough money to  
> bring state funding support for the CSU back to where it was two  
> years ago, nor would it fund future enrollment growth or meet other  
> increased needs. In addition, with oil production in steady decline  
> in California, it does not provide a stable funding source for the  
> future.
>
> The bill is in the early phases. It will be considered again in  
> January and hear d next in the Assembly Revenue and Taxation  
> committee.
>
> Legislative Update
> The Governor has taken action on the more than 700 bills sent to  
> him by the legislature including several key measures that were  
> important to the CSU. Here is an update:
>
> The governor vetoed:
> ·         SB 218 (Yee): Public records: state agency: auxiliary  
> organizations: The bill would have subjected the CSU’s independent  
> auxiliaries to the California Public Records Act (CPRA)  
> significantly increasing costs to its auxiliary organizations while  
> reducing non-state revenues to students. The governor stated in a  
> letter to the legislature, “Subjecting the altruistic activities of  
> private donors and volunteers to the CPRA will have a chilling  
> effect on their support and service if they believe their personal  
> privacy could be compromised.” The governor added that enacting the  
> bill would result in a loss of private donations at a time when the  
> CSU is facing significant reductions in state funding.
>
> ·         SB 86 (Yee):  Public postsecondary education: executive  
> officer compensation: The bill would have prohibited the trustees  
> from increasing the monetary compensation or approving a monetary  
> bonus for any CSU employee (that is not part of a union) in any  
> fiscal year in which the General Fund appropriation in the annual  
> Budget Act is less than, or equal to, the General Fund  
> appropriation to the CSU in the annual Budget Act for the  
> immediately preceding fiscal year. In his veto letter, the governor  
> stated, “A blanket prohibition limiting the flexibility for the UC  
> and CSU to compete both nationally and internationally in  
> attracting and retaining high level personnel does a disservice to  
> those students seeking the kind of quality education that our  
> higher education segments offer. The Regents and the Trustees  
> should be prudent in managing their systems, given the difficult  
> fiscal crisis we face as a state, but it is unnecessary for the  
> State to micromanage their operations.”
>
> ·         AB 690 (Ammiano):  CSU Trustees and UC Regents: meetings:  
> The measure would have authorized each ex officio trustee, except  
> the Chancellor, to designate a person to attend a meeting or  
> meetings of the trustees in his or her absence. The bill would have  
> prohibited an ex officio trustee from designating more than one  
> person to attend meetings of the trustees in any calendar year. In  
> vetoing the bill, the governor said, “…ex officio members serve by  
> virtue of their experience and qualifications in sharing their  
> perspective on issues impacting higher education. Allowing these  
> members to appoint a substitute to attend in their absence creates  
> a disincentive for the member to actually attend the meetings, and  
> diminishes the value of an ex-officio member’s contribution to the  
> public discourse.”
>
> ·         AB 1222 (Lowenthal) Alumni Affinity Sunset Extension:   
> The bill would have ensured that California public institutions  
> were able to continue their efforts to increase non-state resources  
> for programs and student scholarships through services to recent  
> graduates and alumni association members known as affinity  
> programs. The measure would have extended the current sunset from  
> January 2011 to January 2016.
>
> The veto message that was provided for this bill said that it was  
> premature because it did not expire until 2011.The CSU will pursue  
> the bill extension again next year and since the bill had no  
> opposition during the past session, the CSU does not anticipate  
> difficulty passing it next year.
>
> The governor signed:
> ·         SB 147 (DeSaulnier) CSU: Career Technical Education  
> Courses: The bill will bifurcate the current standards for  
> admission to CSU and UC. It requires the CSU to adopt its own  
> standards for admission for career technical education (CTE)  
> courses, based on model curriculum standards adopted by the CSU’s  
> Academic Senate last year. Additionally it will require the CSU to  
> duplicate the University of California’s approval process for the  
> CSU-only “g” general elective category. CSU estimates it will cost  
> more than $450,000 to initially develop new CTE standards that  
> would meet admissions requirements and $230,000 annually thereafter  
> to review and approve courses.
>
> More information on the bills is available on the Advocacy and  
> State Relations website.
>
> Campuses Keeping Close Watch on Flu
> The CSU’s campuses and the Chancellor’s Office are monitoring  the  
> H1N1 swine flu and have emergency operations plans in place that  
> include preparing for and responding to pandemic influenza  
> situations. Each campus is also working in coordination with their  
> local health agencies to report any suspected cases.
>
> New resources are available on the federal government's flu  
> website, FLU.gov, including an H1N1 Flu Self-Evaluation Guide for  
> adults 18 and older and a newFlu Myths and Facts section. The  
> website also includes a list of 10 Ways You Can Stay Healthy at Work.
> Anyone who suspects they have the flu is advised to see their  
> health care provider.
>

Bernardo Reynoso
Academic & Curriculum Specialist
Upward Bound Program
California State University, Fresno
(559) 278-5347   fax  (559) 278-4306
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