Vice President of the Faculty Association, California Community Colleges
Vice president of the Faculty Association for California Community Colleges, Political Director for the Los Angeles College Faculty Guild
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John McDowell
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FROM John McDowell
Which Way, L.A.?
Prop 92 Proposition 92 on next month’s ballot would limit fees charged by 109 community colleges to $15 dollars a unit. They are now $20 dollars. The Legislative Analyst says the college system would collect about $70 million dollars less under Proposition 92 than it does now. But the state would still have to provide funding at a minimum level just as it does for K-12 education.
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