1999 sponsored and co-sponsored legislation

CAREER TEACHERS (Baca)

SB 39

Would double the STRS career bonus to 0.4 percent.

Status: Senate Appropriations***
Action Needed: Write your State Senator.*

FULL-TIME FACULTY INCREASE (Vasconcellos)

SB 921

Would provide for a net increase in the hiring of full-time community college faculty.

Status: Senate Appropriations ***
Action Needed: Write your State Senator.*

COMMUNITY COLLEGE COMPENSATION (Cardoza)

AB 383

Would provide for a uniform salary schedule for community colleges within a district.

Status: Passed Assembly Higher Ed; sent to Assembly Appropriations***
Action Needed: Write your Assembly member.*

CRIME REPORTING (Vincent)

AB 661

Would change Ed. Code Section 49079 to require that school officials or designees send written notice directly to teachers about violent crimes committed by students off campus.

Status: Senate Public Safety **
Action Needed: Write your legislators.*

STRS PURCHASING POWER, SERVICE CREDIT BUY-BACK (Correa)

AB 820

Would authorize STRS members to redeposit a portion, rather than 100 percent, of their refunded accumulated retirement contributions when buying back service credit for prior teaching.

Status: Assembly Appropriations ***
Action Needed: Write your legislators.*

HIGHEST YEAR COMPENSATION (Correa)

AB 821

Would provide for using the highest year compensation to compute STRS retirement. Would eliminate the requirement that it be negotiated. Assembly Appropriations **

Status: Assembly Appropriations ***
Action Needed: Write your legislators.*

COMMUNITY COLLEGE REAPPOINTMENT RIGHTS (Lempert)

AB 1351

Would provide re-employment rights for part-time community college faculty.

Status: Passed Assembly Higher Ed; sent to Assembly Appropriations***
Action Needed: Write your Assembly member.*