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    Deal Reportedly Reached on the State Budget Between Legislature and Governor

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    From the governor’s website: Governor Brown Issues Statement on Budget 6-10-2013: SACRAMENTO – Following action from the Joint Legislative Conference Committee on the Budget this evening, Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued the following statement:  “The Legislature is doing their job and doing it well. It looks like California will get another balanced budget and, very importantly, educational funding that recognizes the different needs of California’s students.” Source: http://gov.ca.gov/news.php?id=18087 The Sacramento Bee indicates that a) the deal is based on the governor’s more conservative revenue estimates as compared to the Legislative Analyst’s numbers* and b) there is (some) money for…

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    State Controller Reports More Money

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    The state controller has just released his data on cash receipts for 2012-13 through May.  As it turns out, the month of May brought in more cash than forecast in the governor’s May revise, just under $800 million more.  This outcome will add fuel to the conflict between the governor and the legislature as to how much revenue to project for 2013-14.  The governor has argued that much of the extra money that has come in this year is a one-time capital gains result that cannot be assumed to continue. As our previous post noted, the legislature is due to…

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    Legislative Deadline for State Budget is Saturday

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    This week is deadline week for the legislature to pass a state budget.  The formal deadline is midnight, Saturday, June 15.  As we have noted in earlier postings, there is unlikely to be any budget surprise for UC.  Possibly, there could be some funding beyond the governor’s May revise proposal for student scholarships and Cal Grants.  As previously noted, most of the inconsistencies between the assembly and senate budgets involve K-14 and social programs.  The two houses are using a more optimistic projection of revenues than the governor. Nonetheless, as negotiations proceed, they could reach a fever pitch by Saturday night:

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    New Student Regent-Designate

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    The LA Times has a profile of the likely new student regent for 2014-15 (shown in the campaign poster).  As the article notes, there is both a student regent and a student regent-designate at regents meetings.  The latter doesn’t vote but becomes the student regent the following year.  Excerpts: Sadia Saifuddin, who is studying social welfare at UC Berkeley, is believed to be the first Muslim who would represent students on the Board of RegentsA UC Berkeley senior who majors in social welfare and has been active in student government and Mideast issues is expected to become the next University…

  • I won’t quote even a word from this story

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    Inside Higher Ed today has a story on a survey of student attitudes toward what is plagiarism in Europe.  It’s not clear to yours truly that a survey in the U.S. would have results that are all that different.  You can read the story which refers to a conference sponsored by – guess who? – Turnitin at: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2013/06/07/study-finds-plagiarism-among-students-all-across-europe And what is there to embed but…[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNel8RwSLyE?feature=player_detailpage]

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    Is that clear?

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    Some advice from the Legislative Analyst’s Office to the legislature:Amend BBL in Item 6440-001-0001 to Clarify 2013-14 Enrollment Target for UCThe Legislature expects the University of California to enroll a total of 211,499 state supported full-time equivalent students during the 2013-14 academic year. This enrollment target shall not include nonresident students and Resident students and eligible nonresident students who are exempt from paying resident tuition shall count toward this enrollment target whereas students paying nonresident tuition and students enrolled in non-state supported summer programs shall not count toward the target. This enrollment target expresses the Legislature’s intent that the University…

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    The Mystery of Online Ed Courtesy of the LAO

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    Notice from the Legislative Analyst’s Office:——–Expanding the Delivery of Courses Through Technology June 5, 2013:   This handout was not presented at the Budget Conference Committee and has been removed from the website.———Source: http://www.lao.ca.gov/laoapp/PubDetails.aspx?id=2789Everyone loves a mystery![youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyTjnnHBPkw?feature=player_detailpage]

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    ObamaJam Tomorrow

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    Reports have it that the President will be on the Westside tomorrow, Friday, June 7 in the morning and afternoon.  Traffic may be affected.  Yours truly received an email from the City of Santa Monica concerning this potential disruption: In an effort to assist the public in avoiding traffic congestion during the visit of the President,on June 7, 2013, the following areas of the City should be avoided when possible to prevent travel delays for community members: Friday June 7, 2013.  The area around Centinela Avenue and West Olympic Boulevard from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., and between the hours…