BILL WOULD ADD FLEXIBILITY FOR COLLEGE GROWTH.Byline: JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape SKEEN Do you mean:
LANCASTER -- Legislation intended to give community colleges more flexibility in providing classroom and laboratory space passed the state Senate on a unanimous vote and heads to the Assembly. Senate Bill 1304 by Sen. George Runner George C. Runner, Jr. (born March 25 1952 in Scotia, New York) is a Republican California State Senator, who represents the 17th Senate District, which includes portions of Los Angeles County, San Bernardino County and Ventura County. , R-Lancaster, authorizes community colleges to use state funds to acquire already-built facilities, whether owned privately or by government, for school use. Runner said the legislation will help community colleges meet their needs without construction. ``California's community colleges are vital to our educational system, and we must ensure community colleges are given all the tools necessary to acquire adequate classrooms and facilities,'' Runner said. Current law prevents community colleges from receiving state funds to buy property unless it is recommended by the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Postsecondary Education Commission. Current law also requires buildings used by community colleges to comply with school seismic-safety standards under the state's Field Act, adopted after the Long Beach Earthquake of 1933 and periodically updated. Under the act, the Division of the State Architect reviews construction plans for school buildings for students from kindergarten kindergarten [Ger.,=garden of children], system of preschool education. Friedrich Froebel designed (1837) the kindergarten to provide an educational situation less formal than that of the elementary school but one in which children's creative play instincts would be through community college, and school districts must hire on-site construction inspectors to ensure compliance with the structural safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. . The act doesn't apply to state universities. The Runner bill authorizes community college districts to use state capital-outlay funds to acquire buildings that meet certain conditions and to convert them for school use. The building must have been constructed for school use under Field Act standards or else meet safety standards equivalent to those of the act. The bill also would require that the cost of buying and converting a building would be equal to or less than the estimated cost of constructing a new building. A third condition is that the community college district would own the land under the building or hold a long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. lease for the site. ``This is a common-sense approach toward meeting the facilities needs for community colleges,'' said Jackie Fisher, president of Antelope Valley College Antelope Valley College is a comprehensive community college located in Lancaster, California, USA. It is operated by the Antelope Valley Community College District, with a primary service area of 1,945 square miles covering portions of Los Angeles and Kern counties. . ``This legislation will give us more flexibility to use existing buildings that meet appropriate safety standards.'' james.skeen(at)dailynews (661) 267-5743 |
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