BILL WOULD OPEN FACILITY AVC CANNOT USE CSU SATELLITE.Byline: John Sanders John Sanders is the name of
LANCASTER - Assemblyman 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, called for a change in state law that prevents 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. classes from using the new California State University, Bakersfield As of fall 2002, some 7,700 undergraduate and graduate students attended CSUB, at either the main campus in Bakersfield or the satellite campus, Antelope Valley Center in Lancaster, California of Los Angeles County. , satellite facility. State school earthquake safety law forbids community college classes in facilities not built to its standards, such as the CSU See DSU/CSU. 1. CSU - California State University. 2. CSU - Cleveland State University. 3. CSU - Channel Service Unit. classrooms that opened January on a corner of the Antelope Valley College campus. The school earthquake safety standards apply to community colleges, but not to California State University Enrollment  facilities. ``Right now, students enrolled at Antelope Valley College are not allowed to use the instructional facility that was built on their campus for the CSU Bakersfield extension program,'' Runner said Friday at a news conference at Cal State Bakersfield's Lancaster classrooms. ``The law needs to be changed for our community colleges and colleges across the state that are experiencing similar situations, so our students are able to take whatever courses they desire from either institution.'' Runner said he has proposed legislation, Assembly Bill 2007, that would allow community colleges and the California State University system California State University System, coordinating agency established in 1960 by the merger of individual California state colleges, now consisting of 23 campuses. joint use of buildings. Administrators from Antelope Valley College and Cal State Bakersfield attended the conference in support of his legislation. Since the law prevents community college students from using Cal State Bakersfield's facilities, it ruined talks between Antelope Valley College and Bakersfield officials about creating a joint health services health services Managed care The benefits covered under a health contract program in the facility. ``Our students cannot come over here, walk into this building and take advantage of the health services,'' said Don Mourton, Antelope Valley College's vice president of student services. Cal State Bakersfield's satellite campus consists of two prefabricated buildings with video links to the main campus. The university has offered classes in the Antelope Valley for 10 years but until now had not established its own facility. Antelope Valley leaders hope it is a step toward a long-sought four-year college. The law blocking AVC's use of the Cal State Bakersfield facility is the Field Act, adopted more than 60 years ago after the 1933 Long Beach Earthquake. It mandates a comprehensive design specification and construction inspection process for educational facilities for public school students in kindergarten through community college. Construction of the Cal State Bakersfield satellite lacked the full-time inspector required under the Field Act, Runner said. It does not mean that the building is any less safe, Runner said. ``They are all built under the Uniform Building Code.'' |
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