COLLEGE-SHARING BILL PROGRESSES STUDENTS MAY GET TO ATTEND STATE UNIVERSITY CLASSES ON THEIR CAMPUS.Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer LANCASTER - Legislation allowing 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. students to attend classes in a state university building on their campus cleared the state Senate Appropriation Committee. Assembly Bill 484 by 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, would let Antelope Valley College share classrooms built on its campus for 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. . ``Outdated and unnecessary provisions keep students who attend Antelope Valley College from taking classes at the CSU See DSU/CSU. 1. CSU - California State University. 2. CSU - Cleveland State University. 3. CSU - Channel Service Unit. Bakersfield facilities in Lancaster,'' Runner said. ``These provisions can be changed so that students can take classes in these facilities without compromising their safety.'' The state's Field Act, adopted in the early 1930s after a severe earthquake in Long Beach, requires a complex process in design, construction and inspection for community colleges, as well as for schools serving students in kindergarten through 12th grade. Field Act provisions differ from newer earthquake 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. for other public buildings, including four-year colleges and universities. Runner's bill allows construction such as the CSU building in Lancaster to conform either to the Field Act or to the California Building Code. CSU Bakersfield opened an 11,000-square-foot classroom building on the Antelope Valley College campus last year, and there are plans for a companion building with about 8,000 square feet more in classroom space. Over the years, the university has been able to share Antelope Valley College classrooms, but the Field Act provisions blocked reciprocation reciprocation /re·cip·ro·ca·tion/ (re-sip?ro-ka´shun) 1. the act of giving and receiving in exchange; the complementary interaction of two distinct entities. 2. an alternating back-and-forth movement. . AB 484 will go to a Senate floor vote before heading to the governor's desk. |
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