CUTS HIT GLENDALE COLLEGE HARD.Byline: Helen Gao Staff Writer GLENDALE - Computers used in teaching at Glendale Community College Glendale Community College can refer to one of two colleges in the United States.
Gov. Gray Davis last month cut a total of $126 million in funding for community colleges from the 2001-02 state budget - $98 million for instructional equipment and scheduled maintenance and the rest for new projects. Glendale Community College officials said Monday they have lost about $918,000 - about 2 percent of the school's budget - due to the cut. The college budget was about $57.4 million before cuts. The college was counting on $608,000 for instructional equipment and $310,000 for scheduled maintenance. ``This year I have $1 million in requests and no money,'' said Chris McCarthy, Glendale College's executive vice president of instructional services. ``We are going to be trying to divert di·vert v. di·vert·ed, di·vert·ing, di·verts v.tr. 1. To turn aside from a course or direction: Traffic was diverted around the scene of the accident. 2. money from other places,'' he said. ``It will have a huge impact. We haven't prioritized where the money will come from. It will certainly limit our ability to grow in other areas.'' In September when school begins, college officials plan to call a meeting with instructors to figure out where to make the cuts. The instructional equipment fund, McCarthy said, pays for ``everything that is used in connection with student learning from chalk to computers.'' With the funding eliminated, he said he will have to limit spending to what is absolutely critical, such as computer software license renewals. The instructional funding cut will also affect the college library, reducing its books and magazine acquisition budget by 75 percent. The scheduled maintenance funding cut, on the other hand, will mean Glendale College will have to put off replacing air-conditioning equipment at the chemistry and math building, windows at the college auditorium auditorium Portion of a theater or hall where an audience sits, as distinct from the stage. The auditorium originated in the theaters of ancient Greece, as a semicircular seating area cut into a hillside. and gas and water valves. The only major maintenance project the college will fund is replacing the rigging rigging, the wires, ropes, and chains employed to support and operate the masts, yards, booms, and sails of a vessel. Standing rigging is semipermanent, consisting mainly of mast supports, the fore-and-aft stays, and the stays running from the masthead to each side holding up the curtain at the auditorium because it does not meet 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. . Assemblyman as·sem·bly·man n. A man who is a member of a legislative assembly. assemblyman Noun pl -men a member of a legislative assembly Noun 1. Dario Frommer Dario Frommer (born October 22, 1963 in Long Beach, California) was a member of the California State Assembly from 2000 until 2006. He served as Majority Leader from 2004 until 2006. Frommer also served as Chair of the Health Committee. , D-Glendale, along with state Sen. Jack Scott, D-Pasadena, and Assemblywoman as·sem·bly·wom·an n. A woman who is a member of a legislative assembly. Noun 1. assemblywoman - a woman assemblyman representative - a person who represents others Carol Liu, D-Pasadena, are working on ways to restore funding for community colleges. ``We are going back into session on Monday. I intend, when we get back to Sacramento, to sit down and look at ways to urge the governor to restore the money,'' Frommer said. Larry Serot, Glendale College's vice president of administrative services, is worried that with the energy crisis and the evaporation evaporation, change of a liquid into vapor at any temperature below its boiling point. For example, water, when placed in a shallow open container exposed to air, gradually disappears, evaporating at a rate that depends on the amount of surface exposed, the humidity of the state budget surplus, funding restoration has become unlikely. Already, he is looking ahead to fiscal 2002-03 to figure out ways for the college to weather another lean year. ``I think there will be an effort made, but I don't hold out for anything. We will do the best we can,'' he said. |
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