WILSON OKS CUT IN COLLEGE FEES; OTHER BILL ACTION INCLUDE FINES, COURTS FUNDING.Byline: Paul Hefner Daily News Sacramento Bureau The price of a college education in California The California education system consists of a full range of public and private schools in California, from the University of California system, to well-known private colleges, to an extensive network of secondary and primary education schools. will fall under legislation signed into law Friday, but drivers who run red lights will be learning a hard lesson their wallets won't soon forget. Working to clear his desk of dozens of bills awaiting final action, Gov. Pete Wilson signed a wide variety of legislation Friday, including a measure that more than doubles the minimum fine for running a traffic light from $103 to $270. The governor also endorsed legislation providing more state funding to operate county courts and a bill cutting fees next year for students at public colleges. The 5 percent tuition cut will save University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). students $190 a year and students at California State University Enrollment  campuses $79 a year. Community college students will save $1 a unit. Along with the cuts in 1998, the measure also calls for a one-year freeze on tuition the following year. ``The College Affordability Act of 1997 helps ensure children of middle-class, working families will not be precluded from the realization of the college dream,'' said Assemblywoman Denise Moreno Ducheny Denise Moreno Ducheny is a California State Senator and she represents district 40 that includes southern San Diego County, part of Riverside County and all of Imperial County. Ducheny is a Democratic. She lives with her husband Al Ducheny in San Diego, California. , D-National City, who wrote the tuition-cut legislation. The drop follows several years of fee increases. Between 1990 and 1995, fees jumped 134 percent at the University of California, peaking at their current level of $3,799 a year. California state universities saw similar increases, with annual fees now set at $1,584. The fee reduction was an element in a last-minute mega-deal brokered between Wilson and lawmakers during an all-night final legislative session last month. The package also included a $1 billion income tax cut, an assurance that state workers would receive a wage increase and a plan to direct $450 million to counties to operate trial courts. The court funding bill will provide $91.2 million to Los Angeles County starting next fiscal year, officials said. But there's no guarantee that county officials will direct the money to court operations, said Robert Parkin parkin Noun Brit a moist spicy ginger cake usually containing oatmeal [origin unknown] , presiding judge presiding judge n. 1) in both state and federal appeals court, the judge who chairs the panel of three or more judges during hearings and supervises the business of the court. of the county's Superior Court. ``The counties aren't obligated ob·li·gate tr.v. ob·li·gat·ed, ob·li·gat·ing, ob·li·gates 1. To bind, compel, or constrain by a social, legal, or moral tie. See Synonyms at force. 2. To cause to be grateful or indebted; oblige. to spend any of it for the benefit of the trial courts,'' he said. The plan also calls for the state to cover an increased share of court costs court costs n. fees for expenses that the courts pass on to attorneys, who then pass them on to their clients or, in some kinds of cases, to the losing party. as expenses rise in the coming years. But it's unclear whether the sources of those funds will be adequate, Parkin said. |
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