Action Alerts
Tell Your Representatives: Increase Proposed COLA to K-12 Levels and Eliminate Contingencies Governor Newsom’s January budget proposal for the 2021-22 budget year included a 1.5 percent COLA for community colleges contingent on the adoption of certain policies. This unprecedented move undermines the purpose of a COLA which exists to maintain a district’s spending power.
Representative Rodney Davis, R-IL, introduced H.R. 82 Social Security Fairness Act of 2021 on January 4, 2021 to repeal the Windfall Provision (WEP) and Government Pension Offset (GPO). The WEP and GPO harm California’s teachers by diminishing or eliminating their ability to collect earned Social Security benefits. To ensure the bill is guaranteed a vote on the House floor, advocacy groups are working to increase the list of cosponsors to 290 or more. Ask your representative to join the growing list of cosponsors today!
The California Community Colleges proudly educate the largest population of higher education students in the country, yet they are perpetually underfunded. The 2020-21 state budget further exacerbated the situation with billions of dollars in deferments. As preparations for the 2021-22 budget begin, please sign this letter urging Governor Newsom to follow the Legislature’s recommendation that Calbright College be eliminated and the funds redirected to the other 115 accredited California Community Colleges. With every community college conducting online courses and fighting for funding, this is not the time to keep throwing money at a failed experiment. |