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        <h3>The California State University Employee Update<br />
Wednesday, April 6, 2011</h3>
        <p><strong></strong><strong>Higher Ed Leaders Lay Out Consequences of Budget Cuts</strong></p>
        <p>The three leaders of the state&rsquo;s  public higher education system rallied against the proposed cuts to their universities  Tuesday saying the reductions will have long-lasting effects on California&rsquo;s economy.</p>
        <p>CSU  Chancellor Charles B. Reed, University of California President Mark Yudof, Community  College Chancellor Jack Scott and about 250 campus officials met with legislators  in Sacramento during their joint Higher Education Advocacy Day. The three  systems are facing a combined budget reduction of at least $1.4 billion--including  a minimum $500 million cut to the CSU&rsquo;s 2011-12 budget.</p>
        <p>&ldquo;Higher education has been cut $1.4  billion. You know what I say&mdash;that&rsquo;s enough,&rdquo; said CSU Chancellor Charles B.  Reed. &ldquo;We have to get across to the political leadership how important it is to  invest in California&rsquo;s future, to build the economy and to fill jobs,&rdquo; Reed  added. &ldquo;The three systems of higher education are among the best and the  largest in the nation and we need stability to anticipate, to plan, and to  welcome to our campuses the future of California.&rdquo;</p>
        <p>The  importance of stable and sustainable funding for public higher education was  the dominant theme of the day&rsquo;s discussions. The CSU's proposed level of state  funding in the governor's budget is approximately the same level it was in  1999-2000 and would mark the second time in the past three years that the CSU  has faced an annual cut of a least half a billion dollars.</p>
        <p>The university leaders discussed how higher education drives California's  economy. CSU-related spending supports more than 150,000 jobs annually in  California and the CSU each year provides 95,000 job-ready graduates to the  state&rsquo;s most competitive industries&mdash;industries which account for nearly 5  million jobs in California.</p>
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        <p>The advocacy day event is one of several meetings Reed and other CSU  officials have had regularly with legislators, the Department of Finance and  the Legislative Analyst&rsquo;s Office to underscore the consequences of reductions  to the CSU&rsquo;s funding. The CSU will  continue its advocacy efforts with members of the Academic Senate holding a Legislative  Day in Sacramento April 12, followed by the California State Student Association&rsquo;s  (CSSA) lobby day at the capitol on April 18. </p>
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        <p><strong>CSU,  California Faculty Association Bargaining Update and Proposals Posted </strong></p>
        <p>The CSU and the California Faculty Association (CFA) are in the  bargaining process for a new contract. An update on the March 24-25 meeting is  posted on the CSU&rsquo;s <a href="http://www.calstate.edu/LaborRel/Contracts_HTML/CFA-Bargaining-Update03_30_11.pdf">website</a> and the CSU&rsquo;s and the CFA&rsquo;s proposals are posted <a href="http://www.calstate.edu/LaborRel/Contracts_HTML/bargaining_updates.shtml">here</a>.</p>
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