News Archive - December 2005
Freeze Likely on Student Fees
December 29, 2005
The Schwarzenegger Administration announced last week, that the 2006-07 state budget will include extra money for the Univesity of California to "buy down" the proposed increases in undergraduate and graduate student fees. ...more
UC Keeps Los Alamos Contract
December 21, 2005
The University of California today won its hard-fought bid to continue operating the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, beating back a challenge from a Lockheed Corp.-University of Texas team to run the nuclear weapons research facility. ...more
(Read Governor's Statement)
Special Election
The Governor had campaigned statewide in support for a reform agenda of four measures: Proposition 74, teacher tenure; Proposition 75, union dues; Proposition 76, state budget and spending limits; and Proposition 77, redistricting.
Voters rejected these and other measures, including Proposition 73, parental notification for abortion on a minor; Proposition 78, prescription drug discounts (industry-sponsored); Proposition 79, prescription drug discounts (consumer/labor union-sponsored); and Proposition 80, electricity regulation.
The UC Regents did not take a position on any of the measures, as the University is not directly affected by any of the initiatives. However, there will be continued speculation about how the 2006-07 state budget will be impacted by rejection of Proposition 75 on state budget spending and school funding.
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