CALIFORNIA FACULTY ASSOCIATION
California State
University, Sacramento

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CFA Analysis of the Governor's
Budget Overview:
• Governor Schwarzenegger’s budget proposal calls for over $1 billion in
funding cuts to higher education, including a cut of $312.9 million from the
funding promised to the California State University for 2008/09 under the
Compact agreement.
• The Governor also rejected the CSU’s request for $73.2 million that would
provide much needed funds and avoid another student fee increase.
• In comparison with the current year, the 2008-09 budget proposes $97.9
million less in state general funds for CSU. This amounts to a 3.3% general
fund reduction for the CSU.
• The 2008-09 budget request approved by the CSU Board of Trustees was
consistent with the Higher Education Compact agreement between by Chancellor
Reed and the governor. While failing to propose funding amounts to which he
agreed when he made the deal in
2004, Gov. Schwarzenegger also called for student fee increases for CSU
students and rejected the Compact’s cap on fee hikes at 10% per year.
• A 10% increase in undergraduate student fees would bring fees to $3,048
per year – 113% higher than they were in 2002 when the state faced its last
major budget crisis.
• The Governor’s Budget assumes CSU will receive about $109 million from a
10% fee increase in 2008-09 but includes no new funding for enrollment
growth.
• At a minimum, a $386 million augmentation to the Governor’s budget
proposal is needed for the CSU to keep its doors open to qualified students,
maintain access, and ensure an adequate quality education to enrolled
students:
$312.9 million to restore what was promised
$ 73.2 million to buy-out the proposed 10% fee increase
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Year One of the Equity Program:
An Overview
• CFA successfully negotiated a two-year
Equity Program with $7 million (each year) dedicated to fund base salary
increases for faculty experiencing salary inequities including salary inversion
and low pay resulting from multiple years with no GSIs and no SSIs.
• Our current contract includes two primary
tools to address salary inequities: SSIs and the Equity Program. Both were hotly
contested components of the contract fight.
• Year One addresses faculty who were
Assistant Professors (and equivalent rank Counselors, Librarians, Coaches) as of
July 1, 2007. Negotiations for Year Two, which covers Associate and Full
Professors (and equivalents as above) are underway. See Article 31.17 of the
current contract. The new program replaces the previous program, which included
no dedicated funding and was frequently administered in a discretionary way.
• A joint CFA/CSU committee has been working
collaboratively for over 6 months and successfully negotiated a program without
resorting to the mediation/arbitration process allowed in the contract. The Year
One program incorporates key elements of the proposal CFA argued for as well as
elements desired by CSU.
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Gonzalez got 33% in pay hikes, a kitchen
remodel, special loan.
Garamendi op-ed warns about
under-funding for CSU
SacBee: Time for answers in CSU pay mess
Lockyer, Munitz lunched as
state probed Getty chief
CSU
Admistration vs. CFA: Where We Stand
All in the family: Sac State hires
president's son
Lean times? CSUS
has 49 managers who earn $100,000+, up from 47 just 2 years
ago
CFA's position on union representation for graduate
teaching assistants
CSUS plucked?
Setting Off: President Gonzalez finds $165,000 $268,000 to remodel his
office
The Chancellor's
Office responds to the legislature: "...We do not want an outside agency
overseeing our operations!"
CSU leadership needs new blood
CFA's summary
and analysis of the CMS fiasco
CSU faculty salaries
are 12% below comparable institutions - CPEC
Other
news:
CFA
wins the fight for more tenure-track hiring
Leading or
Lost?:
Misplaced Priorities 101 - CSU's $700 million detour
Reed Forced to
Admit the Truth:
San Francisco Chronicle: Invest in CSU
San Gabriel
Valley Tribune: CSU should teach, not train
CFA protects the interests of faculty on a broad
range of issues, including compensation, protecting against layoffs, protecting
intellectual property rights, upholding academic standards, and ensuring
diversity in the CSU environment.
Chancellor Reed's Evaluation by the Board of Trustees and
CFA's response
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