BILL NUMBER:  AB 1802
  VETOED	DATE: 07/19/2006




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am signing Assembly Bill 1802 with the following objections:

I am reducing one-time appropriations contained in subdivision (a) of
Section 43 of the bill for community colleges:

I am reducing the appropriation in subdivision (a) of Section 43 of
this bill by eliminating schedule (28), which allocates $500,000 for
implementation of a community college strategic plan.  Funding for
the implementation of community colleges strategic plan is not an
appropriate use of Proposition 98 funds and can be funded by the
Chancellors Office to the extent this is a priority for that
organization.

I am reducing the appropriation in subdivision (a) of Section 43 of
this bill by eliminating schedule (29), which allocates $700,000 to
support an Electronic Transcript Exchange program.  This additional
funding is unnecessary, given that the Budget Bill already provides
federal reimbursement authority for this purpose.

I am reducing the appropriation in subdivision (a) of Section 43 of
this bill by eliminating schedule (31), which allocates $5,000,000 to
support faculty and staff professional development.  This funding is
unnecessary due to the significant increases in general purpose
funding and one-time funds that are available for this and other
purposes.  Decisions to provide additional funding for these programs
should be made at the local level.

As mentioned in my veto message on Item 6870-101-0001 in AB 1801, I
am committed to increasing the amount of funding for career technical
education given the magnitude of work remaining to be done to
reinvigorate and align career technical in our high schools and
community colleges.  Therefore, I am setting these funds aside for
appropriation in subsequent legislation for this purpose.



Also, Section 12 requires the State Department of Education to
reimburse school districts $0.21 for every free and reduced-price
meal served to California students.  Currently, the reimbursement
rate is $0.14 for free and reduced price meals.  However, I have
deleted and set aside $37.8 million included in the Budget Bill for
this rate increase pending the adoption of legislation that would
require schools to improve the nutritional quality of meals served to
California students and restore the  $37.8 million appropriation.

Sincerely,



Arnold Schwarzenegger