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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  ACR 65
          Author:   Ruskin (D)
          Amended:  5/5/09 in Assembly
          Vote:     21

           
          WITHOUT REFERENCE TO COMMITTEE OR FILE

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  78-0, 5/11/09 (Consent) - See last page  
            for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher  
          Education

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This resolution establishes the Joint Committee  
          on the Master Plan for Higher Education until November 30,  
          2010, to review the Master Plan for Higher Education and  
          create a framework to ensure that higher education  
          continues to thrive.  Sunsets November 30, 2010.

           ANALYSIS  :    

          This resolution makes the following Legislative findings:

          1.In 1960, California established a master plan for the  
            development, expansion and integration of the facilities,  
            curriculum, and standards of higher education in junior  
            colleges, the California State University system, the  
            University of California system, and other institutions  
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            of higher education in the state to meet the needs of the  
            state during the 10 years following the master plan's  
            establishment.

          2.Since the adoption of the 1960 Master Plan for Higher  
            Education, the master plan has been periodically reviewed  
            by numerous oversight commissions.

          3.The recent economic downturn has taken a toll on the  
            state's fiscal support for public higher education;  
            however, the economy will revive, and this Master Plan  
            review can set a framework for funding priorities when  
            funds become available to restore and increase the  
            state's support for its colleges and universities and  
            invest in preparing its future workforce.

          This resolution establishes the Joint Committee on the  
          Master Plan for Higher Education until November 30, 2010,  
          to review the Master Plan for Higher Education and create a  
          framework to ensure that higher education continues to  
          thrive.  Sunsets November 30, 2010.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Fiscal Com.:  No

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES:  Adams, Ammiano, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill  
            Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield,  
            Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,  
            Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon,  
            DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,  
            Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick,  
            Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,  
            Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Krekorian, Lieu,  
            Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning,  
            Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel  
            Perez, Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva,  
            Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson,  
            Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, Bass
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Duvall, Yamada


          DLW:do  6/22/09   Senate Floor Analyses 

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