Department of Finance kills Title 5 regulations change.

GAITHER, Kathy; NUSSBAUM, Tom

The article presents information on a new regulations change in California, which require all districts to establish a 5-year plan for implementing the 75-to-25 percent full-time/part-time faculty ratio. However, the California Department of Finance denied the regulations change. According to the department's Kathy Gaither, the change would impose an unfunded mandate on the districts. Gaither said that the community college system did not have the power to make such a revision without legislative approval. It is stated that Chancellor Tom Nussbaum reacted strongly to the Department's action, and sent a letter of appeal to Gaither, which stated that it was not the job of the department to make policy judgments regarding regulations.