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ASSEMBLY JOURNAL Oct. 1, 2004
Veto Message—Assembly Bill No. 2849
Governor’s Office, Sacramento
September 10, 2004
To the Members of the California State Assembly:
I am returning Assembly Bill 2849 without my signature.
I find no compelling reason for increasing the membership of the
California State University Board of Trustees specifically to appoint a
non-faculty union employee. Under current law, the Governor is
authorized to appoint 16 at-large members to the Board, one of whom
may be a non-faculty employee. Therefore, this bill is unnecessary.
For these reasons, I am unable to sign this bill.
Sincerely,
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
Veto Message—Assembly Bill No. 1846
Governor’s Office, Sacramento
September 10, 2004
To the Members of the California State Assembly:
I am returning Assembly Bill 1846 without my signature.
This bill would only create more confusion of governance in the
existing education system, if the Office of the Superintendent of Public
Instruction (SPI) is the authority for provisions related to the No Child
Left Behind (NCLB) Act and the State Board of Education (SBE) is the
authority for all other federal programs. In addition, this bill would
undermine the authority of the SBE.
Moreover, California has already submitted applications for various
programs and received funding under the NCLB Act. This bill may
force California to revise and resubmit current applications in order to
meet the provisions of this bill, potentially jeopardizing receipt of
federal funding.
This shift in authority proposed by the bill would also limit statewide
public input. Although the SPI is an elected official, I believe it is
important for education stakeholders—parents, students, teachers,
administrators, and community members—to have an official venue for
public testimony. The SBE holds public hearings on various K–12
education issues throughout the state for issues to be appropriately
heard and considered.
For these reasons, I am unable to support this bill.
Sincerely,
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
Veto Message—Assembly Bill No. 2373
Governor’s Office, Sacramento
September 10, 2004
To the Members of the California State Assembly:
I am returning Assembly Bill No. 2373 without my signature.
The Quality Education Commission (QEC) is charged with
evaluating education financing models for the state to consider. It is
inappropriate to bias the deliberations of the QEC, by directing it to
consider specific approaches and proposals.