Campus Budget Meeting Updates- Aid, Chromebooks, WiFi
East Los Angeles College will receive a refund from the district and has set student needs as its priority for the 2021 Spring semester budget.
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ASU meeting introduces recently approved clubs
Five new clubs were chartered during Friday’s East Los Angeles Student Union meeting. One of the newly chartered clubs, the ISA will serve with the purpose to help international students adapt to a new lifestyle in America. It will serve to enhance their chances of being accepted to Cal States, UCs, and other universities. ISA plans on meeting Friday afternoons.
Budget cuts threaten student tutoring hours
The Learning Center lost a grant that will start to affect staff by winter, which will result in fewer tutoring hours. It has already lost some CALWORKS tutors when migrating online.
Math tutors were not cut, but now they are down eight tutors and have decided to reduce their hours. Some tutors graduated and their positions were not filled.
East Los Angeles College Budget meeting highlights financial woes
The East Los Angeles College Budget Committee met over Zoom to discuss details about the budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.
Professors and students present in the meeting reported having difficulty with enrolling for classes. Some professors noted that students were wait listing for all sections of a class, while others couldn’t waitlist for classes that reached their maximum capacity.
Student round table tackles remote learning
The first student leadership roundtable covered the status of the Los Angeles Community College District financially and educationally through remote learning.
Friday, the LACCD Chancellor, Francisco Rodriguez, reminded students that the choice to return to on-campus classes is under the jurisdiction of the Public Health Department.
ELAC’s budget decreases to reflect state’s financial problems
The East Los Angeles College Budget Committee announced plans to reallocate saved money to fund needed programs.
California faces steep cuts amid pandemic
Los Angeles Community College District discussed economic and student issues in a virtual town hall meeting held on Thursday.
Governor Newsom budget changes increase education
Governor Gavin Newsom released the revised budget proposal on Thursday that would increase the amount of funding going into education.
Rising concerns for assembly bill helping homeless students
Assembly Bill 302, which would allow homeless students to sleep in their cars on campus parking lots, is gaining momentum. The East Los Angeles College Budget Committee discussed, on Monday, how it would fund AB 302.
LACCD releases data, reveals cost of school operations
The East Los Angeles College unrestricted general fund cyclical data from October reveals what the school spends its money on.