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AB 591 (Dymally)
Link to bill status and history
Link to video of AB 591
initial hearing before
Assembly Higher Education Committee, 4/17/07
(You will need Windows Media Player or Apple
Quicktime to view this video; free copies may be downloaded at the links below)
(Other higher ed bills are heard at this hearing as well.
To view testimony about AB 591, take the progress bar at the bottom of the media
screen
and pull it to the right until you've reached about 1:23:00 through the
hearing. Testimony and public comments encompass about 23 minutes)
Testimony in Support of AB 591
Mervyn Dymally (bill sponsor) at 1:23:04
David Milroy; Chair, California Part Time Faculty Association at 1:26:00
Dr. Mark Drummond, Chancellor California Community Colleges at 1:29:00
(takes no position but supports the concept of equal pay and equal service to
students) provides essential background information. His comments that
assignment of faculty should be an academic choice, not based on "dollars and
cents" can be found at 1:31:15. Comments regarding 75% of community
college students needing basic skills can be found at 1:31:50.
Dennis Smith; President, Faculty Association of California Community
Colleges (FACCC) at 1:33:00 (takes no position but supports the concept of equal
pay and equal service to students)
Ron Norton Reel, President (then treasurer) Community College Association (CCA)at
1:34:50
David ______ California Faculty Association (CFA) 1:35:00
Stacey Burks, Communication Workers of America (CWA), Butte
College 1:35:10.
Public Comments 1:35:40
It should be noted that the line of individuals to make public comments on
this bill included part-time faculty from several districts, their students and
their parents. The line reached out the door of the hearing room, and the
number of those wishing to speak exceeded public comments for any bill that
day.
Testimony in Opposition of AB 591
Testimony in opposition commenced at 1:38:00.
Judith Michaels representing American Federation of Teachers
(AFT, Dymally's own union).
Bonnie Slausen representing ACCCA.
Response to Opposition:
David Milroy at 1:43:19.
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