Quick Facts How much? - Amount of general obligation bonds to be issued: $160 million
- Rate based on average assessed value, not market value
- Estimated tax rate per $100,000 of assessed value: $9.73
- On average, each property owner in the college’s service area will pay an additional $30 per year
Election facts - Santa Clarita Community College District Board of Trustees voted (4-0) to move forward with a general obligation bond measure on Aug. 9, 2006
- Date of election: Tuesday, November 7, 2006
- Measure M received the required 55-percent majority in 147 of 150 voter precincts
Prop 39 requirements: - Requires approval of 55 percent of the district’s voters
- Funds may not be used for administrative or faculty/staff salaries
- Requires a citizens’ oversight committee and financial audits
- All money will improve College of the Canyons -- nothing goes to the state
What is it for? - Measure M is needed to maintain and improve the high standard of education at College of the Canyons by:
- Adding classrooms for core classes
- Adding labs and improving technology to expand public safety and other skilled, high-demand professions
- Improving earthquake, security and fire safety
- Improving disables access
- Repairing plumbing, duct-work, roofs, walls and floors
- Helping secure millions of dollars in state matching funds that will otherwise be lost
College facts - Student population now more than 18,000 per semester
- First classes: 1969
- Permanent campus opened: 1971
- AA/AS programs: 58
- Certificate programs: 40
- Satellite locations: ACCESS Centers located at: Canyon Country Library and Golden Valley High School
- Number of business partners: more than 300
- Intercollegiate sports: 16 (split equally amoung men and women)
- Faculty & staff: more than 800
- Transfer rate: highest of any community college in L.A. County
- High school student enrollees: More than 1000 high school students attend each year to get a head start on their college careers.
- Value: College of the Canyons provides top-quality, local higher education locally at a fraction of the cost of UC or CSU systems, saving tax dollars and tuition funds.
- Local economic impact: The college boosts the local economy, providing employers with well-trained professionals.
- College image: In recent surveys, the community gives the college very high ratings in meeting community needs for higher education.
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