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A bill that would increase the annual state funding to Palomar College awaits Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature. According to the Community College League of California, Palomar College stands to gain about $2.9 million per year if the bill is approved. Senate Bill 361 is a measure to more evenly distribute funds to the state's 72 community college districts by increasing funding to the lowest-funded districts. Palomar College is one of the colleges that stands to gain the most from the bill. It is currently funded 63rd out of 72 districts. The bill has already passed the State Assembly and the Senate. Funding is based on the number of full time equivalent students. FTES is calculated by taking the enrollment in credit classes and determining the equivalent number of students if each took 15 units. Bonnie Ann Dowd, vice president of finance and administration, said under the bill, Palomar College would receive $4,367 per credit FTES; it currently receives less than $4,000. "It's an infusion of money into the community college system," Dowd said. She added that funding would not be reduced in any of the state's community college districts. "Community colleges across the board

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are underfunded," Dowd said. "Palomar College has been underfunded for years." Funding in the community college districts has been moving toward equalization for the past three years. Administrators and board members at Palomar College have campaigned for equalization since it began. "All of our trustees have been very supportive of it," said college president Robert Deegan. "(They) have been very active." Lobbying was done through the San Diego and Imperial County Community Colleges Association and the California League of Community Colleges. "We sent letters and letters and letters," Deegan said. "We visited Sacramento and met with legislators who were actively involved with the passage of the bill." Chadwich said the process was difficult. "Believe me, it has not been easy," said governing board member Nancy

Chadwick, who has been campaigning for the bill. Both Deegan and Chadwick said they believe Schwarzenegger will sign the bill. He has until Sept. 30 to do so. If the bill passes, it would modify the formula used for calculating funding. "We've had a very arcane formula for community college funding in California," Dowd said. She said it would make the formula simpler, but would not make it simple. "For the most part, it tends to benefit everyone," she said. Deegan said the funding formulas at University of California and California State University schools are not similar to those for community colleges. Those systems provide funding more evenly. "It was a particular quirk with the funding formula for community colleges," he said. "So this is an attempt to remedy that problem."

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A Coronado Police officer and former Palomar College Police Academy student is now on paid administrative leave after shooting a San Diego Chargers' linebacker, Coronado Police said. Aaron Duke Mansker, 23, a former Palomar community service officer and student government member, fired several shots at San Diego Chargers' linebacker Steve Foley, 30, while off duty and in Poway on Sept. 3, according to a San Diego Sheriff's report.

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