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(Nov.
8, 2006) - California voters gave 56 percent approval to Proposition 1D,
a $10.416 billion bond issue for kindergarten through university-level
public schools that will provide nearly $3.1 billion for higher
education, including more than $14 million for projects at California
State University, Fresno.
For Fresno State, there will be $1.2 million for nursing classroom
renovation; $6.8 million for furniture and equipment in the expanding
Henry Madden Library; and $6.1 million for Americans with Disabilities
Act upgrades, classroom and laboratory improvements, and heating,
ventilation and air conditioning equipment.
The bond money helps the university meet its commitment to a healthier
region by adding opportunities to help relieve the shortages of nurses
and nursing leadership in Central California.
Passage of 1D also ensures that as students, scholars and the community
use the California State University system’s biggest academic library
there will be state-of-the-art technology and furniture utilizing
sustainable materials. The Madden Library expansion project should be
complete in late 2008.
The rest of the Proposition 1D money for Fresno State will enhance
efforts to accommodate people with physical limitations and expand on
the university’s initiatives to save energy, improve air quality and
help preserve the environment.
“Fresno State has earned a position of trust by serving the educational
needs of the culturally and economically diverse central San Joaquin
Valley for nearly a century,” said Dr. John D. Welty, Fresno State’s
president.
“We deeply appreciate the voters’ support of our efforts to transform
the university and to partner with the community to overcome the
challenges we share in the Valley,” Welty said. “Combining the support
provided through state bonds with private gifts is helping us create a
truly excellent campus for our students and allows us to train the
leaders and problem-solvers who will secure the future of our region and
beyond.”
By voting “Yes” on Prop. 1D, Welty added, “Voters put education – at all
levels –on the very top of our priority list, where it deserves to be.”
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