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Committee advances bill to remove an outdated HERO provision used to revise CSU contracts
Summary
AB 1818 would eliminate an antiquated provision in the Higher Education Employer‑Employee Relations Act that allows CSU to cancel contracts or re-open bargaining when it deems funding insufficient; Teamsters and workers supported the bill, CSU representatives urged a no vote citing budget uncertainty and the 2024 agreement tied to roughly $240 million in conditional funding.
AB 1818, advanced by the committee, would repeal a lingering HERO code section the sponsor described as an outdated mechanism the California State University has used to reopen negotiations and withhold bargained increases.
The author told the committee that HERO was passed in 1978 when budgets were appropriated line‑item and that modern lump‑sum budgeting renders the provision unnecessary. "AB 1818 seeks to remove this unnecessary code section…
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