Delta College is an essential local resource for students of all ages and backgrounds to learn new trades, obtain new skills, and earn affordable college credit they can transfer to UC, Cal State institutions, and other four‐year colleges and universities.

 

Training the Local Workforce

Delta College provides low-cost, high-quality education, job training, and community learning options for all residents, especially some of our more underserved communities. Each year, Delta College trains more than 400 health care workers, including registered nurses, addressing critical workforce needs in our community. Additionally, Delta College equips students with specialized skills essential for good-paying careers in local industries such as manufacturing, agribusiness, and more.

 

Local Community College Facilities Are Aging

While Delta College is a valuable part of our community, additional funding is needed to allow Delta College to help maintain and upgrade the classrooms, labs, and vocational equipment, technology and facilities for training the first responders, nurses, and other professionals who protect and serve our community every day.

 

Local Funding for Urgent Repairs and More Affordable, Local Access to Higher Education

The San Joaquin Delta Community College District Board of Trustees has voted to place a $598 million school facilities improvement bond, Measure K, on the November 2024 ballot. This would cost approximately $16 per $100,000 of assessed (not market) value. A typical taxpayer would pay about $49 annually. Funding from the measure could be used to help address the most urgent improvements needed across all Delta College campuses, including to:
 

• Improve local access to affordable job training and higher education

• Upgrade classrooms and labs for career technical education programs to provide practical job and career skills

• Improve student safety on campus 

• Prepare students to transfer to four-year colleges and universities

• Fix old plumbing and continue to provide clean drinking water

• Repair leaky roofs and remove asbestos, lead paint, and mold

 

Mandatory Accountability and Local Control

By law, Measure K would require strict accountability protections, including:
 

• All funds would be controlled locally for Delta College improvements only and could not be taken away by the State

• No money could be used for administrators’ salaries

• An independent citizens’ oversight committee and mandatory annual audits would help ensure all funds are spent as voters intended​

• A detailed project list outlining the specific use of funds would be required