Senate bill caps CSU administrator pay, tightens selection process
Lieu’s bill limits the pay of campus presidents to $343,000 per year. That’s 150 percent of the salary paid to the chief justice of the California Supreme Court. No raises or bonuses would be allowed if a tuition hike occurred within three years. And internal California State University candidates must be given preference for the job. CSU had no comment on the proposal because a new committee is investigating presidential pay and selection practices. But in the past, administrators said they need to pay well to be able to recruit the best. The salary-cap proposal is popular among students who have been protesting a string of tuition hikes over the years
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by Nannette Miranda, KABC-TV.