Sen. Jack Scott has voluntarily stepped down as chair of the Senate budget subcommittee on education, days after he was named the next chancellor of California's community college system.
Scott, a Democrat from Altadena, didn't want any possible appearance of a conflict of interest, said his spokeswoman Wendy Gordon. The budget subcommittee holds appropriation powers over public education.
Earlier this month, the California Community Colleges board of governors appointed Scott to a $198,500-a-year job after he leaves the Legislature in November. He will start Jan. 1.
Scott handed his resignation in Tuesday. By Wednesday, Sen. Denise Ducheny, chair of the Senate Budget Committee, had stepped in for Scott at the subcommittee hearing.
Scott will remain chair of the Senate Education Committee.
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