Assembly member proposes bill to allow teachers to carry concealed weapons
A state assemblymember introduced legislation on Wednesday that would allow K-12 teachers to carry concealed weapons in an effort to improve security in schools. Read More…
State Assembly considers bill to replace standardized testing
The California State Assembly is considering a proposal to replace current K-12 standardized testing with the new Common Core testing, which lawmakers hope will improve students’ critical thinking skills. Read More…
Nonsensical tuition increase
CITY AFFAIRS: A bill passed by the California State Assembly which raises tuition during shorter intersessions at state community colleges is not realistic.
A bill recently passed in the California State Assembly allowing community colleges to charge nonresident tuition during summer and winter sessions just doesn’t make sense. AB 955 will raise tuition during the community college system’s summer and winter intersessions from $46 per unit to the nonresident rate of $200 per Read More…
Committee on higher education votes in favor of Cal Grant bills
A series of bills seeking to reform the state’s Cal Grant program passed through the state assembly’s higher education committee Tuesday. Read More…
State Assembly passes bill aimed to curtail school district debt burden
The California State Assembly unanimously passed a bill on Monday restricting the use of high debt-accumulating bonds in school districts and community colleges. Read More…
UC student leaders send letter condemning passage of controversial UCSA resolution
Representatives from various student government associations at University of California campuses have penned a letter denouncing the methods by which the UC Student Association passed a controversial resolution last month. Read More…
UCSA calls contentious anti-Semitism resolution a limit to free speech
The University of California Student Association voted Saturday to condemn a contentious state Assembly resolution aimed at combating anti-Semitism at California’s public institutions of higher education. Read More…
State lawmakers fail to pass funding for Middle Class Scholarship Act
An assembly bill that would significantly cut fees for middle-income students at the state’s public universities failed to pass the California State Senate early Saturday. Read More…
Out of bounds
UNIVERSITY ISSUES: State legislation aimed at changing tenure policies at the UC and the CSU would place an undue burden on both systems.
The state legislature has no place in university personnel decisions. Academics, and the tenure awarded to hard-working faculty who improve their fields, is the university’s domain, not the state’s. Apparently, Assemblymember Ricardo Lara, D-Bell Gardens, feels differently. A bill he introduced earlier this year, most recently amended on Aug. 24, Read More…
State senate passes bill limiting obligation to detain immigrants
Participation in ICE's Secure Communities program would become optional
The TRUST Act would make it easier for state law enforcement agencies to opt out of a program requiring them to detain immigrants who have not committed serious crimes for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Read More…