The California State Senate approved a bill last Thursday that, if signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, would grant collective bargaining rights to graduate student research assistants at the state’s public universities. The bill would extend an 1979 act that gave university employees the right to collectively bargain to apply to Read More…
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…
In an effort to address the surging costs of higher education for college students, the California State Senate passed two bills aimed at giving students free access to textbooks for popular lower division courses on Wednesday. Senate Bill 1052 would create the California Open Education Resources Council, which would oversee Read More…
As the cost of public education in California continues to soar despite decreased state contribution, all three of its institutions of higher education must adapt and give students an increased say over how their money is spent. A bill authored by state Senator Michael Rubio facilitates just that. Legislators should Read More…
When protesters chant, “No cuts, no fees. Education should be free,” they aren’t necessarily talking about the books students read for their classes. But the very real prospect of a freely available, open source textbook library in California inches public colleges in the state closer to that goal. Two bills Read More…
Two state Senate bills that aim to help college students save significant money on textbooks recently passed at a Senate committee hearing. The two bills — introduced by Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento — passed April 11 at a hearing of the Senate Education Committee, where public higher Read More…
College students may find relief from high textbook prices in a California State Senate bill that would create a free open source textbook library. State Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg, D-Sacramento, introduced a bill Feb. 8 that would fund a library containing open source textbooks for the 50 most Read More…
A bill that would allow undocumented students to be eligible for financial aid funded by private donations was passed by the state Senate Thursday. Assembly Bill 130, authored by state Assemblymember Gilbert Cedillo, D-Los Angeles, comprises the first part of the state’s DREAM Act. The bill now awaits approval from Gov. Read More…
A bill that requires California to establish a system for reporting how its higher education institutions are meeting educational and economic goals passed through the state Senate Education Committee last week. Assembly Bill 2 — introduced by state Assemblymember Anthony Portantino, D-La Canada Flintridge — was passed by the committee Read More…
The California State Senate approved a piece of legislation Thursday that would bring greater transparency and accountability to the state’s public higher education institutions — the University of California, California State University and the California Community Colleges. Senate Bill 8 — dubbed the Transparency Act by Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Read More…
