Senator proposes oil severance tax to fund higher education
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A bill introduced by a California state senator early in February would impose oil taxes to fund public higher education. Read More…
Assembly member proposes bills to curb education costs
In response to rising college costs, a state assembly member recently proposed two bills collectively named The Affordable College Act to lower the cost of California’s higher education. Read More…
State senator proposes bill to support children of deported parents
California State Senator Lou Correa, D-Santa Ana, introduced a bill on Tuesday to support children of deported parents in attending California higher education institutions. Read More…
State senator proposes changes to Proposition 13
A state senator introduced an amendment to Proposition 13 Monday, urging the legislature and California voters to alter the measure to allow greater funding to local schools. Read More…
Passage of Prop. 30 presents opportunity for multiyear funding plan with state
Given Proposition 30’s passage Tuesday, University of California stakeholders have been given a momentary reprieve from the threat of a $250 million midyear cut. Read More…
Students react to presidential election results
While hundreds of students danced in celebration of President Barack Obama’s re-election to Miley Cyrus’ “Party in the USA” on Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley, members of the Berkeley College Republicans were huddled around a television in an apartment south of campus. The site where various campus groups spent weeks Read More…
Robert Reich, federal and state politicians make final push for Prop. 30
Campus democrats made one final push for Proposition 30 in a rally on Sproul Plaza on the eve of election day Monday. Read More…
Campus groups plan to erect tents, help point student voters to polling stations
Campus organizations are making a final effort to ensure that students know where to cast their votes Tuesday. Read More…
Support for Prop. 30 falls below 50 percent, new data shows
Support for Proposition 30, which will determine whether the UC is dealt a series of budget cuts, has fallen just short of a majority, according to polling data released Tuesday from the California Business Roundtable. Read More…
Brown’s sketchy proposition manipulates students’ fears
Young people are determined to make their voices heard in the upcoming November election on the issue of ever-increasing costs of higher education. The ASUC has already helped register thousands of current UC Berkeley students to vote, stressing the importance of one major ballot initiative: Proposition 30. However, any student Read More…