Protecting Community College Interests In addition to sponsoring bills, League staff worked with our community college districts and policy boards to identif y legislation that worked against the best interests of California’s community colleges. To this end, the League worked to successfully block the following bills.
Arguing for a Real Solution to Student Homelessness
College of the Desert
While of noblest intentions, AB 302 (Berman) would have mandated that community colleges open their parking lots to homeless students so they could sleep there overnight. League staff successfully argued that not only was this not a true solution to the state’s student homelessness problem but that many colleges were not set up to safely house this population and that it would divert resources from core educational programs. The bill was held on the State Senate floor.
Securing Nursing Program Oversight In 2019, for-profit institutions attempted to significantly curtail the oversight of the Board of Registered Nursing over nursing programs. Believing this would endanger patient protection and care, the League partnered the California Organization of Associate Degree Nursing programs to successfully block the legislation. AB 1364 (Rubio) was held in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
Maintaining College Hiring Autonomy
Crafton Hills College
SB 777 (Rubio) would have created an artificial formula to regulate full-time faculty hiring regardless of a community college’s fiscal ability to support that faculty member or its impact on student success. It was held in the Assembly Higher Education Committee.
For a full list of legislation tracked by the League, visit www.ccleague.org/advocacy/bill-tracking.
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