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Confusing College Prep Bill Derailed
Thanks to Senator Jack Scott, chair of the Senate Education Committee, the CSU was successful in derailing Assembly Bill 1586 (DeSaulnier), a measure that would require the CSU to accept all high school career technical education (CTE) courses that meet standards adopted by the State Board of Education, as fulfilling a new "applied arts" category (g) of high school course requirements for admission to the CSU.
AB 1586 would have essentially bifurcated the CSU and the UC admission. This would confuse students, parents and high school counselors as they prepared to enter a four-year university. More »
Higher Education Framework Proposal Moving Through Legislature
Senate Bill 325 (Scott), a proposal which the California State University (CSU) supports, would establish a statewide higher education accountability framework for achieving specific educational and economic goals is continuing to move through the legislative process and will be heard next in the Assembly Appropriations Committee this week. More »
Measure to Increase Protections for Animal Researchers in Limbo
Assembly Bill 2296 by Assembly Member Gene Mullin (D-19, South San Francisco), which would establish the California Animal Enterprise Protection Act, was heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 24th. More »
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Ammiano a Shoo In for San Francisco Seat
San Francisco Supervisor Tom Ammiano, who is running unopposed for the state’s 13th Assembly District, claimed an easy victory in the June 3 primary.More »
California’s Ballot Set for November Election
On June 26th, Secretary of State Debra Bowen announced that eleven measures had qualified for the November 4, 2008 ballot.More »
Legislative Session in the Home Stretch
The Legislature is continuing to advance measures out of the second house’s policy committee as it comes closer to August 31, which is when the Legislature is required to conclude its work, per the State’s Constitution.More »
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