The Community College League of California has submitted the following seven letters to the Governor for the 2023 legislative session.
The League has provided templates for three of these measures on our Legislative Advocacy page, and have attached a PDF copy of all seven letters in case your district or college is interested in submitting their own letter.
If you do submit a letter, consider adding the bill number and requested action in your letter's title and the email subject line. Also, please copy the League's Government Relations team, Andrew Martinez at amartinez@ccleague.org and Nune Garipian at nune@ccleague.org, so we may have a complete record of all letters submitted.
The Governor has until October 14 to sign or veto these measures. You may submit your letters to the Governor at leg.unit@gov.ca.gov.
Assembly Bill 91 (Alvarez) Community colleges: exemption from nonresident tuition fee: residence near the California-Mexico border
REQUEST FOR SIGNATURE
This bill would expand access to California community colleges to low-income, binational community college students residing within 45 miles of the California-Mexico border.
AB 299 (Holden) Hazing: educational institutions: civil liability: resources
Opposed by the League: Vetoed by Governor
This bill authorizes civil action against educational institutions for instances of hazing the institution knew or should have known.
AB 634 (Ward) Community colleges: career development and college preparation courses
Endorsed by the League: Signed by Governor
The bill would allow courses offered in the Managed Enrollment (ME) Career Development and College Preparation (CDCP) Courses to be eligible for state funding if those courses are offered as a complement of other courses.
AB 746 (Sanchez) Learning-Aligned Employment Program: eligibility
Endorsed by the League: Vetoed by Governor
This bill would expand career development opportunities for California's community college students participating in the Learning-Aligned Employment Program (LAEP).
AB 1400 (Bryan) Student financial aid: College Access Tax Credit Fund: community college student transfers: Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Endorsed by the League: Signed by Gov. Newsom
This bill would award scholarships to California Community College transfer students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
AB 1699 (McCarty) K–14 classified employees: part-time or full-time vacancies: public postings
Opposed by the League: Vetoed by Governor
This bill requires job opportunities to be posted for internal applicants for ten days before external candidates may be considered. It also requires that an internal candidate that meets the minimum qualifications, or “could” meet the minimum qualifications before their start date, have the right of first refusal for a position.
SB 433 (Cortese) Classified school and community college employees: disciplinary hearings: appeals: impartial third-party hearing officers
Opposed by the League: Vetoed by Governor
This bill would fundamentally change the locally elected community college board’s authority to make the ultimate disciplinary action against a classified staff person and place it into the hands of an unelected “hearing officer.”
