Spring 2013
Committee:
Executive
Whereas, The Student Senate for California Community Colleges, which advocates and defends all of its 2.3 million students the opportunity to be treated with equality, equity, and have access to an affordable education without discrimination toward any population;
Whereas, The California Community College Board of Governors adopted the Student Success Task Force Recommendations and subsequent Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act as part of the implementation process, numerous reforms were enacted to incentivize students to declare academic and career goals, which the Governor’s budget proposal undermines and disregards the reforms of the Student Success Task Force Recommendations – namely the 90-unit cap;
Whereas, The Governor’s budget proposal would disproportionately impact historically underserved constituents such as Latino and African Americans, students with disabilities, and students from low-income backgrounds who may struggle with academic progress will be at risk of being eliminated the from the Community College system by filtering out students due to the limited access to counseling and other support services and programs; and
Whereas, California's economy is in need of students in academic programs that have high unit counts that exceed 90 units - namely the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics fields, would disenfranchise students who change their majors and/or those who re-enter the community college system, which further creates a gap of inequality between affluent and non-affluent students - a two tier system that creates a division between those who cannot afford to pay, and those able to afford to pay the unsubsidized rate will remain in the system;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges direct its leadership to engage with the State of California, the California Community College Board of Governors, and the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges to protect the promise of California’s higher education to its students.
Whereas, The California Community College Board of Governors adopted the Student Success Task Force Recommendations and subsequent Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act as part of the implementation process, numerous reforms were enacted to incentivize students to declare academic and career goals, which the Governor’s budget proposal undermines and disregards the reforms of the Student Success Task Force Recommendations – namely the 90-unit cap;
Whereas, The Governor’s budget proposal would disproportionately impact historically underserved constituents such as Latino and African Americans, students with disabilities, and students from low-income backgrounds who may struggle with academic progress will be at risk of being eliminated the from the Community College system by filtering out students due to the limited access to counseling and other support services and programs; and
Whereas, California's economy is in need of students in academic programs that have high unit counts that exceed 90 units - namely the Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics fields, would disenfranchise students who change their majors and/or those who re-enter the community college system, which further creates a gap of inequality between affluent and non-affluent students - a two tier system that creates a division between those who cannot afford to pay, and those able to afford to pay the unsubsidized rate will remain in the system;
Resolved, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges direct its leadership to engage with the State of California, the California Community College Board of Governors, and the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges to protect the promise of California’s higher education to its students.