Fall 2017
Committee:
Legislative Affairs Committee
WHEREAS, current law states that the function of the California Community Colleges is to offer academic and vocational instruction only at the lower division level, specifically by granting certificates and associate's degrees;
WHEREAS, the state of California faces an urgent need to increase the number of residents with four-year degrees as current trends suggest less than 35% of California residents will have a Bachelor’s degree by 2030 (Powers);
WHEREAS, SB 850 from 2014 created the baccalaureate degree pilot program for community colleges which sought to test the feasibility of California Community Colleges hosting Bachelor degree programs, which has a sunset date of 2023;
WHEREAS, different campuses in the existing pilot program have expressed recruitment issues for their programs due to the 2023 sunset date;
RESOLVED, the Student Senate for California Community Colleges advocate for the extension of the sunset date for the baccalaureate degree pilot program by supporting SB 769.
Powers, K. (2017). SB 769 Higher Education Bill Analysis (California, State Assembly, Assembly Committee on Higher Education). Sacramento, California: Asm Committee on Higher Education.
WHEREAS, the state of California faces an urgent need to increase the number of residents with four-year degrees as current trends suggest less than 35% of California residents will have a Bachelor’s degree by 2030 (Powers);
WHEREAS, SB 850 from 2014 created the baccalaureate degree pilot program for community colleges which sought to test the feasibility of California Community Colleges hosting Bachelor degree programs, which has a sunset date of 2023;
WHEREAS, different campuses in the existing pilot program have expressed recruitment issues for their programs due to the 2023 sunset date;
RESOLVED, the Student Senate for California Community Colleges advocate for the extension of the sunset date for the baccalaureate degree pilot program by supporting SB 769.
Powers, K. (2017). SB 769 Higher Education Bill Analysis (California, State Assembly, Assembly Committee on Higher Education). Sacramento, California: Asm Committee on Higher Education.