Posted on 11/13/2017 10:31:54 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
Weeks after Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 19, which waives fees for first-time freshmen at California community colleges, officials in the Los Rios Community College District are wondering where the money will come from to pay for the tuition breaks.
AB 19 would expand upon the current fee waiver for low-income students, recently renamed the California Promise Grant. The new grant would waive the first year of fees for all first-time, full-time students attending a California community college, regardless of need.
Los Rios supported the bill, but spokesman Gabe Ross recently expressed concern that money could wind up being diverted from the district’s general operating funds.
“As is always the case, the devil’s in the details,” Ross said. “Our position was one of support, but we want to make sure that we’re not robbing Peter to pay Paul.”
In its August analysis of AB 19, the finance department said the bill “creates significant new and ongoing Proposition 98 General Fund costs that are not included in the Governor's Budget plan.” The Department estimated that this strain, coupled with the loss of student fee revenues, could reduce funding for community college districts by anywhere from $30 to $50 million.
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Tax the rich. That’s their mantra. The rich will pay for it; except liberal actors and MSMLSD TV personalities.
What’s the problem? It’s FREE, nobody has to pay for it!
If the teachers truely cared about their students, they would work for free.
No one pays-that’’s the California dream!!
Full-time....community college
IIRC about 1/2 of community college students are part-time. People getting certifications for plumbing, welding, etc
Only a couple hundred bucks per semester in the 70’s.
The increase is NOT “inflation”, its THEFT.
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Right on!
And in the ‘60s community college was free in California. U of C was $90/semester—not $90/semester hour.
I understood that all their leftist professors and instructors were going to donate their time and work for free.
No??
Unicorn and fairytale believers running the state and the people keep falling for it.
Ya, they worked for free in the 70’s.....
Actually, most got phony PhD’s and were way OVERPAID.
This one guy wouldn’t have received his AA without my help, went on to get his PhD, with the help of other phonies at the CC.
Exactly.
Oh and while you’re at it, impose a special tax on hollyweird; surely the self-righteous leftists there would not mind paying their “fair share”.
I wonder what the campus crime rates (sexual assault numbers) are these days, what with illegals and assorted third-world diversifiers slithering around openly, barely masquerading as students.
Did they simply install “Predator-free Zone” signs and call it a day, or what?
How will it pay? By making the rich pay their “fair share”, of course! < /wishfully sarc >
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