SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE WILL
COME TO ORDER. GOOD MORNING, THE
SENATE CONTINUES TO WELCOME THE
PUBLIC IN PERSON AND VIA THE
TELECONFERENCE SERVICE FOR
INDIVIDUALS WISHING TO PROVIDE
PUBLIC COMMENT. TODAY'S
PARTICIPANT NUMBERS 8772268163.
IT'S 8772268163 AND THE ACCESS
CODE IS 736 TO 836 AGAIN. THAT'S
736 TO 836. WE'RE HOLDING OUR
COMMITTEE HEARINGS HERE IN THE
CAPITAL. I ASK ALL MEMBERS OF
THE COMMITTEE PLEASE BE PRESENT
ROOM 1 12 SO WE CAN ESTABLISH A
REQUIREMENT. BEGINNER HEARING. I
ASKED THE TESTIMONY OF MAIN
WITNESSES IN SUPPORT OR
OPPOSITION BE LIMITED TO TWO
PEOPLE PER SIDE WITH TWO MINUTES
FOR EACH PERSON. ALL OTHERS MAY
ADD ON AND SIMPLY STATE, YOUR
NAME, ORGANIZATION AND POSITION
. WE HAVE ONE BILL ON TODAY'S
AGENDA. A B 12 91 BY
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MCCARTY. WE DO
NOT YET HAVE A QUORUM, SO WE
WILL START THIS COMMITTEE AS A
SUBCOMMITTEE. WELCOME
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S CARDI. YOU MAY
PRESENT YOUR BILL. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. MANY MEMBERS WITH YOU
TODAY TO PRESENT A B 12 91. THIS
IS A FAMILIAR TOPIC. WE HAD A
ROBUST HEARING ON THE SAME ISSUE
ABOUT SIX OR SO WEEKS AGO ON THE
ISSUE OF STUDENT TRANSFER,
STREAMLINING AND MAKE IT EASIER
TO GO FROM A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
TO CSU OR YOU SEE, UM YOU KNOW,
YOU CURRENTLY HAVE TO HAVE A PHD
TO UNDERSTAND SOMETIMES THE
TRANSFER PROCESS. THAT'S WHY
ONLY 2% OF STUDENTS. ECOLOGIST
WITHIN TWO YEARS, SO WE HAVE
GAINED GAME CHANGING PROPOSAL
HERE WITH YOU TODAY VERY SIMILAR
TO THE ONE THAT YOU HEARD FEW
WEEKS AGO THAT ONE DID HAVE
OPPOSITION FROM THE U. C AND I'M
PROUD TO REPORT THAT WITH YOUR
COMMITTEE STAFF AND MISS OGLE
LILIA AND OUR OUR TEAM WITH THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND THE AND
THE AND THE ASSEMBLY LEADERSHIP
WERE ABLE TO FORM A COMPROMISE
AND BRINGING A POLICY WITH US
TODAY THAT HAS NO INSTITUTIONAL
OPPOSITION AND HAS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO REALLY BE A GAME
CHANGER FOR STUDENT ACCESS IN
CALIFORNIA. THIS WASN'T THAT THE
PERFECT 80 MIRRORING, MIRRORING
THE CSU AND UC, BUT IT STARTS
OFF WITH A PILOT WITH UCLA BEING
THE FIRST CAMPUS AND WRAPPING UP
TO AT LEAST FIVE CAMPUSES WITHIN
THE YOU SEE BY THE YEAR 28 29
AGAIN, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO
REALLY MAKE IT EASIER FOR
STUDENTS TO TRANSFER FROM OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGES TO THE
UNIVERSITY SYSTEM. NO OPPOSITION
WITH US THIS MORNING AND THANK
YOU AGAIN FOR WORKING WITH US
AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
VOTE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TESTIMONY. ARE THERE ANY
WITNESSES IN OPPOSITION HERE
TODAY? BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS
HERE IN SUPPORT IS THERE THERE
IS NO SOMEBODY WAVED AT ME. BUT
THERE WAS SIMPLY TO SAY HELLO.
UM, ARE THERE ANYONE IS HERE IN
OPPOSITION? THAT'S SAYING NONE.
LET'S GO TO THE TELECONFERENCE
LINE, MISS MODERATOR. IS THERE
ANYBODY ON THE TELECONFERENCE
LINE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK EITHER
IN OPPOSITION TO OR IN SUPPORT
OF 12 91? AT THIS TIME IS THE
CHAIR. WE HAVE NO ONE GOOD.
LET'S COME BACK HERE TO THE DAIS
TO ANY OF MY COLLEAGUES.
SINGULAR WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPEAK
TO THE BILL? OR ASK QUESTIONS
FROM MY PART? I DO APPRECIATE
THE WORK YOU'VE DONE. I WANT TO
MAKE CLEAR AS YOU HAVE IN OUR
CONVERSATIONS THAT THIS IS NOT
THIS IS SORT OF A SPECIAL CASE.
THIS WAS A BILL THAT YOUR
ORIGINAL BILL DID NOT MAKE IT
OUT OF THE APPROPRIATIONS. STAGE
BUT WITH THE CONSENT OF
EVERYBODY INVOLVED THAT THIS
VEHICLE WAS CREATED AND IS HAS
NO OPPOSITION AT THIS POINT,
INCLUDING THE èC, WHICH IS
DROPPED THEIR OPPOSITION, SO I
COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR WORK. WE DO
NOT CURRENTLY HAVE A QUORUM. BUT
IF YOU'D LIKE TO CLOSE, PLEASE
PROCEED. YEAH THANK YOU AGAIN
FOR YOU AND YOUR COMMITTEE STAFF
WORKING WITH US, AND THIS IS THE
BIGGEST TRANSFER POLICY FOR YOU
SEE THAT WE'VE EVER DONE IN
CALIFORNIA MIRRORS WHAT WE DID A
DECADE AGO FOR CSU, SO THIS
REALLY WILL BE A GAME CHANGER
FOR STUDENT ACCESS. FOR HIGHER
EDUCATION THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA
AND RESPECTFULLY ASK FOR YOUR
VOTE. THANK YOU SHALL REMEMBER
WHEN WE WHEN WE HAVE A QUORUM,
WE WILL TAKE THE MOTION AND HAVE
THE VOTE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TOUCH POINT, AND WE WILL SIT
HERE PATIENTLY WAITING FOR AT
LEAST TWO MORE MEMBERS OF THIS
COMMITTEE TO MAKE THEIR PRESENCE
HERE IN ROOM. 1 12. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH. AND I'M GOING TO
RECESS THE COMMITTEE FOR NOW
UNTIL WE HAVE A QUORUM PRESENT.
THE SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE,
AND IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE
SUFFICIENT NUMBERS TO ESTABLISH
A QUORUM. MADAM CONSULTANT
PLEASE CALL THE WRONG NEWMAN
NEWMAN. HERE TOWBOAT HERE. OH,
HERE, CORTEZ CORTEZ HERE. GLASER
MCGUIRE MCGUIRE HERE. SMALLWOOD
CUEVAS WILK HAVE QUORUM HAS BEEN
ESTABLISHED. NOW WE ARE SEEKING
EMOTION ON A B 12 91 ROOMS FROM
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S MCCARTY. SO
MOVED. SENATOR OKO BOGUE MOVES
THE BILL. MADAM STONE, PLEASE
CALL THE WRONG ITEM ONE A. B 12
91 MCCARTHY. THE MOTION IS
PASSED, BUT FRISBEE WE REFERRED
TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. NEWMAN NEWMAN
PHOTO BOOK OR TO A BOOK I CORTEZ
CORTEZ, EI GLASER MCGUIRE
MCGUIRE I, SMALLWOOD CUEVAS.
WILK. THAT BILL HAS FOUR VOTES
AND NO NO VOTES. IT WILL GET OUT
WILL HOLD THE ROLL OPEN FOR A
VERY SHORT TIME. WILL ALFRED
SENATOR WELL TO COME AND VOTE?
THANK YOU, SENATOR. COURTESY
THANK YOU, SENATOR COBURG. BUT
THANK YOU.
HE DOES FEEL STRONGLY, SENATOR
WELCOME. THE VOTE IS CURRENTLY 4
TO 0 ON A ON A B 12 91. LET'S
REOPEN THE ROLE MATTER WHICH
DON'T PLEASE CALL THE ABSENT
MEMBERS. ON A B 12 91 MCCARTHY
MOTION IS DUE PASS. BUT FIRST WE
REFERRED TO THE COMMITTEE ON
APPROPRIATIONS. BLAZER SMALLWOOD
WEATHER'S WILK. WELL YOUR
REACTION YEAH. WILK YES.
ALRIGHT, THEN FELT THAT BILL NOW
HAS THAT FEEL NOW HAS FIVE VOTES
TO ZERO KNOWS. THANK YOU,
SENATOR. WELCOME NICE TIE BY THE
WAY WITH THAT. NO IT'S NOT SO
THEY WERE GOING TO CLOSE THE
ROLE. THAT BILL IS OUT 5 TO 0,
AND WITH THAT WE WILL ADJOURN
THE SENATE COMMITTEE EDUCATION.
THANK YOU. OKAY?