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ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE GIVES TUITION RELIEF A BOOST!

The student-led ballot initiative to freeze tuition just got a big boost.

On Tuesday, the Assembly Higher Education Committee voted to approve AB 2372, the College Affordability Act of 2008. And our student leaders filled up more than half of the hearing room!

This bill is identical to the ballot initiative.

Why are we using this two-pronged approach?

Many of our student volunteers, while collecting signatures to qualify for the ballot, have been asked why they are not instead pursuing a legislative route.

AB 2372 is our answer.

We have frankly been frustrated by past attempts at getting a tuition bill through the Legislature. But we are willing to offer the Legislature an opportunity to try again.

We welcome passage of the College Affordability Act through the Legislature or on the ballot, or in any way that enacts the first long-term tuition policy in decades.

Of course, our focus remains on collecting the signatures to get on the November ballot.

But this is a big encouragement for our efforts. Let’s thank the Assemblymembers who voted for the bill:

Assemblymember Juan Arambula (Fresno)
Assemblymember Jim Beall (San Jose)
Assemblymember Anthony Portantino (La Cañada - Flintridge)
Assemblymember Ira Ruskin (Redwood City)

… and our awesome author, Assemblymember Joe Coto (San Jose) (who also took time to pose with our student organizers!), and co-authors Assemblymember Mike Davis (Los Angeles) and Assemblymember Anthony Portantino.

Please drop them a note or a phone call to thank them for being champions of students!


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  • Tuition Relief Now is California’s first-ever student-led ballot initiative. We need you! There are many ways you can protect college students from getting priced out of an education. Use our site to connect with local volunteers, become a campus organizer, or just spread the word about tuition relief. Check out how you can help make college affordable in California.
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Featured Volunteers

Angela Angela I would be doing a disservice to my community and to all the generations that come after me if I choose to ignore the efforts of students and parents who are using their POWER to fight for Tuition Relief
More >> 		Stephen Stephen Its up to us to make the difference and let everyone know that the students can't be the ones to always pick up the bill.
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Ashlee Ashlee I am very involved in this campaign and am all for not having tuition hikes and seizing power for the students.... Help us out... Thanks
More >> 		Felipe Felipe Over the last two years I have actively been advocating both locally and on the statewide level to stop fees. Currently I work for Associated Students Inc. at CSUSM as the Vice President of External Affairs.
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