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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Advocates for fairness in higher education are praising the University of California system for dropping consideration of standardized achievement tests – the SAT and ACT – when making admissions decisions. And they’re calling on the Cal State system to do the same. Late last week, the...
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SACRAMENTO, California – Los grupos de niños están hablando en contra de miles de millones de dólares en los recortes presupuestarios estatales que se proponen en California, diciendo que los programas que benefician a los niños deberían ser una prioridad. Como resultado de la pandemia de coronavirus, California ha...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Children’s groups are speaking out against billions of dollars in state budget cuts being proposed in California, saying programs that benefit children should be a priority. As a result of the coronavirus pandemic, California has taken a budget nosedive going from a $5.6 billion budget surplus in January...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Education advocates are calling on the feds to step in and prevent huge cuts to K-12 schools and community colleges – as the state projects a $54 billion budget deficit. The coronavirus has forced the state to spend more even as tax revenues are falling. Jeff Freitas, president...
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Sacramento, CA – El Departamento de Finanzas de California proyecta un déficit presupuestal de $54 billones de dólares, que para las escuelas pudiera resultar en un recorte de 18 billones de dólares. Los defensores de la educación piden a las instancias federales que intervengan y eviten grandes recortes en...
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SACRAMENO, Calif. – La Legislatura vuelve a reunirse esta semana, y los defensores de los niños se pronuncian a favor de un proyecto de ley para facilitar la telesalud durante la recuperación de COVID-19. AB 2007 continuaría una política federal instituida en respuesta a la pandemia que levantó algunas...
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SACRAMENO, Calif. — The Legislature reconvenes this week, and children’s advocates are speaking out in favor of a bill to facilitate telehealth during the COVID-19 recovery. AB 2007 would continue a federal policy instituted in response to the pandemic that lifted some restrictions limiting community clinics’ efforts to offer medical...
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – Student leaders are calling on college administrators to coordinate a COVID-19 plan to help students across the state. The California Students Higher Education Advocacy Roundtable, or ‘HEART,’ outlined its priorities in a letter this week to leaders of the University of California, California State University and community college...
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Sacramento, CA – La Mesa Redonda de Defensa de la educación Superior para Estudiantes de California (“California Students Higher Education Advocacy Roundtable”), HEART por sus siglas en inglés, está acercándose a los administradores de planteles de educación superior en todo el estado para solicitar que durante la pandemia se...