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Palomar's Governing Board resolves to support AB 927

SAN MARCOS – The Palomar College Governing Board passed a resolution by unanimous vote at its April 6 meeting in support of California Assembly Bill 927, which would allow the college to provide targeted bachelor's degrees focused on workforce development.

Introduced to the California Assembly, Feb. 17, by Assemblymember Jose Medina, D-Riverside, the bill is entitled, "Public postsecondary education: community colleges: statewide baccalaureate degree pilot program."

Under the referenced pilot program that began in 2015, 15 community college districts in the state were eligible to develop bachelor's degree programs. AB 927 would extend the program indefinitely and open it to all of California's community college districts.

"I fully support this piece of legislation, as it will enable all of our state's community colleges to better serve the needs of our students," Brian Olson, governing board president at Palomar College, said.

"We look forward to seeing this bill passed in order to open many more opportunities for community college students, including our own here at Palomar College," Jack Kahn, acting superintendent and president of Palomar College, said.

According to the Legislative Counsel's digest of the bill, it would remove the 15-district limit and the requirement that participating students commence their baccalaureate program by the end of the 2022-2023 academic year.

The proposed legislation would require participating community college districts to "provide evidence of unmet workforce needs" to begin offering a bachelor's degree.

Submitted by Palomar College.

 

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