October 25, 2021 – EdSource’s Michael Burke writes about the failure of community colleges to implement AB 705. Public Advocates is featured in the story:
Earlier this year, Public Advocates petitioned the chancellor’s office to make several amendments to the regulations. Any proposed changes would need to be brought to the board that oversees the colleges.
Among the requests made by Public Advocates was to change a line in the regulation that says colleges shall not “authorize placement” of students in remedial classes. Instead, the firm asked the board to change that line to say colleges shouldn’t “authorize the enrollment” of students in those classes.
The seemingly minor change could make a big difference, according to the firm, because some students aren’t placed in remedial classes but end up enrolling in them on their own because they aren’t aware of their options. By making the change, the burden would be shifted to the colleges to make sure students are enrolling in transfer-level classes.
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