Each year, The Campaign for College Opportunity collaborates with higher education stakeholders and partner organizations to create and support a policy agenda that expands the number of spots in college for California students, simplifies the path to and through college, shines a light on persistent inequities by race and ethnicity, and keeps college affordable.
Higher Education Legislation
Students are our north star. We push for bold policies that advance college access, student success, and racial equity.
2023 Legislative Priorities
Strengthening Student Pathways
AB 1749: Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act at the University of California
Author: Assemblymember Kevin McCarty
Status: Headed to the Senate
Campaign Position: Co-sponsor
Urges the University of California to adopt the Associate Degree for Transfer (ADT) as a systemwide admissions guarantee.
AB 368: College and Career Access Pathways Partnerships
Author: Assemblymember Chris Holden
Status: Headed to the Senate
Campaign Position: Support
Exempts eligible K-12 students from course fees for dual enrollment courses, and authorizes dual enrollment partnerships to be instructed on community college or K-12 facilities.
College Affordability
AB 1400: Community College Student Transfers: Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Author: Assemblymember Isaac Bryan
Status: Headed to the Senate
Campaign Position: Support
Provides state-based financial aid grants to students transferring from a California community college to an HBCU with an established Associate Degree for Transfer pathway, for students who intend to return to California upon graduation.
AB 789: Satisfactory Academic Progress
Author: Assemblymember Marc Berman
Status: Headed to the Senate
Campaign Position: Support
Standardizes Satisfactory Academic Progress requirements to minimum federal standards, to allow students easier access to maintain financial aid.
Diversity and Representation
AB 603: Governing Board Diversity Reporting
Author: Assemblymember Sabrina Cervantes
Status: Headed to the Senate
Campaign Position: Support
Requires the California Community Colleges and California State University, and requests the University of California, to provide annual data reports on the diversity of their student populations and the diversity of their respective governing bodies.
SB 702: Appointments Diversity Reporting
Author: Senator Monique Limón
Status: In the Assembly
Campaign Position: Support
Requires the Governor to maintain a public listing of the membership of all state agencies, and produce an annual report on the demographic information of all appointments made in the previous year to these state agencies.
AB 1541: California Community Colleges – Governing Board Student Members
Author: Assemblymember Mike Fong
Status: In the Senate
Campaign Position: Support
Provides community college student trustees with an advisory vote.
AB 506: California State University Ethnic Studies
Requires the California State University (CSU) to coordinate with ethnic studies faculty to ensure that students who complete ethnic studies coursework at the California Community Colleges receive credit for comparable CSU coursework.