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Committee approves expanding California College Promise to part‑time community‑college students (AB 537)
Summary
AB 537 would allow California Community Colleges to waive tuition fees for part‑time students by extending eligibility for the California College Promise; the committee passed the bill as amended but several senators expressed concerns about completion incentives and financial limits.
AB 537, a bill to expand eligibility for the California College Promise (fee waivers) to part‑time community‑college students, passed in committee after the author accepted amendments.
Assemblymember Arons opened by noting that nearly two‑thirds of California community‑college students are part‑time and that limiting the Promise to full‑time…
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