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Panel advances bill to expand student services funding eligibility to noncredit colleges serving veterans
Summary
AB 1433 would allow noncredit centers and stand‑alone noncredit colleges to access student-support funding streams currently limited to credit colleges, a change authors say will expand wraparound services for veterans and other adult learners; the committee passed the bill 8-0.
SACRAMENTO — The Assembly Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs voted 8-0 to pass and refer AB 1433 to the Appropriations Committee. Authored by Assemblymember Dr. Lashay Sharp Collins, the bill would expand eligibility for certain student-support funding to noncredit centers and stand-alone noncredit colleges that serve veterans and other adult learners.
Sharp Collins said noncredit programs provide job training, ESL and adult education that help veterans transition to civilian careers and argued those…
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