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Assembly committee advances bill to waive community-college baccalaureate tuition for College Promise students
Summary
The committee passed AB 1035, which would allow California College Promise tuition waivers to apply to students pursuing baccalaureate degrees at community colleges that offer them. Supporters said it would expand equitable access to bachelor’s degrees while opponents warned about Prop 98 funding and fiscal trade-offs.
Assemblymember Mark Gonzales presented AB 1035 to expand the California College Promise program so that eligible promise students may use tuition waivers toward baccalaureate degree programs offered at California community colleges.
The author framed the bill as an equity and workforce measure, arguing that community colleges already offer a small number of career‑focused bachelor’s degrees and that allowing tuition waivers to apply to those programs would make high-demand credentials more accessible. “This bill is a pathway for promise students to walk into a community…
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