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Committee advances bill to formalize California–Mexico higher education exchange program
Summary
The Assembly committee advanced AB 1093 to create a formal 1-to-1 student exchange program with Mexican universities; supporters said the program would expand cross-border ties but some members raised budget and accountability concerns.
Assemblymember Salace presented AB 1093, which would establish a California–Mexico Higher Education Development and Academic Exchange Program to formalize student exchange partnerships between California public higher education systems and Mexican universities. The program would create a one-for-one exchange, matching students from the University of California, California State University and California Community Colleges with students from Mexican institutions.
“Despite the direct border proximity, the dynamic economic public health environmental and cultural ties with Mexico, other countries have more robust and subscribed study abroad programs,” the author said, urging a statewide institutional program.
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