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Assembly hearing exposes sharp divisions over AB1705 calculus guidance; students and faculty press for flexible preparatory options
Summary
Chancellor's Office guidance on AB1705 calculus pathways prompted debate at a legislative oversight hearing. Officials defended evidence for direct calculus access and conditional validation rules; students, veterans, and many faculty urged preserved options for trigonometry and precalculus and broader wraparound supports.
The Assembly Higher Education Committee heard competing perspectives on AB1705 implementation and related Chancellor's Office guidance memos, with system officials defending evidence that direct placement plus supports increases Calculus I completion for many students while students, veterans, and several faculty said community colleges must retain preparatory transfer‑level options and flexible supports for reentry and underprepared learners.
John Hetz of the Chancellor's Office described the calculus pathway options the office provided to colleges: direct enrollment in Calculus I (including calculus with co‑requisite support), validation of a college's existing preparatory sequence if the sequence shows outcomes comparable to direct placement, or development of an innovative preparatory course. Hetz explained the office used two related criteria for permitting preparatory sequences: a probabilistic threshold for students "highly unlikely to succeed" (the office referenced a conventional probabilistic interpretation and…
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