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Faculty and veteran students tell board AB 1705 guidance is harming preparatory math courses
Summary
A faculty leader and a veteran student told the board that AB 1705 implementation and related guidance have been used to eliminate preparatory math courses, which they said harms transfer and veteran students; they urged the board to retract guidance memos and reconsider placement policies.
Speakers during the board's public forum urged reconsideration of how AB 1705 guidance has been implemented, arguing the result is loss of preparatory math offerings and harm to students.
Ken Konyuki, assistant chair of math at San Diego Mesa College, told the board that "AB 1705 has been used to eliminate math classes beyond the text of the law," and criticized a February study used to support those changes.…
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