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Assembly committee unanimously backs amendment to add second student regent to UC Board
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The Assembly Higher Education Committee voted unanimously to pass ACA 18 as amended, a constitutional amendment that would add a second voting student regent to the University of California Board of Regents to ensure both undergraduate and graduate student representation. The measure was referred to the Appropriations Committee.
The Assembly Higher Education Committee voted unanimously to pass ACA 18, the Stewart Student Empowerment Amendment, advancing the constitutional change that would add a second voting student regent to the University of California Board of Regents.
Assemblymember Colosa, the bill's lead author, told the committee the amendment would double student voting representation on the 26‑member board to include both an undergraduate and a graduate student. "This ACA would change that," Colosa said, arguing that current representation — a single voting student seat — leaves hundreds of thousands of UC students without a meaningful voice on decisions that affect tuition, housing and student services.
Coauthor Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens said students are the university's principal stakeholders and that expanding voting student…
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