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Recent higher-education coverage from Shasta County, including local decisions, public meetings, and civic updates.
The Assembly Higher Education Committee sent SB 928 forward 10-0 after lawmakers weighed how California State University uses AI and whether human faculty protections should be written into law.
SB 928 cleared the Assembly Higher Education Committee on a 10-0 vote and heads to the Assembly floor.
State Student Aid Commission officials told lawmakers California is not on track to launch the new federal short-term training aid program on time.
The higher education committee sent the bill to Appropriations after supporters said it would help implement the student-facing course-numbering system created by AB 1111.
The Assembly Higher Education Committee sent the constitutional amendment to Appropriations after amending it on April 28.
AB 2771 cleared the Assembly Higher Education Committee on a due-pass vote and would extend the Bureau of Private Postsecondary Education’s sunset date to Jan. 1, 2031.
The Higher Education Committee moved the hunger-data bill forward and tied it to funding for the California Health Interview Survey after lawmakers said federal hunger data collection had been cut.
