We need your help to ensure that community colleges continueto be funded. We need you to:(1) Send a letter to the governor(2) Call Speaker Anthony Rendon(3) Call Senate Budget Chair Holly Mitchell Bac

Make two calls one for:

Speaker Anthony Rendon

Senator Holly Mitchell

"This message for is Senator Anthony Rendon (and Senator Holly Mitchell). My name is _________ and I'm Student at [YOUR COLLEGE}.
I'm calling because Calbright College does not serve our student's needs. Despite a budget of $137 Million and a mission to provide training to millions, Calbright has enrolled only a few hundred students. It's duplicative and unnecessary because Calbright does, we do here at accredited colleges that provide student services. Studies show that students taking online classes do best enrolled in colleges that offer financial aid, counseling, EOP&S programs, tutors, study labs, and other valuable services.
We urge you to re-examine Calbright funding. We ask for any unspent one-time funds to be reallocated to the rest of the community college system. Additionally, we concur with the LAO's recommendation to repurpose all of the ongoing funds."

ADDITIONAL TALKING POINTS:

Calbright does not serve our STUDENT NEEDS:
• Calbright students cannot get financial aid because it is not accredited
• Only we can deliver the vocational programs that create the workers that will rebound the economy from recession (Nurses, health care workers, building trades, ...
Calbright is DUPLICATIVE and UNNECESSARY:
• Unaccredited, has yet to hire any full-time faculty, offers only on-line, short-time, non-credited classes
• When launched in 2019, only 15-20% of community colleges classes were on-line. Now, 95% are.
• Although its mission is to provide training to millions of young, underemployed Californians, since its opening last October
• Calbright has enrolled only a few hundred students. Everything Calbright does, we do here.
• We wholeheartedly agree with the Legislative Analyst Office’s (LAO) Overview and Assessment of Higher Education May Revision Proposals... "The Legislature could eliminate this (Calbright) initiative (begun in 2018-19), which has a very high cost per student, is currently unaccredited, and largely duplicates programs at other colleges. The state could repurpose all of the ongoing funds for 2020-21."