The California State Senate has unanimously passed SB 640, introduced by Senator Christopher Cabaldon, which will automatically offer admission to qualifying high school seniors for the California State University system. Instead of submitting applications, students will receive acceptance letters notifying them of admission to campuses with enrollment capacity. This initiative aims to promote college attendance and address enrollment declines in campuses like CSU Maritime Academy and Sonoma State. Cabaldon seeks to make the transition to college as seamless as progressing through high school grades.
"SB 640 is motivated by the idea that it should be as easy and seamless to go from 12th grade to the next step as it is to go from 10th grade to 11th grade."
"Education experts say receiving an acceptance letter is a powerful psychological prompt for a student to consider a four-year college, even if they didn't think it was possible."
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