"Education research shows receiving such an acceptance letter can prompt a student to attend a four-year college when they otherwise would not - findings that are driving the adoption of direct admission - also known as automatic admission -around the country."
"We should make it as seamless for our students to go from 12th grade to the next stage of their education as was for them to go sixth grade to seventh grade," Senator Cabaldon said in the same news release. "Direct admission removes the applications hurdle that stops some students from going to college, and relieves the fear that they won't get in anywhere."
SB 640 cleared its final legislative vote and now heads to the governor's desk. The bill would automatically admit every high school senior in California who meets CSU grades and coursework requirements, issuing a chancellor-signed letter listing campuses with enrollment capacity. Education research indicates acceptance letters can increase students' likelihood of attending four-year colleges, which has driven adoption of direct admission nationwide. SB 640 builds on West Sacramento's Home Run program and extends a CSU pilot that offered admission to qualified Riverside County seniors at under-enrolled campuses. Similar programs in Illinois and Idaho have raised undergraduate and in-state enrollments.
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