Our legislature created an open enrollment system that would achieve equal educational opportunity and expressly prohibits the use of a standardized test to deny admission to students. The California Community College system Is founded on the premise that higher education should be open to all persons regardless of previous experience or academic performance. These schools. like other State community colleges. have made an effort to Include disadvantaged students. particularly older learners. the poor and immigrants. in its programs to bring them into mainstream society and into our workforce. Community and junior colleges throughout the country are at risk of losing substantial amounts of aid which will seriously undermine their ability to operate. For example. at risk to the California community college system are $164 million in students financial aid funds to 112.000 California community college students. and an additional $34.7 million in Perkins vocational education funds.
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