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Assemblymember Medina introduces legislation to honor victims of COVID-19 and help the families of health frontline healthcare workers.

Monday, March 1, 2021

SACRAMENTO — Today, Assemblymember Jose Medina (D–Riverside) announced two measures that seek recognition and retribution of COVID-19 victims and survivors.

On the heels of federal action to cancel student debt, California Legislators introduce legislation to reform the nation’s largest state financial aid program

Monday, February 22, 2021

SACRAMENTO — Assemblymembers Jose Medina (D-Riverside), Chair of the Assembly Highe

Legislators, Students, and Educators Demand Ethnic Studies for All

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

SACRAMENTO— Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside), Chair of the Assembly Higher Education Committee, convened students, teachers, and legislators to introduce Assembly Bill (AB) 101, which will require high schools to provide ethnic studies starting in academic year 2025-26 and require students to take one semester of ethnic studies to graduate beginning in 2029-2030.

Assemblymember Medina Responds to the Governor’s Budget Proposal

Friday, January 8, 2021

SACRAMENTO — Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside), Chair of the Assembly Higher Education Committee, released the following statement on Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2021-22 State Budget:

Assemblymember Medina Reintroduces Bill to Make Ethnic Studies for All

Friday, December 11, 2020

SACRAMENTO, CA— Today, Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside) reintroduced legislation to make ethnic studies a high school graduation requirement.

Assemblymember Medina Statement on Controversial Photo of King High School Students

Monday, February 10, 2020

SACRAMENTO— Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside) released the following statement in response to the circulation of a photo of students from Martin Luther King High School posing with a swastika and Confederate flag.

Assemblymember Medina Applauds the CSU’s Decision to Pause on Adopting its Quantitative Reasoning Proposal

Thursday, January 30, 2020

SACRAMENTO— Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside), Chair of the Assembly Higher Education Committee, released the following statement following the CSU Board of Trustees’ decision to postpone its vote on the adoption of a new admissions proposal that would add one year of quantitative reasoning coursework to the "a-g" subject admission requirements for the entering first-time freshman class of 2027.

Assemblymember Medina Responds to the Governor’s Budget Proposal

Friday, January 10, 2020

SACRAMENTO— Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside), Chair of the Assembly Higher Education Committee, released the following statement on Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed 2020-21 State Budget:

Assemblymember Medina Asks CSU to Reconsider Proposal to Require Four Years of Quantitative Reasoning for Admission

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

SACRAMENTO— Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside), Chair of the Assembly Higher Education Committee, released the following statement following yesterday’s hearing on the California State University’s (CSU) proposal to require four years of quantitative reasoning to achieve admission into the public university system.

Assemblymember Medina’s Statement on Janet Napolitano’s Decision to Step Down as President of the UC

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

SACRAMENTO— Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside), Chair of the Assembly Higher Education Committee, released the following statement on the announcement that Janet Napolitano plans to step down as President of the University of California on August 1, 2020.

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