Press Releases

SACRAMENTO— Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Higher Education, released the following statement on Education Corporation of America’s immediate closure of Brightwood College campuses in California:

SACRAMENTO— Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside) released the following statement today:

SACRAMENTO— Today, Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside) announced that Governor Jerry Brown vetoed his bill, AB 2772, which would have expanded access to Ethnic Studies in California’s high schools.

SACRAMENTO— Today, Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside) announced that Governor Brown has signed his bill, AB 2012, which ensures that part-time community college faculty have the same parental leave rights as full-time faculty.

SACRAMENTO— Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Higher Education, announced that his bill, AB 3186, permanently authorizes the University of California (UC) and California Community Colleges (CCC) to use best value procurement methodology, was signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown.

SACRAMENTO— Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside), Chair of the Assembly Committee on Higher Education, announced that his bill, AB 2722, which provides California Servicemembers with state-sponsored financial aid for pursuit of higher education, was signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown.

SACRAMENTO— Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside) released the following statement in response to the passing of Tyler Hilliard, a third-year student at the University of California, Riverside:

SACRAMENTO— Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside) announced that the first bill from his higher education legislative package, AB 1887, was signed by Governor Edmund G. Brown.

SACRAMENTO— Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside) released the following statement in response to the Court Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, District One’s decision on the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice v. City of Moreno Valley et. al.

SACRAMENTO— Today, Assemblymember Jose Medina (D-Riverside) succeeded in moving the following critical K-12 and higher education bills out of the Senate Committee on Appropriations.