A gathering of CFA activists and leaders hummed with energy August 10-11 as CFA kicked off the 2018/19 academic year with workshops and talks to develop our plans for—and our understanding of—the large challenges we face in the CSU and in public higher education in general.
This summer was packed full of news, and among the big stories in public higher education was the decision by Gov. Jerry Brown and lawmakers to include more state funding for the CSU.
In a laudable show of support for the People’s University, lawmakers improved funding by $364 million for the CSU as part of the state’s 2018-19 fiscal budget.
Faculty advocacy on behalf of pro-Labor candidates made an impact at the polls on Tuesday, as many CFA-endorsed candidates, including Gavin Newsom and Tony Thurmond, will advance to the November general election.
Untiring advocacy by CFA members and CSU students this year is paying off as support grows for three CFA-sponsored bills, two of which passed through the Senate today and one more headed for a floor vote this week.
Months of hard work by CFA activists and students is paying off again this week as the Senate and the Assembly agreed to increase CSU funding and reopen the doors to thousands of Californians who were eligible but denied access to the People’s University.
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A student at Cal State Long Beach struggled with depression and anxiety due to parents divorcing, and gave up finding a counselor on campus because it took too long.
SACRAMENTO — The California Faculty Association and SEIU California, co-sponsors of SB 968 (Pan), release this statement upon approval by the Assembly Appropriations Committee of the bill to improve student access to mental health services in the California State University system.
The statement may be attributed to Mimi Bommersbach, a mental health counselor at California State University Chico and chair of the CFA Counselor Faculty Committee.
“California State University faculty are encouraged to see legislators making student mental health a priority with their passage of SB 968 from the Assembly Appropriations Committee today.
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Few of the 23 CSU campuses meet the mental health counseling safe-staffing ratio, dangerously failing students
SB 968 would require at least one full-time mental health counselor for every 1,500 students
At State Assembly hearing, CSU Mental Health Counselors will speak in support of SB 968 (Pan) to address long-simmering crisis in student access to mental health help on CSU campuses.
State budget goes to votes of state Assembly & Senate this week
Plan signals renewed awareness of public higher ed’s importance to California’s future
The California Faculty Association applauds the new state budget plan, which provides improved funding for the 23-campus California State University system, as it heads to a vote of the California State Legislature this week.
CFA encourages members of the State Assembly and State Senate to vote in favor of the budget that contains this CSU funding, and CFA urges Governor Jerry Brown to sign it into law.
