May 12, 2021 08:36 am
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California lawmaker is calling for the state’s new fully online community college to be shut down after an audit found that just 12 of its 900-plus students graduated in its first year and more than 40% dropped out, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
The findings about Calbright College were reported to the Legislature by state Auditor Elaine Howle on Tuesday.
Assemblyman Jose Medina, D-Riverside, who asked for the audit at the request of community college faculty leaders, said Calbright has failed.
“The Legislature must end the Calbright College experiment,” Medina said in a statement.
Medina and Assemblyman Evan Low, D-San Jose, are carrying a bill that would eliminate the school at the end of the 2022-23 academic year.