Majority rules

A new law that waives tuition for the first year of college for incoming freshmen, has officials at the Imperial Valley Community College wondering if they should choose to participate. We spoke with Martha Garcia, Vice President for Student Services, who said that “this AB 19 (Assembly Bill 19) may be…benefit about a hundred students. However it’ll jeopardize the majority of the students availability and eligibility for financial aid.”
While the new law would benefit other community colleges in the state, the Imperial Valley Community College is not one of them. “Some other colleges that don’t serve students with such great economic needs like we do here in Imperial Valley, would have a higher number of students that would benefit if they decide to or participate in AB 19. “
Martha wants to assure, that the college, has their students best interest. ‘We will make the decision that protects obviously all students but the majority and assure that we’re not jeopardizing their future opportunity to pursue higher education. “
While there’s no set date on when the college can decide to participate in assembly bill nineteen, based on their data, the risk does not outweigh the fact that majority of the students could be affected by possible defaults.