“The big question is, can we afford $25 billion bond this year. What this is going to do is add probably $2.2 billion in debt service cost that is going to have to come out of the budget.”
“I've seen hundreds of start-ups across Silicon Valley. The little-known secret is that community colleges produce more tech workers than Stanford of Berkeley combined. And many of their graduates go on to found their own companies.”
“I believe California should provide free community college for every student who commits to completing a two-year education. Students would have six years to complete one of these programs.”
“We do understand that students may not get into the class they want or that they are the children of parents that have five or six kids, and [therefore] can't finish in two years. That's fine; we give them six years to meet any one of those conditions but whoever takes these loans out needs to take responsibility.”
“I do think this is different than federal Pell Grants. I think putting a limit of five years on Pell Grants is a mistake. It pains me to see us spending so many resources on a war in Iraq and cutting back on essential things back home, like providing loan money for our students.”
