Lowering CCC Costs: No-Cost Designation Mandates and Low-Cost Designation Options
One of the longest standing positions of the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges is to lower costs for community college students, particularly around textbooks. As a result, the ASCCC was delighted when, in 2016, the governor signed Senate Bill 1359 (SB 1359; Block, 2016), which requires all segments of public higher education in California to “clearly highlight, by means that may include a symbol or logo in a conspicuous place on the online campus course schedule, the courses that exclusively use digital course materials that are free of charge to students and may have a lo