Link copied.New law would help students who fell behind academically during pandemic
California may make it easier for parents to request that their children be held back a grade level next school year or have letter grades earned this school year changed to a “pass” or “don’t pass” score, which some colleges will be required to accept if Assembly Bill 104 becomes law.
The bill was introduced today by Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, as a way to ensure that students aren’t punished for falling behind academically during the pandemic.
“The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated educational inequities in California’s school system at an unprecedented scale,” said Gonzalez in her author’s statement. “Mounting evidence indicates that our most vulnerable students lack the necessary academic, social emotional, and technological supports needed to be successful in distance learning, leaving them to fall behind and underperform.”
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A federal court Jan. 18Â blocked nearly all of a previous Trump administration rule that would have drastically increased fees in immigration proceedings in which the government seeks to deport immigrants, many of whom are long-term residents of this country.
The fee increase rule, originally scheduled to have taken effect Jan. 19, would have increased the filing fees for applications, appeals and motions in removal proceedings by as much as nearly 800 percent.
The substantial increases would have immediately denied access to justice for economically disadvantaged individuals seeking a fair day in court, according to an American Immigration Council news release.
The American Immigration Council, the National Immigration Law Center and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher challenged the rule.
Undocumented farmworkers could qualify to apply for green cards immediately under the immigration legislation that President Joe Biden unveiled on his first day in office.
Farmworkers would be eligible to apply for permanent legal residency if they have worked in agriculture for at least 100 days during four of the previous five years. They would be required to pass a criminal background check.
People who came to the country without authorization as children and currently have deportation protection under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, as well as those who gained Temporary Protected Status due to extraordinary and temporary conditions, such as civil war or an environmental disaster in their home country, also would be eligible for green cards immediately.