BILL ANALYSIS �
SJR 1
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Date of Hearing: July 5, 2011
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON RULES
Nancy Skinner, Chair
SJR 1 (Liu) - As Amended: June 29, 2011
SENATE VOTE : 39-0
SUBJECT : Postsecondary education: the Morrill Act.
SUMMARY : Memorializes the President and the Congress of the
United States to renew the commitment to accessible higher
education and the support of research in the interest of the
nation. Specifically, this resolution makes the following
legislative findings:
1)The Morrill Act (7 U.S.C. Sec. 301) was enacted by Congress
and signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln to revitalize
a divided nation by making higher education accessible to the
public and stimulate the national economy which, at the time,
was based in agriculture and mechanical arts; and, this
legislation was executed through the allocation of land grants
and manifested itself in California with the establishment of
the University of California.
2)As promised by the Morrill Act, the University of California,
the California State Universities and the California Community
Colleges have educated millions of Californians and
strengthened not only the state's agriculture industry, but
continued to assist the state's economy in each successive
wave of innovation, including the industrial age and the
information age.
3)The people of California have experienced a profound benefit
from the Morrill Act.
FISCAL EFFECT : None
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file.
Opposition
SJR 1
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None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Anna McCabe / RLS. / (916) 319-2800