Sacramento math

Last month, Errol, Wade and I met up in Sacramento at a math conference in which a representative of the Chancellor's Office of the California community colleges defended A.B.705 and A.B. 1705. Our information from a faculty member at a community college is that these two bills make it so that no student who is not ready for calculus can enroll in a math class and improve her or his skills.

Calculus is essential for transfer to a four-year institution.

The results of not being ready for calculus are that many students are barred from courses they need in science technology engineering, and math (STEM). Their success in math, or lack of same, determines what they will do, hope, and be in their later lives.

What became apparent as the meeting regarding 705/1705 ran on, was that these bills make it so that community colleges are unable to even offer any kind of preparation prior to calculus. Am I clear on the situation? I am not. But I am clear on one thing:

It's sink or swim time!