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CA SJR12
Joint Resolution
AI Summary
- Legislature encourages the federal government to maintain or restore full funding to integral international exchange programs, particularly the Fulbright U.S. Student Program
- Opposes a proposed 71 percent federal budget cut to the Fulbright U.S. Student Program for fiscal year 2019
- Recognizes the Fulbright program as the gold standard in international educational exchange, founded in 1946 and designed to increase mutual understanding between the United States and other countries
- Notes that Fulbright alumni include 84 Pulitzer Prize winners, 59 Nobel Prize recipients, 71 MacArthur Foundation fellows, 37 heads of state or government, 10 U.S. Congress members, and one United Nations Secretary General
- Directs the Secretary of the Senate to transmit the resolution to the President, Vice President, Speaker of the House, Senate Majority Leader, and all California members of Congress
Legislative Description
Fulbright U.S. Student Program.
Last Action
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Res. Chapter 165, Statutes of 2018.
8/24/2018
Committee Referrals
Higher Education9/1/2017
Rules8/21/2017
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