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Desert Hot Springs, CA PERMIT NO 00005
Friday, May 29, 2020 Vol. 24 No. 42
‘Rich and Divide ED’ In two years, students will no longer need to submit their SAT or ACT scores when applying to the University of California system. (Charlie Nguyen/Flickr)
Groups Call on CSU to Drop SAT Scores in Admissions By Desert Star Staff SACRAMENTO, Calif. -Advocates for fairness in higher education are praising the University of California system for dropping consideration of standardized achievement tests
- the SAT and ACT - when making admissions decisions. And they’re calling on the Cal State system to do the same. Late last week, the UC Board of Regents voted unanimously to make the
tests optional for two years, then stop using them entirely. Michele Siqueiros, president of the Campaign for College Opportunity, said the SAT and ACT are seen as biased against lower-income students
Agua Caliente working to get fresh food to CV families
Tribe, Sunrise Produce and FIND Food Bank create a partnership through federal ‘Farmers to Families Food Box Program’ to deliver fresh fruits and vegetables to Coachella Valley families By Desert Star Staff AGUA CALIENTE INDIAN RESERVATION - The Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians is proud to partner up with Southern California Sunrise Produce agricultural distributor and FIND Food Bank to ensure fresh produce grown in our region is put to good use during the impacts
of the global pandemic. The Agua Caliente Tribe was recently approved as a recipient for food boxes through the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations as part of a federal USDA Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) to help distribute fresh food during the pandemic
with the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. The USDA invested $3 billion to create the Farmers to Families Food Box Program to assist local farmers and distributors to move fresh produce, dairy and meat products from farms and Continues on Page 3
and students of color, who may not be able to afford expensive test prep classes. “What they don’t do well is really predict whether a student has the capacity and intellect to actually succeed at the University of California,” Siqueiros said. Cal State has already
made the tests optional for admissions this fall because the COVID-19 lockdown has interfered with many students’ ability to take the exams. A new book out today from the Georgetown University Center on Education and Continues on Page 2