California to Pay College Students $10,000 Per Year for Volunteer Work
“California is a world leader in both higher education and service”
This program definitely won’t be abused, right?
CNBC reports:
California program will pay college kids $10,000 for a year of volunteer work—and it could be ‘replicated across the nation’
On Tuesday, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the expansion of a pilot program that will cover $10,000 of tuition costs at 45 California colleges and universities for students who do 450 hours of community service.
The “Californians For All College Corps” will cover college costs for 6,500 students beginning during the fall 2022 semester. The $146 million cost was approved as part of last year’s state budget.
“California is a world leader in both higher education and service,” said Governor Newsom in a statement. “The #CaliforniansForAll College Corps advances these priorities by connecting Californians of different backgrounds with enriching service opportunities throughout the state while making college more affordable for our state’s future leaders. We hope the Corps will be replicated across the nation.”
Students, including undocumented “Dreamers” who qualify for in-state tuition, can volunteer in “critical issue areas” such as “climate action, K-12 education and Covid-19 recovery” for one year through the program.
Participating schools include seven of the 10 University of California campuses (such as UC Berkeley and UCLA), 16 of the 23 California State University schools (such as Cal State Long Beach) as well as a range of community colleges and private institutions.
“The California State University students who participated in the pilot program over the past year took their world-class CSU education and translated that into on-the-ground tutoring and mentoring in their communities,” said California State University Chancellor Joseph I. Castro. “This program is an invaluable opportunity for our students to not only give back to their communities, but also to help prepare the next generation of CSU students for success. We look forward to even greater opportunities for the students selected through the inaugural year of the Corps.”
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“This program definitely won’t be abused, right?”
That abuse is the program’s whole purpose. This is merely activism thinly disguised as education.
No taxpayer was available for comment.
Let’s look at the numbers, shall we?
A $146 million program to “pay” 6500 students $10K per year for “volunteering” to perform 450 hours of community service per year. That works out to $22.22 per hour of volunteering and a total of $65 million dollars (6500 students @ $10K per year). But this is a $146 million program. $146 million minus $65 million to students leaves $81 million in overhead.
Which bureaucrat or politician gets to control that slush fund, I wonder?
I wonder if “community service” will include rioting and arson for “social justice?”
The state budget surplus (which really doesn’t exist) is burning a hole in Newsom’s pocket (which is really your pocket).
government-funded brownshirts
volunteer work
You misspelled “virtue signaling”.
Pay for volunteer work.
Then it’s not volunteer work. It’s a job.
Depending on how You count it it’s roughly a twenty two bucks and a quail per hr jobbie job at that
Paid by taxpayers no less
Who’s controlling tuitions?
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Is that all civil service across the board?
So ditch selective service then or do We need a martial to rule on that?