(3/14/2014) On Wednesday, February 19, Assemblymember Rob Bonta (Oakland) introduced AB 1942, the Fair Accreditation Practices for Community Colleges Act, before an appreciative audience of faculty and students in Sacramento. The bill, co-sponsored by CFT and the City Attorney of San Francisco, will allow community colleges to choose their own accrediting entity; currently the rogue Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges holds a monopoly on accreditation of the state’s community colleges. AB 1942 will also restore accountability and transparency to the system by requiring public hearings for accreditation decisions, and due process and public notice regarding evaluations. It will allow colleges to appeal penalties, and requires annual disclosures by accreditors of their fiscal data. CFT leaders and students, along with Bonta and the Deputy City Attorney of San Francisco, spoke at the event.