The Cal State Long Beach campus coordinator of Tuition Relief Now, Jason Aula, asked the Associated Students, Inc. Senate Wednesday afternoon for help in recruiting volunteers.
The volunteers will assist in gathering signatures for the petition to have the College Affordability Act 2008 placed on the California ballot to be voted on in November.
Tuition Relief Now is the student organization that is spearheading the ballot initiative of the act, which would freeze tuition fees across University of California and California State University campuses for five years, if passed.
The ASI Senate resolution in support of the act went through its second reading in yesterday's meeting and is expected to be passed by the Senate next Wednesday, which would allow for petitioning to begin.
Sen. Erin Swetland said that it was important for the Senate to continue to support Tuition Relief Now.
"We really need to start getting the word out about this and start collecting signatures," Swetland said.
Swetland also said that the dreams of the Cal State Fullerton students that first drew media attention to the rising tuition fees were finally starting to be recognized. Their goal was to have all the CSU student senates pass the resolution in support of the act.
Tuition Relief Now's statewide petition aims to collect just over 430,000 signatures by mid-April in order to apply for the Nov. 8 ballot measure.
Swetland said that the Senate resolution would be distributed to CSULB President F. King Alexander, ASI President Mark Andrews, Dean of Students Mike Hostetler and the California State Student Association.
The Senate is also currently researching a resolution to oppose Gov. Schwarzenegger's state education plan, which would remove millions in funding from the CSU systems' budget.
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