In the past two years, the state has significantly cut CSU’s budget due to the state-wide budget crisis. Because of the loss of state support, many of CSU’s campuses determined they could no longer offer a state-supported subsidized summer session. Instead of offering no summer session, those campuses decided to offer a self-supported summer session where student fees must cover the actual cost of the instruction. This permits CSU to conserve more state resources for the regular academic year where a greater number of students are enrolled. The students writ petition claimed that offering self-support summer sessions violated provisions of the Education Code. After briefing and argument, the court agreed with CSU’s argument that these self-support sessions are fully consistent with state law. This decision permits CSU campuses to go ahead with their summer school classes.
Horvitz & Levy’s victory in this case was widely reported in the press, including the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the San Jose Mercury News, and the Sacramento Bee.
