State Capitol
P.O. Box 942849
Sacramento, CA 94249-0010
Tel: (916) 319-2010
Fax: (916) 319-2110
District Office
218 W. Pine Street
Lodi, CA 95240
Ph: (209) 333-5330
Fax: (209) 333-5333
Amador County Office Hours
2nd Wednesday of every month
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m
HR offices of the Amador County Building
810 Court Street
Jackson, CA
El Dorado Hills Office Hours
2nd Thursday of every month
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
El Dorado Hills Community Services District
Pavilion Meeting Room
1021 Harvard Way
El Dorado Hills, CA
Elk Grove Office Hours
1st Tuesday of every month
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Elk Grove City Hall
2nd Floor, Administration Dept.
8401 Laguna Palms Way
Elk Grove, CA 95624
Rancho Cordova Office Hours
3rd Thursday of every month
11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Rancho Cordova City Hall
2729 Prospect Park Drive, Suite 117
Rancho Cordova, CA
Press Releases
SACRAMENTO - Assemblymember Alyson Huber has been appointed to Chair the Select Committee on Lowering California’s High School Dropout Rates.
“The high school dropout rate in California is unacceptable and it is absolutely critical that we address the issue quickly and aggressively,” stated Assemblymember Alyson Huber. “We need to find more creative ways to connect with troubled students to keep them in school. In the long-term our state benefits by having these students continue to move up the economic ladder. I intend to use the Select Committee to get to the root of the problem and work with those closest to the problem to produce viable solutions.”
According to statistics released in July 2008 by the California Department of Education the statewide dropout average was 24.2 percent from 2003-04 through 2006-07. The 10th Assembly district had some of the worst dropout numbers with 54.2 percent of Stockton Unified high school students dropping out over the four years. The San Joaquin County four-year rate was 36 percent which was fourth-worst among California's 58 counties.
Recently, in a speech to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Obama reached out directly to students saying: “Dropping out is quitting on yourself, it’s quitting on your country, and it is not an option – not anymore. Not when our high school dropout rate has tripled in the past thirty years. Not when high school dropouts earn about half as much as college graduates. And not when Latino students are dropping out faster than just about anyone else. It is time for all of us, no matter what our backgrounds, to come together and solve this epidemic.”
The California Dropout Research Project has studies showing that dropouts impose substantial social costs on the state. For example, dropouts are less likely than high school graduates to find jobs, and the jobs they do find pay substantially lower wages. As a result, dropouts pay lower taxes and are more likely to require public welfare support.
In addition, the Public Policy Institute of California estimates that if current trends continue there will be twice as many high school dropouts in the state in the year 2025 than there will be jobs to support them.
