(Sacramento) â Students and parents joined Assemblywoman Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Orange County), Speaker Anthony Rendon (D-Paramount) and members of the Assembly Budget and Higher Education Committees for a State Capitol news conference to announce a higher education budget package designed to reduce student debt and make college affordability a reality for millions of students. âWe know there are students that are not only struggling to pay for their college but for their housing and for food,â said Assemblywoman Quirk-Silva. âThis is a serious crisis and we need to do more.â The four components of the package are: Make Community Colleges âtuition freeâ for one year for any full time in-state student; Expand the successful âSuccess Grantsâ program for CCC students; Reject Governor Brownâs proposal to eliminate the âMiddle Class Scholarshipâ; and Create the âDegrees Not Debt Scholarshipâ to address non-tuition related costs associated with attending the UC or CSU. Hereâs more in this Assembly Access video.