Three state senators press UC to restore SAT test requirements, backing faculty outcry

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Set us as preferred Three Republican state senators are pressing the University of California to reinstate SAT and ACT scores in undergraduate admissions, urging the Board of Regents to act “as soon as possible” and warning that six years without the tests has left students under-prepared.“Please re-instate the SAT or ACT ASAP,” wrote the three legislators — Sens.Roger Niello (R-Fair Oaks), Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh (R-Yucaipa) and Steven S.

Choi (R-Irvine).Ochoa Bogh is vice chair of the Senate Education Committee and Choi is a member.

Injecting politics into what has so far been a largely academic debate about UC admissions policies, Ochoa Bogh also said in a statement that she plans to introduce legislation next session on testing.Her possible bill’s reach is unclear because UC is constitutionally autonomous and admissions decisions rest with the regents.

California UC faculty leaders have accelerated plans to review SAT/ACT testing and high school A-G course requirements.Here is how it affects future college applicants.The senators cited a fall 2025 UC San Diego faculty work group paper that found about 1 in 12 incoming UCSD freshmen were testing below high school math standards, a share that the report said grew nearly thirtyfold since 2020.“The UC system has long been the shining beacon of higher education throughout the world,” the senators wrote.

“We must do all we can to protect its integrity and high standards.”The Aug.21 letter was sent to Regents Chair Maria Anguiano, UC President James B.

Milliken and Academic Senate Chair Ahmet Palazoglu.The UC debate over whether to restore SAT and ACT emerged as one of the university’s most closely watched issues after more than 3,000 UC faculty signed open letters demanding the exams return.

Math and science faculty said first-year students were arriving...