Bill Text: CA SB1200 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public postsecondary education: academic standards.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2014-09-20 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 518, Statutes of 2014. [SB1200 Detail]

Download: California-2013-SB1200-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1200	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 22, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 2, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Padilla

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to  add Section 66205.55 to   amend
Section 66205.5 of  the Education Code, relating to public
postsecondary education.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1200, as amended, Padilla. Public postsecondary education:
academic standards.
   The Donahoe Higher Education Act sets forth, among other things,
the missions and functions of California's public and independent
segments of higher education, and their respective institutions of
higher education. Existing law establishes the University of
California, under the administration of the Regents of the University
of California, and the California State University, under the
administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as
2 of the public segments of postsecondary education in this state. A
provision of the act requires the California State University and
requests the University of California to establish a uniform set of
model academic standards for high school courses for pupils who wish
to attend those institutions. 
   This bill would require the Trustees of the California State
University, and would request the Regents of the University of
California, to create guidelines for high school computer science
courses to satisfy the "a-g" subject requirements, as defined, for
the area of mathematics for purposes of undergraduate admission at
their respective institutions.  
   Existing law establishes the Academic Content Standards Commission
and requires the commission to develop internationally benchmarked
academic content standards in language arts and mathematics, at least
85% of which are required to be the common core academic standards
developed by the Common Core State Standards Initiative consortium or
another specified interstate collaboration.  
   This bill would express the Legislature's intent that the
University of California and the California State University align
their respective model academic standards for high school courses in
language arts and mathematics to these academic content standards
developed by the commission. The bill would require the trustees and
would request the regents to develop guidelines for high school
computer science courses to be approved for purposes of recognition
for admission to the California State University and the University
of California, respectively, and would encourage the University of
California to ensure that computer science courses that satisfy the
mathematics subject area requirements for admission build upon
fundamental mathematics content provided in courses that align with
the academic content standards developed by the commission. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 66205.5 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   66205.5.  The California State University shall, and the
University of California is requested to, do all of the following:
   (a) Establish a model uniform set of academic standards for high
school courses, including career technical courses pursuant to
subdivision (i) of Section 51220, for the purposes of recognition for
admission to the California State University and to the University
of California, respectively. In developing the model academic
standards, the faculty of the postsecondary segments may work in
consultation with administrators and faculty from schools maintaining
any of grades kindergarten through 12. Participating schools that
maintain any of grades kindergarten through 12 shall consult with an
advisory group that shall include, but need not be limited to,
representatives from all of the following:
   (1) The University of California and the California State
University.
   (2) Business and industry, related to career technical programs in
any of grades kindergarten through 12, inclusive.
   (3) Classroom teachers in career technical education.
   (4) School administrators.
   (5) Parents.
   (b) Develop and implement a speedy process whereby high schools
may obtain approval of their courses to satisfy specified admissions
requirements of the California State University and the University of
California, respectively, by January 1, 2006. The approval process
shall, by August 1 of each school year, notify applying schools
whether the application for approval has been approved or denied.
   (c) Develop a simple procedure to evaluate a career technical
education course submitted by a high school that identifies it as a
duplicate of a course offered by another high school that is approved
by and satisfies the admissions criteria of the California State
University or the University of California. The procedure shall
ensure that a duplicated course shall be approved as satisfying the
admissions criteria of the California State University or the
University of California, respectively, to the same extent as the
original course if the review determines that the course successfully
duplicates the content and requirements of the original course. If a
course is not approved as a duplicate, the California State
University or the University of California shall inform the applicant
high school of the reasons why the course was not approved and shall
provide the applicant with a specific list of requirements that the
course must meet in order to be approved as a duplicate. In the event
an applicant high school, whose course was not approved as a
duplicate, revises the course and resubmits its application, the
California State University or the University of California shall
respond as expeditiously as possible so that if the course meets the
necessary requirements for approval it may be offered in the next
fall term.
   (d) Take into consideration any previous work completed or
policies adopted regarding matters related to subdivisions (a) to
(c), inclusive, by the California State University or the University
of California, respectively. 
   (e) Develop guidelines for high school computer science courses
that may be approved for the purposes of recognition for admission,
as provided in subdivision (a). For computer science courses
determined to satisfy mathematics subject area requirements, the
University of California is encouraged to ensure that these courses
build upon fundamental mathematics content provided in courses that
satisfy the requirements of subdivision (f).  
   (f) It is the intent of the Legislature that the academic
standards for a high school course, adopted pursuant to and for
purposes outlined in subdivision (a), are aligned with the standards
developed pursuant to Section 60605.8 of the Education Code. 

  SECTION 1.    Section 66205.55 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
   66205.55.  (a) The Trustees of the California State University
shall, and the Regents of the University of California are requested
to, create guidelines for high school computer science courses to
satisfy the "a-g" subject requirements for the area of mathematics,
for purposes of undergraduate admission to the California State
University and to the University of California, respectively.
    (b) As used in this section, the "a-g" subject requirements
constitute the pattern of college preparatory courses drawn from the
areas of history/social science, English, mathematics, laboratory
science, languages other than English, visual and performing arts,
and college-preparatory electives required for entrance as a
first-year student at the University of California.