Bill Amendment: AZ HB2523 | 2021 | Fifty-fifth Legislature 1st Regular
Bill Title: Four-year degrees; community colleges
Status: 2021-03-31 - Senate APPROP Committee action: do pass amended/strike-everything, voting: (5-4-1-0) [HB2523 Detail]
Download: Arizona-2021-HB2523-SENATE_-_Education.html
Fifty-fifth Legislature Education
First Regular Session H.B. 2523
PROPOSED
SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2523
(Reference to House engrossed bill)
Page 4, line 43, strike “ten” insert “five”
Page 5, line 1, strike “fifteen” insert “ten”
Page 6, line 4, after "requirements" insert "; definitions"
Between lines 31 and 32, insert:
“C. A community college that is within a community college district that is located in the same county as the main campus of any public university and that is developing a baccalaureate degree program shall notify the public university whose main campus is located in the same county as the community college district at least sixty days before submitting the report prescribed in subsection d of this section to the district board. The public university may provide a written response to the district board within thirty days after the date the community college submits the notice to be reviewed by the district board. This subsection does not allow a public university to prevent a community college from offering a baccalaureate degree program.”
Reletter to conform
Page 7, between lines 9 and 10, insert:
“12. Any responses provided by a public university pursuant to subsection c of this section.”
Page 8, between lines 11 and 12, insert:
“G. For the purposes of this section:
1. “main campus” means the central location of the public university's library system and computer center.
2. “public university” means a university under the jurisdiction of the arizona board of regents.”
Amend title to conform
