Bill Text: CA AB1377 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: Student housing plans.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2021-10-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 571, Statutes of 2021. [AB1377 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB1377-Chaptered.html

Assembly Bill No. 1377
CHAPTER 571

An act to add Chapter 4.2 (commencing with Section 66220) to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to student housing.

[ Approved by Governor  October 06, 2021. Filed with Secretary of State  October 06, 2021. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1377, McCarty. Student housing plans.
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 segments of public postsecondary education in the state.
This bill would require the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University, and request the Office of the President of the University of California, on or before July 1, 2022, to conduct a needs assessment to determine the projected student housing needs, by campus, for the 2022–23 fiscal year to the 2026–27 fiscal year, inclusive, and create a student housing plan, with a focus on affordable student housing, that outlines how they will meet the projected student housing needs. The bill would require the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University, and request the Office of the President of the University of California, to, every 3 years thereafter, review and update the plan, and include the specific actions to be taken in the next 5 fiscal years.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Chapter 4.2 (commencing with Section 66220) is added to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
CHAPTER  4.2. Student Housing Plans

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 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that in order to close the degree gap by 2030, an estimated 251,000 additional degree completions at the University of California and 481,000 additional degree completions at the California State University will be required above the current projected degree completions.
(b) (1) On or before July 1, 2022, the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University shall, and the Office of the President of the University of California is requested to, do both of the following:
(A) Conduct a needs assessment to determine the projected student housing needs, by campus, for the 2022–23 fiscal year to the 2026–27 fiscal year, inclusive, taking into account the projected enrollment growth and the goal of closing the degree gap.
(B) Create a student housing plan, with a focus on affordable student housing, that outlines how they will meet the projected student housing needs, by campus, identified pursuant to subparagraph (A). The student housing plan shall include the specific actions to be taken for the 2022–23 fiscal year to the 2026–27 fiscal year, inclusive.
(2) Every three years after July 1, 2022, the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University shall, and the Office of the President of the University of California is requested to, review and update the student housing plan described in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1), and include the specific actions to be taken in the next five fiscal years.
(c) For purposes of this section, “degree gap” means the gap between the number of highly educated workers that California’s future economy will need and the number the state is on pace to produce.

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