Bill Text: CA AB1712 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: Public postsecondary education: campus safety: online survey tool.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2022-09-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 928, Statutes of 2022. [AB1712 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB1712-Chaptered.html

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Assembly Bill No. 1712

CHAPTER 928

An act to add Section 66293 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

[ Approved by Governor  September 30, 2022. Filed with Secretary of State  September 30, 2022. ]

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1712, Medina. Public postsecondary education: campus safety: online survey tool.

(1) Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in the state. The Donahoe Higher Education Act applies to the University of California only to the extent that the regents, by appropriate resolution, make it applicable.

This bill would require the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Chancellor of the California State University, and request the President of the University of California, to develop questions with trauma-informed language to be submitted to the United States Secretary of Education for review and approval to be incorporated into a specified online survey tool for campus safety. The bill would require the California Community Colleges and the California State University, and request the University of California, to submit a report on the results of the online survey to the Assembly Committee on Higher Education and the Senate Committee on Education beginning one year after the date on which the online survey becomes available and every 2 years thereafter. By imposing new duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: YES  

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 66293 is added to the Education Code, to read:

66293.

 (a) Beginning after the date on which the United States Secretary of Education makes the online survey available to institutions, the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and 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 all of the following:

(1) Develop questions in consultation with experts to determine student perspectives on campus climate.

(2) Consult with student organizations and trauma experts, including, but not limited to, nonprofit organizations with expertise in campus climate, so that the questions developed pursuant to paragraph (1) incorporate trauma-informed language.

(3) Submit the questions developed pursuant to paragraph (1) to the United States Secretary of Education for review and approval to be incorporated into the online survey.

(b) Beginning one year after the date on which the United States Secretary of Education makes the online survey available to institutions, and every two years thereafter, the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and 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, submit a report on the published campus-level results from the online survey to the Assembly Committee on Higher Education and the Senate Committee on Education.

(c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Campus climate” means a measure of an individual’s experience within a learning environment, specifically focusing on the current attitudes, practices, and behaviors of campus life that impact the success and retention of all members of a campus community.

(2) “Institutions” means campuses of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California.

(3) “Online survey” means the online survey tool for campus safety established by Section 1507 of Title III of Division H of Public Law 117–103.

SEC. 2.

 If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.