Bill Text: CA AB1924 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Public postsecondary education: Baccalaureate Degree
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-03-03 - Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. [AB1924 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB1924-Introduced.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1924 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Logue
(Principal coauthor: Senator Anderson)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Beth Gaines, Grove, Hagman, Harkey,
Mansoor, Morrell, Nestande, Wagner, Waldron, and Wilk)
FEBRUARY 19, 2014
An act to add Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 66650) to Part
40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to public
postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1924, as introduced, Logue. Public postsecondary education:
Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program.
(1) Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and
secondary schools operated by local educational agencies throughout
the state. Existing law also establishes a system of public
postsecondary education in this state that includes 3 segments: the
California Community Colleges, the California State University, and
the University of California.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to establish
a pilot program with the goal of creating a model of articulation
and coordination among K-12 schools, community colleges, and campuses
of the California State University that will allow students to earn
a baccalaureate degree for a total cost as close as possible to
$12,000. The bill would establish a Baccalaureate Degree Pilot
Program that would include campuses of the California State
University, community college districts, and county offices of
education in up to 7 areas of the state, but would only include
institutions that explicitly request inclusion in the program. The
bill would require the public postsecondary educational institutions
and local educational agencies participating in the pilot program to
coordinate their efforts to expedite the progress of participating
students from high school to community college to California State
University. Because the bill would impose new duties on community
college districts and county offices of education, it would
constitute a state-mandated local program.
The bill would authorize participating high school students to
earn an unlimited number of Advanced Placement course credits, and
provide these students with priority enrollment at participating
community colleges. The bill would impose grade point average and
time requirements on participating students at the community college
stage of the pilot program. The bill would require a participating
California State University campus to accept a minimum of 60 semester
units earned by a participating student at a high school or
community college. The bill would require a participating student to
receive priority enrollment status at a participating California
State University, and would require the participating student to
enroll at that California State University either in the summer term
or the fall semester immediately succeeding the pupil's completion of
the required community college coursework. This bill would limit
bachelor's degrees awarded at the participating California State
University to a participating student to baccalaureate degrees in one
or more of specified fields of study. The bill would prohibit the
mandatory systemwide fees and tuition and mandatory campus-based fees
charged to a participating student from being increased during the
first 2 academic years of his or her attendance at a California State
University campus under the pilot program. The bill would authorize
the institutions participating in the pilot program, in consultation
with the appropriate private entities, to develop summer internships
for participating students relating to their fields of study for
academic credit.
(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 no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 66650) is added to
Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
CHAPTER 8.5. BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PILOT PROGRAM
66650. It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a pilot
program with the goal of creating a model of articulation and
coordination among K-12 schools, community colleges, and campuses of
the California State University that will allow students, including,
but not necessarily limited to, students who have earned college
course credit through concurrent enrollment in high school and
community college, to earn a baccalaureate degree for a total cost as
close as possible to twelve thousand dollars ($12,000).
66651. (a) The Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program is hereby
established. The pilot program shall include only institutions that
explicitly request inclusion in the program within the meaning of
Section 17556 of the Government Code.
(b) The program shall include public postsecondary educational
institutions and local educational agencies in up to seven areas of
the state, subject to the receipt of a request for inclusion in the
program pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) The public postsecondary educational institutions and local
educational agencies participating in the pilot program shall
coordinate their efforts to expedite the progress of participating
students from high school to community college to California State
University to earn their baccalaureate degrees.
66652. Notwithstanding any other law:
(a) In each of the areas designated pursuant to subdivision (b) of
Section 66651, the number of Advanced Placement (AP) course credits
that a participating high school pupil may earn is unlimited.
(b) A participating student may attend and earn college course
credit at either his or her high school or at a participating
community college.
(c) In order to earn college course credit under the pilot program
for college-level coursework undertaken at a high school before
graduation from high school, a participating student shall earn a
score of three or better on the AP examination for each college-level
course.
(d) A participating student shall receive priority enrollment
status at a participating community college, and be required to
enroll at that community college either in the summer term or the
fall semester immediately succeeding that pupil's graduation from
high school.
(e) In order to remain in the pilot program, a participating
student shall maintain a grade point average of at least 2.5 on a
4-point scale at the community college he or she attends pursuant to
the pilot program.
(f) A participating student shall be a full time student, shall
take no less than 12 semester units each semester, and shall complete
his or her associate of arts transfer degree in not more than two
years from the date he or she enrolled at the community college.
(g) A participating California State University campus shall
accept a minimum of 60 semester units earned by a participating
student at either a high school or a community college pursuant to
the pilot program.
(h) A participating student shall receive priority enrollment
status at a participating California State University, and shall be
required to enroll at that California State University either in the
summer term or the fall semester immediately succeeding that pupil's
completion of the required community college coursework.
(i) The bachelor's degrees awarded at the participating California
State University to a participating student shall be limited to
baccalaureate degrees in one or more of the following fields of
study:
(1) Science.
(2) Technology.
(3) Engineering.
(4) Mathematics.
(j) The institutions participating in the pilot program, in
consultation with the appropriate private entities, may develop
summer internships for participating students relating to their
fields of study, for which academic credit shall be awarded for
successful completion.
(k) The mandatory systemwide fees and tuition and mandatory
campus-based fees charged to a participating student shall not be
increased during the first two academic years of his or her
attendance at a California State University campus pursuant to the
pilot program.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district are the result of a program for which legislative authority
was requested by that local agency or school district, within the
meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code and Section 6 of
Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
