BILL NUMBER: AB 24	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 26, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Block
    (   Principal coauthor:   Assembly Member
  Salas  ) 

                        DECEMBER 1, 2008

   An act to add Section 89013 to the Education Code, relating to the
California State University.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 24, as amended, Block. California State University: feasibility
study: Chula Vista.
   Existing law establishes the various segments of the public higher
education system in the state. These segments include the University
of California, which is administered by the Regents of the
University of California, the California State University, which is
administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and
the California Community Colleges, which is administered by the Board
of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
   This bill would require the Trustees of the California State
University by January 1, 2011, to conduct a study about the
feasibility of a California State University satellite program, and
ultimately, an independent California State University campus, at
Chula Vista.
   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 89013 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   89013.   (a)    The Trustees of the California
State University shall by January 1, 2011, conduct a study about the
feasibility of a California State University satellite program, and
ultimately, an independent California State University campus, at
Chula Vista. The study shall include  a projection of student
demand, regional workforce needs, prospective economic impact and
job creation in the region, infrastructure availability, and the
potential alleviation of overcrowding and traffic at the California
State University San Diego campus.   all of the 
 following:  
   (1) Ten-year enrollment projections and physical capacity
analysis.  
   (2) Regional workforce needs.  
   (3) Prospective economic impact and job creation in the region.
 
   (4) Infrastructure availability.  
   (5) The potential alleviation of overcrowding and traffic at the
San Diego State University campus.  
   (6) Considerations of plausible alternatives.  
   (7) Academic planning and program justification.  
   (8) A description of proposed student services and student
outreach programs.  
   (9) Support and capital outlay budget projections.  
   (10) Geographic and physical accessibility.  
   (11) Environmental and social impacts.  
   (12) Effects on other educational institutions.  
   (b) Funding for the study required by subdivision (a) shall be
derived solely from private sources.