Bill Text: CA AB2752 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Public postsecondary education: transfer requirements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-06-28 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2752 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB2752-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2752 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 8, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Blakeslee
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
An act to add Section 66016.7 to amend
Sections 66739.5 and 66740 of the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2752, as amended, Blakeslee. Public postsecondary education:
military recruiting on campuses. transfer
requirements.
The Donahoe Higher Education Act establishes 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, as the 3 segments of
public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law establishes
community college districts, which operate campuses providing
instruction to students throughout the state. The provisions of the
act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the
regents, by appropriate resolution, make them applicable.
The act establishes a program with the purpose of ensuring that
community college students who wish to earn baccalaureate degrees at
a campus of the California State University are able to do so, and
requires the Chancellor of the California State University to
implement various requirements in connection with the establishment
of that program. The act requires the chancellor, on or before June
1, 2005, and in consultation with the Academic Senate of the
California State University and with faculty responsible for each
high-demand baccalaureate degree major program, to specify for each
of those major programs a systemwide lower division transfer
curriculum, and requires the systemwide lower division transfer
curriculum to be composed of at least 45 semester course units, or
the quarter-unit equivalent. Each California State University campus,
by June 1, 2006, is also required to identify campus-specific
requirements beyond the systemwide lower-division transfer curriculum
requirements for each major.
This bill would change the date by which the chancellor is
required to establish the admissions requirements for community
college transfer students to June 1, 2012, and would increase to 60
the number of required semester course units, or the quarter-unit
equivalent, for the systemwide lower division transfer curriculum for
each high-demand baccalaureate degree major program. The bill would
delete the requirement that each California State University campus
identify campus-specific requirements beyond the systemwide lower
division transfer curriculum requirements, and would prohibit a
campus of the California State University from imposing nonelective
lower division course requirements for transfer students in
high-demand baccalaureate degree major programs that are in addition
to those specified by the chancellor.
The bill would make other conforming changes.
Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets
forth, among other things, the missions and functions of California's
public and independent segments of higher education, and their
respective institutions of higher education. Provisions of the act
apply to the University of California only to the extent that the
Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution,
act to make a provision applicable.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to military recruiting on the campuses of public
postsecondary educational institutions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
yes . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 66739.5 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
66739.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
(1) The California Master Plan and supporting statutes place
utmost importance on the effective transfer of community college
students to the University of California (UC) and the California
State University (CSU) as a means of providing access to the
baccalaureate degree.
(2) In 2002, CSU enrolled 55,000 transfer students from community
colleges.
(3) Two out of three students who earn CSU baccalaureate degrees
begin in a community college.
(4) Effective use of state and student time and resources would be
maximized by students accruing fewer unrequired units in earning
their degrees.
(5) Additional access to community colleges and CSU will be
created by higher graduation rates and fewer nonessential units
taken.
(6) The state budget situation makes it urgent to streamline the
path of the transfer student to the baccalaureate degree.
(b) It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to ensure that
community college students who wish to earn the baccalaureate degree
at CSU are provided with a clear and effective path to this degree.
(c) This section shall not be construed to limit in any way the
ability of students to gain admission through alternative paths to
transfer, such as the Intersegmental General Education Transfer
Curriculum (IGETC) or the California State University General
Education-Breadth Requirements.
(d) On or before February 1, 2005, the The
Chancellor of CSU shall establish transfer student
admissions requirements that give highest priority to transfer
students who are qualified in accordance with subdivision (f)
and paragraph (3) of subdivision (g) .
(e) (1) CSU campuses admitting students qualified in accordance
with subdivision (f) and paragraph (3) of subdivision (g)
will make it possible for these students to complete their
baccalaureate degree in the minimum number of remaining units
required for that degree major.
(2) For purposes of this subdivision, the "minimum number of
remaining units" is the minimum number of units required for a degree
major after subtracting the number of fully degree-transferable
units earned at the community college.
(f) The Chancellor of CSU, in consultation with the Academic
Senate of CSU, shall establish the following components necessary for
a clear degree path for transfer students:
(1) On or before June 1, 2005 2012 ,
the Chancellor of CSU, in consultation with the Academic Senate of
CSU and with the faculty responsible for each high-demand
baccalaureate degree major program, shall specify for each
high-demand baccalaureate program major a systemwide lower division
transfer curriculum composed of at least 45
60 semester course units, or the quarter-unit equivalent, that
will be common across all CSU campuses offering specific major
programs and meet the lower division course requirements for
those major programs .
(2) (A) The systemwide lower division transfer curriculum for each
high-demand baccalaureate degree major program shall be composed of
at least 45 60 semester units, or the
quarter-unit equivalent, and shall include all of the following:
(i) General education courses.
(ii) Any other lower division courses required for graduation.
(iii) Lower division components of the student's declared major.
(iv) Elective units, as appropriate.
(B) The coursework described in subparagraph (A) shall be
designated by the CSU faculty responsible for the student's major
degree program.
(3) A CSU campus shall not impose any nonelective lower division
course requirements for transfer students in high-demand
baccalaureate degree major programs that are in addition to those
described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2).
(3)
(4) The systemwide lower division transfer curriculum
shall be specified in sufficient manner and detail so that existing
and future community college lower division courses may be
articulated, according to the usual procedures, to the corresponding
CSU courses or course descriptions.
(g) (1) On or before June 1, 2006, the The
Chancellor of CSU and the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges, in consultation with the Academic Senate of the
California Community Colleges, shall articulate those lower division,
baccalaureate-level courses at each campus of the California
Community Colleges that meet , for each
degree major , meet the systemwide lower division
transfer curriculum requirements specified in paragraph (1) of
subdivision (f).
(2) To the extent that the goals of efficiency and urgency are
advanced, existing articulation procedures such as the California
Articulation Number (CAN) program shall be employed.
(3) On or before June 1, 2006, each CSU campus shall have
identified any additional specific, nonelective course requirements
beyond the systemwide lower division transfer curriculum requirements
for each major, up to a maximum of 60 semester units or the
quarter-unit equivalent, for the systemwide and campus-specific
requirements combined. To the extent these additional course
requirements are identified, each CSU campus shall provide that
information to all community colleges.
(4) The Chancellor of CSU shall amend CSU's transfer admissions
procedures to encourage prospective community college transfer
students to identify and, to the extent possible, commit to, a
specific CSU transfer destination campus before earning more than 45
semester units, or the quarter-unit equivalent, of lower division,
baccalaureate-level courses, as described in subdivision (f).
(h) As allowed by enrollment demand and available space, each CSU
campus shall develop a transfer admission agreement with each student
who intends to meet the requirements of this section, including the
declaration of a major and identification of a choice of a
destination campus, before earning more than 45 systemwide semester
units, or the quarter-unit equivalent. The transfer admission
agreement shall guarantee admission to the campus and major
identified in that agreement and transfer of all 60 semester units,
or the quarter-unit equivalent, as creditable to the baccalaureate
degree, subject to the student's meeting the following conditions:
(1) Completion of the 60 semester units of college-level
coursework, or the quarter-unit equivalent, specified for the student'
s major degree program.
(2) Declaration of a major.
(3) Satisfactory completion of the systemwide lower division
transfer curriculum requirements for the student's declared major.
(4) Satisfactory completion of any requirements beyond the
systemwide lower division transfer curriculum that are specified by
the CSU destination campus.
(5) Any
(4) The impaction criteria for
that campus or major.
(i) A CSU campus shall guarantee that the transfer students
admitted under this section will be able to complete the
baccalaureate degree in the minimum number of course units required
for that degree.
SEC. 2. Section 66740 of the Education
Code is amended to read:
66740. Each department, school, and major in the
(a) The University of
California and California State University shall develop, in
conjunction with community college faculty in appropriate and
associated departments, discipline-specific articulation agreements
and transfer program agreements for those majors that have lower
division prerequisites. Faculty from the community colleges and
university campuses shall participate in discipline-specific
curriculum development to coordinate course content and expected
levels of student competency.
Where
(b) Where specific majors are
impacted or over-subscribed, the prescribed course of study and
minimum grade point average required for consideration for upper
division admission to all of these majors shall be made readily
available to community college counselors, faculty, and students on
an annual basis. In cases where the prescribed course of study is
altered by the university department , notice of
the modification shall be communicated to appropriate community
college faculty and counselors at least one year prior to the
deadline for application to that major and implementation by the
department departments responsible for
teaching that major.
Community
(c) Community college districts,
in conjunction with the California State University and the
University of California, shall develop discipline-based agreements
with as many campuses of the two university segments as feasible
, and no fewer than three University of California campuses
and five California State University campuses . The
development of these agreements shall be the mutual responsibility of
all three segments, and no one segment should bear the
organizational or financial responsibility for accomplishing these
goals.
The
(d) The Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges and the President of the University of
California shall begin the process of setting priorities to determine
which community colleges will receive first attention for the
development of agreements. Criteria for priority determination shall
include, but not be limited to, the percentage and number of students
from economically disadvantaged families and underrepresented racial
and ethnic minorities, and community colleges which
that traditionally have not transferred many
students to the University of California. The priority list shall be
completed by March 1, 1992. These considerations shall not be used in
any way to displace current agreements between any community college
and the University of California or the California State University.
The
(e) The Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges and the Chancellor of the California
State University system shall begin the process of setting priorities
to determine which community colleges will receive first attention
for the development of agreements. Criteria for priority
determination shall include, but not be limited to, the percentage
and number of students from economically disadvantaged families and
underrepresented racial and ethnic minorities, and community colleges
which that traditionally have not
transferred many students to California State Universities. The
priority list shall be completed by March 1, 1992. These
considerations shall not be used in any way to displace current
agreements between any community college and the University of
California or the California State University.
SECTION 1. Section 66016.7 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
66016.7. It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation
relating to military recruiting on the campuses of public
postsecondary educational institutions.
