Bill Text: CA AB2936 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Higher Education Reconciliation Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-11 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. [AB2936 Detail]
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2936
| Introduced by Assembly Member Jackson |
February 15, 2024 |
An act to add and repeal Chapter 4.7 (commencing with Section 66295) of to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of of, and to repeal Section 66297 of, the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2936, as amended, Jackson.
Higher Education Reconciliation Act.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as the segments of public postsecondary education in this state.
This bill would require the California Community Colleges and the California State University, and request the University of California, to develop a reconciliation master plan for use on each of their respective campuses to address cultural and political conflicts that arise on campus. The bill would require the plan to ensure that
students have a forum to be seen, have their voices heard, and feel safe.
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, on or before July 1, 2025, to convene stakeholder workgroups in their respective segments that include representatives from specified stakeholders, including faculty, staff, and students. The bill would require each stakeholder workgroup to submit to the Legislature and the board president of its respective system 9 months after the first meeting of the stakeholder workgroup a report that includes recommendations related to responding to cultural and political conflicts that arise, with the goal of promoting reconciliation on each of its respective campuses. In preparing this report, the bill would require each stakeholder workgroup, at a minimum, to evaluate and report on (1)
existing systemwide and campus policies, procedures, and processes regarding cultural and political conflicts, and (2) systemwide and campus-level plans for responding to cultural and political conflicts that arise on campuses, as provided. The bill would repeal its these provisions on January 1, 2030. To
To the extent this the bill
would impose additional duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 4.7 (commencing with Section 66295) is added to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:CHAPTER 4.7. Higher Education Reconciliation Act
66295.
This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Higher Education Reconciliation Act.(a)
66296.
(a) The California Community Colleges and the California State University shall, and the University of California is requested to, develop a reconciliation master plan for use on each of their respective campuses to address cultural and political conflicts that arise on campus.(b) The plan developed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall ensure that students have a forum to be seen, have their voices heard, and feel safe.
66297.
(a) On or before July 1, 2025, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Chancellor of the California State University shall, and the President of the University of California is requested to, convene stakeholder workgroups in their respective segments that include, but are not limited to, representatives from all of the following stakeholders:(1) Faculty.
(2) Staff, including, but not limited to, campus health and safety personnel and campus student center personnel.
(3) Students, representing both the associated students and student organizations from a cross-section of the campus community.
(4) An individual who has expertise in Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Public Law 88-352) and Article 3 (commencing with Section 66270) of Chapter 4.5, or is a representative specializing in Title VI from the Civil Rights Department.
(b) Each stakeholder workgroup shall submit a report to the Legislature and the board president of its respective system nine months after the first meeting of the stakeholder workgroup that includes recommendations
related to responding to cultural and political conflicts that arise, with the goal of promoting reconciliation on each of its respective campuses.
(c) In preparing the report pursuant to subdivision (b), each stakeholder workgroup shall, at a minimum, evaluate and report on both of the following:
(1) Existing systemwide and campus policies, procedures, and processes regarding cultural and political conflicts.
(2) Systemwide and campus-level plans for responding to cultural and political conflicts that arise on campuses. These plans shall include options for alternative dispute resolution to respond to cultural and political conflicts on campus as they arise, with an emphasis on ensuring, in the event of a cultural and political conflict, that students have a forum to be seen, have their voices heard, and feel safe.
(d) (1) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this chapter section is repealed on January 1, 2030.
