Bill Text: CA AB3000 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Community colleges: academic credit for students with prior learning.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-04-06 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. [AB3000 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB3000-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 3000
| Introduced by Assembly Member Frazier |
February 21, 2020 |
An act to amend Section 66025.7 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 3000, as introduced, Frazier.
Community colleges: academic credit for students with prior learning.
Existing law requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to establish, by March 31, 2019, an initiative to expand the use of course credit at the California Community Colleges for students with prior learning. Existing law required the chancellor to submit, by January 1, 2020, a report on the initiative to the Legislature.
This bill would change the statutory deadline for the chancellor to submit this report to January 1, 2022.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 66025.7 of the Education Code is amended to read:66025.7.
(a) By March 31, 2019, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall establish an initiative to expand the use of course credit at the California Community Colleges for students with prior learning. The initiative shall identify best practices for the use of course credit for students with prior learning, locate and collect available resources, and provide professional development in connection with the identified best practices. The initiative shall identify the best practices for purposes of establishing potential pilot programs and shall provide recommendations for internal systemwide policy changes to expand the use of course credit at the California Community Colleges for students with prior learning.(b) (1) By January 1, 2020,
2022, the chancellor shall submit a report to the Legislature, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, on the initiative described in subdivision (a), including, but not limited to, activities established by the initiative. The report shall include recommendations for legislative policy changes necessary to implement the best practices identified by the initiative.
(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under paragraph (1) is inoperative on January 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
