CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 3112

Introduced by Assembly Member Essayli

February 16, 2024

An act to add Section 66014.9 to the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 3112, as introduced, Essayli. Postsecondary education: tuition increases: Consumer Price Index.
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, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, independent institutions of higher education, as defined, and private postsecondary educational institutions, as defined, as the segments of postsecondary education in the state. Existing law establishes the College of the Law, San Francisco, under the governance of the Board of Directors of the College of the Law, San Francisco, within the University of California.
This bill would, commencing with the 2029–30 academic year, prohibit the California Community Colleges, the California State University, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions from increasing their tuition by an amount greater than the percentage increase in the United States Consumer Price Index for the preceding calendar year, as determined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. For the College of the Law, San Francisco and the University of California, the bill would impose that same prohibition, but as a condition for receiving state funds for student financial assistance.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 66014.9 is added to the Education Code, to read:

66014.9.
 (a) Commencing with the 2029–30 academic year, the California Community Colleges, the California State University, independent institutions of higher education, as defined in Section 66010, and private postsecondary educational institutions, as defined in Section 94858, shall not increase tuition by an amount greater than the percentage increase in the United States Consumer Price Index for the preceding calendar year, as determined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.
(b) Commencing with the 2029–30 academic year, and as a condition for receiving state funds for student financial assistance, the College of the Law, San Francisco and the University of California shall not increase tuition by an amount greater than the percentage increase in the United States Consumer Price Index for the preceding calendar year, as determined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics.