Bill Text: CA AB340 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Postsecondary education: campus climate: report.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2016-01-15 - Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. [AB340 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB340-Enrolled.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 340 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 3, 2015
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 8, 2015
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 8, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 1, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 6, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 13, 2015
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 26, 2015
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Weber
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Cooper, Cristina Garcia, and Ting)
FEBRUARY 13, 2015
An act to amend Section 66302 of, and to add Section 66073 to, the
Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 340, Weber. Postsecondary education: campus climate: report.
Existing law establishes the segments of the public postsecondary
education system in the state, including the University of California
administered by the Regents of the University of California, the
California State University administered by the Trustees of the
California State University, and the California Community Colleges
administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges.
This bill would require the board and the trustees, and encourage
the regents, to each generate a report once every biennium of the
legislative session, commencing with the 2017-18 Regular Session,
that includes specified information related to the segment's campus
climate, as defined, post the report on its Internet Web site, and
submit the report to specified state bodies. For the purposes of the
board's report, the bill would require the board to request certain
information from community college districts, and would provide that
the board's report shall be based on data available from
participating community college districts.
Existing law requests the Trustees of the California State
University, the Regents of the University of California, and the
governing board of each community college district to adopt and
publish policies on harassment, intimidation, and bullying to be
included within the rules and regulations governing student behavior,
as provided.
This bill would require the Trustees of the California State
University and the governing board of each community college, if they
expend funds to support activities related to campus climate, as
defined, to adopt and publish the above-described policies. By
requiring community college districts to adopt and publish these
policies, this 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 these
statutory provisions.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 66073 is added to the Education Code, to read:
66073. (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges and the Trustees of the California State University are
required, and the Regents of the University of California are
encouraged, to generate a report once every biennium of the
legislative session, commencing with the 2017-18 Regular Session,
that shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following as to
the respective segment:
(1) New and recent administrative efforts intended to affect
campus climate.
(2) Recent campus program developments that impact campus climate
related to the following:
(A) Gender.
(B) Race.
(C) Ethnicity.
(D) National origin.
(E) Religion.
(F) Sexual orientation.
(G) Disability.
(H) Gender identity.
(3) Data, including, but not limited to, both of the following:
(A) Student demographic data.
(B) Crime data, including, but not limited to, the data required
to be kept and disclosed in accordance with the Jeanne Clery
Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act
(20 U.S.C. Sec. 1092(f)) and other hate crime statistics.
(b) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges
and the Trustees of the California State University are required, and
the Regents of the University of California are encouraged, to each
post the respective segment's report on its Internet Web site.
(c) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges
shall request, but not require, the information specified in
paragraphs (1) and (2), and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3), of
subdivision (a), from community college districts. The report of the
Board of Governors shall be based on data available from
participating community college districts.
(d) The report to be generated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
be sent to the Governor, the Attorney General, and the appropriate
policy committees of the Legislature.
(e) For purposes of this section, "campus climate" means a measure
of an individual's experience within a learning environment,
specifically focusing on the current attitudes, practices, policies,
and behaviors of campus life that impact the success and retention of
all members of a campus community.
SEC. 2. Section 66302 of the Education Code is amended to read:
66302. (a) If the Trustees of the California State University and
the governing board of each community college district expend funds
to support activities related to campus climate, as that term is
defined in subdivision (e) of Section 66073, the Trustees of the
California State University and the governing board of each community
college district shall adopt and publish policies on harassment,
intimidation, and bullying to be included within the rules and
regulations governing student behavior within their respective
segments of public postsecondary education.
(b) The Regents of the University of California are requested to
adopt and publish policies on harassment, intimidation, and bullying
to be included within their rules and regulations governing student
behavior.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that rules and regulations
governing student conduct be published, at a minimum, on the
Internet Web site of each public postsecondary educational campus and
as part of any printed material covering those rules and regulations
within the respective public postsecondary education systems.
SEC. 3. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.
