Bill Text: CA AB340 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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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-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 340	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Weber
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Cooper   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2015

   An act to add Section 66073 to the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 340, as amended, 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 that report to specified state bodies.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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)  Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the
Government Code, the   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) The amount spent on campus climate efforts.
   (2) New and recent administrative efforts intended to affect
campus climate.
   (3) Campus developments on all of the following as they may impact
campus climate:
   (A) Gender.
   (B) Race.
   (C) Ethnicity.
   (D) National origin.
   (E) Religion.
   (F) Sexual orientation.
   (G) Disability. 
   (H) Gender identity. 
   (4) 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 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.
   (d) 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.