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  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 and Cristina  Garcia)

                        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 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. 
   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) 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.  
   (c) 
    (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. 
   (d) 
   (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.