Bill Text: CA AB387 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 387 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Public postsecondary education: California State

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB387 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB387-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 387	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 30, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2013

   An act to add Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 89225) to
Chapter 2 of Part 55 of Division 8 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
relating to public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 387, as amended, Levine. Public postsecondary education:
California State University: online education.
   Existing law establishes the California State University, under
the administration of the Trustees of the California State
University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education
in this state. Existing law specifies that 25 institutions of higher
education comprise the California State University.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature that the
California State University have a uniform definition of online
education for the purposes of measuring its effectiveness. The bill
would require the trustees to establish a series of uniform
definitions for online education on or before January 1, 2015, as
specified. The bill would require the trustees to report performance
data about online education to the Legislature on or before January
1, 2017, and every 2 years until 2021.  The bill would
require, in the development of new programs of instruction at each
campus of the California State University, that not less than 10% of
new course offerings be online courses, as defined. 
   This bill would require the Trustees of the California
State University   trustees  to report to the
Legislature, on or before January 1, 2015, on the feasibility of
developing an accelerated bachelor's degree completion program
consisting of online  courses,   courses 
aimed at students who started college but never obtained a degree.
   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.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the
expansion of online education can increase accessibility, and
accelerate degree completion. However, the value and effectiveness of
new online education programs should properly be measured, and the
Legislature should be provided with data to understand the
effectiveness of online education.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the California State
University develop a uniform definition of online education for the
purposes of measuring its effectiveness.
  SEC. 2.  Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 89225) is added to
Chapter 2 of Part 55 of Division 8 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 3.5.  Online Education


   89225.  On or before January 1, 2015, for the purposes of
measuring the effectiveness of online education, the trustees shall
establish a series of uniform definitions for online education. The
definitions developed by the trustees under this section shall, at a
minimum, include a systemwide definition for an online course where
the course can be entirely completed remotely.
   89226.  (a) On or before January 1, 2017, and on or before January
1 every two years thereafter, the trustees shall report to the
Legislature key performance data on online courses as defined in
Section 89225, including, but not necessarily limited to, all of the
following:
   (1) The number of students enrolled at each campus.
   (2)  Course completion rates for courses other than online
courses.
   (3) Completion rates for degree programs that include no online
courses.
   (4) Grade point average for students enrolled in online courses.
   (5) The number of students cross-enrolled in online courses at a
California State University campus other than the campus at which
they are matriculated.
   (6) Course completion rates for students enrolled in online
courses.
   (7) Completion rates for degree programs that include online
courses.
   (b) Student enrollment and completion rate data included in a
report to be submitted pursuant to this  subdivision
  section  shall be made available by demographics,
including age, gender, and ethnicity.
   (c) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under
subdivision (a) is inoperative on July 1, 2021, pursuant to Section
10231.5 of the Government Code.
   (2) The report prepared pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

   89226.5.  In the development of new programs of instruction at
each campus of the California State University, not less than 10
percent of new course offerings shall be online courses as defined in
Section 89225. 
  SEC. 3.  On or before January 1, 2015, the Trustees of the
California State University shall report to the Legislature on the
feasibility of developing an accelerated bachelor's degree completion
program consisting of online  courses,  
courses  aimed at students who started college but never
obtained a degree. The report prepared pursuant to this section shall
be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.