Bill Text: CA AB440 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Alcoholic beverages: tied-house restrictions:

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-06-28 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB440 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB440-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 440	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Beall

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2009

   An act to add Article 3 (commencing with Section 66745) to Chapter
9.2 of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
relating to community colleges.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 440, as introduced, Beall. California Community Colleges:
student transfer.
   Existing law establishes the 3 segments of public postsecondary
education in this state. These segments include the California State
University, the campuses of which are administered by the Trustees of
the California State University, the University of California, which
is administered by the Regents of the University of California, and
the California Community Colleges, which are administered by the
Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
   Existing law establishes community college districts throughout
the state, and authorizes them to provide instruction to students at
community college campuses.
   Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act,
authorizes the community colleges to grant associate in arts and
associate in science degrees. The act also requires the regents, the
trustees, and the board of governors to have as a fundamental policy
the maintenance of a healthy and expanded program to increase the
number of transfer students from community colleges.
   This bill would authorize a community college district to grant an
associate in arts degree in transfer studies to a student meeting
specified requirements.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Article 3 (commencing with Section 66745) is added to
Chapter 9.2 of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education
Code, to read:

      Article 3.  Transfer Studies Program


   66745.  A community college district may grant an associate in
arts degree in transfer studies to a student meeting both of the
following requirements:
   (a) Completes a minimum of 60 semester units.
   (b) Meets the minimum requirements for transfer to the California
State University or the University of California.
   66746.  (a) A degree granted pursuant to this article shall
recognize the completion of lower division general education
requirements.
   (b) A degree granted pursuant to this article does not guarantee
admission to any institution.