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

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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-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 440	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 2, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 27, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 16, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Beall
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Padilla)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Block, Chesbro, Coto, De Leon,
 and Fong   Eng,   Fong,  
Swanson,   and Torrico  )

                        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 amended, 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 enact the  College Student Success
  Associate Degree and Recognition of Student Transfer
Preparation  Act, which would authorize a community college
 district  to grant an associate  in arts
 degree in  transfer studies or an equivalent
program   the student's field of study, that is
designated as being "for transfer,"  to a student 
meeting specified requirements   who completes 60
transferable semester units or 27 quarter units, as specified, and
meets the minimum requirements for tran   sfer to a public
university or alternative path to transfer program. The bill would
prohibit a community college district from imposing any requirements,
in addition to these requirements, for the granting of an associate
degree with the "for transfer" designation  .
   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.  The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (a) Since the enactment of the Master Plan for Higher Education in
1960, preparing students to transfer to a four-year university has
been a core function of the California Community Colleges.
   (b) Successful progression from lower division coursework to
degree completion is a basic principle of California higher education
and is critical to the future of the state's economy.
   (c) Currently, the coursework necessary to transfer to a campus of
the California State University or the University of California
differs from the coursework needed to earn an associate degree. As a
result, many transfer students leave the community college system
having completed transfer requirements, but are unable to participate
in community college graduation ceremonies, do not have a degree to
show for their work, and are ineligible for some awards and
scholarships because they did not fulfill current requirements for an
associate degree.
   (d) Today, one in every four jobs requires an associate degree or
higher. In the near future, one in every three jobs will require an
associate degree or higher.
   (e) The community college system allows the state to address the
serious shortage of educated workers.
   (f) To meet workforce demands in a cost-effective way,  a
transfer studies associate degree program provides increased
educational opportunities for Californians throughout the state who
might not otherwise earn a baccalaureate degree because of
interruptions in their education.   incentivizing
students to earn an associate degree while preparing for transfer to
a four-year college or university, and recognizing that they have
completed a transfer preparation course pattern, provides students
encouragement and support to complete their overall educational
pursuits.  
   (g) In the current difficult fiscal times, increasing student
success will have long-term benefits for California's economy.
 
   (h) A transfer studies associate degree program is a manageable
reform in an otherwise bleak economic climate. 
  SEC. 2.  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  
Associate Degree and Recognition of Student Transfer Preparation



   66745.   This act   (a)    
This article  shall be known, and may be cited, as the 
College Student Success Act.   Community College
Associate Degree and Recognition of Student Transfer Preparation Act.
 
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that, whenever possible, a
community college shall consider the requirements for transfer as it
develops associate degree requirements and encourages students to
take courses that simultaneously meet both of the requirements of
Section 66746. 
   66746.  A community college  district  may grant
an associate  in arts degree in transfer studies or an
associate in arts degree in an equivalent program 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 a campus of the California State
University or the University of California.   degree,
in the student's field of study, on which is designated that it is
"for transfer," to a student who meets both of the following
requirements:  
   (a) Completes a minimum of 60 transferable semester units or 90
quarter units, 18 semester units or 27 quarter units of which shall
comprise coursework in a major or an area of emphasis, as determined
by the college.  
   (b) Meets the minimum requirements for transfer in an approved
transfer core curriculum program, approved transfer agreement
program, or dual admission program, implemented pursuant to Chapter
9.2 (commencing with Section 66720) of Part 40 of Title 3 or meets
the requirements of an alternative path to transfer program,
including, but not limited to, the Intersegmental General Education
Transfer Curriculum or the California State University General
Education Breadth Requirements.  
   66747.  If a community college provides a degree with the "for
transfer" designation as provided for in Section 66746, the college
shall not impose any requirements in addition to the requirements of
Section 66746, including any local college or district requirements.

    66747.   66748.   (a) A degree granted
pursuant to this article shall  recognize  
reflect  the completion of lower division general education
requirements.
   (b)  A degree granted   The granting of a
degree  pursuant to this article does not guarantee admission to
any institution.