Bill Text: CA AB46 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Enrolled

California Assembly Bill 46 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: California State University: online education.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Vetoed) 2014-09-28 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB46 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB46-Enrolled.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 46	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 18, 2014
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 5, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 25, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 5, 2014
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 28, 2014
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 12, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Pan

                        DECEMBER 19, 2012

   An act to add Section 89227 to the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 46, Pan. 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. Under existing law, the California State University
comprises 23 institutions of higher education throughout the state.
   Existing law requires the trustees to establish a series of
uniform definitions for online education for the California State
University on or before January 1, 2015, as specified. Existing law
also requires the trustees to report performance data about online
education to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2017, and every
2 years until 2021, and requires the trustees to report the
performance data to the Legislative Analyst on or before January 1,
2017. Existing law further requires the Legislative Analyst to submit
to the Legislature, on or before October 1, 2017, a status update
regarding the university's implementation of these provisions and an
assessment of the extent to which the university's online programs
are operating in a manner consistent with legislative intent and
statutory requirements.
   This bill would require the trustees to make available to the
Academic Senate of the California State University and campus
academic senates specified information relating to all matriculated
students of the California State University who are enrolled in
online courses, irrespective of whether the courses or programs in
which they are enrolled are provided by faculty of the California
State University or by another entity that is under contract with the
university or one of its campuses. The bill would require this
information to be provided in compliance with all relevant state and
federal provisions of law safeguarding the privacy of the students
involved.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 89227 is added to the Education Code,
immediately following Section 89226, to read:
   89227.  (a) For purposes of providing a high-quality educational
program and correlating student success, or a lack of student
success, with resource use, demographic data, preparation, and mode
of instruction, especially with respect to online education, the
trustees shall make the information specified in subdivision (b)
available, on paper or in electronic form, while complying with all
relevant state and federal provisions of law safeguarding the privacy
of the students involved, to the Academic Senate of the California
State University and campus academic senates upon the request of the
respective academic senate.
   (b) The information provided under this section shall relate to
all matriculated students of the California State University enrolled
in online courses, irrespective of whether the courses or programs
in which they are enrolled are provided by faculty of the California
State University or by another entity that is under contract with the
California State University or with one of its campuses:
   (1) The number of students enrolled in online courses.
   (2) With respect to each major course of study, the course
completion rates for online courses and for courses other than online
courses.
   (3) The grades earned by each student enrolled in an online
course.
   (4) The course completion rates for students who are enrolled in
online courses.
   (5) Any data available relating to a student's use of university
resources in connection with online coursework, including, but not
necessarily limited to, analytic data concerning access to course
materials; access to linked materials; performance on quizzes, tests,
or examinations; and interactions with faculty, mentors, coaches,
and other students in the online course. This data shall include any
available information about the average amount of time it takes a
student to complete an online assignment.
   (6) Any available demographic data relating to students enrolled
in online courses, including, but not necessarily limited to, the
ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and gender of those students, and
the cumulative grade point averages of those students disaggregated
by those demographic categories.