Bill Text: CA AB69 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Postsecondary education: enrollment growth.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB69 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB69-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 69	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Duvall

                        DECEMBER 12, 2008

   An act to  repeal and add Section 66025 of the Eduction
Code,    add Section 66208 to the Education Code, and to
add Section 13337.1 to the Government Code,   relating to
postsecondary education.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 69, as amended, Duvall.  Statewide student fee policy.
  Postsecondary education: enrollment growth. 

   Existing 
    (1)     Existing  law provides for a
public postsecondary education system in this state. This system
includes the University of California, which is administered by the
Regents of the University of California, and the California State
University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California
State University.  Existing law authorizes the segments of
the public postsecondary education system to charge various fees to
their students.  
   This bill would delete a provision that required the systemwide
fees and tuition charged to resident undergraduate students at the
University of California and the California State University to be
reduced in the 1998-99 and 1999-2000 fiscal years.  

   The bill would require, notwithstanding any law, commencing with
the 2010-11 fiscal year, the level of mandatory systemwide fees and
tuition for undergraduate students at the University of California
and the California State University to be set over a 4-year period in
order to allow students at these institutions to budget accordingly
for the entirety of their education. The bill would provide that the
University of California and the California State University have the
discretion to establish the set level of mandatory systemwide fees
and tuition. The bill would express the intent of the Legislature
that the level of student fees for undergraduate students at the
University of California and the California State University also be
set over a 4-year period. The bill would apply to the University of
California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of
California act, by resolution, to make its provisions applicable.
 
   This bill would request the regents, and require the trustees to
submit information regarding the number of students who graduated for
the most recent academic year, and the number of students who left
school without graduating, as part of the annual enrollment growth
reports required by the annual Budget Act.  
   (2) Existing law requires the Governor's Budget to be submitted to
the Legislature within the first 10 days of each regular session.
Existing law requires the Governor's Budget to be prepared in
compliance with guidelines and instructions adopted by the Department
of Finance.  
   This bill would require the department, before the submission of
the Governor's Budget, to develop projections for enrollment at the
University of California and the California State University that are
based on the number of students expected to graduate from high
school in the ensuing fiscal year. 
   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 66208 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   66208.  (a) The Regents of the University of California are
requested to, and the Trustees of the California State University
shall, include in their annual enrollment reports, as required by the
annual Budget Act, the following information for the most recent
academic year:
   (1) The number of students who graduated with a degree.
   (2) The number of students who did not continue their education
from the prior academic year and did not obtain a degree.
   (b) The information shall be calculated and presented separately
for undergraduate students and graduate students. 
   SEC. 2.    Section 13337.1 is added to the  
Government Code   , to read:  
   13337.1.  Prior to the submission of the Governor's Budget to the
Legislature, the Department of Finance shall develop projections for
enrollment growth at the University of California and the California
State University. The projections shall be based on demographic data
on the projected growth in the number of high school students in the
state that are expected to graduate in the ensuing fiscal year. 

  SECTION 1.    Section 66025 of the Education Code
is repealed.  
  SEC. 2.    Section 66025 is added to the Education
Code, to read:
   66025.  (a) Notwithstanding any law, commencing with the 2010-11
fiscal year, the level of mandatory systemwide fees and tuition for
undergraduate students at the University of California and the
California State University shall be set over a four-year period in
order to allow students at these institutions to budget accordingly
for the entirety of their education.
   (b) The University of California and the California State
University shall have the discretion to establish the set level of
fees and tuition established in subdivision (a).
   (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the level of student
fees for undergraduate students at the University of California and
the California State University also be set over a four-year period
to allow students to budget accordingly.
   (d) No provision of this section shall apply to the University of
California except to the extent that the Regents of the University of
California, by appropriate resolution, make that provision
applicable.