Bill Text: CA AB809 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Pupil instruction: Cyber Secure Youth Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-06-27 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB809 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB809-Amended.html
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Amended
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Senate
June 18, 2018 |
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Amended
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Assembly
March 23, 2017 |
| Assembly Bill | No. 809 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva |
February 15, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
(1)Existing law sets forth the missions and functions of the public institutions of higher education in the state, which include the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California. Existing law requires the California State University and each community college district, and requests the University of California, to grant, with respect to each campus in their respective segments that administers a priority enrollment system, priority registration for enrollment to a member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is a resident of California and who has received an honorable discharge, a general discharge, or an other than honorable discharge, and to any member or former member of the State Military Reserve who
has not received a specified discharge, for any academic term attended at one of these institutions within 15 years of leaving state or federal active duty. Existing law further requires this priority registration for enrollment to apply to enrollment for all degree and certificate programs offered by the institution after the military or veteran status of the student has been verified by the institution he or she attends.
Existing law also requires the California State University and each community college district, and requests the University of California, to grant, with respect to each campus in their respective segments that administers a priority enrollment system, priority registration for enrollment to a foster youth or former foster youth, as defined, or, until January 1, 2020, to a homeless youth, as defined. Existing law also requires each community college district that administers a priority enrollment system to grant priority registration for
enrollment to students in the California Community College Extended Opportunity Programs and Services and to disabled students, as defined.
This bill would require that the priority registration for enrollment for members and former members of the Armed Forces of the United States and for members and former members of the State Military Reserve that is required by existing law, as described above, be applied notwithstanding any other law. To the extent that this provision would create new duties for community college districts, it would constitute a state-mandated local program.
(2)Existing law authorizes a community college registered nursing program to use any diagnostic assessment tool that is commonly used in registered nursing programs and approved by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. Existing law also authorizes a community college registered nursing program to use additional
multicriteria screening measures, administered in accordance with specified requirements, if it determines that the number of applicants to that registered nursing program exceeds its capacity. Existing law also authorizes such a community college registered nursing program to admit students in accordance with a random selection process or a blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process, as specified.
This bill would provide that these provisions not be construed to interfere with, conflict with, or in any way diminish the priority registration for enrollment granted, pursuant to the provision of the existing law described in (1) above, to an eligible member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States or to an eligible member or former member of the State Military Reserve.
(3)The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Article 7 (commencing with Section 51290) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read:Article 7. Cyber Secure Youth Act
51290.
This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Cyber Secure Youth Act.51291.
It is the intent of the Legislature to do all of the following:51292.
(a) Instruction in cyber hygiene education, as described in this section, shall be provided by school districts and county offices of education to pupils at least once during kindergarten and grades 1 to 6, inclusive, and at least once during grades 7 to 12, inclusive.SEC. 2.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.(a)Notwithstanding any other law:
(1)The California State University and each community college district shall, and the University of California is requested to, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, grant priority in that system for registration for enrollment to any member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States, and who is a resident of California, who has received an
honorable discharge, a general discharge, or an other than honorable discharge, and to any member or former member of the State Military Reserve, for any academic term attended at one of these institutions for four academic years after he or she has left state or federal active duty, which he or she shall use within 15 years of leaving state or federal active duty.
(2)A former member of the Armed Forces of the United States or the State Military Reserve who received a dishonorable discharge or a bad conduct discharge is not eligible for priority registration for enrollment pursuant to this section.
(3)The priority registration for enrollment provided pursuant to this section shall apply to enrollment for all degree and certificate programs offered by the institution after the military or veteran status of the student has been verified by the institution he or she attends.
(4)Students who receive priority registration for enrollment pursuant to this section shall comply with the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 78212.
(b)(1)For the purposes of this section, “Armed Forces of the United States” means the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, National Guard, Naval Militia, Navy, and the reserve components of each of those forces, including the California National Guard.
(2)As used in this section, “member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States” includes, but is not necessarily limited to, any student who is called to active military duty compelling that student to take an academic leave of absence.
Notwithstanding any other law:
(a)Any community college district, irrespective of whether it participates in the program established by this article, may use any diagnostic assessment tool that is commonly used in registered nursing programs and is approved by the chancellor.
(b)If, after using an approved diagnostic assessment tool, a community college registered nursing program determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity, the program is authorized to use additional multicriteria screening measures. This subdivision does not prohibit or prevent a
community college registered nursing program from using an approved diagnostic assessment tool before or during a multicriteria screening process.
(c)A community college district may not do either of the following:
(1)Exclude an applicant to a registered nursing program on the basis that the applicant is not a resident of that district or has not completed prerequisite courses in that district.
(2)Implement policies, procedures, and systems, including, but not limited to, priority registration systems, that have the effect of excluding an applicant or student who is not a resident of that district from a registered nursing program of that district.
(d)This section
shall not be construed to interfere with, conflict with, or in any way diminish the priority registration for enrollment granted, pursuant to Section 66025.8, to an eligible member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States or to an eligible member or former member of the State Military Reserve.
(a)A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures:
(1)Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner that is consistent with the standards set forth in subdivision (b).
(2)A random selection process.
(3)A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process.
(b)A community college registered nursing program that elects, on or after
January 1, 2008, to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following:
(1)The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, all of the following:
(A)Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant.
(B)Grade-point average in relevant coursework.
(C)Any relevant work or volunteer experience.
(D)Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not necessarily limited to, the following experiences or circumstances:
(i)Disabilities.
(ii)Low family income.
(iii)First generation of family to attend college.
(iv)Need to work.
(v)Disadvantaged social or educational environment.
(vi)Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances.
(vii)Refugee or veteran status.
(E)Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data.
These languages may include, but are not necessarily limited to, any of the following:
(i)American Sign Language.
(ii)Arabic.
(iii)Chinese, including its various dialects.
(iv)Farsi.
(v)Russian.
(vi)Spanish.
(vii)Tagalog.
(viii)The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia.
(2)Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions
of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required.
(3)A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process.
(4)As used in this section:
(A)“Disabilities” has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code.
(B)“Disadvantaged social or educational environment” includes, but is not necessarily limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS).
(C)“Grade-point average” refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete.
(D)“Low family income” shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a student’s eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not necessarily limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs.
(E)“Need to work” means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program.
(5)A
community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this paragraph shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program.
(c)The chancellor is encouraged to develop, and make available to community college registered nursing programs by July 1, 2008, a model admissions process based on this section.
(d)(1)The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2015, and on or before each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not
necessarily limited to, both of the following:
(A)The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college registered nursing programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and the language spoken at the home of those students.
(B)Information on the annual impact, if any, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act had on the matriculation services for students admitted through the multicriteria screening process, as described in this section.
(2)The chancellor shall submit the annual report required in paragraph (1) in conjunction with its annual report on associate degree nursing programs required by subdivision
(g) of Section 78261.
(e)This section shall not be construed to interfere with, conflict with, or in any way diminish the priority registration for enrollment granted, pursuant to Section 66025.8, to an eligible member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States or to an eligible member or former member of the State Military Reserve.
(f)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is
repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
