Bill Text: CA AB813 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Multistate regional transmission system organization: membership.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2018-08-24 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. [AB813 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB813-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 21, 2017 |
Assembly Bill | No. 813 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Eggman |
February 15, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in a provision relating to the state goals for the postsecondary education system.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 89001 of the Education Code is amended to read:89001.
(a) The California State University includes the institutions for higher education whose locations or designations are listed in this section.SEC. 2.
Section 89002 of the Education Code is amended to read:89002.
(a) The campuses authorized in paragraphs (19), (21), This
SEC. 3.
Section 89002.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:89002.5.
A campus of the California State University that operates a satellite campus shall annually provide the Legislature with a satellite campus report that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, all of the following:SEC. 4.
Section 89754 of the Education Code is amended to read:89754.
(a) The intent of Section 89753 is to give the trustees maximum responsibility within available funds. It is the further intent of the Legislature by said provisions to allow the trustees greater flexibility in their financial affairs and to allow the individual campuses greater flexibility in the expenditure of their appropriations.In order to promote the state’s competitive economic position and quality of civic life, it is necessary to increase the level of educational attainment of California’s adult population to meet the state’s civic and workforce needs. To achieve that objective, it is the intent of the Legislature that budget and policy decisions regarding postsecondary education generally adhere to all of the following goals:
(a)Improve student access and success, which shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, meeting all of the following goals: greater participation by demographic groups, including low-income students, that have historically participated at lower rates, greater
completion rates by all students, and improved outcomes for graduates.
(b)Better align degrees and credentials with the state’s economic, workforce, and civic needs.
(c)Ensure the effective and efficient use of resources in order to increase high-quality postsecondary educational outcomes and maintain affordability.