Bill Text: CA AB914 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Public postsecondary education: California State University: proficiency level of entering students.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 564, Statutes of 2021. [AB914 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB914-Chaptered.html
Assembly Bill
No. 914
CHAPTER 564
An act to amend Section 66015.12 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.
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Approved by
Governor
October 06, 2021.
Filed with
Secretary of State
October 06, 2021.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 914, Akilah Weber.
Public postsecondary education: California State University: proficiency level of entering students.
Existing law establishes the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The California State University comprises 23 institutions of higher education. Existing law requires the California State University to provide specified information about the proficiency of freshmen at each of its campuses in a preliminary report submitted on or before December 15 of each year and in a final report to the Legislature submitted on or before February 1 of each year.
This bill would instead require the California State University to provide specified information to the Legislature about the placement of freshmen at each of its campuses for purposes of certain general education requirements in one report to be submitted by April 1 of each
year. This placement information would include the number of freshmen at each campus, the freshmen’s levels of placement for general education written communication and mathematics and quantitative reasoning, an analysis of the factors used by the university in its determination of freshmen’s levels of placement, an analysis of any equity gaps by income, race, or ethnicity within and across the university’s levels of placement, and the university’s plan to address any such gaps.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 66015.12 of the Education Code is amended to read:66015.12.
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the California State University (CSU) assess and report the general education written communication and mathematics and quantitative reasoning placement levels of all first-time freshmen. On or before April 1 of each year, the CSU shall submit to the Legislature a report by each campus in the system that includes all of the following information:(1) The total number of regularly admitted and specially admitted first-time freshmen.
(2) The number and proportion of regularly admitted and specially admitted first-time freshmen who fall into each of the university’s four levels of placement for general education written communication and mathematics and
quantitative reasoning. For purposes of this paragraph, the university shall disaggregate this number into the following two general education categories:
(A) Written communication.
(B) Mathematics and quantitative reasoning.
(3) The number and proportion of regularly admitted and specially admitted first-time freshmen in each level who meet the general education requirement for each category identified in paragraph (2) as follows:
(A) Before the fall term of the academic year.
(B) At the end of the fall term of the academic year.
(C) At the end of the spring term of the academic year.
(D) At the end of the fall term of the second academic year.
(4) (A) An analysis of the university’s three factors that go into the multiple measures assessment of placement of freshmen into a specified level, and how predictive each of those factors is for student success indicators.
(B) For purposes of this section:
(i) The university’s three factors that go into the multiple measures assessment of the placement of freshmen are: (I) course taking, (II) grade point average, and (III) test taking.
(ii) “Student success indicators” are all of the following: (I) persistence into the fall term of the second academic year at the CSU, (II) the number of units completed at the
CSU in the first academic year, and (III) grade point average at the CSU in the first academic year.
(5) An analysis of any equity gaps by income, race, or ethnicity within and across the university’s four levels of placement for general education written communication and mathematics and quantitative reasoning, and the university’s plan to address any such gaps.
(b) The report required by this section shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
