Bill Text: OR HB2970 | 2013 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to associate transfer degrees.
Sponsorship: Committee Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-22 - Chapter 214, (2013 Laws): Effective date January 1, 2014. [HB2970 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2013-HB2970-Enrolled.html
77th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2013 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 2970
Sponsored by COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION AND WORKFORCE
DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to associate transfer degrees; amending ORS 341.430.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. ORS 341.430, as amended by section 11, chapter 104,
Oregon Laws 2012, is amended to read:
341.430. (1) As used in this section:
(a) 'Associate transfer degree' means an associate degree that
is awarded by a community college and that is intended to allow a
student to apply the credits earned for the degree toward a
baccalaureate degree.
(b) 'Community college' means a community college operated
under ORS chapter 341.
(c) 'State institution of higher education' means a state
institution of higher education listed in ORS 352.002.
(d) 'Transfer program' means a one-year program that is
designed to allow a student to apply the credits earned through
the program toward a baccalaureate degree.
(2) The Higher Education Coordinating Commission shall develop
standards related to the ability of students to apply credits
earned through courses of study at community colleges to
baccalaureate degrees awarded by state institutions of higher
education. The standards shall be known as the 'Transfer Student
Bill of Rights and Responsibilities. '
(3) The standards developed under this section { - may - }
{ + must + } include:
(a) Admission standards to state institutions of higher
education for students who have earned an associate transfer
degree.
(b) { - The maximum - } { + Processes to minimize the + }
number of credits that students who have earned an associate
transfer degree would need to complete prior to receiving various
types of baccalaureate degrees at state institutions of higher
education.
(c) { - The maximum - } { + Processes to minimize the
+ }number of credits that students who have completed a transfer
program would need to complete prior to receiving various types
of baccalaureate degrees at state institutions of higher
education.
(d) { - A process - } { + Processes + } by which a
community college would award an associate degree to a student
upon completion of necessary credits, regardless of whether the
student applied to receive the degree or whether the student
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earned the credits for the degree at a community college or a
state institution of higher education.
{ + (e) Processes to evaluate and make recommendations for
the development of associate transfer degrees in specific areas
of study, including engineering. + }
{ - (e) - } { + (f) + } Any other issues identified by the
Higher Education Coordinating Commission that relate to courses
of study at community colleges and the ability of a student to
transfer credits to a community college or a state institution of
higher education, to be admitted to a state institution of higher
education or to earn a degree at a community college or a state
institution of higher education.
{ - (f) - } { + (g) + } Requirements that students must
meet in order to benefit from the standards described in
paragraphs (a) to { - (e) - } { + (f) + } of this subsection.
(4) Each community college and state institution of higher
education shall submit annual reports to the Higher Education
Coordinating Commission related to:
(a) The number of students who attend a community college and
then a state institution of higher education, or a state
institution of higher education and then a community college.
(b) The number of students who attend one community college and
then a different community college.
(c) The number of students who transfer from a community
college to a state institution of higher education and who have
an associate transfer degree or have completed a transfer
program.
(d) The average number of credits students have when they
transfer from a community college to a state institution of
higher education.
(e) The average number of credits students have when they
attend one community college and then a different community
college.
(f) The average number of credits that a student earning an
associate transfer degree completed at a community college.
(g) The average number of credits students who have transferred
from a community college to a state institution of higher
education must earn prior to receiving a baccalaureate degree
compared to the average number of credits students who did not
transfer from a community college must earn prior to receiving a
baccalaureate degree.
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Passed by House April 3, 2013
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Ramona J. Line, Chief Clerk of House
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Tina Kotek, Speaker of House
Passed by Senate May 13, 2013
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2013
Approved:
......M.,............., 2013
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2013
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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