Bill Text: OR HB3521 | 2011 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to courses of study at community colleges; and declaring an emergency.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-5)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-21 - Chapter 465, (2011 Laws): Effective date June 21, 2011. [HB3521 Detail]
Download: Oregon-2011-HB3521-Enrolled.html
76th OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2011 Regular Session
Enrolled
House Bill 3521
Sponsored by Representatives DEMBROW, WHISNANT; Representatives
BARKER, DOHERTY, GELSER, HUFFMAN, JENSON, JOHNSON, KOMP, READ,
THATCHER, Senators BONAMICI, MONROE
CHAPTER ................
AN ACT
Relating to courses of study at community colleges; and declaring
an emergency.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1. { + (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 towards 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 towards a baccalaureate degree.
(2) The Joint Boards of Education 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 include:
(a) Admission standards to state institutions of higher
education for students who have earned an associate transfer
degree.
(b) The maximum 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 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 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 earned the credits for the degree
at a community college or a state institution of higher
education.
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(e) Any other issues identified by the Joint Boards of
Education 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) Requirements that students must meet in order to benefit
from the standards described in paragraphs (a) to (e) of this
subsection.
(4) Each community college and state institution of higher
education shall submit annual reports to the Joint Boards of
Education 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. + }
SECTION 2. { + (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 towards 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 towards a baccalaureate degree.
(2) The Joint Boards of Education shall submit to the interim
legislative committees relating to education a report no later
than November 1, 2012. The report required by this section shall
include:
(a) Information related to the standards developed as provided
by section 1 of this 2011 Act, including resources required to
implement the standards by no later than the 2014-2015 academic
year.
(b) A review of the requirements and standards of the associate
transfer degree, and whether those requirements and standards
need to be modified as a result of the standards developed as
provided by section 1 of this 2011 Act.
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(c) The feasibility of and legal issues related to the
development of a common data system that allows for the sharing
of student information between community colleges and state
institutions of higher education.
(d) Any proposals for legislation that are needed to implement
the standards described in section 1 of this 2011 Act or that are
in response to any of the findings made by the Joint Boards of
Education while preparing the report described in this
subsection.
(3) In preparation for providing the report described in
subsection (2) of this section, the Joint Boards of Education
shall provide reports to the interim legislative committees
related to education at intervals determined by the committees.
(4) The Oregon University System, the Department of Education
and the Department of Community Colleges and Workforce
Development shall provide staff support to the Joint Boards of
Education for the purpose of preparing the reports required by
this section. + }
SECTION 3. { + This 2011 Act being necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency
is declared to exist, and this 2011 Act takes effect on its
passage. + }
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Passed by House April 25, 2011
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Ramona Kenady Line, Chief Clerk of House
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Bruce Hanna, Speaker of House
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Arnie Roblan, Speaker of House
Passed by Senate May 11, 2011
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Peter Courtney, President of Senate
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Received by Governor:
......M.,............., 2011
Approved:
......M.,............., 2011
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John Kitzhaber, Governor
Filed in Office of Secretary of State:
......M.,............., 2011
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Kate Brown, Secretary of State
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