BILL NUMBER: AB 1586 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 7, 2008
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member DeSaulnier
FEBRUARY 23, 2007
An act to add Section 66205.3 to the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1586, as amended, DeSaulnier. University of California and
California State University: minimum admissions
requirements. career technical education courses.
The existing Donahue Donahoe Higher
Education Act sets forth, among other things, the missions and
functions of California's public and independent segments of higher
education and their respective institutions of higher education. The
act establishes the California State University, under the
administration of the Trustees of the California State University,
and the University of California, under the administration of the
Regents of the University of California, as 2 of the segments of
public postsecondary education in this state. The act provides that
its provisions apply to the University of California only to the
extent that the regents act, by resolution, to make these provisions
applicable.
A provision of the act requires the California State University
and the University of California to establish model academic
standards for high school courses for pupils who wish to attend those
institutions. This provision requires the California State
University, and requests the University of California, to develop and
implement, by January 1, 2006, a speedy process by which high
schools may obtain approval of their courses to satisfy specified
admissions requirements of those 2 institutions.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
coordinate the development, on a cyclical basis, of model curriculum
standards for a high school career technical course of study.
Existing law also requires the superintendent to develop a career
technical curriculum framework based on prescribed criteria.
This bill would, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
beginning January 1, 2014, require the trustees and strongly urge the
regents to recognize the completion of all high school career
technical education courses that meet the model curriculum standards
as satisfying the completion of a general elective course requirement
for purposes of admission to that university.
This bill would, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
require the trustees and strongly urge the regents to adopt
prescribed minimum requirements in History/Social Science, English,
Mathematics, Laboratory Science, Language Other Than English, Visual
and Performing Arts, Applied Arts, and College-Preparatory Electives
for applicants to admission to their respective segments as
first-year undergraduate students.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 66205.3 is added to the
Education Code , to read:
66205.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning
January 1, 2014, the Trustees of the California State University
shall, and the Regents of the University of California are strongly
urged to, recognize the completion of all high school career
technical education courses that meet the model curriculum standards
established pursuant to Section 51226 as satisfying the completion of
a general elective course requirement for purposes of admission to
that university.
SECTION 1. Section 66205.3 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
66205.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Trustees
of the California State University shall, and the Regents of the
University of California are strongly urged to, adopt the following
minimum requirements for applicants for admission to their respective
segments as first-year undergraduate students:
(a) History/social science: two years of history/social science,
including one year of world history, cultures, and geography, and one
year of United States history or one-half year of United States
history and one-half year of civics or American government.
(b) English: four years of college preparatory English that
includes frequent and regular writing assignments and the reading of
classic and modern literature. No more than one year of English as a
Second Language or similar courses may be used to meet the
requirements of this subdivision.
(c) Mathematics: three years of college preparatory mathematics
that includes the topics covered in elementary and advanced algebra
and two- and three-dimensional geometry. Approved integrated
mathematics courses may be used to fulfill part or all of the
requirements of this subdivision, as may mathematics courses taken in
grade 7 or grade 8 that the high school attended by the applicant
accepts as equivalent to its own mathematics courses.
(d) Laboratory science: two years of laboratory science providing
fundamental knowledge in two of these three foundational subjects:
biology, chemistry, and physics. Advanced laboratory science classes
that have biology, chemistry, or physics as prerequisites and offer
substantial additional material may be used to fulfill the
requirements of this subdivision. The final two years of an approved
three-year integrated science program may be used to fulfill the
requirements of this subdivision.
(e) Language other than English: two years of the same language
that is other than English. To meet the requirements of this
subdivision, a course should emphasize speaking and understanding,
and include instruction in grammar, vocabulary, reading, composition,
and culture. A course in a language other than English taken in
grade 7 or grade 8 may be used to fulfill part or all of the
requirements of this subdivision if the high school attended by the
applicant accepts these as equivalent to its own courses.
(f) Visual and performing arts: a single, year-long, approved arts
course from a single discipline of the visual and performing arts.
These disciplines include dance, drama/theater, music, and visual
arts.
(g) Applied arts: two-year long courses in approved applied arts
from one of the following disciplines: agriculture, business
education, health careers, home economics careers and technology,
industrial technology and education, and arts, media, and
entertainment.
(h) College preparatory electives: one year or two semesters, in
addition to those required by subdivisions (a) to (f), inclusive,
chosen from any of the following areas: non-introductory level visual
and performing arts courses, history, social science, English,
advanced mathematics, laboratory science, and a language other than
English. The course in a language other than English may be a third
year in the language used to satisfy the requirements of subdivision
(e).