BILL NUMBER: AB 37	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Furutani

                        DECEMBER 1, 2008

   An act relating to public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 37, as introduced, Furutani. Public postsecondary education:
honorary degrees.
   Under existing law, the segments of the public postsecondary
education system in the state include the University of California,
which is administered by the Regents of the University of California,
the California State University, which is administered by the
Trustees of the California State University, and the California
Community Colleges, which are administered by the Board of Governors
of the California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes these
educational institutions to award various types of degrees
   This bill would require the Trustees of the California State
University and the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges, and would request the Regents of the University of
California, to confer an honorary degree upon each person who was
unable to continue and complete his or her studies at the public
postsecondary educational institution in which that person was
enrolled as a result of the issuance of federal Executive Order 9066
on February 19, 1942.
   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.  The Trustees of the California State University and the
Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall, and
the Regents of the University of California are requested to, confer
an honorary degree upon each person who was unable to continue and
complete his or her studies at the public postsecondary educational
institution in which that person was enrolled as a result of the
issuance of federal Executive Order 9066 on February 19, 1942, which
caused the evacuation, relocation, and internment of individuals of
Japanese ancestry during World War II.