BILL NUMBER: AB 224	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Portantino

                        FEBRUARY 4, 2009

   An act to add Section 66020 to the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 224, as introduced, Portantino. Postsecondary education.
   Existing law, intended to strengthen existing accountability
requirements, requires the California Postsecondary Education
Commission, each November 15, to submit a higher education report to
the Legislature and the Governor which provides information to the
citizens of the state on the significant indicators of performance of
the public colleges and universities.
   This bill would require the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, the Board of Directors of EdFund, the Board of
Trustees of the California State University, the California
Postsecondary Education Commission, and the California Student Aid
Commission to make available on the Internet an audio broadcast of
each of its meetings that is open to the public. This bill would also
request that the Regents of the University of California comply with
these provisions.
   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 66020 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   66020.  The Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges, the Board of Directors of EdFund, the Board of Trustees of
the California State University, the California Postsecondary
Education Commission, and the California Student Aid Commission shall
make available on the Internet an audio broadcast of each of its
meetings that is open to the public. Notice of these meetings and
links to the audio broadcasts shall be easily accessible via each
entity's Internet Web site. The Regents of the University of
California are requested to comply with these provisions.