BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1455
Author: Hill (D), et al
Amended: 6/23/09 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 6-1, 6/17/09
AYES: Romero, Alquist, Hancock, Liu, Simitian, Wyland
NOES: Huff
NO VOTE RECORDED: Maldonado, Padilla
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-0, 5/14/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : San Mateo County Community College District
Baccalaureate Partnership Act
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill establishes the San Mateo Community
College District Baccalaureate Partnership Program to
encourage baccalaureate degree-granting institutions to
partner with the San Mateo County Community College
District to offer baccalaureate degree programs on the
district's community college campuses.
ANALYSIS : Existing law establishes the California
Community College (CCC) Baccalaureate Partnership Program,
formed for the purpose of offering baccalaureate degree
programs on participating CCC campuses. It authorizes the
CCC Chancellor's Office to award annually two grants, not
to exceed $50,000 each, to a collaborative consisting of at
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least one CCC and at least one baccalaureate
degree-granting institution, formed for the purpose of
offering a baccalaureate degree program at participating
CCCs.
This bill establishes the San Mateo County Community
College District (SMCCCD) Baccalaureate Partnership Act by
authorizing SMCCCD to seek collaborative partnerships with
the California State University (CSU) and the University of
California (UC) for the purposes of offering baccalaureate
degree programs on SMCCCD campuses. This bill also
generally finds and declares that the economic downturn and
high unemployment rate is resulting in tens of thousands of
unemployed or underemployed individuals entering and
returning to college. The rapidly emerging "knowledge
economy" demands a well-educated workforce. CCC students
who want to transfer to public four-year institutions face
a number of challenges. Because of these factors, the
state supports the increased use of "university centers"
where CSU and UC partner with CCC to deliver baccalaureate
degree programs on CCC campuses. This bill specifies that
university centers that would be established by
partnerships with the SMCCCD are not to be exempt from the
requirement for the California Postsecondary Education
Commission.
Comments
According to the author, SMCCCD is in a unique position to
participate in the baccalaureate partnership program
established by this bill because of the successful
University Center program at Ca?ada College. The
University Center is a model whereby specific four-year
college degree programs are offered by San Francisco State
University (SFSU) and CSU East Bay on the Ca?ada College
campus. In addition, the author notes that "San Mateo
County has no public four-year university which is why this
program could be valuable for local residents, allowing San
Mateo residents access to a baccalaureate degree program
within their county."
Examples of CCC/CSU partnerships . As noted above, Ca?ada
College partners with SFSU and CSU East Bay to provide
bachelor's degrees at the University Center located on the
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Ca?ada College campus in Child and Adolescent Development,
Nursing, and Health Sciences. The city of Stockton
receives baccalaureate-level instruction provided by CSU
Stanislaus at an off-campus site in Stockton. CSU
Fullerton maintains a branch campus in El Toro, serving
approximately 1,140 full-time equivalent students annually.
Partnerships between CCC and CSU campuses have been
established to deliver upper-division instruction at
community sites away from the main CSU campus. This bill
seeks to expand this model at SMCCCD.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 6/23/09)
American Nurses Association of California
County of San Mateo
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Anderson, Arambula, Beall, Bill Berryhill,
Tom Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Brownley,
Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro,
Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, DeVore,
Duvall, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,
Fuller, Furutani, Galgiani, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman,
Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber, Huffman,
Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Krekorian, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Miller, Monning, Nava, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez,
Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Silva, Skinner,
Solorio, Audra Strickland, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres,
Torrico, Tran, Villines, Yamada, Bass
NO VOTE RECORDED: Ammiano, Fuentes, Gaines, Saldana, Smyth
DLW:mw 6/23/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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