BILL NUMBER: AB 1901	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ruskin

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

   An act to  amend Section 66012 of the Education Code, 
relating to postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1901, as amended, Ruskin. Postsecondary education: Master Plan
for Higher Education.
   Existing law, known as the 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, in the context of the
goals of the Master Plan for Higher Education in California. Among
other things, the act expresses legislative intent  to
outline in statute the broad policy and programmatic goals of the
master plan and to expect the higher education segments to be
accountable for attaining those goals. The act also expresses
legislative intent that the governing boards of the higher education
segments be given ample discretion in implementing policies and
programs necessary to attain those goals   that the
fixed master plan approach in the development of   public
postsecondary education be replaced by a continuous planning process
that includes prescribed elements  .
   This bill would  express the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation to address the goals of the Master Plan for Higher
Education   add a needs-based assessment conducted by
the Joint Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education to the
list of prescribed elements  .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 66012 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   66012.  It is  hereby declared to be  the intent
of the Legislature that the fixed master plan approach in the
development of public postsecondary education be replaced by a
continuous planning process  which   that 
includes:
   (a) A legislative study of California postsecondary education at
10-year intervals to reevaluate the planning process and provide
guidelines regarding goals, societal needs  ,  and general
missions of public higher education and its components.
   (b) Continuous planning by a state commission including a
five-year plan  which   that  is to be
updated annually. 
   (c) A needs-based assessment conducted by the Joint Committee on
the Master Plan for Higher Education.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation to address the goals of the Master Plan for
Higher Education.