BILL ANALYSIS
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB 2086 (Coto)
As Amended August 17, 2010
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |70-1 |(May 24, 2010) |SENATE: |36-0 |(August 23, |
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Original Committee Reference: HIGHER ED.
SUMMARY : Requires specified teacher preparation programs and
institutions of higher education that participate in the
Cal-Grant Program to provide information on license examination
passage rates. Specifically, this bill :
1)Establishes legislative intent regarding the importance of
policymakers and teacher candidates to have access to
information regarding the quality of teacher preparation
programs, and that, as the California Educational Information
System is implemented over time, access to public information
already available on various measures of the quality of
teacher preparation programs should be available and
accessible.
2)Requires teacher preparation programs that are not accredited
by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges to provide
information to prospective candidates regarding the license
examination passage rates of completers of its program for the
most recent available year, if that data is available
electronically through the Internet Web site of the Commission
on Teacher Credentialing (CTC).
3)Requires CTC to provide all teacher preparation programs with
the appropriate electronic link to comply with the
aforementioned requirements and provides that, to the extent
feasible, the link may also include access to additional data
from the California Longitudinal Teacher Integrated Data
Education System (CALTIDES) regarding the types of programs
offered and the data on program effectiveness.
4)Requires institutions of higher education that participate in
the Cal-Grant Program to provide information on license
examination passage rates for the most recent year available
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from graduates of its programs leading to employment for which
passage of a licensing examination is required, if the data is
electronically available through the Web site of the licensing
or regulatory agency.
5)Establishes that "provide" may exclusively include placement
of an Internet address listed as an access point for the data
on the Internet Web site where enrollment information is
located, on the internet Web site that provides centralized
admissions information for postsecondary educational systems
with multiple campuses, or on applications for enrollment or
other program information distributed to students.
6)Requires each postsecondary educational institution to certify
compliance with the above to the California Student Aid
Commission (CSAC).
The Senate amendments make technical and corrective changes, add
legislative findings, and establish specified requirements for
disclosure of teacher preparation program information.
AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY , this bill required institutions of
higher education that participate in the Cal-Grant Program to
provide information on license examination passage rates.
EXISTING LAW authorizes the Cal Grant Program, administered by
CSAC, to provide grants to financially needy students to attend
college and defines "qualifying institution" for purpose of
participation in the Cal Grant Program.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, minor one-time costs for the University of California
(UC) and California State University (CSU) campuses offering
programs leading to state licensure to provide the required
website addresses to licensing agency examination results, and
minor ongoing costs for the campuses to certify compliance with
these requirements to CSAC. Community college districts
offering programs leading to state licensure would incur minor
non-reimbursable costs similar to those for UC and CSU.
COMMENTS : Purpose of this bill: According to the author,
students, parents, taxpayers, policymakers, and employers should
know if the higher education institutions and programs they
attend, support, and/or finance are effective in terms of
student learning and imparting the skills necessary to be
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successful in the workplace. This bill ensures that one measure
of the effectiveness of postsecondary programs, the passage
rates for professional licensure examinations, is made publicly
available by the institutions.
Licensing entities that publish data: This bill provides that
the data disclosure requirement is contingent upon the licensing
entity publishing that data. It is unclear the degree to which
this requirement would ensure data is made available to students
and the public, as it does not appear that many licensing
entities currently disclose licensure examination passage rates
based on school of graduation.
Analysis Prepared by : Laura Metune / HIGHER ED. / (916) 319-
3960
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