BILL NUMBER: AB 2385	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member John A. Perez

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act relating to public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2385, as introduced, John A. Perez. Community colleges:
accelerated nursing and allied health care pilot program.
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary
education in this state. Existing law establishes community college
districts, administered by a governing board, throughout the state,
and authorizes these districts to provide instruction to students at
the community college campuses maintained by the districts.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to establish an accelerated nursing and allied health
care pilot program at 5 California Community Colleges distributed
geographically across the state. The pilot program would be designed
to be a public-private venture that lasts 5 years. The goal of the
program would be to facilitate early graduation by reducing the time
it takes to earn a degree from an average of 2 years to 18 months or
less for students participating in the pilot program. The Office of
the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges would be required
to develop the program model, select the participating colleges
based on specified criteria, and oversee and collect outcome data to
evaluate program effectiveness upon completion of the pilot program.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to establish an accelerated nursing and allied health
care pilot program at five California Community Colleges distributed
geographically across the state. The pilot program would be designed
to be a public-private venture that lasts five years. The goal of the
program would be to facilitate early graduation by reducing the time
it takes to earn a degree from an average of two years to 18 months
or less for students participating in the pilot program. The Office
of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges would be
required to develop the program model, select the participating
colleges based on specified criteria, and oversee and collect outcome
data to evaluate program effectiveness upon completion of the pilot
program.