BILL NUMBER: SB 645	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 29, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 2, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Denham

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2009

   An act to amend Section 67600 of the Education Code, relating to
military training.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 645, as amended, Denham. Public higher education: training
programs at military facilities.
   Existing law establishes the University of California  and
  ,  the California State University  , and
the California Community Colleges  as  2 of 
the  3  segments of public postsecondary education in this
state. Existing law states that nothing in the public policy of the
state requires the establishment or disestablishment of any United
States Armed Forces training unit or class at any campus of a public
institution of higher education.
   This bill would declare that nothing in the law of the state
prohibits the University of California  or the California
State University   , the California State University, or
the California Community Colleges  from coordinating with the
United States Armed Forces to establish training programs at military
facilities.
   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.    In enacting this section, it is the
intent of the Legislature to maximize the use of closed or underused
medical facilities located on United States Armed Forces military
bases by establishing cooperative agreements with California's public
postsecondary education institutions to provide medical and allied
health education or direct clinical services, or both. 
   SECTION 1.  SEC. 2.  Section 67600 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
   67600.  (a) Nothing in the public policy of the State of
California requires the establishment or the disestablishment of any
United States Armed Forces training unit or class at any campus of a
public postsecondary educational institution or the prohibition of
employment recruitment by the United States Armed Forces at any
campus of a public postsecondary educational institution.
   (b) Nothing in the law of the State of California prohibits the
University of California  or   ,  the
California State University  ,   or the California
Community Colleges  from coordinating with the United States
Armed Forces to establish training programs at military facilities.