BILL NUMBER: AB 2202	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 20, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Block

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to add Section 66017.5 to the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2202, as amended, Block. Postsecondary education: expanding
access.
   Existing law establishes the segments of the postsecondary
education system in the state, including independent institutions of
higher education, the University of California, administered by the
Regents of the University of California, the California State
University, administered by the Trustees of the California State
University, and the California Community Colleges, administered by
the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
   This bill would require the Legislative Analyst's Office to
conduct a study that considers specified things and make
recommendations  concerning   regarding 
opportunities for expanding access to postsecondary education in
underserved areas. The bill would require the Legislative Analyst's
Office to submit its report to the Legislature on or before January
1, 2014.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  yes
  no  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 66017.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   66017.5.  The Legislative Analyst's Office shall conduct a study
and make recommendations  concerning   regarding
 opportunities for expanding access to postsecondary education
in underserved areas. The study shall consider expansion of distance
education, the establishment of off-campus centers and new campuses,
regional partnerships with existing postsecondary education
providers, local admissions guarantees, and other strategies the
Legislative Analyst's Office finds to have merit. The Legislative
Analyst's Office shall submit its report to the Legislature on or
before January 1, 2014.