BILL NUMBER: AB 2462	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 10, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 8, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 26, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Block, Cook, and Fuentes
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Logue   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add Section 66025.7 to the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2462, as amended, Block. Public postsecondary education:
academic credit for prior military academic experience.
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the
California State University, and the University of California as the
3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the Chancellor of
the California State University, and the President of the University
of California serve as the respective chief executive officers of
these 3 segments.
   This bill would require the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges to determine by July 1,  2013   2015
 , for which courses credit should be awarded for prior military
experience, as specified. 
   The bill would encourage community colleges to recognize the
learning acquired by military personnel during their service,
consider military education or experience for credit for career
technical education, and consider awarding credit by an examination
process for experience or instruction gained in a military setting.

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


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 66025.7 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   66025.7.   (a)    By July 1,
 2013   2015  , the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges, using common course descriptors and
pertinent recommendations of the American Council on Education, shall
determine for which courses credit should be awarded for prior
military experience. 
   (b) Community colleges are encouraged to do all of the following:
 
   (1) Recognize the learning acquired by military personnel during
their service and award credit for that learning where appropriate,
including applying the determinations made by the Chancellor's office
pursuant to subdivision (a). The American Council on Education or
another appropriate entity may offer a consistent and reasonable
method of recognizing that learning. The Academic Senate for
California Community Colleges is also encouraged to develop
recommendations regarding approaches to the use of systems,
including, but not limited to, the American Council on Education
system, that provide guidance for awarding college credit for
academic instruction and experience in a military setting. 

   (2) Consider military education or experience for credit for
career technical education instruction and develop ways to evaluate
progress to, or completion of, a professional or occupational
certificate for persons with military education or experience.
 
   (3) Consider awarding credit by examination process for experience
or instruction gained in a military setting.