BILL NUMBER: AB 2497	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 6, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 25, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 19, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Solorio

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add and repeal Section 89007.7 of the Education Code,
relating to the California State University.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2497, as amended, Solorio. California State University: Early
Start Program.
   Existing law establishes the California State University, under
the administration of the Trustees of the California State University
(CSU), as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in
this state.
   This bill would express the finding and declaration of the
Legislature that the trustees adopted an Early Start Program at their
May 2010 meeting.
   The bill would require, commencing on January 1, 2014, and every 2
years thereafter, that the Legislative Analyst's Office, in
consultation with the CSU, submit a report to the Legislature
including specified data relating to the CSU Early Start Program.
   The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2018.
   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 89007.7 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   89007.7.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the
California State University Early Start Program was adopted pursuant
to Executive Order No. 1048 at the May 2010 meeting of the Trustees
of the California State University (CSU) with the stated goal of
facilitating a student's graduation through changes in policies on
fulfilling entry-level proficiencies in mathematics and English.
   (b) Commencing on January 1, 2014, and every two years thereafter,
the Legislative Analyst's Office, in consultation with CSU, shall
submit a report to the Legislature detailing the impact of the CSU
Early Start Program on student mathematics and English proficiency.
The report to the Legislature required by this subdivision shall
include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following:
   (1) Information on how the CSU Early Start Program increases
successful remediation rates as compared to the remediation rates
that existed in the 2010-11 academic year.
   (2) Information on how the CSU Early Start Program expedites the
student remediation process, or otherwise reduces the length of time
that students spend on remediation.
   (3) Demographic information on participants in the CSU Early Start
Program, including information relating to race or ethnicity,
 household income levels,   eligibility for
financial aid,  geographic origins, and other pertinent data.
   (4) The number of enrollees in the CSU Early Start Program,
counted statewide and by campus, including the number who eventually
earned credit from the program.
   (5) As observed one year after participating in the CSU Early
Start Program, counted statewide and by campus, how many enrollees
became proficient, how many did not remediate successfully, and how
many were disenrolled from CSU.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends
that date.