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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 292
Author: Padilla (D)
Amended: 3/23/11
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 10-0, 5/4/11
AYES: Lowenthal, Runner, Alquist, Blakeslee, Hancock,
Huff, Liu, Price, Simitian, Vargas
NO VOTE RECORDED: Vacancy
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
SUBJECT : Public postsecondary education: community
colleges:
transfer
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill clarifies that a student who completes
the transfer degree authorized by SB 1440 is granted
priority in accordance with the provisions of existing law
which outline enrollment planning and admission priorities
for undergraduates at the University of California and the
California State University.
ANALYSIS : Current law, enacted by SB 1440 (Padilla),
Chapter 428, Statutes of 2010), establishes the STAR
program which requires a California Community College (CCC)
district to grant an associate degree that deems the
student eligible for transfer into the California State
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University (CSU), subject to specified requirements, and
requires the CSU to guarantee admission with junior status
to CCC students meeting those requirements.
Current law declares the Legislature's intent that, for the
University of California (UC) and CSU undergraduates,
enrollment planning and admission priority, to the extent
practicable, follow the following order:
1.Continuing undergraduate students in good standing.
2.CCC transfer students who have successfully concluded a
course of study in an approved transfer agreement
program.
3.Other CCC students who have met all of the requirements
for transfer.
4.Other qualified transfer students.
5.California residents entering at the freshman or
sophomore levels.
Current law also requires the UC and CSU to establish
policies that give preference (to the fullest extent
possible under state and federal law, statutes, or
regulations) in transfer admissions decisions to
historically underrepresented groups or economically
disadvantaged family in transfer admissions decisions.
Current law further declares the Legislature's intent that
within each of these enrollment categories, priority
consideration in admissions practice be granted to these
groups in this order:
1.Residents of California who are recently released
veterans of the armed forces of the United States (with
those who were enrolled in good standing at the UC or CSU
prior to military service priority over other veterans
recently released from military service).
2.Transfers from California public community colleges.
3.Applicants who have been previously enrolled at the
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campus, to which they are applying, provided they left
this institution in good standing.
4.Applicants who have a degree or credential objective that
is not generally offered at other public institutions of
higher learning within California.
5.Applicants for whom the distance involved in attending
another institution could create financial or other
hardships.
This bill:
1.Clarifies that students who complete the requirements
outlined for a transfer agreement by SB 1440 are granted
priority in enrollment over all other community college
transfer students consistent with the current statutorily
outlined enrollment planning and admission priorities in
Education Code.
2.Clarifies that students admitted under the provisions
established by SB 1440 are deemed to have met the
requirements for an approved transfer agreement
consistent with the provisions of Education Code.
Comments
Parallel Provisions . The provisions of this bill are
identical to those contained in Section 4 of SB 940 (Senate
Education Committee). In a Letter to the Journal dated
August, 2010 regarding SB 1440, the author clarified that
SB 1440 did not seek, and should not be construed, to
change the currently priority admission for individuals
established in Education Code Section 66202, and committed
to codifying this intent in statute. This bill serves a
means for ensuring that the author meets that commitment in
the unlikely event the language is deleted from the SB 940
(Senate Education Committee).
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/16/11)
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California State University
Community College League of California
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : In October 2010, the CSU and the
CCC announced a joint task force charged with implementing
SB 1440, the Student Transfer Achievement Act. The task
force is working to ensure coordination between the CSU
system and the CCC for a smooth implementation process, and
may make recommendations for further legislation,
regulatory changes or other policy changes. This bill is
intended as a vehicle for any necessary legislative changes
which may emerge as a result of the activities of the task
force in order to facilitate the implementation of the
provisions of SB 1440.
CPM:cm 5/17/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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