BILL ANALYSIS Ó ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 940| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ CONSENT Bill No: SB 940 Author: Senate Education Committee Amended: 4/28/11 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 : Postsecondary education SOURCE : Author DIGEST : This bill corrects technical errors and oversights, and makes non-controversial and conforming changes to various provisions of the Education Code and Labor Code. ANALYSIS : This bill corrects technical errors and oversights, and makes non-controversial and conforming changes to various provisions of the Education Code and the Labor Code. Specifically, this bill: 1.Clarifies that a student who completes the transfer degree authorized by SB 1440 (Padilla), Chapter 428, Statutes of 2010, is granted priority in enrollment over all other community college transfer students consistent CONTINUED SB 940 Page 2 with the current statutorily outlined enrollment planning and admission priorities and deems these students to have met the requirements of an approved transfer agreement consistent with current law. 2.Updates obsolete references within the Education Code and the Labor code to the "old" Cal Grant Program which sunset in January 2010 to reference the "new" Cal Grant program, established in 2000. 3.Corrects an erroneous reference to the percent hours per week considered a full-time assignment for community college faculty. 4.Deletes obsolete references to the "Office of the Secretary of Education" and substitutes these references to the "Office of the Governor." 5.Repeals various obsolete code sections. Comments This bill is one of three Education "clean-up" bills, sponsored by the Senate Education Committee, that make various non-controversial revisions to statute. SB 941 (Senate Education Committee) and SB 942 (Senate Education Committee) are the other two bills. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No SUPPORT : (Verified 5/16/11) California State University CPM:cm 5/16/11 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END **** SB 940 Page 3