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          Bill No:  SB 940
          Author:   Senate Education Committee
          Amended:  8/18/11
          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

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  78-0, 8/22/11 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Postsecondary education

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill corrects technical errors and 
          oversights, and makes non-controversial and conforming 
          changes to statutes related to education.

           Assembly Amendments  (1) clarify that transfer students 
          admitted to the California State University receive 
          priority for purposes of enrollment planning and 
          admissions, if they have met specified requirements, and 
          (2) replace the Secretary of Education with the Executive 
          Director of the State Board of Education as a member of the 
          Scholarshare Investment Board.

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           ANALYSIS  :    This bill corrects technical errors and 
          oversights, and makes non-controversial and conforming 
          changes to various statutes related to education.  
          Specifically, this bill:

          1.Removes references to the Office of the Secretary of 
            Education (OSE) and redirects responsibilities to the 
            Office of the Governor or the State Board of Education 
            (SBE).

          2.Repeals obsolete reporting requirements for the Education 
            Technology Professional Development program, the funding 
            priorities for technology in higher education, and the 
            guidelines for California Community Colleges (CCC) 
            design-build projects.

          3.Clarifies that a transfer student who has met the 
            transfer degree requirements is granted priority for the 
            purposes of enrollment planning and admissions consistent 
            with the priorities outlined in existing law.

          4.Corrects various incorrect references in law, including a 
            reference to the Cal Grant Program, and a reference to 
            the maximum percentage-of-hours for part-time CCC 
            faculty.

           Comments

           This bill is authored by the Senate Education Committee and 
          provides for technical and non-controversial "clean-up" to 
          the Education Code, relative to higher education.  The 
          major changes provided for in this bill include:
           
          Office of the Secretary of Education.   In January 2011, 
          Governor Brown eliminated the OSE.  Various provisions of 
          law have assigned responsibility for receiving various 
          reports to the OSE.  This bill deletes those references and 
          replaces them with the Office of the Governor.  
          Additionally, existing law establishes the Scholarshare 
          Program, administered by the Scholarshare Investment Board, 
          to offer California families a tax-advantaged college 
          tuition savings plan that allows them to invest and save 
          for a college education with state tax-deferred and federal 
          tax-free benefits.  At the request of the Governor's 

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          office, this bill replaces the Secretary of Education with 
          the Executive Director of the SBE, or their designee, as a 
          member of the Scholarshare Investment Board.

           Eliminating Reporting Requirements  .  This bill repeals 
          statutory reporting requirements relative to the Education 
          Technology Professional Grant Program, recommendations on 
          funding priorities for higher education, and guidelines for 
          CCC design-build projects, as these reporting requirements 
          have been met and the code sections are now obsolete.

           Transfer Degree Priority Admission  .  SB 1440 (Padilla), 
          Chapter 428, Statutes of 2010, granted priority for the 
          purposes of enrollment planning and admissions to the 
          California State University for CCC students who complete 
          the transfer degree authorized by SB 1440.  This bill 
          clarifies that these students be granted priority 
          consistent with the priorities outlined in existing law.
           
           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  8/23/11)

          California State University


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  78-0, 8/22/11
          AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill 
            Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, 
            Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, 
            Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, 
            Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Beth 
            Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, Hagman, 
            Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, 
            Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, 
            Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, 
            Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, 

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            Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Silva, 
            Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, 
            Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
          NO VOTE RECORDED: Furutani, Gorell


          CPM:cm  8/23/11   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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