AB 51, as amended, Logue. Public postsecondary education: Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program.
(1) Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools operated by local educational agencies throughout the state. Existing law also establishes a system of public postsecondary education in this state that includes 3 segments: the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to establish a pilot program with the goal of creating a model of articulation and coordination among K-12 schools, community colleges, and campuses of the California State University that will allow students to earn a baccalaureate degree for a total cost not exceeding $10,000, including textbooks. The bill would establish a Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program that would include campuses of the California State
University, community college districts, and county offices of education inbegin delete 3end deletebegin insert up to 7end insert areas of the state, but would only include institutions that explicitly request inclusion in the program. The bill would require the public postsecondary educational institutions and local educational agencies participating in the pilot program to coordinate their efforts to expedite the progress of participating students from high school to community college to California State University. Because the bill would impose new duties on community college districts and county offices of education, it would constitute a state-mandated local program.
The bill would authorize participating high school students to earn an unlimited number of Advanced Placement course credits, and provide these students with priority enrollment at participating community colleges. The bill would impose grade point average and time requirements on participating students at the community college stage of the pilot program. The bill would require a participating California State University campus to accept a minimum of 60 semester units earned by a participating student at a high school or community college.begin insert The bill would require a participating student to receive priority enrollment status at a participating California State University and would require the participating student to be required to enroll at that California State University either in the summer term or the fall semester immediately succeeding the pupil’s completion of the required community college coursework. This bill would limit bachelor’s degrees awarded at the participating California State University to a participating student to baccalaureate degrees in one or more of specified fields of study.end insert The bill would prohibit the mandatory systemwide fees and tuition and mandatory campus-based fees charged to a participating student from being increased during the first 2 academic years of his or her attendance at a California State University campus under the pilot program. The bill would authorize the institutions participating in the pilot program, in consultation with the appropriate private entities, to develop summer internships for participating students relating to their fields of study for academic credit.
(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 66650)
2is added to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
3to read:
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It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a pilot
8program with the goal of creating a model of articulation and
9coordination among K-12 schools, community colleges, and
10campuses of the California State University that will allow students
11to earn a baccalaureate degree for a total cost not exceeding ten
12thousand dollars ($10,000), including textbooks.
(a) The Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program is hereby
14established. The pilot program shall include only institutions that
15explicitly request inclusion in the program within the meaning of
16Section 17556 of the Government Code.
17(b) The program shall include participating public postsecondary
18educational institutions and local educational agencies, subject to
19a request for inclusion in the program pursuant to subdivision (a),begin delete20
in three areas, as follows: end delete
21desire to participate.end insert
22(1) California State University, Chico; the Yuba Community
23College District; the Butte Community College District; the Butte
24County Office of Education;
the Sutter County Office of Education;
25and the Yuba County Office of Education.
26(2) California State University, Long Beach; the Long Beach
27Community College District; and the Los Angeles County Office
28of Education.
29(3) California State University, Stanislaus; the San Joaquin
30Delta Community College District; and the San Joaquin County
31Office of Education.
32(c) The public postsecondary educational institutions and local
33educational agencies participating in the pilot program shall
34coordinate their efforts to expedite the progress of participating
35students
from high school to community college to California State
36University to earn their baccalaureate degrees.
Notwithstanding any other law:
P4 1(a) In each of the areas designated in subdivision (a) of Section
266651, the number of Advanced Placement (AP) course credits
3that a participating high school pupil may earn is unlimited.
4(b) A participating student may attend and earn college course
5credit at either his or her high school or at a participating
6community college.
7(c) In order to earn college course credit under the pilot program
8for college-level coursework undertaken at a high school before
9graduation from high school, a participating student shall earn a
10score of
three or better on the AP examination for each
11college-level course.
12(d) A participating student shall receive priority enrollment
13status at a participating community college, and be required to
14enroll at that community college either in the summer term or the
15fall semester immediately succeeding that pupil’s graduation from
16high school.
17(e) In order to remain in the pilot program, a participating
18student shall maintain a grade point average of at least 2.0 on a
194-point scale at the community college he or she attends pursuant
20to the pilot program.
21(f) A participating student shall attend community college full
22time, shall take no less than 12 semester units each semester, and
23shall complete his or her associate of
arts transfer degree in not
24more than two years from the date he or she enrolled at the
25community college.
26(g) A participating California State University campus shall
27accept a minimum of 60 semester units earned by a participating
28student at either a high school or a community college pursuant
29to the pilot program.
30(h) A participating student shall receive priority enrollment
31status at a participating California State University and shall be
32required to enroll at that California State University either in the
33summer term or the fall semester immediately succeeding that
34pupil’s completion of the required community college coursework.
35(i) The bachelor’s degrees awarded at the participating
36California State University to a participating student shall be
37limited
to baccalaureate degrees in one or more of the following
38fields of study:
39(1) Science.
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4begin insert(j)end insert The institutions participating in the pilot program, in
5consultation with the appropriate private entities, may develop
6summer internships for participating students relating to their fields
7of study, for which academic credit shall be awarded for successful
8completion.
9(i)
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10begin insert(k)end insert The mandatory systemwide fees and tuition and mandatory
11campus-based fees charged to a participating student shall not be
12increased during the first two academic years of his or her
13attendance at a California State University campus pursuant to the
14pilot program.
No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
16Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
17the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
18district are the result of a program for which legislative authority
19was requested by that local agency or school district, within the
20meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code and Section
216 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.
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