BILL NUMBER: AB 51 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY FEBRUARY 13, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JANUARY 30, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Logue
DECEMBER 21, 2012
An act to add Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 66650) to Part
40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to public
postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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 in 3 up to 7 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. 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. 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:
SECTION 1. Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 66650) is added to
Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
CHAPTER 8.5. BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PILOT PROGRAM
66650. It is 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 ten thousand
dollars ($10,000), including textbooks.
66651. (a) The Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program is hereby
established. The pilot program shall include only institutions that
explicitly request inclusion in the program within the meaning of
Section 17556 of the Government Code.
(b) The program shall include participating public postsecondary
educational institutions and local educational agencies, subject to a
request for inclusion in the program pursuant to subdivision (a),
in three areas, as follows: in up to seven
areas of the state that desire to participate.
(1) California State University, Chico; the Yuba Community College
District; the Butte Community College District; the Butte County
Office of Education; the Sutter County Office of Education; and the
Yuba County Office of Education.
(2) California State University, Long Beach; the Long Beach
Community College District; and the Los Angeles County Office of
Education.
(3) California State University, Stanislaus; the San Joaquin Delta
Community College District; and the San Joaquin County Office of
Education.
(c) The public postsecondary educational institutions and local
educational agencies participating in the pilot program shall
coordinate their efforts to expedite the progress of participating
students from high school to community college to California State
University to earn their baccalaureate degrees.
66652. Notwithstanding any other law:
(a) In each of the areas designated in subdivision (a) of Section
66651, the number of Advanced Placement (AP) course credits that a
participating high school pupil may earn is unlimited.
(b) A participating student may attend and earn college course
credit at either his or her high school or at a participating
community college.
(c) In order to earn college course credit under the pilot program
for college-level coursework undertaken at a high school before
graduation from high school, a participating student shall earn a
score of three or better on the AP examination for each college-level
course.
(d) A participating student shall receive priority enrollment
status at a participating community college, and be required to
enroll at that community college either in the summer term or the
fall semester immediately succeeding that pupil's graduation from
high school.
(e) In order to remain in the pilot program, a participating
student shall maintain a grade point average of at least 2.0 on a
4-point scale at the community college he or she attends pursuant to
the pilot program.
(f) A participating student shall attend community college full
time, shall take no less than 12 semester units each semester, and
shall complete his or her associate of arts transfer degree in not
more than two years from the date he or she enrolled at the community
college.
(g) A participating California State University campus shall
accept a minimum of 60 semester units earned by a participating
student at either a high school or a community college pursuant to
the pilot program.
(h) A participating student shall receive priority enrollment
status at a participating California State University and shall be
required to enroll at that California State University either in the
summer term or the fall semester immediately succeeding that pupil's
completion of the required community college coursework.
(i) The bachelor's degrees awarded at the participating California
State University to a participating student shall be limited to
baccalaureate degrees in one or more of the following fields of
study:
(1) Science.
(2) Technology.
(3) Engineering.
(4) Mathematics.
(h)
(j) The institutions participating in the pilot
program, in consultation with the appropriate private entities, may
develop summer internships for participating students relating to
their fields of study, for which academic credit shall be awarded for
successful completion.
(i)
(k) The mandatory systemwide fees and tuition and
mandatory campus-based fees charged to a participating student shall
not be increased during the first two academic years of his or her
attendance at a California State University campus pursuant to the
pilot program.
SEC. 2. No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to
Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because
the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school
district are the result of a program for which legislative authority
was requested by that local agency or school district, within the
meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code and Section 6 of
Article XIII B of the California Constitution.