BILL NUMBER: AB 181	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  FEBRUARY 28, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Logue

                        JANUARY 24, 2013

   An act to add Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 92700) to Part 57
of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to public
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 181, as amended, Logue. Public postsecondary education:
Baccalaureate Degree Pilot Program: University of California.
   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 establishing a coordinated
curriculum that enables students to earn a baccalaureate degree from
a participating University of California campus within 3 years of
graduating from a secondary school, at a total cost to the student
that does not exceed $20,000, excluding the cost of instructional
materials and mandatory campus-based fees. The bill would authorize
the University of California to establish a Baccalaureate Degree
Pilot Program that includes any campus of the University of
California, any campus of the California Community Colleges  that
volunteers to participate  , and any secondary educational
institution that volunteers to participate  in the pilot
program  . The bill would place specified conditions on the
operation of the pilot program.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 92700) is added to
Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 8.  BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PILOT PROGRAM


   92700.  It is the intent of the Legislature to establish a pilot
program with the goal of establishing a coordinated curriculum that
enables students to earn a baccalaureate degree from a participating
University of California campus within three years of graduating from
a secondary school, at a total cost to the student that does not
exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000), excluding the cost of
instructional materials and mandatory campus-based fees.
   92701.  The University of California may establish a Baccalaureate
Degree Pilot Program that includes any campus of the University of
California, any campus of the California Community Colleges  that
volunteers to participate  , and any secondary educational
institution that volunteers to participate  in the pilot
program  .
   92702.  Notwithstanding any other law, all of the following
provisions shall apply to the operation of the pilot program:
   (a) The number of advanced placement (AP) course credits that a
participating high school pupil may earn is unlimited.
   (b) The number of transfer credits that a participating high
school pupil earns that may be accepted by the participating
community college or University of California campus shall be
unlimited, except as provided for in subdivision (h).
   (c) A participating student may attend and earn college course
credit at either his or her high school or at a participating
community college, and the provisions of subdivision (c) of Section
48800 shall not apply to a participating high school pupil.
   (d) In order to earn college course credit under the pilot program
for college-level coursework undertaken before graduation from high
school, other than courses taken at a community college, a
participating student shall earn a score of three or better on the AP
examination for each college-level course.
   (e) 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.
   (f) In order to remain in the pilot program, a participating
student shall maintain a minimum grade point average determined by
the participating institution that shall be at least 2.5 on a 4-point
scale.
   (g) 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.
   (h) A participating University of California 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.
   (i) 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 University of California campus pursuant to the pilot
program.
   (j) Institutions participating in the pilot program may offer
participating students summer internships for credit toward the pilot
program. 
   (k) A participating student shall receive priority enrollment
status at a participating University of California campus and shall
be required to enroll at that University of California campus either
in the summer term or the fall semester immediately succeeding that
pupil's completion of the required community college coursework.
 
   (l) The bachelor's degrees awarded at the participating University
of California campus 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. 
   92703.  The requirements imposed on the University of California
pursuant to Section 92702 shall only apply to the extent that the
regents, by appropriate resolution, make them applicable.