BILL NUMBER: AB 255	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Waldron

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2013

   An act relating to public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 255, as introduced, Waldron. Public postsecondary education:
digital arts pilot program: video games.
   Existing law establishes the segments of the public postsecondary
education system in the state, including the University of California
administered by the Regents of the University of California, the
California State University administered by the Trustees of the
California State University, and the California Community Colleges
administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would create a digital arts pilot program at
California's public postsecondary educational institutions for the
advancement of video game creation and design.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that California
is home to some of the most popular video game developers and titles
in the world, and many video game studios require highly talented
computer programmers to fill a growing need.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that
would create a digital arts pilot program at California's public
postsecondary educational institutions for the advancement of video
game creation and design.