BILL NUMBER: AB 386 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Levine
FEBRUARY 15, 2013
An act to add Chapter 9.6 (commencing with Section 66760) to Part
40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to public
postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 386, as introduced, Levine. Public postsecondary education:
cross-enrollment: online education at California State University.
Existing law establishes the California State University, under
the administration of the Trustees of the California State
University, the California Community Colleges, under the
administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges, and the University of California, under the administration
of the Regents of the University of California, as the 3 segments of
public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law authorizes
any student enrolled in any campus of any of these 3 respective
segments who meets prescribed requirements to enroll without formal
admission or payment of additional fees, except as provided, in a
maximum of one course per academic term at a campus of either of the
other segments on a space-available basis at the discretion of the
appropriate campus authorities on both campuses.
This bill would express legislative intent that students enrolled
at a California State University be provided an opportunity to enroll
in online courses systemwide. The bill would authorize any student
enrolled in a campus of the California State University who meets
specified requirements to enroll, without formal admission, and
without payment of additional tuition or fees, except as provided, in
a course provided entirely online, as defined, by another campus of
the California State University on a space-available basis.
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. It is the intent of the Legislature:
(a) That students enrolled at a California State University campus
shall be provided the opportunity to enroll in online courses
systemwide. Students enrolling in online courses at a campus other
than their home campus shall be provided a seamless process of
transferring units for credit at the home campus.
(b) That the 23 campuses of the California State University system
coordinate their online course offerings in order to provide
students improved access to coursework and the opportunity to
accelerate their degree completion.
(c) To foster greater coordination among all segments of higher
education in the state, in order to improve student outcomes.
(d) That, in addition to intrasystem coordination, the segments of
higher education shall take all steps possible to improve
coordination within their respective segments.
(e) That the segments of higher education appropriately use all
resources available to them to accomplish the above-stated goals.
(f) That the segments of higher education appropriately use
existing online education resources to accomplish the above-stated
goals.
SEC. 2. Chapter 9.6 (commencing with Section 66760) is added to
Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
CHAPTER 9.6. CROSS-ENROLLMENT IN ONLINE EDUCATION AT
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY
66760. For the purposes of this chapter, the following
definitions apply:
(a) "Course provided entirely online" means a course where 100
percent of the work necessary for completion of the course can be
performed remotely.
(b) "Home campus" means the California State University campus at
which the student is matriculated.
(c) "Host campus" means the campus to which the student seeks
access.
66760.5. Any student enrolled in a campus of the California State
University who meets the requirements of Section 66761 may enroll,
without formal admission, and without payment of additional tuition
or fees, except as provided in Section 66761.5, in a course provided
entirely online by another campus of the California State University
on a space-available basis.
66761. A student is qualified to participate in the program
established by this chapter if he or she is enrolled in a campus of
the California State University and meets the following requirements:
(a) The student has attained a grade point average of 2.0 on a
4-point scale for work completed.
(b) The student has paid appropriate tuition or fees, or both,
required by the home campus for the academic term in which the
student seeks to cross-enroll.
(c) The student has no outstanding tuition or fees to be paid at
the home campus.
66761.5. The host campus may charge participating students an
administration fee, not to exceed an amount sufficient for the campus
to recover administrative costs it incurs pursuant to this chapter.
66762. The Chancellor of the California State University shall
establish a single point of online access so that students meeting
the requirements of Section 66761 may do both of the following:
(a) Be informed of the opportunity to access courses provided
entirely online by another campus of the California State University.
(b) Simultaneously enroll in courses at their home campus and
enroll in courses provided entirely online at another campus of the
California State University, as provided for in Section 66762.5.
66762.5. Students of the California State University shall have
priority access to courses provided at their home campus. California
State University students, meeting the requirements of Section 66761,
seeking to enroll in courses provided entirely online by another
campus of the California State University shall be able to enroll
provided that:
(a) The students at the host campus, to which the student is
seeking to enroll in a course provided entirely online, have had a
period of not less than five days to enroll in a course provided
entirely online.
(b) After a period of five days has passed, the host campus
providing the class entirely online has not met or exceeded capacity
with matriculated students from that campus.
66763. A course provided entirely online pursuant to this chapter
shall be accepted for credit at the student's home campus on the
same basis as it would be for a student matriculated at the host
campus.
66763.5. The enrollment of a student at a host campus pursuant to
this chapter may be counted in the calculation of headcount or
full-time equivalent student enrollment at the host campus. The home
campus and the host campus at which the student is cross-enrolled may
count in the calculation of headcount or full-time equivalent
student enrollment only those units for which the student is enrolled
at each respective campus.