Amended in Assembly April 15, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 386

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 amended, Levine. Public postsecondary education: cross-enrollment: online education at begin insert the end insert 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 begin insert , by the beginning of the 2015-16 academic year, end insert students enrolled at a California State University begin insert (CSU) campus end insert be provided an opportunity to enroll in online courses begin delete systemwide end delete begin insert available at other CSU campuses end insert . The bill would authorize any student enrolled begin delete in end delete begin insert at end insert 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. begin insert The bill would require the trustees, on or before January 1, 2015, to establish an easily accessible online database of online courses available at all CSU campuses to provide CSU students with a streamlined process within the CSU system to allow them to find and enroll in courses that will earn them credit toward graduation, general education, and major requirements. end insert

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 begin insert , by the beginning of the 2015-16 academic year, end insert
students enrolled at a California State University begin insert (CSU) end insert campus
shall be provided the opportunity to enroll in online courses
begin delete systemwide end delete begin insert available at other CSU campuses end insert . Students enrolling
in online courses at a campus other than their home campus shall
be provided a begin delete seamless end delete begin insert streamlined end insert 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 begin delete use all
resources available to them end delete begin insert allocate available resources end insert 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:

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(a) “Course provided entirely online” means a course where
100 percent of the work necessary for completion of the course
can be performed remotely.

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(b)

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(a) “Chancellor” means the Chancellor of the California State
University.

end insert begin insert

(b) “CSU” means the California State University.

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begin insert (c) end insert  “Home campus” means the California State University
campus at which the student is matriculated.

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(c)

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begin insert (d) end insert  “Host campus” means the campus to which the student seeks
access.

66760.5.  

begin delete Any student enrolled in a campus of the California
State University end delete begin insert By the beginning of the 2015-16 academic year,
a California resident enrolled at a CSU campus end insert 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. begin insert Nonresident and international CSU students
who meet these conditions may also enroll in an online course
provided by another CSU campus, but shall pay the per unit fees
for this course at the host campus. end insert

66761.  

A student is qualified to participate in the program
established by this chapter if he or she is enrolled begin delete in a campus of
the California State University end delete begin insert at a CSU campus end insert 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 begin insert full-time enrollment for end insert 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 begin insert and specific course-based fees end insert , not to exceed
an amount sufficient for the campus to recover administrative costs
it incurs pursuant to this chapter.

66762.  

The begin delete Chancellor of the California State University shall
establish a single point of online access end delete begin insert chancellor’s office shall
establish a convenient online methodology end insert 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.  

begin delete Students of the California State University end delete begin insert A
matriculated CSU student end insert shall have priority access to begin insert online end insert
courses provided at begin delete their end delete begin insert his or her end insert home campus. begin delete California State
University students, meeting end delete begin insert A CSU student who meets end insert the
requirements of Section 66761, begin delete seeking end delete begin insert and seeks end insert to enroll in
courses provided entirely online by another begin delete campus of the
California State University end delete begin insert CSU campus end insert shall be able to enroll
provided begin delete that: end delete begin insert that cross-enrollment students generally have an
opportunity to enroll in these online courses at any time after the
priority enrollment period for continuing students as determined
by each host campus. The host campus enrollment policy shall, to
the extent possible, encourage cross-enrollment as provided for
in this chapter. end insert

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(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.

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(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.

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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.

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begin insert 66764. end insert   

On or before January 1, 2015, the trustees shall
establish both of the following:

(a) An easily accessible online database of online courses
available at all CSU campuses. This database shall provide CSU
students with a streamlined process within the CSU system to allow
students to find and enroll in courses that will earn them credit
toward graduation, general education, and major requirements.

(b) Plans for an intrasystem cross-enrollment process to expedite
student learning that will be operational at the beginning of the
2015-16 academic year.

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