AB 736, as amended, Fox. California State University: Antelope Valley campus.
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Under existing law, 25 institutions of higher education comprise the California State University.
This bill would require the Chancellor of the California State University to complete and submit to the trustees a study about the feasibility of a California State University satellite program, and ultimately, an independent California State University campus, in the Antelope Valley,begin insert as defined,end insert within 18 months after the date that the trustees certify that sufficient funds are available to conduct the study. The bill would require funding for the study to be derived solely from nonstate sources. If the trustees decide that a new campus or off-campus center is needed in the Antelope Valley, the trustees would be required to conduct a formal study of the proposal, as provided.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 89009.5 is added to the Education Code,
2to read:
(a) The Chancellor of the California State University
4shall conduct a study about the feasibility of a California State
5University satellite program, and ultimately, an independent
6California State University campus, in the Antelope Valley. The
7study shall include all of the following:
8(1) Ten-year enrollment projections and physical capacity
9analysis.
10(2) Regional workforce needs.
11(3) Prospective economic impact and job creation in the region.
12(4) Infrastructure availability.
13(5) The potential alleviation of overcrowding and traffic at the
14Bakersfield and Northridge campuses.
15(6) Considerations of plausible alternatives.
16(7) Academic planning and program justification.
17(8) A description of proposed student services and student
18outreach programs.
19(9) Support and capital outlay budget projections.
20(10) Geographic and physical accessibility.
21(11) Environmental and social impacts.
22(12) Effects on other educational institutions.
23(b) Funding for the study required by subdivision (a) shall be
24derived solely from nonstate sources. The chancellor shall complete
25and submit the study to the trustees within 18 months after the date
26that the trustees certify that sufficient funds are available to conduct
27the study.
28(c) If the trustees determine there is a need for a new campus
29or off-campus center in the Antelope Valley, the trustees shall
30conduct a formal study identical in content to the study of a
31proposed new postsecondary educational programbegin insert that would have
32been conductedend insert by the California Postsecondary Education
33Commission pursuant to Section 66904.
34(d) For the purposes of this section, “Antelope Valley” includes,
35but is not limited to, the Cities of California City, Lancaster, and
P3 1Palmdale; the census designated places of Boron, Green Valley,
2Lake Hughes, Lake Los Angeles, Leona Valley, Littlerock, Mojave,
3North Edwards, Piñon Hills, Phelan, Quartz Hill, Rosamond, and
4Wrightwood; and the unicorporated area of Pearlblossom.
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