BILL NUMBER: AB 736	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 16, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 2, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fox

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to add Section 89009.5 to the Education Code, relating to
the California State University.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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,  as defined,  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 1.  Section 89009.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   89009.5.  (a) The Chancellor of the California State University
shall conduct a study about the feasibility of a California State
University satellite program, and ultimately, an independent
California State University campus, in the Antelope Valley. The study
shall include all of the following:
   (1) Ten-year enrollment projections and physical capacity
analysis.
   (2) Regional workforce needs.
   (3) Prospective economic impact and job creation in the region.
   (4) Infrastructure availability.
   (5) The potential alleviation of overcrowding and traffic at the
Bakersfield and Northridge campuses.
   (6) Considerations of plausible alternatives.
   (7) Academic planning and program justification.
   (8) A description of proposed student services and student
outreach programs.
   (9) Support and capital outlay budget projections.
   (10) Geographic and physical accessibility.
   (11) Environmental and social impacts.
   (12) Effects on other educational institutions.
   (b) Funding for the study required by subdivision (a) shall be
derived solely from nonstate sources. The chancellor shall complete
and submit the study to the trustees within 18 months after the date
that the trustees certify that sufficient funds are available to
conduct the study.
   (c) If the trustees determine there is a need for a new campus or
off-campus center in the Antelope Valley, the trustees shall conduct
a formal study identical in content to the study of a proposed new
postsecondary educational program  that would have been conducted
 by the California Postsecondary Education Commission pursuant
to Section 66904. 
   (d) For the purposes of this section, "Antelope Valley" includes,
but is not limited to, the Cities of California City, Lancaster, and
Palmdale; the census designated places of Boron, Green Valley, Lake
Hughes, Lake Los Angeles, Leona Valley, Littlerock, Mojave, North
Edwards, Piņon Hills, Phelan, Quartz Hill, Rosamond, and Wrightwood;
and the unicorporated area of Pearlblossom.