BILL NUMBER: AB 1025	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 21, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Garcia
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Steinberg)

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act  to add Section 66027.5 to the Education Code, 
relating to public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1025, as amended, Garcia.  Postsecondary  
Public postsecondary  education:  College-level
examination programs.   credit by examination. 
   Existing law establishes 3 segments of public postsecondary
education in the state, the California State University, administered
by the Trustees of the California State University, the California
Community Colleges, administered by the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges, and the University of California,
administered by the Regents of the University of California.
   This bill would  express the intent of the Legislature to
enact legislation relating to the state use of college-level
examination program credits   require the California
Community Colleges and the California State University, and request
the Regents of the University of California, to provide  
information about credit by examination opportunities wherever course
  and class information is available  . 
   By imposing additional requirements on community college
districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
 
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program:  no
  yes  .


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 66027.5 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   66027.5.  (a) The California Community Colleges and the California
State University shall provide information about credit by
examination opportunities wherever course and class information is
available.
   (b) The Regents of the University of California are requested to
provide information about credit by examination opportunities
wherever course and class information is available. 
   SEC. 2.    If the Commission on State Mandates
determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs
shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code. 
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation relating to the state use of college-level
examination program credits.