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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1025
Author: Garcia (D), et al.
Amended: 3/21/13 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 6/5/13
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Hancock, Hueso, Huff,
Monning, Torres
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 6/24/13
AYES: De Le�n, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 70-5, 4/25/13 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Public postsecondary education: credit by
examination
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill requires the California Community Colleges
(CCC) and the California State University (CSU) to provide
information about credit by examination opportunities wherever
course and class information is available and requests the
University of California (UC) comply with these same
requirements.
ANALYSIS :
Existing law:
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1. Authorizes the UC Regents as the governing body of the UC
and grants authority to the Regents to determine final
policies and procedures on behalf of the UC.
2. Establishes the CSU Board of Trustees (BOT) as the governing
body of the CSU and specifies the BOT's power, duties and
functions with respect to the management, administration, and
control of the CSU.
3. Authorizes the governing board of each CCC district to adopt
policies and procedures pertaining to credit by examination
and allows for the governing board of the CCC district to
grant credit to any student who satisfactorily passes an
examination approved or conducted by proper authorities of
the college.
This bill:
1.Requires the CCC and the CSU to provide information about
credit by examination opportunities wherever course and class
information is available.
2.Request the UC to provide information about credit by
examination opportunities wherever course and class
information is available.
3.Identifies mandated costs.
Comments
According to the author's office, many students are not aware
that credit by examination is an option or how to utilize it.
The author's office contends that, with budget cuts, it is
difficult to see a counselor (who might otherwise be the source
of such information) in a timely manner. The author's office
also contends that the amount and level of detail of information
on credit by examination posted and made available by the
institutions varies from school to school.
Credit by examination tests are comprised of campus-originated
challenge examinations, and the standardized external
examinations (e.g. Advanced Placement tests and International
Baccalaureate tests).
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A recent research brief by the Council for Adult and
Experiential Learning (CAEL) found that underserved students who
earn credit through prior learning assessments have higher
degree to completion rates and shorter time-to-degree. CAEL
also found that there is a financial savings benefit for
low-income students who take and successfully pass credit by
examination tests, since the cost of having prior learning
evaluated for credit is typically less than the cost of the
tuition for the same number of credit hours.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee, the CCC, CSU,
and UC believe they are already in compliance with the
provisions of this bill, and do not anticipate that it will
result in additional costs.
Mandate: This bill requires in statute an action
already being completed by California community college
districts (CCDs), and could be deemed to impose a new
reimbursable state mandate on CCDs.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 70-5, 4/25/13
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Bigelow, Bloom,
Blumenfield, Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown,
Buchanan, Ian Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Cooley,
Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier, Beth
Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gordon, Gray, Hagman, Hall,
Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mitchell, Morrell,
Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, V.
Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Salas, Skinner,
Stone, Ting, Torres, Wagner, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk,
Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NOES: Conway, Donnelly, Grove, Jones, Logue
NO VOTE RECORDED: Gorell, Lowenthal, Nazarian, Waldron, Vacancy
PQ:kd 6/26/13 Senate Floor Analyses
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SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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