BILL NUMBER: AB 2092	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chávez
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Olsen)

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2014

   An act to amend Section 66725 of the Education Code, relating to
student transfer.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2092, as introduced, Chávez. Postsecondary education: Donahoe
Higher Education Act: common course numbering system.
   Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets
forth, among other things, the missions and functions of California's
public and independent segments of higher education, and their
respective institutions of higher education. The act states that it
is the intent of the Legislature to facilitate articulation and
seamless integration of California's postsecondary institutions by
facilitating the adoption and integration of a common course
numbering system among the public and private postsecondary
institutions, and makes various legislative findings and declarations
in that regard.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in those provisions
relating to the stated intent of the act.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 66725 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   66725.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to facilitate 
the  articulation and seamless integration of California's
postsecondary institutions by facilitating the adoption and
integration of a common course numbering system among the public and
private postsecondary institutions. The purpose of building and
implementing a common course numbering system is to provide for the
effective and efficient progression of students within and among the
higher education segments and to minimize duplication of coursework.
   (b) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:
   (1) Effective transfer programs provide a clear path for obtaining
the preparation necessary for upper-division major coursework and
graduation at a four-year college or university. The segments have
made significant progress in developing articulation agreements that
specify required coursework and other academic preparation  that
is  necessary for transfer students to succeed at a four-year
institution. These articulation agreements are essential to provide
the basis for a common course numbering system that facilitates
transfer student success.
   (2) In implementing this article, the public postsecondary
educational institutions and other parties involved should assess
programs and build upon those proving to be the most effective in
communicating articulation, such as the California Articulation
Number (CAN) system, the Intersegmental Major Preparation Articulated
Curriculum (IMPAC) project, the Intersegmental General Education
Transfer Curriculum (IGETC), and the Articulation System Stimulating
Interinstitutional Student Transfer (ASSIST).