BILL NUMBER: AB 2548	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act relating to postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2548, as introduced, Ting. Postsecondary education.
   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, in the context of the
goals of the Master Plan for Higher Education in California. Among
other things, the act expresses legislative intent to outline in
statute the broad policy and programmatic goals of the master plan
and to expect the higher education segments to be accountable for
attaining those goals. The act also expresses legislative intent with
respect to various matters.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would encourage more students to pursue higher
education.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would encourage more students to pursue higher
education.