BILL NUMBER: AB 2548	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act  to add Section 33318.6 to the Education Code, 
relating to postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2548, as amended, Ting. Postsecondary education. 
   Existing law vests specified powers and duties in the State
Department of Education for purposes of the public education system.
 
   Existing law sets forth the functions and responsibilities of the
California Postsecondary Education Commission in its capacity as the
statewide postsecondary education planning and coordinating agency
and adviser to the Legislature and the Governor. In particular, the
commission is required to review all proposals for changes in
eligibility pools for admission to public institutions and segments
of postsecondary education and to make recommendations to the
Legislature, the Governor, and institutions of postsecondary
education. In carrying out this requirement, the commission is
required to periodically conduct a study of the percentages of
California public high school graduates estimated to be eligible for
admission to the University of California and the California State
University.  
   This bill would require the State Department of Education to
periodically conduct studies of the percentages of California public
high school graduates estimated to be eligible for admission to the
University of California and the California State University. 

   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
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 33318.6 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   33318.6.  The Department of Education shall periodically conduct
studies of the percentages of California public high school graduates
estimated to be eligible for admission into the University of
California and the California State University.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would encourage more students to pursue
higher education.