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                                                                  AB 2557
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          Date of Hearing:   May 14, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

               AB 2557 (Williams) - As Introduced:  February 21, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              Higher  
          EducationVote:13-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill removes Pasadena City College from the list of  
          eligible community college campuses that may participate in the  
          California Community Colleges (CCC) summer and winter  
          intersessions pilot program enacted last year.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible fiscal impact.

           COMMENTS  

           Background and Purpose  . AB 955 (Williams)/Statutes of 2013  
          requires the CCC Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) to establish a  
          voluntary pilot program authorizing a community college district  
          to establish and maintain a self-supporting extension program  
          during summer and winter intersessions. Community college campus  
          eligible to participate in the pilot are: 1) College of the  
          Canyons; 2) Crafton Hills College; 3) Long Beach City College;  
          4) Oxnard College; 5) Pasadena City College; and, 6) Solano  
          Community College.

          According to the author, this measure honors Pasadena City  
          College's request to be removed from the AB 955 pilot program.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081