BILL NUMBER: AB 2610 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 11, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 12, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 1, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Williams
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
An act to amend Section 89708 of the Education Code, relating to
the California State University.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2610, as amended, Williams. California State University:
special sessions.
Existing law establishes the California State University, under
the administration of the Trustees of the California State
University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education
in this state. Under existing law, the California State
University comprises 25 institutions of higher education.
Existing law requires that tuition fees adequate to meet the cost of
maintaining special sessions, as defined, in the California State
University be collected from students enrolled in each special
session pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the
trustees. trustees, and further provides that
self-supporting special sessions shall not supplant
regular course offerings available during the academic year, as
specified.
This bill would express legislative findings and declarations
relating to self-supported extension education programs of the
university that are prohibited from supplanting state-supported
courses. The bill would also express legislative intent to enact
legislation to provide sufficient direction to the Chancellor of the
California State University and to campuses of the university by
clarifying statutory language and defining "supplant." The bill would
also make other nonsubstantive changes.
The bill would require the Chancellor of the California State
University, in consultation with stakeholders, including, but not
necessarily limited to, the Academic Senate of the California State
University, to develop a definition for "supplanting" in accordance
with specified statements of legislative intent.
This bill would define the term "supplant" for those purposes. The
bill would prohibit a campus from requiring a state-supported
matriculated student to enroll in a special session course to fulfill
graduation requirements. The bill would express various legislative
findings and declarations relating to self-supporting courses and
programs. The bill would make conforming and technical changes.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares
all of the following:
(1) In addition to providing state-supported courses and programs,
California State University campuses offer self-supporting courses
and programs, known as special sessions.
(2) Special sessions are designed and used to provide increased
access to the educational resources of the system and to otherwise
facilitate the use of those resources.
(3) California State University campuses are prohibited from
supplanting regular course offerings with self-supporting special
sessions. However, the State Auditor has determined that existing
state law does not define "supplant."
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide sufficient
direction to the Chancellor of the California State University and to
campuses of the university by clarifying statutory language and
defining "supplant."
SEC. 2. Section 89708 of the Education
Code is amended to read:
89708. (a) Tuition fees adequate, in the
long run, to meet the cost of maintaining special sessions in the
California State University shall be required of, and collected from,
students enrolled in each special session under and
pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the
trustees.
"Special sessions,"
(b) "Special session," as used in
this division, means a self-supporting instructional
programs program conducted by the
California State University. The special sessions shall include, but
not be limited to, career enrichment and retraining programs. It is
the intent of the Legislature that those programs, currently offered
on a self-supporting basis by the California State University during
summer sessions, may be provided throughout the year, and shall be
known as special sessions. The self-supporting special sessions shall
not supplant regular course offerings available on a
non-self-supporting basis during the regular academic year.
(c) For purposes of this section, and except as provided in
subdivision (d), to "supplant" regular course offerings available on
a non-self-supporting basis means to eliminate entirely a
state-supported degree program and replace it with a self-supporting
instructional program. A campus shall not require a state-supported
matriculated student to enroll in a special session course in order
to fulfill graduation requirements for a state-supported degree
program.
(d) After appropriate review and approval by the Office of the
Chancellor, a degree may be offered only through a self-supporting
instructional program if the program is shown to meet existing
student demand and workforce needs.
SECTION 1. Section 89708 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
89708. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
(1) In addition to providing state-supported courses and programs,
California State University campuses offer extension education
courses and programs that must be self-supporting.
(2) Extension education courses and programs are designed and used
to provide increased access to the educational resources of the
system and to otherwise facilitate the use of those resources.
(3) California State University campuses are prohibited from
"supplanting" state-supported courses offered during the regular
academic year with self-supported courses. However, the State Auditor
has determined that existing state law does not define "supplanting."
(4) "Supplant" is used in the context of community college
extension courses in subdivision (g) of Section 78230, but is not
defined in that provision.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to
provide sufficient direction to the Chancellor of the California
State University and to campuses of the university by clarifying
statutory language and defining "supplant."
(c) Tuition fees adequate, in the long run, to meet the cost of
maintaining special sessions in the California State University shall
be required of, and collected from, students enrolled in each
special session pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the
trustees.
(d) "Special sessions," as used in this chapter, means
self-supporting instructional programs conducted by the California
State University. The special sessions shall include, but not
necessarily be limited to, career enrichment and retraining programs.
It is the intent of the Legislature that those programs, currently
offered on a self-supporting basis by the California State University
during summer sessions, may be provided throughout the year, and
shall be known as special sessions. The self-supporting special
sessions shall not supplant regular course offerings available on a
non-self-supporting basis during the regular academic year.
SEC. 2. The Chancellor of the California State
University, in consultation with stakeholders, including, but not
necessarily limited to, the Academic Senate of the California State
University, shall develop a definition for "supplanting" in
accordance with the intent of the Legislature expressed in Section
89708 of the Education Code.