California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 2736


Introduced by Committee on Higher Education (Assembly Members Williams (Chair), Chávez (Vice Chair), Bloom, Fong, Fox, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Medina, Olsen, Quirk-Silva, Weber, and Wilk)

February 26, 2014


An act to amend Sections 89007.7, 89282, and 89720 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2736, as introduced, Committee on Higher Education. Postsecondary education: California State University.

(1) 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. Existing law requires, commencing on January 1, 2014, and every 2 years thereafter, that the Legislative Analyst’s Office, in consultation with the university, submit a report to the Legislature including specified data relating to the California State University Early Start Program. Existing law makes these provisions regarding the Early Start Program inoperative on January 1, 2018.

This bill would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office to submit that report no later than July 1 of each even-numbered year, and change the inoperative date for the above provisions regarding the Early Start Program to July 1, 2018.

(2) Existing law authorizes the university to establish a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree pilot program at 3 campuses chosen by the trustees to award the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree. Existing law requires the university, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, and the Department of Finance to jointly conduct a statewide evaluation of the degree pilot program and report the results to the Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2017. Existing law requires that evaluation to consider specified information, including the number of Doctor of Nursing Practice degree pilot programs implemented, including information regarding the number of applicants, admissions, enrollments, degree recipients, time-to-degree, attrition, and public school and community college program partners.

This bill would delete the requirement that the evaluation include information regarding public school and community college program partners, make other nonsubstantive changes to these provisions, and repeal these provisions on January 1, 2021.

(3) Existing law authorizes the trustees to accept on behalf of the state any gifts, bequests, devises, or donations of real property whenever the gift and terms and conditions thereof will aid in carrying out the primary functions of the California State University. Existing law authorizes the trustees to sell or exchange real property interests in accordance with specified requirements. Existing law requires these gifts, bequests, devises, donations of real property, or sales or exchanges of real property interests to be annually reported to the California Postsecondary Education Commission, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, and the Department of Finance by January 5 of each year.

This bill would change that annual reporting date to January 31 of each year.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 89007.7 of the Education Code is
2amended to read:

3

89007.7.  

(a) The Legislature finds and declares that the
4California State University Early Start Program was adopted
5pursuant to Executive Order No. 1048 at the May 2010 meeting
6of the Trustees of the California State University (CSU) with the
7stated goal of facilitating a student’s graduation through changes
8in policies on fulfilling entry-level proficiencies in mathematics
9and English.

P3    1(b) Commencing on January 1, 2014, andbegin insert on or before July 1end insert
2 everybegin delete two yearsend deletebegin insert even-numbered yearend insert thereafter, the Legislative
3Analyst’s Office, in consultation with CSU, shall submit a report
4to the Legislature detailing the impact of the CSU Early Start
5Program on student mathematics and English proficiency. The
6report to the Legislature required by this subdivision shall include,
7but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following:

8(1) Information on how the CSU Early Start Program increases
9successful remediation rates as compared to the remediation rates
10that existed in the 2010-11 academic year.

11(2) Information on how the CSU Early Start Program expedites
12the student remediation process, or otherwise reduces the length
13of time that students spend on remediation.

14(3) Demographic information on participants in the CSU Early
15Start Program, including information relating to race or ethnicity,
16 eligibility for financial aid, geographic origins, and other pertinent
17data.

18(4) The number of enrollees in the CSU Early Start Program,
19counted statewide and by campus, including the number who
20eventually earned credit from the program.

21(5) As observed one year after participating in the CSU Early
22Start Program, counted statewide and by campus, how many
23enrollees became proficient, how many did not remediate
24successfully, and how many were disenrolled from CSU.

25(c) This section shall remain in effect only untilbegin delete Januaryend deletebegin insert Julyend insert
26 1, 2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
27statute, that is enacted before January 1,begin delete 2018end deletebegin insert 2019end insert, deletes or
28extends that date.

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SEC. 2.  

Section 89282 of the Education Code is amended to
30read:

31

89282.  

(a) begin deleteIf the California State University establishes a
32Doctor of Nursing Practice degree pilot program pursuant to
33Section 89281, the end delete
begin insertTheend insertbegin insert end insertCalifornia State Universitybegin insert (CSU)end insert, the
34Legislative Analyst’s Office, and the Department of Finance shall
35jointly conduct a statewide evaluation ofbegin delete theend deletebegin insert CSU Doctor of
36Nursing Practiceend insert
degree pilotbegin delete programend deletebegin insert programs authorized
37pursuant to Section 89281 andend insert
implemented under this article. The
38results of the evaluation shall be reported, in writing, to the
39Legislature and the Governor on or before January 1, 2017. The
40evaluation shall consider all of the following:

P4    1(1) The number of Doctor of Nursing Practice degree pilot
2programs implemented, including information regarding the
3number of applicants, admissions, enrollments, degree recipients,
4time-to-degree,begin insert andend insert attritionbegin delete, and public school and community
5college program partnersend delete
.

6(2) The extent to which thebegin insert post-master’send insert degree pilotbegin delete program
7isend delete
begin insert programs areend insert fulfilling identified state needs for trainingbegin delete in
8nursing practice, including statewide supply and demand data that
9considers capacity at the University of California and in
10California’s independent colleges and universitiesend delete
begin insert doctorally
11prepared nursesend insert
.

begin insert

12(3) Statewide supply and demand data that considers capacity
13at the University of California and in California’s independent
14colleges and universities.

end insert
begin delete

15(3)

end delete

16begin insert(4)end insert Information on the place of employment of students and the
17subsequent job placement of graduates.

begin delete

18(4)

end delete

19begin insert(5)end insert Any available evidence on the effects that the graduates of
20the degree pilot program are having on addressing the state’s
21nursing shortage.

begin delete

22(5)

end delete

23begin insert(6)end insert Pilot program costs and the fund sources that were used to
24finance the program, including a calculation of cost per degree
25awarded.

begin delete

26(6)

end delete

27begin insert(7)end insert The costs of the degree pilot program to students, the amount
28of financial aid offered, and student debt levels of graduates of the
29program.

begin delete

30(7)

end delete

31begin insert(8)end insert The extent to which the degree pilot program is in
32compliance with the requirements of this article.

begin delete

33(8)

end delete

34begin insert(9)end insert Recommendations for the degree pilot program, including
35whether the program should be continued or modified.

36(b) begin insert(1)end insertbegin insertend insertA report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a)
37shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the
38Government Code.

begin insert

P5    1(2) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2021,
2and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
3is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends that date.

end insert
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SEC. 3.  

Section 89720 of the Education Code is amended to
5read:

6

89720.  

The trustees may accept on behalf of the state any gift,
7bequest, devise, or donation of real or personal property whenever
8the gift and the terms and conditions thereof will aid in carrying
9out the primary functions of the California State University as
10specified in subdivision (b) of Section 66010.4. Neither Section
1111005 of the Government Code nor any other law requiring
12approval by a state officer of gifts, bequests, devises, or donations
13shall apply to these gifts, bequests, devises, or donations. These
14gifts, bequests, devises, or donations, and the disposition thereof,
15shall be annually reported to the California Postsecondary
16Education Commission, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee,
17and the Department of Finance by Januarybegin delete 5end deletebegin insert 31end insert of each year.

18Notwithstanding Sections 11005.2 and 14664 of the Government
19Code or any other law to the contrary, the trustees may sell or
20exchange interests in real property received pursuant to this section
21when, in the judgment of the trustees, the sale or exchange is in
22the best interests of the California State University. No sale or
23exchange of an interest in real property made pursuant to this
24section shall exceed ten million dollars ($10,000,000) per
25transaction.

26Notwithstanding Sections 11005 and 15853 of the Government
27Code or any other provision of law to the contrary, the trustees
28may purchase interests in real property from moneys received
29pursuant to this section, including those moneys received from the
30sale or exchange of interests in real property pursuant to this
31section. Any such purchase shall be consistent with any restrictions
32placed upon the gift, bequest, devise, or donation and shall be in
33the best interests of the California State University, as determined
34by the trustees.

35No interest in any real property that is part of a main campus of
36any of the institutions of the California State University listed in
37Section 89001 shall be sold or exchanged pursuant to this section.

38Any sale or exchange of interests in real property carried out
39pursuant to this section shall be reported annually to the California
40Postsecondary Education Commission, the Joint Legislative Budget
P6    1Committee, and the Department of Finance, by Januarybegin delete 5end deletebegin insert 31end insert of
2each year.



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