BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 9, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Mike Gatto, Chair
AB 2736 (Committee on Higher Education) - As Introduced:
February 26, 2014
Policy Committee: Higher
EducationVote:13-0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable:
SUMMARY
This bill makes technical changes to existing California State
University (CSU) reporting requirements. Specifically, this
bill:
1)Requires the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) to report to
the Legislature regarding the CSU Early Start Program by July
1, rather than January 1, of each even-numbered year.
2)Provides for technical changes to the CSU Doctor of Nursing
Practice (DNP) degree pilot program reporting, and provides
for repeal of the reporting requirements on January 1, 2021.
3)Extends, the deadline, from January 5 to January 31, for the
CSU Trustees to submit an annual report to the Legislature and
the Department of Finance regarding gifts received by the
trustees on behalf of the university.
FISCAL EFFECT
Negligible fiscal impact.
COMMENTS
1) Early Start Program . To address concerns regarding the
large number of incoming freshmen at the CSU requiring
remediation, CSU established the Early Start Program.
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Entering freshmen not proficient in math or "at risk" in
English are required to start the remediation process prior
to their first term at CSU, either through senior year high
school courses, courses offered in the summer at any one of
their local community colleges or CSU campuses, or online
courses.
AB 2497 (Solorio)/Statutes of 2012, required the CSU to work
with the LAO on an ongoing series of reports showing the
impact of CSU's Early Start Program on students needing
remediation, with the first report to be issued by January 1,
2014 and every two years thereafter. This bill moves the
reporting deadline to July 1, beginning in 2016, to ensure LAO
can include information on the most recent program data in the
report.
2) Doctor of Nursing Practice . CSU was provided authority
to establish a DNP degree pilot program at three campuses
through AB 867 (Nava)/Statutes of 2010. A report is
required in collaboration with LAO and the Department Of
Finance, due January 1, 2017. Some language in the DNP
report is unrelated to the pilot program. This bill
therefore modifies the reporting language to address
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appropriate policy issues for the DNP, and establishes a
sunset date for the reporting requirements of January 1,
2021.
3)Trustee Gift Reporting . This bill would move the due date for
the Trustees' report on gift received for the CSU to better
coincide with the trustees' meeting schedule.
4)Suggested Technical Amendment . On page 5, lines 39 and 40,
because the California Postsecondary Education Commission no
longer exists, add "or successor agency" to provide for
continuity in the event the state establishes a new higher
education coordinating body.
Analysis Prepared by : Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081