BILL NUMBER: SB 32	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Price

                        DECEMBER 3, 2012

   An act to add Section 66024.5 to the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 32, as introduced, Price. Public postsecondary education:
student costs.
   Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, provides
for a public postsecondary education system in this state. This
system consists of the University of California, the California State
University, and the California Community Colleges. Existing law
authorizes these institutions to require that mandatory systemwide
fees, among other fees, be paid by students at these institutions.
The provisions of the act apply to the University of California only
to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act by
resolution to make them applicable.
   This bill would require the Trustees of the California State
University, and would request the Regents of the University of
California, to explore innovative ways of offering a bachelor's
degree to an individual student at a cost, as specified, in an amount
of no more than $10,000.
   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.  Section 66024.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   66024.5.  The Trustees of the California State University shall,
and the Regents of the University of California are requested to,
explore innovative ways of offering a bachelor's degree at a cost to
an individual student in an amount of no more than ten thousand
dollars ($10,000). For purposes of this section, these costs shall
include only systemwide fees and text books.