BILL NUMBER: SB 195 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Liu
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
An act to add Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 67050) to Part
40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 195, as introduced, Liu. California postsecondary education:
state goals.
Existing law establishes the University of California, under the
administration of the Regents of the University of California, the
California State University, under the administration of the Trustees
of the California State University, and the California Community
Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges, and independent institutions of higher
education as the 4 segments of postsecondary education in this
state.
Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to urge the
continued development and implementation of assessment processes
whereby institutions of higher education establish mechanisms,
through program review and improvement, for the assessment of their
performance in attempting to improve student learning and
comprehension and achieving the expressed state policy goals for
higher education of quality, educational equity, employee diversity,
student transfer, and student retention.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature that budget
and policy decisions regarding postsecondary education generally
adhere to 3 specified goals and that appropriate metrics be
identified, defined, and formally adopted to monitor progress toward
the achievement of the goals. The bill would require the Governor's
Office of Planning and Research to convene a working group, composed
of specified participants, to assist with the development of those
metrics. The bill also would require the Governor's Office of
Planning and Research, in consultation with the Department of Finance
and the Legislative Analyst's Office, to submit recommended metrics
to specified persons and entities on or before January 31, 2014.
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. Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 67050) is added to
Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
CHAPTER 13. STATE GOALS FOR CALIFORNIA'S POSTSECONDARY
EDUCATION SYSTEM
67050. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Since the enactment of the Master Plan for Higher Education in
1960, California's system of postsecondary education has provided
access and high-quality educational opportunities that have fueled
California's economic growth and promoted social mobility.
(b) In today's global information economy, California's national
and international success as an educational and economic leader will
require strategic investments in, and improved management of, state
educational resources.
(c) Several factors, including changing demographics, rising
costs, increased competition for scarce state funding, and employer
concerns about graduates' skills, present new challenges to higher
education and state policymakers in effectively meeting the
postsecondary education needs of Californians.
(d) Although the public segments of postsecondary education have
each undertaken efforts to improve reporting and transparency, these
efforts do not combine to indicate whether the postsecondary system
as a whole is on track to meet the state's needs.
(e) The absence of a common vision and goals for California's
postsecondary education system hinders the state's ability to
effectively make critical fiscal and policy decisions.
(f) Policy and educational leaders should collectively hold
themselves accountable for meeting the state's civic and workforce
needs, for ensuring the efficient and responsible management of
public resources, and for ensuring that California residents have the
opportunity to successfully pursue and achieve their postsecondary
educational goals.
67051. In order to promote the state's competitive economic
position and quality of civic life, it is necessary to increase the
level of educational attainment of California's adult population to
meet the state's civic and workforce needs. To achieve that
objective, it is the intent of the Legislature that budget and policy
decisions regarding postsecondary education generally adhere to all
of the following goals:
(a) Improve student access and success, which shall include, but
not be limited to, all of the following goals: greater participation
by demographic groups that have historically participated at lower
rates, greater completion rates by all students, and improved
outcomes for graduates.
(b) Better align degrees and credentials with the state's
economic, workforce, and civic needs.
(c) Ensure the effective and efficient use of resources in order
to increase high-quality postsecondary educational outcomes and
maintain affordability.
67052. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that appropriate
metrics be identified, defined, and formally adopted to monitor
progress toward the achievement of the goals specified in Section
67051. It is further the intent of the Legislature that all of the
following occur:
(1) The metrics take into account the distinct missions of the
different segments of postsecondary education.
(2) At least six, and no more than 12, metrics be developed that
can be derived from publicly available data sources for purposes of
periodically assessing the state's progress toward meeting each of
the goals specified in Section 67051.
(3) The metrics be disaggregated and reported by gender, race or
ethnicity, income, age group, and full-time or part-time enrollment
status, where appropriate and applicable.
(4) The metrics be utilized for purposes of the requirements of
subdivision (a) of Section 69433.2.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to promote progress on the
statewide educational and economic policy goals specified in Section
67051 through budget and policy decisions regarding postsecondary
education. It is the intent of the Legislature that the metrics be
used to ensure the effective and efficient use of state resources
available to postsecondary education.
67053. (a) The Governor's Office of Planning and Research shall
convene a working group to assist with the development the metrics
specified in Section 67052. Participants in the working group shall
include all of the following:
(1) (A) One representative from each of the postsecondary
education segments, as defined in Section 67054, and a representative
of the State Department of Education.
(B) The representative of the independent institutions of higher
education shall be from the official organization representing the
largest number of independent institutions of higher education in the
state. The representative of the private postsecondary educational
institutions shall be the Chief of the Bureau for Private
Postsecondary Education, or the chief's designee.
(2) One representative of the Department of Finance.
(3) At least one member, but no more than three members, with
expertise in similar state accountability efforts, who is not a
regular employee of a postsecondary education segment.
(4) A representative of the Legislative Analyst's Office.
(b) The Governor's Office of Planning and Research may request
technical input from any agency that maintains data that would be
helpful in developing the metrics and assessing progress toward
achieving the goals specified in Section 67051.
(c) The Governor's Office of Planning and Research, in
consultation with the Department of Finance and the Legislative
Analyst's Office, shall submit recommended metrics developed pursuant
to subdivision (a) to the appropriate policy committees of the
Legislature, the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, and the Governor
on or before January 31, 2014.
67054. For the purposes of this chapter, "segments of
postsecondary education" means the California Community Colleges, the
California State University, the University of California,
independent institutions of higher education, as defined in Section
66010, and private postsecondary educational institutions, as defined
in Section 94858.