BILL NUMBER: SB 195 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 24, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 24, 2013
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 amended, 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, based upon recommendations
provided by a working group, to monitor progress toward the
achievement of the goals. The bill would require an appropriate
educational administrative body, as determined by the Governor, to
convene a working group, composed of specified participants, to
assist with the development of those metrics. The bill would
require the working group to ensure that the metrics provide a means
of measuring performance and improvement in specified areas.
The bill also would require the administrative body, 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 common 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 necessarily be limited to, all of the following goals:
greater participation by demographic groups ,
including low-income students, that have historically
participated at lower rates, greater completion rates by all
students, and improved outcomes for graduates , as evidenced by
the increased rate and number of students who receive degrees,
complete certificates, or transfer .
(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 , as evidenced by reduced time-to-degree,
control of costs, and maintenance of low fees .
67052. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that appropriate
metrics be identified, defined, and formally adopted, based upon the
recommendations provided by the working group established pursuant to
Section 67053, for the purpose of monitoring 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 used 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. It is further the intent
of the Legislature that progress on the adopted metrics be reported
and considered as part of the annual State Budget process.
67053. (a) (1) An appropriate educational
administrative body, as determined by the Governor, shall convene a
working group to assist with the development of the metrics specified
in Section 67052. Participants in the working group shall include
all of the following:
(1)
(A) (i) One representative from each of the
postsecondary education segments, as defined in Section 67054, and a
representative of the State Department of Education.
(B)
(ii) 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)
( B) One representative of the Department of
Finance.
(3)
( C) 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)
( D) A representative of the Legislative
Analyst's Office.
(2) The working group shall develop and identify outcome metrics,
progress metrics, and efficiency and effectiveness metrics. At a
minimum, and in a manner that is consistent with the goals specified
in Section 67051, the working group shall ensure that the metrics
provide a means of measuring performance and improvement in each of
the following areas:
(A) Graduation rates.
(B) Transfer rates.
(C) The number of graduates.
(D) The number of transfers.
(E) Degree completion of all students.
(F) Degree completion of low income students.
(G) Enrollment and success in, and beyond, remedial instruction.
(H) Retention rates.
(I) Course completions.
(J) Total funding per degree or certificate.
(K) Degree production relative to the state's workforce and
economic needs.
(b) The appropriate educational administrative body, as determined
by the Governor pursuant to subdivision (a), 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 appropriate educational administrative body, as determined
by the Governor pursuant to subdivision (a), 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.