BILL NUMBER: SB 440 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Padilla
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
An act to amend Sections 66746 and 66747 of the Education Code,
relating to public postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 440, as introduced, Padilla. Public postsecondary education:
Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act.
(1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges and
the California State University as 2 of the segments of public
postsecondary education in this state. Existing law, the Student
Transfer Achievement Reform Act (act), encourages community colleges
to facilitate the acceptance of credits earned at other community
colleges toward the associate degree for transfer. The act also
requires the California State University to guarantee admission with
junior status to a community college student who meets the
requirements for the associate degree for transfer. A student
admitted to the California State University pursuant to the act is
entitled to receive priority over all other community college
transfer students, excluding community college students who have
entered into a transfer agreement between a community college and the
California State University prior to the fall term of the 2012-13
academic year.
This bill would express the finding and declaration of the
Legislature that intersegmental faculty of the California Community
Colleges and the California State University have developed transfer
model curricula in many of the most commonly transferred majors
between the 2 segments. The bill would express the intent of the
Legislature to endorse and encourage the use of transfer model
curricula as the preferred basis for associate degrees for transfer
and the development of community college areas of emphasis that
articulate with the 25 most popular majors for transfer students. The
bill would require community college districts to create an
associate degree for transfer in every major offered by that district
that has an approved transfer model curriculum before the
commencement of the 2014-15 academic year, thereby imposing a
state-mandated local program.
The bill would require California State University campuses to
accept transfer model curriculum-aligned associate degrees for
transfer in each of the California State University degree options,
as defined, within a major field.
(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that
intersegmental faculty of the California Community Colleges and the
California State University have developed transfer model curricula
in many of the most commonly transferred majors to facilitate the
transfer of students from community colleges to the California State
University.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to do both of the
following:
(1) Endorse and encourage both of the following:
(A) The use of transfer model curricula as the preferred basis for
associate degrees for transfer.
(B) The development of community college areas of emphasis that
articulate with the 25 most popular major courses of study for
students transferring from a community college to a campus of the
California State University.
(2) Establish appropriate steps to be taken by campuses of the
California Community Colleges or the California State University that
fail to meet, in a timely manner, the requirements of Sections 66746
and 66747 of the Education Code, as those sections are amended in
this act.
SEC. 2. Section 66746 of the Education Code is amended to read:
66746. (a) Commencing with the fall term of the 2011-12 academic
year, a student who earns an associate degree for transfer granted
pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be deemed eligible for transfer
into a California State University baccalaureate program when the
student meets both of the following requirements:
(1) Completion of 60 semester units or 90 quarter units that are
eligible for transfer to the California State University, including
both of the following:
(A) The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
(IGETC) or the California State University General Education-Breadth
Requirements.
(B) A minimum of 18 semester units or 27 quarter units in a major
or area of emphasis, as determined by the community college district.
(2) Obtainment of a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
(b) (1) As a condition of receipt of state apportionment funds, a
community college district shall develop and grant associate degrees
for transfer that meet the requirements of subdivision (a). A
community college district shall not impose any requirements in
addition to the requirements of this section, including any local
college or district requirements, for a student to be eligible for
the associate degree for transfer and subsequent admission to the
California State University pursuant to Section 66747. A
community college district shall,before the commencement of the 2014-
15 academic year, create an associate degree
for transfer in every major offered by that district that has an
approved transfer model curriculum.
(2) The condition of receipt of state apportionment funding
contained in paragraph (1) shall become inoperative if, by December
31, 2010, each of the state's 72 community college districts has
submitted to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, for
transmission to the Director of Finance, signed certification
waiving, as a local agency request within the meaning of paragraph
(1) of subdivision (a) of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution, any claim of reimbursement related to the
implementation of this article.
(c) A community college district is encouraged to consider the
local articulation agreements and other work between the respective
faculties from the affected community college and California State
University campuses in implementing the requirements of this section.
(d) Community colleges are encouraged to facilitate the acceptance
of credits earned at other community colleges toward the associate
degree for transfer pursuant to this section.
(e) This section shall not preclude students who are assessed
below collegiate level from acquiring remedial noncollegiate level
coursework in preparation for obtaining the associate degree.
Remedial noncollegiate level coursework shall not be counted as part
of the transferable units required pursuant to paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a).
SEC. 3. Section 66747 of the Education Code is amended to read:
66747. (a) Notwithstanding Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 66201), the California State University
shall guarantee admission with junior status to any community college
student who meets all of the requirements of Section 66746.
Admission to the California State University, as provided under this
article, does not guarantee admission for specific majors or
campuses. Notwithstanding Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 66201),
the California State University shall grant a student priority
admission to his or her local California State University campus and
to a program or major that is similar to his or her community college
major or area of emphasis, as determined by the California State
University campus to which the student is admitted. A
student A California State University campus shall
accept transfer model curriculum-aligned associate degrees for
transfer in each of the California State University degree options
within a major field. As used in this section, a "degree option" is
an area of specialization within a degree program.
(b) A student admitted under this
article shall receive priority over all other community college
transfer students, in accordance with subdivision (b) of Section
66202, excluding community college students who have entered into a
transfer agreement between a community college and the California
State University prior to the fall term of the 2012-13 academic year.
A student admitted pursuant to this article shall have met the
requirements of an approved transfer agreement consistent with
subdivision (a) of Section 66202.
SEC. 4. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.