Amended in Senate April 1, 2013

Senate Bill No. 681

Introduced by Senator Hernandez

February 22, 2013

An act to amend Section begin delete 66746 of the Education Code, end delete begin insert 20652 of the Public Contract Code, end insert relating to public postsecondary education.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 681, as amended, Hernandez. begin delete Public postsecondary education: Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act. end delete begin insert Community college districts: personal property. end insert

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Existing law permits the governing board of any community college district without advertising for bids, and when that board has determined it to be in the best interests of the district, to authorize by contract, lease, requisition, or purchase order, any public corporation or agency, as specified, to lease data-processing equipment, purchase materials, supplies, equipment, automotive vehicles, tractors, and other personal property, as specified.

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This bill would also permit a community college district to authorize the lease or purchase of personal property directly from a vendor by contract, lease, requisition, or purchase order and make payment to the vendor on the same terms as provided in an existing contract between a public corporation or agency and the vendor for the lease or purchase of the personal property.

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The Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act 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. The act also encourages community colleges to facilitate the acceptance of credits earned at other community colleges toward the associate degree for transfer.

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This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in the act.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert Section 20652 of the end insert begin insert Public Contract Code end insert begin insert is
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20652.  

Notwithstanding any other provisions of Sections 81640
to 81654, inclusive, of the Education Code, or of Sections 20651
to 20659, inclusive, of this code, the governing board of any
community college district without advertising for bids, and when
that board has determined it to be in the best interests of the district,
may authorize by contract, lease, requisition, or purchase order,
any public corporation or agency, including any county, city, town,
or district, to lease data-processing equipment, purchase materials,
supplies, equipment, automotive vehicles, tractors, and other
personal property for the district in the manner in which the public
corporation or agency is authorized by law to make the leases or
purchases. Upon receipt of any such personal property, provided
the property complies with the specifications set forth in the
contract, lease, requisition, or purchase order, the community
college district may draw a warrant in favor of the public
corporation or agency for the amount of the approved invoice,
including the reasonable costs to the public corporation or agency
for furnishing the services incidental to the lease or purchase of
the personal property. begin insert Alternatively, if there is an existing contract
between a public corporation or agency and a vendor for the lease
or purchase of the personal property, a community college district
may authorize the lease or purchase of the personal property
directly from the vendor by contract, lease, requisition, or purchase
order and make payment to the vendor under the same terms that
are available to the public corporation or agency under the
contract. end insert

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SECTION 1.  

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) Attainment 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.

(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).

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