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          Bill No:  SB 850
          Author:   Block (D), et al.
          Amended:  8/18/14
          Vote:     21


           SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE  :  8-0, 4/24/14
          AYES:  Liu, Wyland, Block, Galgiani, Hancock, Hueso, Huff,  
            Monning
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Correa

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  7-0, 5/23/14
          AYES:  De León, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg

           SENATE FLOOR  :  34-0, 5/27/14
          AYES:  Anderson, Beall, Block, Cannella, Corbett, Correa, De  
            León, DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Hancock,  
            Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Knight, Leno, Lieu,  
            Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nielsen, Padilla, Pavley, Roth,  
            Steinberg, Torres, Vidak, Walters, Wolk, Wyland
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Berryhill, Calderon, Lara, Liu, Wright, Yee

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  77-0, 8/20/14 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Community Colleges:  Baccalaureate Degree Pilot  
          Program

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST  :    This bill authorizes the California Community  
          Colleges (CCC) Board of Governors (BOG), in consultation with  
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          the California State University (CSU) and the University of  
          California (UC), to establish a statewide baccalaureate degree  
          pilot program at not more than 15 CCC districts, as specified.

           Assembly Amendments  require as a condition of eligibility to be  
          considered for participation in the pilot, that CCC districts  
          have a stated policy in place that potential students wishing to  
          receive the BOG fee waiver must complete and submit a Free  
          Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or Cal Dream Act  
          application; require that on or before March 31, 2015, the BOG  
          shall develop and adopt regulations for the pilot and provide an  
          update to the Legislature by 2018; broaden the requirements for  
          what the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) has to collect for  
          the final report, due in 2022; clarify that the per unit cost  
          for upper division courses is $84, in addition to the standard  
          $46 per unit fee; and make minor technical and clarifying  
          changes.

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law differentiates the missions and  
          functions of public and independent institutions of higher  
          education.  Under these provisions:

          1.The primary mission of the CSU is required to offer  
            undergraduate and graduate instruction through the master's  
            degree.  The CSU is authorized to establish two-year programs  
            only when mutually agreed upon by the Trustees and the CCC  
            BOG.  The CSU is also authorized to jointly award the doctoral  
            degree with the UC and with one or more independent  
            institutions of higher education.

          2.The UC is authorized to provide undergraduate and graduate  
            instruction and has exclusive jurisdiction in public higher  
            education over graduate instruction in the professions of law,  
            medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine.  The UC is also  
            the primary state-supported academic agency for research.

          3.The independent institutions of higher education are required  
            to provide undergraduate and graduate instruction and research  
            in accordance with their respective missions.

          4.The mission and function of the CCCs is the offering of  
            academic and vocational instruction at the lower division  
            level and the CCC are authorized to grant the associate in  
            arts and the associate in science degree.  The CCCs are also  

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            required to offer remedial instruction, English as a Second  
            Language instruction, and adult noncredit instruction, and  
            support services which help students succeed at the  
            postsecondary level.

          This bill:

          1.Authorizes the BOG, commencing on January 1, 2015, in  
            consultation with the CSU and the UC, to establish a statewide  
            baccalaureate degree pilot program at not more than 15 CCC  
            districts with one baccalaureate degree program each, to be  
            determined by the CCC Chancellor and approved by the BOG;  
            specifies that the pilot shall commence no later than the  
            2017-18 Academic Year (AY) and participating students shall  
            complete their degrees by the end of the 2022-23 AY; and,  
            sunsets the pilot program on January 1, 2024.

          2.Specifies that a CCC district shall seek approval to offer a  
            baccalaureate degree program through the appropriate  
            accreditation body; and when seeking approval from the BOG, a  
            district must maintain the mission of the CCC and, as part of  
            the pilot program have the additional mission to provide  
            high-quality undergraduate education at an affordable price  
            for students and the state.

          3.Requires districts, as a condition for eligibility to  
            participate in the pilot program, to have a written policy  
            requiring all students seeking a BOG fee waiver to instead  
            submit either a FAFSA or a California Dream Act application.

          4.Stipulates that a district may offer only one baccalaureate  
            degree program at one campus within the district and requires  
            districts to identify and document unmet workforce needs and  
            to not offer a program already offered by CSU or UC.

          5.Requires a district seeking to participate in the pilot  
            program to submit specified information for review by the CCC  
            Chancellor and approval by the BOG.

          6.Requires the BOG, by March 31, 2015, to adopt regulations  
            establishing a funding model, for each full-time equivalent  
            student in the program, which is not to exceed the CCC's  
            marginal cost for credit instruction, as established in  
            existing law.

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          7.Stipulates that student fees for lower division coursework  
            shall not exceed CCC student fee amounts and that fees for  
            upper division coursework shall equal the CCC fee plus $84 per  
            unit.

          8.Requires the LAO to conduct interim and final evaluations of  
            the pilot program, as specified, and report to the Legislature  
            and the Governor.  The interim evaluation is due July 1, 2018,  
            and the final evaluation is due by July 1, 2022. 

          9.Sunsets on January 1, 2024.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No

          According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, the  
          following cost factors are associated with this bill:

           Ongoing General Fund costs to the Chancellor's Office in the  
            range of $350,000 for three to four staff to establish and  
            monitor district programs, including developing guidelines and  
            reviewing, approving, and monitoring participating districts'  
            baccalaureate degree programs;

           Significant one-time and ongoing costs to participating  
            districts for establishing and operating the programs,  
            including any needed capital improvements and equipment  
            purchases.  Since participation by districts is voluntary,  
            these costs are not reimbursable and will be offset by state  
            apportionments and student fee revenues.  To the extent that  
            students who participate in the program would otherwise have  
            attended a CSU campus, the state cost for the student's  
            enrollment would likely be similar; and

           Minor absorbable costs to the LAO to conduct a statewide  
            program evaluation.

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/20/14)

          American Legion, Department of California
          American Nurses Association/California
          AMVETS, Department of California
          Barton Health

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          California Architects Board
          California Association of County Veterans Service Officer
          California Chamber of Commerce
          California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
          California Dental Hygienist's Association
          California State Commanders Veterans Council
          California State University
          California Teachers Association
          California Workforce Association
          Citrus College
          City of South Lake Tahoe
          Coastline Community College
          College of the Canyons
          College of Marin
          Community College League of California
          Contra Costa Community College District
          Cupertino Chamber of Commerce
          Foothill-De Anza Community College District
          Gavilan Joint Community College District
          Golden West College
          Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District
          Heavenly Mountain Resort
          Imperial Valley College
          Kern Community College District
          Los Altos Chamber of Commerce
          Los Angeles Community College District
          Los Rios Community College District
          Mid-Peninsula Dental Society
          Milpitas Chamber of Commerce
          MiraCosta Community College District
          Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce
          Mountain View Chamber of Commerce
          Napa Valley Community College District
          Oceanside Chamber of Commerce
          Pasadena Community College District
          Peralta Community College District
          Rancho Santiago Community College District
          Respiratory Care Board of California
          San Bernardino Community College District
          San Diego City College
          San Diego Community College District
          San Diego Community College District, Continuing Education
          San Diego and Imperial Valley Counties Community Colleges  
          Association

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          San Diego Military Advisory Council
          San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation
          San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
          San Diego Unified School District
          San Jose-Evergreen Community College District
          San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce
          Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce
          Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce
          Santa Monica Community College District
          Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Joint Community College District
          South County Economic Development Council
          South Orange County Community College District
          Southwestern Community College District
          Tahoe South
          Technology Credit Union
          Tri-City Medical Center
          Veterans Caucus of the California Democratic Party
          Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of California
          Vietnam Veterans of America, California State Council
          West Hills Community College District
          West Kern Community College District
          Yosemite Community College District
          Yuba Community College District

           OPPOSITION  :    (Verified  8/20/14)

          Faculty Association of the California Community Colleges


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  77-0, 8/20/14
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,  
            Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian  
            Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,  
            Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox,  
            Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,  
            Gorell, Gray, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hernández, Holden,  
            Jones, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor,  
            Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande,  
            Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. Pérez, V. Manuel Pérez,  
            Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas,  
            Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski,  
            Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Grove, Jones-Sawyer, Vacancy


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          PQ:e  8/20/14   Senate Floor Analyses 

                           SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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