BILL NUMBER: AB 340	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Weber

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2015

   An act  to add Section 66073 to the Education Code, 
relating to postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 340, as amended, Weber. Postsecondary education: campus
climate: report.
   Existing law establishes the segments of the public postsecondary
education system in the state, including the University of California
administered by the Regents of the University of California, the
California State University administered by the Trustees of the
California State University, and the California Community Colleges
administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges.
   This bill would  declare the intent of the Legislature to
enact later legislation to  require the board and the
trustees, and encourage the regents, to  each  generate a
report once every biennium of the legislative session, commencing
with the 2017-18 Regular Session,  on new developments
  that includes specified information  related to
 the segment's  campus climate,  as defined, post the
report on its Internet Web site,  and submit that report to
specified state bodies.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 66073 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   66073.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government
Code, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and
the Trustees of the California State University are required, and
the Regents of the University of California are encouraged, to
generate a report once every biennium of the legislative session,
commencing with the 2017-18 Regular Session, that shall include, but
not be limited to, all of the following as to the respective segment:

   (1) The amount spent on campus climate efforts.
   (2) New and recent administrative efforts intended to affect
campus climate.
   (3) Campus developments on all of the following as they may impact
campus climate:
   (A) Gender.
   (B) Race.
   (C) Ethnicity.
   (D) National origin.
   (E) Religion.
   (F) Sexual orientation.
   (G) Disability.
   (4) Data, including, but not limited to, both of the following:
   (A) Student demographic data.
   (B) Crime data, including, but not limited to, the data required
to be kept and disclosed in accordance with the Jeanne Clery
Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act
(20 U.S.C. Sec. 1092(f)) and other hate crime statistics.
   (b) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges
and the Trustees of the California State University are required, and
the Regents of the University of California are encouraged, to each
post the respective segment's report on its Internet Web site.
   (c) The report to be generated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
be sent to the Governor, the Attorney General, and the appropriate
policy committees of the Legislature.
   (d) For purposes of this section, "campus climate" means a measure
of an individual's experience within a learning environment,
specifically focusing on the current attitudes, practices, policies,
and behaviors of campus life that impact the success and retention of
all members of a campus community. 
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact later legislation that would require the Board of Governors
of the California Community Colleges and the Trustees of the
California State University, and encourage the Regents of the
University of California, to generate a report once every biennium of
the legislative session, commencing with the 2017-18 Regular
Session, on new developments related to campus climate, to define
campus climate for purposes of that report, and to submit that report
to the Governor, the Office of the Attorney General, and the
appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.