Amended in Assembly May 6, 2015

Amended in Assembly April 13, 2015

Amended in Assembly March 26, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 340

Introduced by Assembly Member Weber

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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 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, that includes specified information related to the segment’s campus climate, as defined, post the report on its Internet Web site, and submit begin delete that end delete begin insert the end insert report to specified state bodies.

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.  

Section 66073 is added to the Education Code,
to read:

66073.  

(a) 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:

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(1) The amount spent on campus climate efforts.

(2)

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begin insert (1) end insert  New and recent administrative efforts intended to affect
campus climate.

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(3) Campus developments on all of the following as they may
impact campus climate:

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(2) Recent campus program developments that impact campus
climate related to the following:

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(A) Gender.

(B) Race.

(C) Ethnicity.

(D) National origin.

(E) Religion.

(F) Sexual orientation.

(G) Disability.

(H) Gender identity.

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(4)

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begin insert (3) end insert  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.