Amended in Senate July 8, 2015

Amended in Assembly June 1, 2015

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 BillNo. 340


Introduced by Assembly Member Weber

(Coauthors: Assembly Membersbegin delete Cooper andend deletebegin insert Cooper,end insert Cristina  Garciabegin insert, and Tingend insert)

February 13, 2015


An act tobegin insert amend Section 66302 of, and toend insert add Section 66073begin delete toend deletebegin insert to,end insert 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 the report to specified state bodies. For the purposes of the board’s report, the bill would require the board to request certain information from community college districts, and would provide that the board’s report shall be based on data available from participating community college districts.

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Existing law requests the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the governing board of each community college district to adopt and publish policies on harassment, intimidation, and bullying to be included within the rules and regulations governing student behavior, as provided.

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This bill would require the Trustees of the California State University and the governing board of each community college, if they expend funds to support activities related to campus climate, as defined, to adopt and publish the above-described policies. By requiring community college districts to adopt and publish these policies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

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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.

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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.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.

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

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SECTION 1.  

Section 66073 is added to the Education Code,
2to read:

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66073.  

(a) The Board of Governors of the California
4Community Colleges and the Trustees of the California State
5University are required, and the Regents of the University of
6California are encouraged, to generate a report once every biennium
7of the legislative session, commencing with the 2017-18 Regular
8Session, that shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following
9as to the respective segment:

P3    1(1) New and recent administrative efforts intended to affect
2campus climate.

3(2) Recent campus program developments that impact campus
4climate related to the following:

5(A) Gender.

6(B) Race.

7(C) Ethnicity.

8(D) National origin.

9(E) Religion.

10(F) Sexual orientation.

11(G) Disability.

12(H) Gender identity.

13(3) Data, including, but not limited to, both of the following:

14(A) Student demographic data.

15(B) Crime data, including, but not limited to, the data required
16to be kept and disclosed in accordance with the Jeanne Clery
17Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics
18Act (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1092(f)) and other hate crime statistics.

19(b) The Board of Governors of the California Community
20Colleges and the Trustees of the California State University are
21required, and the Regents of the University of California are
22encouraged, to each post the respective segment’s report on its
23Internet Web site.

24(c) The Board of Governors of the California Community
25Colleges shall request, but not require, the information specified
26in paragraphs (1) and (2), and subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3),
27of subdivision (a), from community college districts. The report
28of the Board of Governors shall be based on data available from
29participating community college districts.

30(d) The report to be generated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
31be sent to the Governor, the Attorney General, and the appropriate
32policy committees of the Legislature.

33(e) For purposes of this section, “campus climate” means a
34measure of an individual’s experience within a learning
35environment, specifically focusing on the current attitudes,
36practices, policies, and behaviors of campus life that impact the
37success and retention of all members of a campus community.

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begin insertSection 66302 of the end insertbegin insertEducation Codeend insertbegin insert is amended to
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66302.  

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The Trustees

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P4    1begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertIf the Trusteesend insert of the California Statebegin delete University, the Regents
2of the University of California,end delete
begin insert Universityend insert and the governing board
3of each community college districtbegin delete are requested toend deletebegin insert expend funds
4to support activities related to campus climate, as that term is
5defined in subdivision (e) of Section 66073, the Trustees of the
6California State University and the governing board of each
7community college district shallend insert
adopt and publish policies on
8harassment, intimidation, and bullying to be included within the
9rules and regulations governing student behavior within their
10respective segments of public postsecondary education.begin delete Itend delete

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11(b) The Regents of the University of California are requested
12to adopt and publish policies on harassment, intimidation, and
13bullying to be included within their rules and regulations governing
14student behavior.

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15begin insert(c)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertItend insert is the intent of the Legislature that rules and regulations
16governing student conduct be published, at a minimum, on the
17Internet Web site of each public postsecondary educational campus
18and as part of any printed material covering those rules and
19regulations within the respective public postsecondary education
20systems.

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If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
22this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
23local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
24pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
254 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

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