BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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Date of Hearing: April 22, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
AB
653 (Levine) - As Introduced February 24, 2015
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: NoReimbursable: No
SUMMARY:
This bill:
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1)Requires the Chancellors of the California State University
(CSU) and the California Community Colleges (CCC), and
requests the University of California (UC) President, to
coordinate their efforts regarding large-scale information
technology and software purchases, for the purposes of
enhancing student achievement, when such coordination would
reduce costs and increase efficiency.
2)Stipulates that, as three segments of public postsecondary
education invest in and upgrade infrastructure and software
for data storage and analysis, they shall develop procedures
to coordinate the collection and sharing of student
performance data in a manner consistent with state and federal
privacy law.
FISCAL EFFECT:
Any costs to the segments will be minor and absorbable.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. According to the author, "In the past services and
resources across and within the three segments have developed
in silos. That has resulted in both duplicative work and posed
challenges for information to be shared." The author contends
that the existing coordination currently taking place between
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the three segments is due to the innovation of the current
segment leaders. The author argues that, "Nothing in current
law states that the ongoing coordination must continue past
the tenure of current leadership. This bill seeks to ensure
that existing collaboration between the segments continues and
will ensure that the doors that have been opened for
coordination remain open."
2)Prior Legislation. Last year, AB 1969 (Levine), which was
similar to this bill, was vetoed. The Governor's veto message
stated, "When viable, the University of California, California
State University and California Community Colleges have
coordinated on major information technology projects. I
prefer to maintain the current flexibility that allows the
segments to identify and pursue opportunities for joint
projects when it makes programmatic and fiscal sense."
Analysis Prepared by:Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916)
319-2081