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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 653
Author: Levine (D)
Amended: 6/30/15 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 8-0, 6/24/15
AYES: Liu, Block, Hancock, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan, Vidak
NO VOTE RECORDED: Runner
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 4/27/15 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Postsecondary education: community college
contracting practices
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill expands the means by which a community
college district may secure contract bids to include posting a
notice on its internet website or through an electronic portal,
and clarifies that existing Education Code and Public Contract
Code provisions do not preclude the governing board of a
community college district from purchasing materials, equipment,
supplies, or services under the same conditions as those
specified in a contract lawfully awarded by the University of
California (UC) or the California State University (CSU).
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
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1)Requires, for the purpose of securing bids, a community
college board to publish at least once a week for two weeks in
some newspaper of general circulation published in the
district, or if there is no such paper, then in some newspaper
of general circulation, circulated in the county a notice
calling for bids or proposals, stating the work to be done or
materials or supplies to be furnished and the time when and
the place where bids or proposals will be opened. (Education
Code § 81641)
2)Limits the term of continuing contracts for work to be done
with an accepted vendor for services to be performed, or for
apparatus or equipment to be furnished, sold, built,
installed, or repaired for the district, to no more than five
years. Continuing contracts for materials or supplies to be
furnished or sold to the district may not exceed three years.
(EC § 81644)
This bill:
1)Expands the means by which a community college district may
secure contract bids by authorizing a community college
district to post the notice for bids on its internet website
or through an electronic portal.
2)Clarifies that Education Code contracting provisions
applicable to the community colleges do not preclude the
governing board of a district from purchasing materials,
equipment, supplies, or services under the same conditions as
those specified in a contract lawfully awarded by the
University of California (UC) or the California State
University (CSU) and makes a parallel change making the same
clarification in the Public Contract Code.
Comments
1)Need for the bill. According to the author, the purpose of
this bill is to create efficiencies by making it easier for
community college districts, the UC and the CSU to share
contracts with each other. While the UC and CSU have
coordinated in sharing contracts negotiated by one segment
with another, existing statutes governing the community
colleges have made it difficult for them to participate in
these shared contracts.
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2)Shared contracting. According to the author, shared
contracting is the practice of making a procurement contract
negotiated by one campus available to another campus. The CSU
and UC have already coordinated in sharing between campuses at
a regional level to meet their procurement needs. This bill
seeks to facilitate the ongoing collaboration between the
segments by making it clear that the community colleges are
able to participate in the practice of shared contracting.
3)Current collaboration of segments. During the March 26, 2014,
CSU Board of Trustees meeting, CSU Chancellor Timothy P.
White, UC President Janet Napolitano, and the California
Community Colleges (CCC) Chancellor Brice W. Harris gave a
joint presentation about collaboration among the three
systems. The three leaders highlighted a number of efforts
that are leading to extended collaboration among the systems
including, but not limited to, streamlining student transfer
pathways, shared administrative services, and contracts.
More recently, leadership at the CSU, CCC and UC in an effort
to identify opportunities to find synergies and to encourage
working smarter, and have launched
http://www.uknowledgeshare.com, an online collaborative site
created to encourage the sharing of information, ideas and
high-impact practices in support of improved administrative
performance, service and outcomes.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified7/14/15)
Board of Governors, California Community Colleges
Kern Community College District
Los Rios Community College District
Pasadena Community College District
San Bernardino Community College District
San Diego Community College District
South Orange County Community College District
Yuba Community College District
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OPPOSITION: (Verified7/14/15)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 4/27/15
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bonilla, Bonta, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Chang, Chau, Chávez,
Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd,
Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia,
Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray,
Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low,
Maienschein, Mathis, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Perea,
Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago,
Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wilk, Williams, Wood, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Brough, Campos, Mayes
Prepared by:Kathleen Chavira / ED. / (916) 651-4105
7/14/15 16:58:46
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