AB 716, as introduced, Low. California State University: special sessions.
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Under existing law, 23 institutions of higher education constitute the California State University. Existing law requires that tuition fees adequate to meet the cost of maintaining special sessions, as defined, in the California State University be collected from students enrolled in each special session pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the trustees. Existing law prohibits self-supporting special sessions, as defined, from supplanting regular course offerings available on a non-self-supporting basis during the regular academic year.
This bill would provide that, for purposes of these provisions, supplanting occurs when an institution reduces the number of state-supported course offerings while increasing the number of self-supporting versions of that course. The bill also requires, to the extent possible, that each campus ensure that a state-supported course is offered for any course required as a condition of undergraduate degree completion for a state-supported matriculated student. The bill would prohibit all campuses from requiring a state-supported matriculated student to enroll in a special session course in order to fulfill a graduation requirement for a state-supported degree program.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 89708 of the Education Code is amended
2to read:
begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insertTuition fees adequate, in the long run, to meet the
4cost of maintaining special sessions in the California State
5University shall be required of, and collected from, students
6enrolled in each special sessionbegin delete under andend delete pursuant to rules and
7regulations prescribed by the trustees.
8begin insert(b)end insertbegin insert end insert“Special sessions,” as used in this division, means
9self-supporting instructional programs conducted by the California
10State University. The
special sessions shall include, but not
11begin insert necessarilyend insert be limited to, career enrichment and retraining
12programs. It is the intent of the Legislature that those programs,
13currently offered on a self-supporting basis by the California State
14University during summer sessions, may be provided throughout
15the year, and shall be known as special sessions. The
16self-supporting special sessions shall not supplantbegin insert, as defined in
17subparagraph (c),end insert regular course offerings available on a
18non-self-supporting basis during the regular academic year.
19(c) “Supplanting,” as used in this section, means reducing the
20number of state-supported course offerings while increasing
the
21number of self-supporting versions of that course.
22(d) To the extent possible, each campus shall ensure that any
23course required as a condition of undergraduate degree completion
24for a state-supported matriculated student shall be offered as a
25state-supported course. A campus shall not require a
26state-supported matriculated student to enroll in a special session
27course in order to fulfill a graduation requirement for a
28state-supported degree program.
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