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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 716
Author: Low (D)
Introduced:2/25/15
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, 4/30/15 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: California State University: special sessions
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill defines "supplanting" for purposes of special
session instructional programs offered at the California State
University (CSU), and establishes requirements and prohibitions
on the offering of state-supported and special session courses
for the purposes of degree completion and graduation.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Authorizes the CSU to require and collect tuition fees from
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students enrolled in each special session adequate in the long
run, to meet the cost of maintaining special sessions.
"Special sessions" at the CSU are defined to include, but not
be limited to, career enrichment and retraining programs.
2)Declares the intent of the Legislature that the programs
specified above, offered on a self-supporting basis by the CSU
during summer sessions, may be provided throughout the year;
and prohibits these courses from supplanting state-supported
course offerings during the regular academic year. (EC §
89708)
This bill:
1)Defines supplanting to mean a reduction in the number of
state-supported course offerings while increasing the number
of self-supporting versions of that course.
2)Requires that each CSU campus, to the extent possible, ensure
that courses required for state-supported matriculated
students to complete their undergraduate degrees be offered as
state-supported courses.
3)Prohibits a campus 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.
Comments
1)Bureau of State Audits (BSA) report. In December 2013, the State
Auditor issued a report, California State University's
Extended Education. The report found that, because state law
does not define "supplanting," it was not possible to
determine the extent to which such occurred at the three
campuses reviewed. Depending upon the definition used, the
Auditor identified as few as 26, and as many as 914 instances
in which supplanting may have occurred. In addition, among
other things, the report noted that campuses did not always
prepare statements of revenues and expenditures when setting
fees, as required per CSU student fee policy, revenues from
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extended education generally exceeded expenditures, and two of
the three campuses did not notify the Chancellor's Office, as
required, before converting a state-supported program to a
self-supported program.
Among other things, the report recommended that the
Legislature enact statutory language clarifying and defining
"supplant" and include a description of how CSU should measure
whether supplanting is occurring.
2)CSU Response. Among the recommendations, the Bureau of State
Audits (BSA) proposed that the Chancellor's Office immediately
begin working with the Legislature and its staff to clarify
its intent regarding supplanting. Further, that until
clarified by the Legislature, the Chancellor's Office should
immediately finalize its executive order pertaining to
extended education.
In response, the CSU convened a task force comprised of
presidents, provosts, extended education deans, academic
senators and student representation to work with the
Chancellor's Office staff to discuss and suggest draft
supplant language. According to the BSA, the Assistant Vice
Chancellor of the CSU Office of Advocacy and State Relations
met with the Chair of the Higher Education Committee on
February 10, 2014, and discussed next steps. The Chancellor
also approved the supplant language definition as recommended
by the task force on May 23, 2014. As a result of the task
force meetings, CSU Executive Order 1099 was issued in June
2014.
The California State Auditor's assessment of the status of
these recommendations is that they have been fully
implemented.
3)CSU Executive Order 1099. CSU Executive Order 1099, issued in
June 2014, outlines the procedures to be followed by each CSU
campus in offering extended education self-support courses and
programs, including those offered in summer session and winter
intercession.
Among other things, the Executive Order provides that for
degree, credential or certificate programs, or individual
academic credit bearing courses to be offered during regular
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college terms, CSU Operating Funds must be either unavailable
or inappropriate for supporting the offerings and meet one
additional criteria from the following list:
a) Courses or programs must be designed primarily for
career enrichment or retraining.
b) Course or program location is removed from permanent
state-supported facility.
c) Courses or programs are offered through a distinct
technology.
d) There must have been a cessation of non-state funding
that previously provided educational or other services that
cost beyond that which could reasonably be provided with
CSU operating funds.
In addition, the CSU is prohibited from requiring a
state-support matriculated student from enrolling in
self-support courses in order to fulfill the graduation
requirements of a state-supported degree program. This bill's
provisions generally parallel this element of the Executive
Order.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified7/6/15)
California Faculty Association
California Teachers Association
OPPOSITION: (Verified7/6/15)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 77-0, 4/30/15
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Chang, Chau,
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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, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin,
Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Patterson, Perea, Quirk,
Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth,
Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk,
Williams, Wood, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Campos, Chávez, Olsen
Prepared by:Kathleen Chavira / ED. / (916) 651-4105
7/7/15 17:14:23
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