BILL NUMBER: AB 1016	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Santiago

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to add Section 66749.5 to the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1016, as introduced, Santiago. Public postsecondary education:
Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act.
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges and the
California State University as 2 of the segments of public
postsecondary education in this state. Existing law, the Student
Transfer Achievement Reform Act, encourages community colleges to
facilitate the acceptance of credits earned at other community
colleges toward the associate degree for transfer. The act requires
the California State University to guarantee admission with junior
status to a community college student who meets the requirements for
the associate degree for transfer, and provides that admission to the
California State University under these provisions does not
guarantee admission for specific majors or campuses.
   This bill would require the Office of the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges to report to the Legislature, on or
before March 1, 2016, the status of each community college's
compliance with the act's provisions related to creating associate
degrees for transfer. To the extent this reporting requirement would
place additional requirements on community college districts, it
would impose a state-mandated local program.
   This bill would require the California State University to submit
2 reports to the Legislature on campus acceptance of transfer model
curricula by concentration, on or before March 1, 2016, and on or
before March 1, 2017, respectively. The bill would require the
California State University, commencing November 1, 2018, to annually
post publicly available data on the extent to which the California
State University admitted associate degree transfer students to the
students' first choice campus and to a program that is similar to
their transfer degree, and to post data concerning associate degree
transfer student outcomes, as specified.
   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.
   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.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 66749.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   66749.5.  (a) The Office of the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges shall report to the Legislature on or before March
1, 2016, the status of each community college's compliance with the
provisions of this article related to creating associate degrees for
transfer.
   (b) The California State University shall submit two reports to
the Legislature on campus acceptance of transfer model curricula by
concentration, on or before March 1, 2016, and on or before March 1,
2017, respectively.
   (c) The California State University shall annually, commencing
November 1, 2018, post publicly available data on both of the
following:
   (1) The extent to which the California State University admitted
associate degree transfer students to the students' first choice
campus and to a program that is similar to their transfer degree.
   (2) (A) Associate degree transfer student outcomes, including all
of the following data:
   (i) The number of transferable California community college units
taken before the start of a student's first semester at the
California State University.
   (ii) The number of units taken as a fully matriculated California
State University student.
   (iii) The proportion of students who graduate from the California
State University within two or three years.
   (B) The data made publicly available pursuant to subparagraph (A)
shall distinguish between students admitted pursuant to subparagraph
(A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 66747 and students
admitted pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a) of Section 66747.
   (d) The first annual posting of data pursuant to subdivision (c)
on November 1, 2018, shall include data on students entering Fall
2014 to Fall 2016, inclusive. Each annual posting thereafter shall
include data only on students entering the prior school year.
   (e) (1) The requirements for submitting reports on or before March
1, 2016, imposed under subdivisions (a) and (b) are inoperative on
March 1, 2020, and the requirement for submitting a report on or
before March 1, 2017, imposed under subdivision (b) is inoperative on
March 1, 2021, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
   (2) Reports to be submitted pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b)
shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government
Code.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.