BILL NUMBER: AB 1016	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 30, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 28, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 13, 2015

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 amended, 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 December 1, 2016, to 
annually post,   annually,  until November 30,
2021, publicly  post  available data, including, among other
data, the number of students with an associate degree for transfer
who applied to a campus of the California State University and were
redirected to another campus than that indicated in the application,
and the proportion of students with an associate degree for transfer
who graduate from the California State University, 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) (1) The California State University shall annually, commencing
December 1, 2016,  post  publicly  post 
available data on all of the following:
   (A) The number of students admitted with an associate degree for
transfer.
   (B) The proportion of students with an associate degree for
transfer who graduate from the California State University within two
or three years.
   (C) The number of students with an associate degree for transfer
who applied to a campus of the California State University and were
redirected to another campus than that indicated in the application.
   (D) The number of students described in subparagraph (C) who
ultimately enrolled at a California State University campus.
   (2) This subdivision shall become inoperative on November 30,
2021.
   (d) (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.