BILL NUMBER: AB 1016	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 8, 2015
	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   December  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 
 December  1, 2016, and on or before  March
  December  1, 2017, respectively. The bill would
require the California State University, commencing December 1, 2016,
to 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   December  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   December
 1, 2016, and on or before  March  
December  1, 2017, respectively.
   (c) (1) The California State University shall annually, commencing
December 1, 2016, 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   December  1, 2016, imposed under
subdivisions (a) and (b) are inoperative on  March 
 December  1, 2020, and the requirement for submitting a
report on or before  March   December  1,
2017, imposed under subdivision (b) is inoperative on  March
  December  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.