BILL ANALYSIS Ó
AB 1016
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB
1016 (Santiago)
As Amended May 28, 2015
Majority vote
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|Committee |Votes |Ayes |Noes |
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|Higher |12-0 |Medina, Baker, | |
|Education | |Bloom, Chávez, | |
| | |Harper, Irwin, | |
| | |Levine, Linder, | |
| | |Low, Santiago, | |
| | |Weber, Williams | |
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|Appropriations |17-0 |Gomez, Bigelow, | |
| | |Bonta, Calderon, | |
| | |Chang, Daly, | |
| | |Eggman, Gallagher, | |
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| | | | |
| | |Eduardo Garcia, | |
| | |Gordon, Holden, | |
| | |Jones, Quirk, | |
| | |Rendon, Wagner, | |
| | |Weber, Wood | |
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AB 1016
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SUMMARY: Requires the California Community Colleges (CCC)
Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) to report to the Legislature, on or
before March 1, 2016, the status of each community college's
compliance with the Student Transfer Achievement Reform (STAR)
Act's provision related to creating associate degrees for transfer
(ADTs); and, requires the California State University (CSU) to
submit two reports to the Legislature, as specified, on campus
acceptance of transfer model curricula (TMC) by concentration.
Specifically, this bill:
1)Requires the CCCCO, on or before March 1, 2016, to report to the
Legislature on the status of each CCCs compliance with the
provisions of this article related to creating ADTs.
2)Requires the CSU to submit two reports to the Legislature on
campus acceptance of TMC by concentration, on or before March 1,
2016, and on or before March 1, 2017, respectively.
3)Requires the CSU, beginning December 1, 2016, and until November
30, 2021, to annually post publicly available data on all of the
following:
a) The number of students admitted with an ADT; and,
b) The proportion of students with an ADT who graduate from
the CSU within two or three years.
4)Specifies that the requirements for the reports the CCCCO shall
submit, on or before March 1, 2016, will be inoperative on March
1, 2020; and, the report the CSU shall issue, on or before March
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1, 2017, will be inoperative on March 1, 2021.
5)Allows for reimbursement to the appropriate entities should the
Commission on State Mandates determine that there are mandated
state costs.
EXISTING LAW:
1)Establishes the STAR Act and requires CCC to develop two-year
(60 semester unit) associate degrees for transfer, which deems
the student eligible for transfer into CSU. The associate
degrees for transfer are required to include a minimum of 18
units in a major or area of emphasis, as determined by CCC, and
an approved set of general education requirements (Education
Code Section 66746).
2)Requires the CSU to guarantee admission with junior status to
any community college student who meets the specified
requirements in 1), above, but provides that the student is not
guaranteed admission for specific majors or campuses. However,
the CSU is required to grant a student priority admission to his
or her local CSU campus and to a program or major that is
similar to his or her community college major or area of
emphasis, as determined by the CSU campus to which the student
is admitted. Students that utilize the associate transfer
degree process are required to receive priority over all other
community college transfer students, except for community
college students who have entered into a transfer agreement
between a community college and the CSU prior to the fall term
of the 2012-13 academic year (Education Code Section 66747).
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, costs to the CCC and CSU will be minor and absorbable.
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COMMENTS: Background. As a way to address long standing issues
and concerns about the need to ensure a clearer, transparent and
more navigable transfer process between the CCC and CSU, the
Legislature and Governor enacted SB 1440 (Padilla), Chapter 428,
Statutes of 2010. This legislation required community colleges to
create two-year 60 unit associate degrees for transfer that are
fully transferable to CSU. These degrees require completion of 1)
a minimum of 18 units in a major or area of emphasis, as
determined by each community college, and 2) an approved set of
general education requirements. Students who earn such a degree
are automatically eligible to transfer to the CSU system as an
upper-division student in a bachelor's degree program. Though
these students are not guaranteed admission to a particular CSU
campus or into a particular degree program, SB 1440 gives them
priority admission to a CSU program that is "similar" to the
student's CCC major or area of emphasis, as determined by the CSU
campus to which the student is admitted. Once admitted, SB 1440
students need only complete two additional years (an additional 60
units) of coursework to earn a bachelor's degree.
Senate Bill 440 (Padilla), Chapter 720, Statutes of 2013,
requires, prior to the 2014-15 academic year, a CCC create an ADT
in every major that has a TMC. Once a TMC is approved by faculty,
community colleges use it to design an ADT in that particular
major.
Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) Report. "Implementation
Update: Reforming Transfer from CCC to CSU," which was released
on February 2, 2015, found, among others, that there has been
continued progress in the implementation of the STAR Act, but some
of the CCC and CSU campuses are not fully on track to meeting the
Legislature's targets for implementation. The LAO contends that
the state's transfer reform is too recent to fully assess its
effectiveness in a comprehensive way. That said, according to the
report, the CCC, appears on track to make additional progress in
accepting ADTs as similar to its majors and concentrations.
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As a way to ensure more students are familiar with the ADT and its
direct path for CSU transfer, and to help the Legislature monitor
how the segments are implementing the STAR Act, the report
recommended one near-term report from the CCC and two from the CSU
to track the segments' progress in creating ADTs and accepting
TMC; and, require the CSU to annually provide data on certain
student outcomes (including admittance to campuses and programs of
choice, units taken, and graduation rates), beginning Fall 2018.
Purpose of this measure. According to the author, the STAR Act
does not require the CCC to update the Legislature on ADT
development or require the CSU to report on TMC acceptance or ADT
Student outcomes. The author states, "AB 1016, by providing more
information in the coming years, will help the Legislature track
CCC/CSU progress in implementing transfer reform. Furthermore,
this bill will help transfer students more easily achieve their
educational and career goals."
Analysis Prepared by:
Jeanice Warden / HIGHER ED. / (916) 319-3960 FN:
0000760