BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Senator Ricardo Lara, Chair
2015 - 2016 Regular Session
AB 1016 (Santiago) - Public postsecondary education: Student
Transfer Achievement Reform Act
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|Version: July 8, 2015 |Policy Vote: ED. 9 - 0 |
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|Urgency: No |Mandate: Yes |
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|Hearing Date: July 13, 2015 |Consultant: Jillian Kissee |
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This bill does not meet the criteria for referral to the
Suspense File.
Bill
Summary: This bill requires the California Community Colleges
Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) and the California State University
(CSU) to submit reports, as specified, regarding the status of
creating associate degrees for transfer (ADT).
Fiscal
Impact:
Both the CCCCO and the CSU indicate that costs would be minor
and absorbable to implement this bill.
Background:1) SB 1440 (Padilla, Chapter 428, Statutes of 2010) required
community colleges to create two-year 60 unit associate degrees
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
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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 to only complete two
additional years (an additional 60 units) of coursework to earn
a bachelor's degree.
SB 440 (Padilla, Chapter 720, Statutes of 2013) expanded these
provisions to require that the California Community College
(CCC) create ADTs in every major, and in areas of emphasis, and
required that the CSU accept these degrees, and develop an
admissions redirection process for students who complete these
degrees but are denied admission to the CSU campus to which they
have applied. SB 440 also required the CCC and the CSU to
establish a student-centered communication and marketing
strategy to increase the visibility of the associate degree for
transfer pathway.
This bill generally implements the recommendations of a recent
Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) report that came out in
spring 2015. It recommends one near-term report from the CCC
(in fall 2015) and two from CSU (in fall 2015 and fall 2016) to
track the segments' progress in creating ADTs and accepting
transfer model curricula. LAO also recommends the Legislature
require the CSU annually to provide data on certain student
outcomes (including admittance to campuses and programs of
choice, units taken, and graduation rates) beginning fall 2018.
Proposed Law:
This bill requires the CCCCO to report to the Legislature by
December 1, 2016 on the status of creating ADT.
This bill also requires the CSU to submit two reports to the
Legislature on campus acceptance of transfer model curricula by
concentration by December 1, 2016 and December 1, 2017,
respectively. Beginning December 1, 2016, the CSU is required
to annually, until November 30, 2021, publicly post data on all
of the following:
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1. The number of students admitted with an ADT.
2. The proportion of students with an ADT who graduate from
CSU within two or three years.
3. The number of students with an ADT who applied to a
particular CSU campus and were redirected to another
campus.
4. The number of students who were redirected and who
ultimately enrolled at a CSU campus.
Staff
Comments: This bill is keyed as a state mandate. However,
since this bill imposes requirements upon the CCCCO and not
community college districts, the requirements of this bill are
unlikely to be considered a reimbursable state mandate by the
Commission on State Mandates. In addition, according to the
CCCCO, it already produces the information required by this bill
through ADT Progress Reports, so there will be no fiscal impact
on colleges or the CCCCO. There would be absorbable costs to
publish formal reports to be transmitted to the Legislature and
LAO.
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