Amended in Assembly May 27, 2016

Amended in Assembly April 18, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1711

Introduced by Assembly Members McCarty and Medina

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Baker, begin delete Olsen, Low, Daly, and Cooper end delete begin insert Cooper, Daly, Beth Gaines, Gipson, Low, and Olsen end insert )

(Coauthor: Senator Cannella)

January 26, 2016

An act to add Section 68052.1 to the Education Code, relating to the University of California.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1711, as amended, McCarty. University of California: nonresident student enrollment.

Existing law expresses the intent of the Legislature that the University of California establish nonresident student tuition policies that are consistent with their resident student fee policies. The provisions are applicable to the University of California only if the Regents of the University of California act, by resolution, to make them applicable.

This bill would require the University of California, as a condition of receipt of funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act, to limit the percentage of nonresident undergraduate students enrolled at the University of California systemwide to begin delete 15.5% end delete begin insert 10% end insert of total undergraduate student enrollment, begin insert to increase resident undergraduate student enrollment by 5,000 and decrease nonresident undergraduate student enrollment by 1,700 each year for 6 academic years beginning with the 2017-18 academic year, end insert and would prohibit any campus of the University of California where nonresident undergraduate student enrollment exceeds 15.5% from enrolling new nonresident undergraduate students in excess of the number of new nonresident undergraduate students enrolled in the 2015-16 academic year. The begin delete bill, beginning in the 2017-18 academic year, would require a certain percentage of revenue generated from new nonresident undergraduate student enrollment to be directed to fund increased enrollment of resident undergraduate students, and end delete begin insert bill end insert would require the University of California to annually publish a report with specified information relating to nonresident undergraduate tuition and revenue. The bill would require the University of California to establish a policy to require each campus to admit only nonresident undergraduate students who exceed the academic qualifications of resident undergraduate students, as specified, and would require the University of California to annually report specified information to the Legislature to ensure compliance with the policy.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 68052.1 is added to the Education Code,
to read:

68052.1.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert As a condition of receipt of funds appropriated
in the annual Budget Act, and notwithstanding Section 68134, the
University of California shall comply with all of the following:

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(a)

end delete

begin insert (1) end insert  The percentage of nonresident undergraduate students
enrolled at the University of California systemwide shall not exceed
begin delete 15.5 end delete begin insert 10 end insert percent of total undergraduate student begin delete enrollment. end delete

begin insert enrollment by the 2022-23 academic year. end insert

begin insert

(2) In each of the 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21,
2021-22, and 2022-23 academic years, the University of
California shall increase resident undergraduate student
enrollment by 5,000 and decrease nonresident undergraduate
student enrollment by 1,700.

end insert begin delete

(b)

end delete

begin insert (3) end insert  Any campus of the University of California at which
nonresident undergraduate enrollment exceeds 15.5 percent of
total student enrollment shall not enroll new nonresident
undergraduate students in excess of the number of new nonresident
undergraduate students enrolled in the 2015-16 academic year.

begin delete

(c)  Beginning in the 2017-18 academic year, an amount not
less than 50 percent of the revenues in excess of the marginal cost
of instruction generated from new nonresident undergraduate
enrollment shall be directed to fund increased enrollment of
resident undergraduate students at all campuses of the university
with undergraduate students.

(d)

end delete

begin insert (4) end insert  The University of California shall annually publish a report
that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, all of the following
information:

begin delete

(1)

end delete

begin insert (A) end insert  The nonresident undergraduate tuition and fee level
established at each campus.

begin delete

(2)

end delete

begin insert (B) end insert  The amount of revenues generated by nonresident
undergraduate enrollment at each campus.

begin delete

(3)

end delete

begin insert (C) end insert  The method by which these revenues were distributed among
the various campuses of the university.

begin delete

(4)

end delete

begin insert (D) end insert  For each campus, the purposes for which these revenues
were begin delete expended, including, but not limited to, the number of
California resident undergraduate students admitted pursuant to
subdivision (c). end delete begin insert expended. end insert

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(e)  The University of California shall not be required to comply
with the requirements of subdivisions (a) and (b) in any year in
which the annual Budget Act provides less funding to support the
University of California than was provided in the prior budget
year.

end delete begin delete

(f) (1)

end delete

begin insert (5) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert (A) end insert  By July 1, 2017, the University of California shall
establish a policy regarding admission of nonresident
undergraduate students to require that each campus of the
University of California admit to that campus only nonresident
undergraduate students who exceed the academic qualifications
of resident undergraduate students admitted to that campus and,
in that regard, would stand in the upper one-half of the resident
undergraduate students admitted at that specific campus.

begin delete

(2)

end delete

begin insert (B) end insert  The University of California shall report to the Legislature
annually regarding actions taken to ensure compliance with this
policy, including, but not limited to, the academic indicators used
in the admission process, the median score of admitted resident
undergraduate students for each indicator at each campus, and the
number of admitted nonresident undergraduate students who scored
below the resident median on each indicator at each campus.

begin insert

(b) The University of California shall not be required to comply
with the requirements of paragraph (1), (2), or (3) of subdivision
(a) in any year in which the annual Budget Act provides less
funding to support the University of California than was provided
in the prior budget year.

end insert begin insert

(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the enrollment changes
specified in this section be funded by a combination of state
funding, savings from operating efficiencies implemented by the
University of California, and increases in nonresident
undergraduate student tuition and fees.

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