Amended in Senate August 9, 2016

Amended in Senate June 22, 2016

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, Cooper, Daly, Beth Gaines, Gipson, Low, and Olsen)

(Coauthor: Senator Cannella)

January 26, 2016

An act to add Section 68052.1 to the Education Code, relating to the University of begin delete California. end delete begin insert California, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. end insert

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, begin insert in collaboration with the Academic Senate of the University of California, end insert as a condition of receipt of funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act, to begin delete establish a policy to require each campus to admit only nonresident undergraduate students who exceed the academic qualifications of resident undergraduate students, as specified, end delete begin insert ensure that implementation of any admissions policy regarding admission of nonresident undergraduate students includes guidance that ensures the academic qualifications for admitted nonresident undergraduate students generally exceeds the academic qualifications of resident undergraduate students, end insert and would require the University of California to report specified information to the Legislature annually regarding begin delete actions taken to ensure compliance with end delete begin insert implementation of end insert the policy.

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This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

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Vote:  begin delete majority end delete begin insert ²⁄₃ end insert . 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.  

As a condition of receipt of funds appropriated in the
annual Budget Act, and notwithstanding Section 68134, the
University of California shall comply with both of the following:

(a) By July 1, 2017, the University of begin delete California shall establish
a policy end delete begin insert California, in collaboration with the Academic Senate of
the University of California, shall ensure that implementation of
any admissions policy it adopts end insert regarding admission of nonresident
undergraduate students begin delete to require that each campus of the
University of California admit to that campus only end delete begin insert shall include
guidance that ensures that the academic qualifications for admitted end insert
nonresident undergraduate students begin delete who exceed the end delete begin insert generally
exceeds, on average, the end insert academic qualifications of resident
undergraduate students admitted begin delete to that campus and, in that regard,
would stand in the upper one-half of the resident undergraduate
students admitted end delete at begin delete that specific end delete begin insert each end insert campus.

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

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:

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In order to ensure the University of California and the Academic
Senate review policies regarding the academic qualifications of
nonresident undergraduate students at the earliest possible time,
it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.

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