BILL NUMBER: AB 2069 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Medina
FEBRUARY 17, 2016
An act to amend Section 78214 of the Education Code, relating to
community colleges.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2069, as introduced, Medina. Seymour-Campbell Student Success
Act of 2012.
Existing law, the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012,
provides that the purpose of the act is to increase California
community college student access and success by providing effective
core matriculation services of orientation, assessment and placement,
counseling, and other education planning services, and academic
interventions. The act specifies the responsibilities of students and
institutions in entering into the matriculation process. The act
requires participating community college districts to, with the
advice of the chancellor, establish and maintain institutional
research to evaluate the effectiveness of the program and other
programs designed to facilitate students' completion of educational
goals and courses of study.
This bill would require the metrics for that research to include
the percentage of part-time faculty that are required to hold office
hours per full-time equivalent students.
To the extent that the bill would impose new duties on community
college districts, it would constitute a state-mandated local
program.
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 78214 of the Education Code is amended to read:
78214. (a) All participating districts shall, with the assistance
of the chancellor, establish and maintain institutional research to
evaluate the effectiveness of the Student Success and Support Program
described by this article and of any other programs or services
designed to facilitate students' completion of their educational
goals and courses of study.
(b) The metrics for this research shall include, but not be
limited to:
(1) Prior educational experience, including transcripts when
appropriate, as determined by the chancellor.
(2) Educational goals and courses of study.
(3) Criteria for exemption from orientation, assessment, or
required counseling or advisement, if applicable.
(4) Need for financial assistance.
(5) Disaggregated data by ethnicity, gender, disability, age, and
socioeconomic status, to the extent this information is available.
(6) Academic performance, such as the completion of specified unit
thresholds, success in basic skills courses, grade point average,
course completion outcomes, transfer readiness, and degree and
certificate completion.
(7) The percentage of part-time faculty per full-time equivalent
students that are required to hold office hours.
(7)
( 8) Any additional information that the
chancellor finds appropriate.
(c) The evaluation provided for by this section shall include an
assessment of the effectiveness of the programs and services in
attaining at least the following objectives:
(1) Helping students to define their academic and career goals and
declare a course of study.
(2) Assisting institutions in the assessment of students'
educational needs and valid course placement.
(3) Helping support students' successful course completion and
goal attainment.
(4) Matching institutional resources with students' educational
needs.
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.