BILL NUMBER: AB 2137	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Santiago

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act relating to postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2137, as introduced, Santiago. Postsecondary education: student
transfer process.
   Existing law establishes the University of California, under the
administration of the Regents of the University of California, the
California State University, under the administration of the Trustees
of the California State University, and the California Community
Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public
postsecondary education in this state. Existing law provides that the
Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the
California State University, and the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges shall have as a fundamental policy the
maintenance of a healthy and expanded student transfer system.
   This bill would express the Legislature's intent to enact
legislation that would improve the transfer process between the 3
segments of public postsecondary education.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would improve the transfer process between the three
segments of public postsecondary education.