BILL NUMBER: AB 2137	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 15, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Santiago

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2016

   An act  to add Article 1.3 (commencing with Section 92603) to
Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
  relating to postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2137, as amended, Santiago. Postsecondary education: 
University of California:  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.   request
the regents to submit annual reports, on or before March 1 in each
year from 2017 to 2020, inclusive, on the implementation of the
recommendations of the Transfer Action Team convened by the President
of the University of California. The bill would also request the
regents to submit annual reports, on or before March 1 in each year
from 2017 to 2022, inclusive, on specified topics relating to the use
of transfer pathways by University of California students. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Article 1.3 (commencing with Section
92603) is added to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of
the   Education Code   , to read:  

      Article 1.3.  Transfer Pathways


   92603.  The regents are hereby requested to submit both of the
following in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code:
   (a) An annual report to the Legislature, submitted on or before
March 1 in each year from 2017 to 2020, inclusive, on the
implementation of the recommendations of the Transfer Action Team
convened by the President of the University of California in December
2013.
   (b) An annual report to the Legislature, submitted on or before
March in each year from 2017 to 2022, inclusive, on all of the
following:
   (1) The number and major field of study of transfer pathways
available to students.
   (2) The percentage of students who used the transfer pathway
framework and who were granted admission to the University of
California, broken down by campus.
   (3) The percentage of students who used the transfer pathway
framework and who graduated from the University of California within
two or three academic years, broken down by campus.  
  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.