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California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2137

Introduced by Assembly Member Santiago

February 17, 2016

An act to add and repeal Section 66721.9 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2137, as amended, Santiago. Postsecondary education: University of California: student transfers.

Existing law establishes the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requests the University of California to continue its examination of articulation of lower division major prerequisites in high-demand transfer majors with a goal of working in collaboration with the California Community Colleges to design community college transfer degrees that provide students adequate preparation for entry into a major. Existing law also requests the University of California to consider and implement other specified actions to increase transfer between the university and the California Community Colleges.

This bill would request the regents to submit annual reports, on or before March 1 in each year from 2017 to begin delete 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 end delete 2022, inclusive, on specified topics relating to community college student transfers to the University of California.

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 66721.9 is added to the Education Code,
to read:

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66721.9.  

(a) The regents are hereby requested to submit both
of the following in accordance with Section 9795 of the
Government Code:

(1) 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.

(2) An

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begin insert 66721.9. end insert   

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begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert The Regents of the University of California are
hereby requested to submit an end insert annual report to the begin delete Legislature,
submitted end delete begin insert Legislature, in accordance with Section 9795 of the
Government Code, end insert on or before March 1 in each year from 2017
to 2022, inclusive, on all of the following:

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(A) (i) 

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begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert (A) end insert begin insert   end insert The number of students begin delete with end delete begin insert who reported to the
University of California on their admissions application that they
received end insert an associate degree for transfer begin insert and end insert who were granted
admission to the University of California, along with the average
community college grade point average of these students, broken
down by University of California campus.

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(ii) The number of students with

end delete

begin insert (B) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert The admissions rate and yield rate for students who
reported to the University of California on their admissions
application that they received end insert an associate degree for begin delete transfer who
were denied admission to the University of California, along with
the average community college grade point average of these
students, end delete begin insert transfer, end insert broken down by University of California
campus.

begin delete

(iii) 

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begin insert (C) end insert begin insert   end insert The number of students begin delete described in clause (i) who enrolled
at a University of California campus, and the number who
graduated from the University of California within two or three
academic years for the cohort graduating in the year of the report, end delete
begin insert who reported to the University of California on their admissions
application that they received an associate degree for transfer and
who enrolled at the University of California, along with the
average community college grade point average of these students, end insert
broken down by University of California campus.

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(B) (i) The number of students who used the transfer pathway
framework and who were granted admission to the University of
California, along with the average community college grade point
average of these students, broken down by University of California
campus.

(ii) The number of students who used the transfer pathway
framework and who were denied admission to the University of
California, along with the average community college grade point
average of these students, broken down by University of California
campus.

(iii) The number of students described in clause (i) who enrolled
at a University of California campus, and the number who
graduated from the University of California within two or three
academic years for the cohort graduating in the year of the report,
broken down by University of California campus.

end delete begin insert

(D) The number of students who reported to the University of
California on their admissions application that they received an
associate degree for transfer and who graduated from the
University of California within two or three academic years for
the cohort graduating in the year of the report, broken down by
University of California campus.

end insert begin delete

(C) (i) 

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begin insert (2) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert (A) end insert begin insert   end insert The number of students who used the transfer admission
guarantee and who were granted admission to the University of
California, along with the average community college grade point
average of these students, broken down by University of California
campus.

begin delete

(ii) The number of

end delete

begin insert (B) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert The admissions rate and yield rate for end insert students who used
the transfer admission begin delete guarantee and who were denied admission
to the University of California, along with the average community
college grade point average of these students, end delete begin insert guarantee, end insert broken
down by University of California campus.

begin delete

(iii) 

end delete

begin insert (C) end insert begin insert   end insert The number of students begin delete described in clause (i) who enrolled
at a University of California campus, and the number who
graduated from the University of California within two or three
academic years for the cohort graduating in the year of the report, end delete
begin insert who used the transfer admission guarantee and who enrolled at
the University of California, along with the average community
college grade point average of these students, end insert broken down by
University of California campus.

begin insert

(D) The number of students who used the transfer admission
guarantee and who graduated from the University of California
within two or three academic years for the cohort graduating in
the year of the report, broken down by University of California
campus.

end insert begin insert

(b) Beginning on or before March 1, 2019, the annual report
to the Legislature pursuant to subdivision (a) is requested to
include all of the following:

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(1) The number of students who used a UC Transfer Pathway
and who were granted admission to the University of California,
along with the average community college grade point average of
these students, broken down by University of California campus.

end insert begin insert

(2) The admissions rate and yield rate for students who used a
UC Transfer Pathway, broken down by University of California
campus.

end insert begin insert

(3) The number of students who used a UC Transfer Pathway
who enrolled at the University of California, along with the
average community college grade point average of these students,
broken down by University of California campus.

end insert begin insert

(4) The number of students who used a UC Transfer Pathway
and who graduated from the University of California within two
or three academic years for the cohort graduating in the year of
the report, broken down by University of California campus.

end insert begin insert

(c) To the extent that the University of California has this
information, each category reported pursuant to this section is
requested to be broken down by student ethnicity.

end insert begin delete

(b)

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begin insert (d) end insert  Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section is repealed on January 1, 2024.