BILL NUMBER: AB 2137	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  226
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 29, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 29, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 11, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JUNE 1, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 27, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 28, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 15, 2016

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, 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 2022, inclusive, on
specified topics relating to community college student transfers to
the University of California.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 66721.9 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   66721.9.  (a) The Regents of the University of California are
hereby requested to submit an annual report to the Legislature, in
accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, on or before
March 1 in each year from 2017 to 2022, inclusive, on all of the
following:
   (1) (A) 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 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.
   (B)  The admissions rate and yield rate for students who reported
to the University of California on their admissions application that
they received an associate degree for transfer, broken down by
University of California campus.
   (C) 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 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.
   (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.
   (2) (A) 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.
   (B)  The admissions rate and yield rate for students who used the
transfer admission guarantee, broken down by University of California
campus.
   (C) The number of students 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, broken down by University of California campus.
   (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.
   (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:
   (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.
   (2) The admissions rate and yield rate for students who used a UC
Transfer Pathway, broken down by University of California campus.
   (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.
   (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.
   (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.
   (d) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section is repealed on January 1, 2024.