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                                UNFINISHED BUSINESS 


          Bill No:  SB 103
          Author:   Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review 
          Amended:  8/25/15  
          Vote:     21  

           SENATE FLOOR:  Not relevant

          ASSEMBLY FLOOR:  Not available 

           SUBJECT:   Education finance


          SOURCE:    Author

          DIGEST:   This bill provides statutory changes and clean-up  
          necessary to enact education-related provisions of the Budget  
          Act of 2015.

          Assembly Amendments delete the prior version of the bill and  
          insert current language.

          ANALYSIS:    This bill provides statutory changes related to  
          child care, K-12 education, and higher education to enact  
          education-related provisions of the Budget Act of 2015.   
          Specifically, this bill:

          Child Care and Development, Early Childhood Education 

          1)Eliminates the January 1, 2018 sunset of the San Mateo County  
            child care subsidy plan and related reporting requirements. 

          K-12 Education

          2)Specifies that $490 million in one-time Educator Effectiveness  
            funds be appropriated in an equal amount per full-time  








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            equivalent certificated staff and using data counts from the  
            California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System.

          Higher Education 

          3)Require the California Student Aid Commission, beginning in  
            the 2016-17 academic year, to annually adjust the income  
            eligibility levels for the Middle Class Scholarship by the  
            percentage change in the cost-of-living, and accordingly  
            adjust the minimum award amount as specified in existing law.

          4)Requires the Director of the Office of Planning and Research  
            (OPR) to conduct an eligibility study to evaluate the  
            admissions policies used by the University of California (UC)  
            and California State University (CSU). The Director must  
            convene a workgroup that includes representatives from UC,  
            CSU, the Department of Education, Department of Finance, and  
            the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) to consider the overall  
            approach of the study. OPR must submit a report by December 1,  
            2016, on various factors, including the number of students  
            eligible for admissions by race, gender, ethnicity, region and  
            income; a description of whether the UC and CSU are admitting  
            students as described in the Master Plan for Higher Education,  
            and any adjustments UC and CSU have made, or plan to make, to  
            their admissions policies. 

          5)Requires the CSU to conduct a statewide evaluation of the CSU  
            Doctor of Nursing Practice Program and report to the  
            Legislature by March 1, 2016, and requires the LAO to submit a  
            report with recommendations to the Legislature by January 1,  
            2017, for the degree pilot program, including whether the  
            program should be continued or modified.  

          6)Extends the deadline for the LAO to report on CSU's Early  
            Start Program from July 1, 2016, to January 1, 2018, to allow  
            for more time to collect data.

          FISCAL EFFECT:   Appropriation:    Yes         Fiscal  
          Com.:YesLocal:   No


          SUPPORT:   (Verified9/10/15)








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          None received


          OPPOSITION:   (Verified9/10/15)


          None received


          Prepared by: Elisa Wynne, Anita Lee, and Samantha Lui / B. &  
            F.R. / (916) 651-4103
          9/11/15 17:30:53


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