BILL NUMBER: SB 440	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Committee on Education (Senators Liu (Chair), Block,
Hancock, Huff, Leyva, Mendoza, Pan, and Vidak)

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Section 66010 of the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 440, as introduced, Committee on Education. Postsecondary
education: institutions.
   Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the
missions and functions of the segments of the public postsecondary
education system in the state, including the University of
California, administered by the Regents of the University of
California, the California State University, administered by the
Trustees of the California State University, and the California
Community Colleges, administered by the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges. The act specifies that it is not
intended to regulate, subsidize, or intrude upon private education.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.
   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.  Section 66010 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   66010.  (a) Public higher education consists of (1) the California
Community Colleges, (2) the California State University, and each
campus, branch, and function thereof, and (3) each campus, branch,
and function of the University of California.
   (b) As used in this part, "independent institutions of higher
education" are  those  nonpublic higher education
institutions that grant undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees, or
both, and that are formed as nonprofit corporations in this state and
are accredited by an agency recognized by the United States
Department of Education.
   (c)  No provision of this   This  
 part is  not intended to regulate, subsidize, or
intrude upon private education, including, but not limited to,
independent educational institutions and religious schools,
nor   or  to vary existing state law or state
constitutional provisions relating to private education.