BILL NUMBER: SB 1914 CHAPTERED 09/12/94 BILL TEXT CHAPTER 552 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 12, 1994 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 11, 1994 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 26, 1994 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 24, 1994 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 8, 1994 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 29, 1994 AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 31, 1994 AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 10, 1994 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 27, 1994 AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 12, 1994 INTRODUCED BY Senators Killea, Dills, and Hughes FEBRUARY 25, 1994 An act to add and repeal Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 66750) of Part 40 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1914, Killea. Postsecondary education: cross-enrollment. Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the Regents of the University of California, and the Trustees of the California State University to develop, maintain, and disseminate a common core curriculum in general education courses for the purposes of transfer. Under existing law, any person who has successfully completed the transfer core curriculum shall be deemed to have completed all lower division general education requirements for the University of California and the California State University. This bill would permit any student who meets specified criteria and who is enrolled in any campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California to enroll without formal admission or payment of additional fees, except an administration fee of not more than $10, in a maximum of one course per academic term at a campus of either of the other systems on a space available basis at the discretion of the appropriate campus authorities on both campuses, as specified. These provisions would become operative commencing with the fall 1995 term and would be repealed on January 1, 2000. The bill would require the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to evaluate the impact of the program established by this bill and to report to the California Postsecondary Education Commission on or before June 30, 1998, on specified matters to determine whether the program should be established permanently. The bill would require the California Postsecondary Education Commission to prepare a report based on the information from the segments and present the report, with recommendations, to the Governor and the Legislature on or before December 1, 1998. Under existing law, these provisions would not apply to the University of California except to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make them applicable. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Public postsecondary educational institutions would become more learner-centered than institution-centered by providing an opportunity for students of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to cross-enroll without formal admission or payment of additional fees in a maximum of one course per academic term at a campus of either of the other systems. This policy would enable campuses of those institutions to become more accessible, become more responsive to student needs, to make cross-enrollment procedures simpler and less time consuming, and to begin to develop a new model of a college or university for the 21st century. (b) Facilitating cross-enrollment of students responds to subdivision (c) of Section 66738 of the Education Code, which states, in part, that the "governing board of each segment shall expand existing practices related to concurrent enrollment, in which community college students are provided the opportunity to take courses at University of California and California State University campuses, as space is available; and to expand opportunities for potential transfer students to participate in activities that familiarize them with the university campus." (c) California is struggling to provide adequate educational opportunities for California residents while reeling from the impact of diminished budgets and calls for reduced costs. Expediting greater cross-enrollment of students of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California would respond to legislative and postsecondary institutional interest in sharing resources, increasing ease of access, and encouraging intersegmental cooperation. (d) Using technological advances will free students who wish to cross-enroll from the following steps: (1) Completion of an admission application. (2) Payment of an admission application fee. (3) Submission of transcripts from the home institution to the host campus. (e) The Legislature remains interested in the segments of public postsecondary education developing, in consultation with independent institutions, intrasegmental, intersegmental, and regional specialization agreements for specified areas of education. Public segments are encouraged to develop new programs and to project and identify societal and educational needs as well as innovative educational programs. This act to facilitate cross-enrollment represents but one program designed to respond to these goals. (f) Enactment of this act is a major step toward achieving a seamless transition of students between the higher education systems. "Step-to-college" programs already exist to encourage high school students to enroll concurrently in courses offered at local colleges and universities. This proposal would afford a similar opportunity to community college students. (g) Increased access to the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California by an uncomplicated cross-enrollment option responds directly to Master Plan Review recommendations to "develop new programs of outreach, recruitment, and cooperation" between the segments. (h) California Community College students who enroll concurrently would be lower division students, most likely wishing to sample university courses. The experience would provide an opportunity to bolster the confidence of California Community College students by their successful performance in university level courses, thereby encouraging them to continue their education beyond the associate degree level. Accordingly, cross-enrollment has the potential to increase transfers from the California Community Colleges to the California State University and the University of California, including the transfer of students from underrepresented groups. (i) Enactment of this act will also provide California State University and University of California students with the opportunity to take lower division courses at the California Community Colleges without additional cost. Students may find it necessary to look to the California Community Colleges for courses not offered by the California State University and the University of California campuses or not available during a given term. (j) Since only qualified students would be permitted to enroll at a campus of the other system on a space available basis and since students would no longer require admission and legislatively mandated matriculation services, additional workload from cross-enrollment at campuses of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California should be minimized. SEC. 2. Chapter 9.5 (commencing with Section 66750) is added to Part 40 of the Education Code, to read: CHAPTER 9.5. CROSS-ENROLLMENT 66750. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) "Home campus" means the campus at which the student is matriculated. (b) "Host campus" means the campus to which the student seeks access. 66751. Any student enrolled in any campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California who meets the requirements of Section 66752 may enroll without formal admission and, except as provided in Section 66753, payment of additional fees, in a maximum of one course per academic term at a campus of either of the other systems on a space available basis at the discretion of the appropriate campus authorities on both campuses. A student enrolled in a course pursuant to this chapter shall be provided access to necessary instructional support services at the host campus in the same manner as students regularly enrolled in the course. 66752. A student is qualified to participate in the program established by this chapter if he or she is enrolled in any campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California and meets the following requirements: (a) The student has completed at least one term at the home campus as a matriculated student and is taking at least six units at the home campus during the current term. (b) The student has attained a grade point average of 2.0 (grade of C) for work completed. (c) The student has paid appropriate tuition or fees, or both, required by the home campus for the academic term in which the student seeks to cross-enroll. (d) The student has the appropriate academic preparation, as determined by the host campus, consistent with the standard applied to currently enrolled students, to enroll in the course in which the student seeks to enroll. 66752.5. Courses that are not state-supported, including extension and summer session courses, are not subject to this chapter. 66753. (a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the Chancellor of the California State University, and the President of the University of California shall establish procedures so that a student meeting the requirements of Section 66752 may be certified by the home campus as to eligibility, residence, fee, financial aid, and health status. The host campus may require the applicant to submit additional information as needed. The host campus may charge participating students an administration fee, not to exceed ten dollars ($10) per academic term. (b) A student enrolled pursuant to this chapter shall be exempt from participation in the matriculation services described in Article 1 (commencing with Section 78210) of Chapter 2 of Part 48. 66753.5. The enrollment of a student at a host campus pursuant to this chapter shall not be counted in the calculation of headcount or full-time equivalent student enrollment at either the home campus or the host campus. 66754. This chapter shall become operative commencing with the fall 1995 term. 66755. (a) The California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California shall evaluate the impact of the program established by this chapter and shall report to the California Postsecondary Education Commission on or before June 30, 1998, on student use, revenue implications, and other issues that may be identified to judge satisfactorily the program's efficiency and determine whether it should be established permanently. (b) The California Postsecondary Education Commission shall prepare a report based on the information from the segments and, notwithstanding Section 7550.5 of the Government Code, shall present the report, with recommendations, to the Governor and the Legislature on or before December 1, 1998. 66756. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2000, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which is enacted before January 1, 2000, deletes or extends that date.