BILL ANALYSIS
ACR 184
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
ACR 184 (Block and Ruskin)
As Amended August 16, 2010
Majority vote
HIGHER EDUCATION 6-0
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|Ayes:|Block, Norby, Adams, |
| |Chesbro, Portantino, |
| |Ruskin |
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SUMMARY : Makes various findings and declarations regarding the
importance of an educated society and workforce, the design of the
Master Plan for Higher Education (Master Plan) as a living
document open for revision, the recent 50th anniversary review of
the Master Plan by the Joint Committee on the Master Plan for
Higher Education (Joint Committee), the need for California to
recommit to higher education and for the Legislature to address
the various areas of policy improvements identified by the Joint
Committee, and recommends that the Joint Committee be extended
into the 2011-12 Regular Session in order to continue its work.
EXISTING LAW declares legislative intent that the continuous
planning process for the Master Plan includes a legislative study
of California postsecondary education at 10-year intervals and
continuous planning by a state commission including a five-year
plan updated annually.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown. This resolution is keyed non-fiscal by
Legislative Counsel.
COMMENTS : Background: The Joint Committee, established pursuant
to ACR 65 (Ruskin), Resolution Chapter 106, Statutes of 2009, was
created to review the Master Plan and create a framework to ensure
that higher education continues to thrive. The Joint Committee
has held eight informational hearings conducting a needs-based
assessment of higher education in California.
Purpose of this resolution: According to the author, "the Master
Plan for Higher Education was, and is, a comprehensive policy
framework assuring that the people and State of California have
available to them a higher education system that meets their
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needs. The creation of the Master Plan in 1960 signaled an
unparalleled commitment to California Higher Education, in both
its size and scale. It engineered universal opportunity through
planned and coordinated growth. Fifty years later, the 2010 Joint
Committee on the Master Plan held eight hearings over the course
of 2010 to determine the needs of the state. This resolution
contains the results of the needs-based assessment conducted by
the Joint Committee on the Master Plan in 2010, also reflected in
the Committee Report entitled 'Appreciating our Past, Ensuring our
Future: A Public Agenda for Public Higher Education in
California.' ACR 184 recommends that the Joint Committee be
reauthorized to complete the work started in 2010."
Related legislation: AB 1901 (Ruskin), pending on the Governor's
desk, codifies several findings and declarations contained in the
report "Appreciating Our Past, Ensuring Our Future: A Public
Agenda for Public Higher Education in California" by the Joint
Committee on the Master Plan for Higher Education (Joint
Committee), and establishes legislative intent that the work of
the Master Plan for Higher Education (Master Plan) review
committees be used as a guide to higher education policy.
Analysis Prepared by : Laura Metune / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960 FN: 0006107