BILL NUMBER: AB 2203	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Solorio

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add Section 66723 to the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2203, as introduced, Solorio. Public postsecondary education:
student transfer.
   Existing law establishes the 3 segments of public postsecondary
education in this state. These segments include the California State
University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California
State University, the University of California, which is administered
by the Regents of the University of California, and the California
Community Colleges, which are administered by the Board of Governors
of the California Community Colleges.
   Existing law expresses the intent of the Legislature that the
regents, the trustees, and the board of governors have as a
fundamental policy the maintenance of an effective student transfer
system. Existing law expresses the intent of the Legislature that the
3 segments pursue the development of transfer agreement programs
that specify the curricular requirements that must be met, and the
level of achievement that must be attained, by community college
students in order for those students to transfer to the campus,
undergraduate college, or major of choice in the public 4-year
segments.
   The bill would urge the University of California to revise the
policy contained in its Transferable Course Agreement update letter
that requires the main text for a proposed transfer course to be
dated within 7 years of the submission of the course for transfer
credit, instead of 5 years.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 66723 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   66723.  The University of California is urged to revise the policy
contained in its Transferable Course Agreement update letter that
requires the main text for a proposed transfer course to be dated
within seven years of the submission of the course for transfer
credit, instead of five years.