BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2302
Author: Fong (D), et al
Amended: 8/20/10 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 7-0, 6/30/10
AYES: Romero, Alquist, Emmerson, Hancock, Liu, Price,
Simitian
NO VOTE RECORDED: Huff, Wyland
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 8-2, 8/12/10
AYES: Kehoe, Alquist, Corbett, Leno, Price, Wolk, Wyland,
Yee
NOES: Ashburn, Walters
NO VOTE RECORDED: Emmerson
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 75-2, 6/1/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Postsecondary education: student transfer
SOURCE : The Campaign for College Opportunity
DIGEST : This bill makes changes to current law regarding
transfer admissions to support the transfer pathway
proposed by SB 1440 (Padilla), 2009-10 Session.
Senate Floor Amendments of 8/20/10 limit the cost impacts
of the bill's provisions and ensure that existing
California State University transfer law is retained until
the new transfer pathway is established.
CONTINUED
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ANALYSIS : Current law establishes various conditions,
responsibilities, and declarations around admission at the
University of California (UC) and the California State
University (CSU). Among these are declarations of the
Legislature's intent for admission priority (generally
prioritizing admission of transfer students) and that the
CSU and UC maintain a student body comprised of 60 percent
upper division and 40 percent lower division students.
Current law establishes a variety of requirements for the
UC in regard to articulation of major preparation courses,
transfer agreements, and transfer pathways.
Current law also establishes a variety of requirements
regarding lower division transfer curriculum requirements,
transfer admission procedures and transfer admission
agreements for the CSU in order to ensure a clear degree
path for transfer students.
Current law requires each department school and major of
the UC and CSU to establish discipline specific
articulation and transform program agreements for majors
with lower division prerequisites and establishes a number
of related reporting and other requirements.
This bill, contingent upon the enactment of AB 1440
(Padilla):
1.Requires the CSU, notwithstanding existing laws relating
to admission and categories of admission priority, for
any California community college student who meets all
the requirements for transfer established by SB 1440
(Padilla), to:
A. Guarantee admission with junior status.
B. Grant priority consideration for admission to the
CSU campus that serves the local service area in
which the student resides.
2.Requires the CSU and Office of the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges (CCC) to work together to
establish the most effective methods to inform students,
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college advisors, and the general public about the
associate degree for transfer and specific details that
help students navigate this transfer pathway.
3.Authorizes community college districts to use the methods
established by the CSU and the Office of the Chancellor
o9f the CCC to inform community college students of the
CSU majors that are considered to be similar to community
college majors or areas of emphasis required to obtain an
associate degree for transfer.
4.Requires the methods established by the CSU and the
Office of the Chancellor of the CCC to include, but not
be limited to, Internet notification.
5.Requires the final methods determined by the CSU and the
Office of the Chancellor of the CCC to be completed prior
to the beginning of the fall term of the 2011-12 academic
year and included as part of the report required
subdivision (a) of Section 66749 of the Education Code.
6.Operative August 1, 2011 and commencing with the fall
term of the 2011-12 academic year, for any community
college student who meets all the requirements for
transfer established by SB 1440 (Padilla):
A. Requests that the UC guarantee admission with
junior status.
B. Requests that the UC, notwithstanding existing
laws relating to admission and categories of
admission priority, grant priority admission to a
program or major similar to his or her community
college major or area of emphasis.
7.Requires a community college district, in developing an
associate degree for transfer, to consider all the local
articulation agreements and other work between the
respective faculties from the affected community college
and CSU campus to clarify pathways for students.
8.Requires the CCC Chancellor's Office, in a manner that is
consistent with the general common course numbering
system used by the community college districts, to
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establish a process to facilitate the acceptance of
credits at other community colleges toward the associate
degree for transfer established pursuant to SB 1440
(Padilla).
Comments
SB 1440 (Padilla) establishes a new transfer pathway
commencing with the fall term of the 2011-12 academic year.
AB 2302 was recently amended to make several changes to
current law to support the pathway proposed by SB 1440. AB
2302 clarifies that students who pursue the transfer
pathway established by SB 1440 will be granted admission
priority over all other students. It also request the UC
to participate in the new transfer pathway, repeals
existing law related to UC and CSU articulation of major
preparation courses, transfer agreements, and transfer
pathways, and ensures that students are notified of this
option for transfer. SB 1440, if enacted, should result in
a clear, more transparent, navigable, student-centered
transfer pathway. According to the author's office, the
elements of this bill are necessary to facilitate that
process.
Related Legislation
SB 1440 (Padilla), 2009-10 Session, requires a CCC district
to grant an associate degree that deems the student
eligible for transfer into the CSU subject to specified
requirements, requires the CSU to guarantee admission with
junior status to CCC students meeting those requirements,
and imposes specified restrictions on CSU course
requirements for these "transfer" students. (On Assembly
Third Reading)
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Fiscal Impact (in thousands)
Major Provisions 2010-11 2011-12
2012-13 Fund
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Enrollment cost Unknown cost exposure,
potentially General
pressure offset by system
efficiencies
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/17/10)
The Campaign for College Opportunity (source)
A Place Called Home
California Business for Education Excellence
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
California Communities United Institute
California State Employees Association
California State Student Association
California State University
California Teachers Association
Californians for Justice Education Fund
City of Bell Gardens
College OPTIONS
College Summit
Community Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention &
Treatment
Community College League of California
Evergreen Valley College
Families In Schools
Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Girls Incorporated of Orange County
Hispa?as Organized for Political Equality
Justice Matters Institute
K16 Bridge Program
Kern Community College District
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles Community College District
Los Angeles County Office of Education
Los Rios Community College District
Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund
Mt. San Jacinto Community College District
National Council of La Raza
North Bay Leadership Council
Organization of Farmworker Women Leaders in California
Parent Institute for Quality Education
Progressive Christians Uniting
Project GRAD Los Angeles
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San Francisco Chamber of Commerce
SoCal College Access Network
Stanislaus County Office of Education
SunGard Higher Education
The Institute for College Access & Success
The Women's Foundation
University of California Student Association
University of California
University of Southern California Center for Enrollment
Research, Policy, and Practice
Yosemite Community College District
Youth Policy Institute
OPPOSITION : (Verified 8/17/10)
Department of Finance
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the Los Angeles
County Office of Education, "The Public Policy Institute of
California has projected that the state will face a
shortage of one million baccalaureate degrees by 2025.
This gap must be closed in order to meet workforce demands
and ensure the future well-being of the state. The
successful progression of students from the California
Community Colleges to four-year institutions must play a
key role in meeting the demand for more educated workers.
"Currently, too few students that set out to transfer
successfully meet their goal. Studies estimate that only
23 percent of community college students will transfer
within six years of attendance. The transfer process is
often inefficient and confusing to students. We must
strengthen the transfer pathway so that students can more
smoothly and efficiently progress towards their education
goals."
ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION : The Department of Finance
opposes this bill because (1) it prematurely repeals
current law related to articulation and transfer agreements
between the CCCs, CSUs and UCs, (2) it could result in a
reimbursable state-mandate that could cost hundreds of
thousands, and potentially millions, of dollars to the
Prop. 98 General Fund, and (3) it will result in one-time
estimated costs to the UCs in excess of $2 million over a
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period of two years to implement system-wide changes and
intersegmental coordination.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Blakeslee, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon,
DeVore, Emmerson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong,
Fuentes, Fuller, Furutani, Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick,
Gilmore, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huber, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lieu, Logue,
Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Monning, Nava, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, Norby, V. Manuel Perez, Portantino,
Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,
Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines,
Yamada, John A. Perez
NOES: Anderson, Miller
NO VOTE RECORDED: Tom Berryhill, Audra Strickland, Vacancy
CPM:cm 8/20/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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