BILL NUMBER: AB 2402	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 28, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Block

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 89030.5 to the Education Code, relating to
the California State University.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2402, as amended, Block. California State University:
admissions: procedural requirements.
   Existing law establishes the California State University as one of
the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. The
university includes 25 specified campuses and is administered by a
board, known as the Trustees of the California State University.
Existing law requires the trustees to adopt rules and regulations for
the government of the university and requires those rules and
regulations to be published for distribution as soon as practicable
after adoption. Existing law prescribes notice and hearing procedures
for the adoption, amendment, and repeal of those regulations.
   This bill would require the trustees to ensure compliance with
specified requirements for the adoption of changes in the criteria
for admission to a campus of the university that affect the
eligibility of applicants residing within the local service area, as
defined, of the campus. The bill would require these procedures to
include specified notice, hearing, and approval requirements. The
bill would require a change in admissions criteria that affects the
eligibility of applicants residing within the local service area of
the affected campus to become effective only after a period of at
least one year has elapsed after approval of that change by the
trustees.
   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 89030.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   89030.5.  (a) In order to provide notice to the public and ensure
the transparency of decisions affecting admissions criteria for all
of the campuses of the California State University, the trustees
shall ensure that  any   a  change in the
criteria for admission to a campus of the university complies with
all of the following requirements:
   (1) Prior to adopting a change in the criteria for admission that
affects applicants residing within the local service area of a campus
of the university,  the president of  the campus
affected by the proposed change shall do all of the following:
   (A) Consult with stakeholders, including the governing boards of
school districts, governing boards of community college districts,
and community organizations, that are located within the local
service area of the affected campus. These consultations shall occur
in a public meeting.
   (B) Hold three public hearings in the local service area of the
affected campus. The hearings shall solicit public comments relative
to the proposed  changes   change  in
admissions criteria. 
   (C) Present the proposed change in admissions criteria at meetings
of the governing boards of all high school districts, unified school
districts, and community college districts within the local service
area of the affected campus. 
   (D) 
    (C)  Provide public notice of the proposed change in
admissions criteria. The notice shall be published on the Internet
Web site for the affected campus and in three newspapers of general
circulation in the local service area of the affected campus. The
notice shall include a description of the proposed change, the right
of the public to comment orally or in writing on the proposed change,
and the dates, times, and locations of the public meetings pursuant
to subparagraph (A) and the public hearings pursuant to subparagraph
(B). The notice shall be published at least  30 
 10  days before the first public meeting or public hearing.

   (E) 
    (D)  Publish on the Internet Web site of the affected
campus, all public comments received pursuant to this paragraph and
all responses by the university to those public comments. 
   (F) 
    (E)  Publish on the Internet Web site of the affected
campus, and distribute to community officials and local high schools,
the university's final decision on the proposed change.
   (2) After meeting all of the requirements specified in paragraph
(1), the president of the affected campus shall submit the proposed
change to the trustees for approval.
   (3)  Any   A  change in the criteria for
admission to a campus that affects applicants within the local
service area of the affected campus shall become effective only after
a period of at least one year has elapsed after that change is
approved by the trustees.
   (b) The requirements set forth in subdivision (a) shall apply to
all changes in the criteria for admission to a campus that affect the
eligibility of applicants residing within the local service area of
a campus to enroll at that campus, including changes to transfer
requirements  , elimination of majors,  and
determinations regarding impaction of majors.
   (c) As used in this section, "local service area" means the
 CSU   California State University  service
area for the campus as set forth in the California State University
Coded Memorandum AA-2005-05, dated February 23, 2005  , or as
subsequently amended  .