BILL NUMBER: AB 2656	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 22, 2010
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 8, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member De Leon

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to add Section 66014.7 to the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2656, as amended, De Leon. Postsecondary education: contracts
for academic research.
   Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the
missions of the public and private segments of higher education in
this state. Existing law, the State Contract Act, contains provisions
that generally regulate the process through which state agencies
enter into contracts for goods and services.
   This bill would require that any research conducted by an
administrator, faculty member, or staff member of a public or private
postsecondary educational institution in this state be subject to
internal institutional policies to ensure that the research 
has been peer reviewed and  meets minimum  academic
 standards and protocols  , as defined by the university
employer or its faculty senate  . The bill would prohibit a
state agency from entering into a contract for academic research
without  first  verifying that the contracting institution
 ,  and the administrator, faculty member, or staff member
conducting the research  ,  complies with the internal 
institutional  policies  to ensure that adequate
academic standards and protocols have been met   . The
bill would also require a   state agency to require the
researcher to certify that the research complies with the academic
standards and protocols adopted by the university or its faculty
senate  .
   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 66014.7 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   66014.7.  (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any research
conducted pursuant to a contract with the State of California by any
administrator, faculty member, or staff member of a public or private
postsecondary educational institution in this state shall be subject
to internal institutional policies to ensure that the research
 has been peer reviewed and  meets minimum academic
standards and protocols,  in accordance with Section 10109.3
of the Public Contract Code, prior to being released to the
contracting agency.   as defined by   the
university employer or its faculty senate. 
   (b) A state agency shall not enter into a contract with a public
or private postsecondary educational institution for academic
research without first verifying that the contracting institution,
and the administrator, faculty member, or staff member conducting the
research, have complied with internal policies of the institution
 to ensure that adequate academic standards and protocols
have been met in accordance with subdivision (a).   and
require the researcher to certify that the research complies with the
academic standards and protocols adopted by the university or its
faculty senate.