BILL NUMBER: AB 2656	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 6, 2010
	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 meets   regarding  minimum
academic standards and protocols, as defined by the 
university employer or its faculty senate   public or
private postsecondary educational institution  . 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
  are subject to those internal institutional policies
 . The bill would also require a state agency to require the
 researcher   administrator, facility member, or
staff member  to certify that the research complies with
 the   those minimum  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 meets   regarding
 minimum academic standards and protocols, as defined by the
 university employer or its faculty senate  
public or private postsecondary educational institution  .
   (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 and require the researcher to certify that the research
complies with the academic standards and protocols adopted by the
university or its faculty senate.   are subject to the
internal policies of the institution regarding minimum academic
standards and protocols.  
   (c) A state agency shall require any administrator, faculty
member, or staff member of a public or private postsecondary
educational institution to certify that the research conducted
pursuant to a contract with a state agency complies with the minimum
academic standards and protocols in accordance with subdivision (a).