BILL NUMBER: AB 2668	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Galgiani

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2010

   An act to amend Section 99180 of the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2668, as introduced, Galgiani. Postsecondary education:
accountability.
   Existing law establishes a higher education accountability program
under which the California Postsecondary Education Commission, on or
before November 15 of each year, is required to submit to the
Legislature and the Governor a higher education report that provides
information to the citizens of the state on the significant
indicators of performance of the public colleges and universities.
   Existing law expresses the intent of the Legislature that
improvements in student knowledge, capacities, and skills between
entrance and graduation be achieved through the effective use of
student and institutional resources and that postsecondary education
institutions clearly express expectations of student performance.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these
expressions of legislative intent.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 99180 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   99180.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that demonstrable
improvements in student knowledge, capacities, and skills between
entrance and graduation be publicly announced and available, and that
these improvements be achieved efficiently through the  most
 effective use of student and institutional resources of time,
effort, and money.
   (b) It is further the intent of the Legislature that public and
private institutions of higher education  express 
 communicate  expectations of student performance in a
manner that is clear to students.
   (c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that existing
accountability requirements be strengthened through the elimination
of unnecessary and redundant reports submitted by the educational
institutions to various state agencies. The elimination of these
unnecessary reports will save money and allow the institutions to
focus their efforts on only the most important reporting
requirements.