BILL NUMBER: SB 147	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 19, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 23, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator DeSaulnier
   (  Coauthor:   Senator  
Alquist   Coauthors:   Senators  
Alquist,   Wiggins,   and Wyland  )
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
Bill Berryhill,   Gilmore,   Hall,  
Huffman,   and Price   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2009

   An act to add Section  66205.3   66205.8
 to the Education Code, relating to  public
postsecondary education   the Ca   lifornia
State University .


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 147, as amended, DeSaulnier.  University of California
and  California State University: career technical education
courses.
   The Donahoe Higher Education Act sets forth, among other things,
the missions and functions of California's public and independent
segments of higher education and their respective institutions of
higher education. Existing law establishes the California State
University, under the administration of the Trustees of the
California State University  , and the University of
California, under the administration of the Regents of the University
of California, as 2   as one  of the segments of
public postsecondary education in this state.  The act
provides that its provisions apply to the University of California
only to the extent that the regents act, by resolution, to make these
provisions applicable. 
   A provision of the act requires the California State University
 and the University of California  to establish
model academic standards for high school courses  , including
career technical courses,  for pupils who wish to attend
 those institutions   the California State
University. The act requires the California State University to
recognize the completion of all high sc   hool career
technical education courses that meet model curriculum standards
established by the Superintendent of Public Instruction as satisfying
the completion of a general elective course requirement for the
purposes of admission to that university,   if, by July 1,
2008, the university has not adopted model uniform academic standards
for career technical education courses that will satisfy the
completion of a general elective course requirement for the purposes
of admission to the university  .
   Existing law requires the Superintendent  of Public
Instruction  to coordinate the development, on a cyclical
basis, of model curriculum standards for a high school career
technical course of study. Existing law also requires the 
superintendent   Superintendent  to develop a
career technical curriculum framework based on prescribed criteria.
   This bill, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
beginning   on or before  January 1, 2014, would
require the trustees  , and strongly urge the regents, to
determine which high school career technical education courses
satisfy the completion of a general elective course requirement for
purposes of admission to that university   to develop
and implement a procedure for allowing a student to satisfy the
completion of a general elective course requirement for the purposes
of admission to the university by completing a high scho  
ol career technical education course that meets either (1) specified
criteria that the bill would require the trustees to establish, or
(2) model academic standards for high school courses adopted by the
California State University pursuant to existing law. The bill would
require the trustees to adopt related requirements based on the
recommendations and judgment of the Academic Senate of the California
State University  .
   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 66205.8 is added to the 
 Education Code  , to read:  
   66205.8.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or
before January 1, 2014, the Trustees of the California State
University shall develop and implement a procedure for allowing a
student to satisfy a general elective course requirement for purposes
of admission to the California State University by completing a high
school career technical education course that meets either of the
following:
   (1) Criteria adopted pursuant to subdivision (b).
   (2) Model uniform academic standards for career technical
education courses adopted pursuant to Section 66205.5.
   (b) (1) The Trustees of the California State University, in
consultation with the State Department of Education and in accordance
with paragraph (2), shall adopt criteria for the purpose of
recognizing career technical education courses adopted pursuant to
subdivision (i) of Section 51220 that satisfy the completion of
general elective course requirements for admission to the university.

   (2) (A) The criteria shall be based on the model curriculum
standards established pursuant to Section 51226 and any additional
criteria that faculty members of the California State University
identify as necessary to prepare students for success in coursework
unique to a specific major or educational program.
   (B) The criteria shall be developed by faculty members of the
California State University and shall be subject to approval by the
Academic Senate of the California State University. Upon approval,
the academic senate shall recommend the criteria to the trustees.
   (C) In adopting the criteria, the trustees shall rely primarily on
the recommendations and judgment of the academic senate.
   (c) The trustees shall adopt regulations, based on recommendations
of the academic senate, that identify the majors and educational
programs for which completion of a career technical education course
that meets the criteria adopted pursuant to subdivision (b) satisfies
a general elective course requirement.
   (d) The academic senate shall ensure that the criteria adopted
pursuant to subdivision (b) are implemented consistently among all
campuses of the university.
   (e) The costs of activities necessary to implement this section
shall be covered, to the extent permitted by federal law, by funds
available pursuant to the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical
Education Improvement Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 2301 et seq.), or
by other nonstate funds available for the purposes of this section.
 
  SECTION 1.    Section 66205.3 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
   66205.3.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning
January 1, 2014, the Trustees of the California State University
shall, and the Regents of the University of California are strongly
urged to, determine which high school career technical education
courses satisfy the completion of a general elective course
requirement for purposes of admission to that university.