BILL NUMBER: SB 147	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 29, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 19, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 23, 2009

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

                        FEBRUARY 12, 2009

   An act to add Section 66205.8 to the Education Code, relating to
the California State University.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 147, as amended, DeSaulnier. 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 as one of the segments of public
postsecondary education in this state.
   A provision of the act requires the California State University to
establish model academic standards for high school courses,
including career technical courses, for pupils who wish to attend the
California State University. The act requires the California State
University to recognize the completion of all high school 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 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 to develop a career technical curriculum
framework based on prescribed criteria.
   This bill, notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or
before January 1, 2014, would require the trustees 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 school 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 university to recognize the completion of all high school
career technical education courses that meet model curriculum
standards establis   hed by the Superintendent   as
satisfying the completion of a general elective course requirement
for the purposes of admission to the university, if, by January 1,
2014, the university has not developed that procedure.  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) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if, by January 1,
2014, the California State University has not developed a procedure
for allowing a student to satisfy the completion of a general
elective course requirement for the purposes of admission to the
university that satisfies the requirements of subdivision (b), the
Trustees of the California State University shall recognize the
completion of all high school career technical education courses that
meet the model curriculum standards established pursuant to Section
51226 as satisfying the completion of a general elective course
requirement for the purposes of admission to the university. 

   (e) 
    (f)  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.