BILL ANALYSIS �
AB 670
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 670 (Block)
As Amended April 28, 2011
Majority vote
HIGHER EDUCATION 9-0 APPROPRIATIONS 17-0
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|Ayes:|Block, Donnelly, |Ayes:|Fuentes, Harkey, |
| |Achadjian, Brownley, | |Blumenfield, Bradford, |
| |Fong, Galgiani, Lara, | |Charles Calderon, Campos, |
| |Miller, Portantino | |Davis, Donnelly, Gatto, |
| | | |Hall, Hill, Lara, |
| | | |Mitchell, Nielsen, Norby, |
| | | |Solorio, Wagner |
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SUMMARY : Requires the California State University (CSU) to
ensure that its campuses implement uniform appeal procedures for
applicants who are denied admission to a campus that includes
the following:
1)Appeal procedures that clearly set forth the following:
a) The basis for appeal,
b) A timeframe of 15 business days from the date of denial
of admissions notification with which to appeal,
c) A limit of one appeal per academic term,
d) The contact information for the campus office to which
an appeal is submitted, and,
e) A time estimate for when the campus expects to issue a
response to an appeal request.
2)Inclusion of appeal procedures, as defined above, in a denial
of admission notification to a student.
3)Posting of information on its Internet Web site detailing the
appeal procedures, as defined above.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
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Committee, each CSU campus will, on average, incur ongoing costs
of around $30,000 for one-half position to administer the
appeals process, thus statewide costs would be $690,000.
Campuses will also incur one-time programming costs to modify
their student database systems to record the "reason for the
denial," to be communicated in each denial letter. Each campus
will also need to create and to publish its admission appeal
procedure. Assuming $5,000 per campus plus $10,000 for
Chancellor's Office coordination to ensure uniformity, one-time
costs would total $125,000. (About 60% of CSU's budget is
General Fund, with most of the remainder from student tuition
revenues.)
COMMENTS : The California State University Enrollment
Management Policy and Practices, published by Office of the
Chancellor in 2002, includes a provision requiring each campus
to maintain a process by which students can receive information
about the status of their application for admission, reasons for
denial of admission, and a process to appeal admissions
decisions. The specifics of the appeals process, including
timeframe for appeal, criteria, and method of communication, is
left to the discretion of each campus.
Appeal procedures were readily available on the Internet Web
sites of seven of the 23 CSU campuses: Dominguez Hills, Pomona,
Sacramento, East Bay, Fullerton, San Marcos, and Mission Bay.
However, information about the appeal process varied
significantly; several campuses mention the appeal process but
provide very little information to guide a student pursuing an
appeal, such as criteria or timeframes or where to submit the
appeal. When timeframes were listed, they ranged from two weeks
to 90 days for students to appeal.
Analysis Prepared by : Sandra Fried / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960
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