BILL NUMBER: AB 684	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Block

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 66010.4 of the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 684, as introduced, Block. Postsecondary education.
   Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, specifies
that public higher education consists of the California Community
Colleges, the California State University, and the University of
California, and sets forth, among other things, the missions and
functions of California's public and independent segments of higher
education.
   This bill would make nonsubstantive, technical changes to those
provisions.
   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 66010.4 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   66010.4.  The missions and functions of California's public and
independent segments, and their respective institutions of higher
education  ,  shall be differentiated as follows:
   (a) (1) The California Community Colleges  shall 
, as a primary mission,  shall  offer academic and
vocational instruction at the lower division level for both younger
and older students, including those persons returning to school.
Public community colleges shall offer instruction through but not
beyond the second year of college. These institutions may grant the
associate in arts and the associate in science degree.
   (2) In addition to the primary mission of academic and vocational
instruction, the community colleges shall offer instruction and
courses to achieve all of the following:
   (A) The provision of remedial instruction for those in need of it
and, in conjunction with the school districts, instruction in English
as a second language, adult noncredit instruction, and support
services  which   that  help students
succeed at the postsecondary level are reaffirmed and supported as
essential and important functions of the community colleges.
   (B) The provision of adult noncredit education curricula in areas
defined as being in the state's interest is an essential and
important function of the community colleges.
   (C) The provision of community services courses and programs is an
authorized function of the community colleges  so long as
  if  their provision is compatible with an
institution's ability to meet its obligations in its primary
missions.
   (3) A primary mission of the California Community Colleges is to
advance California's economic growth and global competitiveness
through education, training, and services that contribute to
continuous work force improvement.
   (4) The community colleges may conduct to the extent that state
funding is provided, institutional research concerning student
learning and retention as is needed to facilitate their educational
missions.
   (b)    The primary mission of the California State
University is undergraduate and graduate instruction through the
masters degree.  The  California State University
  university  shall offer undergraduate and
graduate instruction through the  master's  
masters  degree in the liberal arts and sciences and
professional education, including teacher education. Presently
established two-year programs in agriculture are authorized, but
other two-year programs shall be permitted only when mutually agreed
upon by the Trustees of the California State University and the Board
of Governors of the California Community Colleges. The  u 
 niversity may award the  doctoral degree  may be
awarded  jointly with the University of California, as
provided in subdivision (c) and pursuant to Section 66904. The 
university may also award the  doctoral degree  may also
be awarded  jointly with one or more independent
institutions of higher education, provided that the proposed doctoral
program is approved by the California Postsecondary Education
Commission. Research, scholarship, and creative activity in support
of its undergraduate and graduate instructional mission is authorized
in the California State University and shall be supported by the
state.  The primary mission of the California State
University is undergraduate and graduate instruction through the
master's degree. 
   (c) The University of California may provide undergraduate and
graduate instruction in the liberal arts and sciences and in the
professions, including the teaching professions. It shall have
exclusive jurisdiction in public higher education over instruction in
the profession of law and over graduate instruction in the
professions of medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine. It has
the sole authority in public higher education to award the doctoral
degree in all fields of learning, except that it may agree with the
California State University to award joint doctoral degrees in
selected fields. The University of California shall be the primary
state-supported academic agency for research.
   (d) The independent institutions of higher education shall provide
undergraduate and graduate instruction and research in accordance
with their respective missions.