BILL NUMBER: AB 1237	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nestande

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act relating to postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1237, as introduced, Nestande. Postsecondary education:
funding.
   Existing law, 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
University of California, under the administration of the Regents of
the University of California, and the California State University,
under the administration of the Trustees of the California State
University, as 2 of the public segments of postsecondary education.
Provisions of the Donahoe Higher Education Act apply to the
University of California only to the extent that the regents act, by
resolution, to make these provisions applicable. Provisions of the
act express legislative intent with respect to the determination of
standards and criteria for admission to the University of California
and the California State University.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to prohibit the use of state funds for remedial
coursework at the University of California and California State
University.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to prohibit the use of state funds for remedial
coursework at the University of California and California State
University.