BILL NUMBER: AB 2309 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 2, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 29, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hill
( Coauthor: Assembly Member
Beall )
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
An act to add and repeal Article 7 (commencing with Section 79220)
of Chapter 9 of Part 48 of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education
Code, relating to community colleges.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2309, as amended, Hill. Community colleges: San Mateo
Innovation Center Pilot Program.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary
education in this state. Existing law establishes community college
districts, administered by a governing board, throughout the state,
and authorizes these districts to provide instruction to students at
the community college campuses maintained by the districts.
This bill would authorize the San Mateo County Community College
District to partner with the San Mateo Area Chamber of Commerce
on the Economic Development and Growth Enterprise to
establish initiative to evaluate a public
-private partnership model through the establishment of the San
Mateo Innovation Center Pilot Program , which would be designed
to accomplish specified objectives relating to business
development and job creation. The If they
agree to establish a pilot program, the bill would require the San
Mateo Area Chamber of Commerce to enter into a partnership agreement
with the San Mateo County Community College District ,
which would be required to do specified things for the
purpose of implementing the pilot program. Upon completion of the
pilot program, the bill would require a specified entity to prepare a
written summary that would be posted on the Economic Development and
Growth Enterprise's Internet Web site, as specified.
The bill would provide that the pilot program only
would be operative if the Legislature appropriates funds expressly
for purposes of this article bill , or
if sufficient private funding is received, whichever comes first. The
bill would repeal the pilot program on January 1, 2016.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the San Mateo County Community
College District.
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. Article 7 (commencing with Section 79220) is added to
Chapter 9 of Part 48 of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
to read:
Article 7. San Mateo Innovation Center Pilot Program
79220. (a) The San Mateo County Community
College District may partner with the San Mateo Area Chamber of
Commerce on the Economic Development and Growth Enterprise
to establish initiative to evaluate a public-
private partnership model through the
establishment of the San Mateo Innovation Center Pilot Program
, which shall be designed to accomplish all of the
following objectives:
(a)
(1) Promote business development and job creation by
helping early stage business ventures with new ideas to either find
early stage funding or to reach the point of operating stability.
(b)
(2) Leverage the underutilized infrastructure and
nascent entrepreneurship programs of the community college system to
sponsor programs that encourage and reward creativity, collaboration,
and innovation.
(c)
(3) Recruit and coordinate businesses and investors
from the local community to provide funding, sponsorships, and
internships.
(b) The San Mateo Area Chamber of Commerce shall enter into a
partnership agreement with the San Mateo County Community College
District for the purpose of implementing this article if they agree
to establish a pilot program. The agreement shall, at a minimum, do
all of the following:
(1) Identify the administration and management structure of the
pilot program.
(2) Define the scope of the pilot program.
(3) Set the beginning, end, and other strategic dates of the pilot
program for the purpose of evaluating the public-private partnership
model.
(4) Identify the process that will be used, and the key
stakeholders who will be engaged, in the development, testing, and
refining of the public-private partnership model.
(5) Identify entities to be responsible for preparing the written
summary required pursuant to subdivision (c).
(6) Identify financial and in-kind contributions each party makes
to the pilot program.
(c) Upon the completion of the pilot program, the entity
identified pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) shall do both
of the following:
(1) Prepare a written summary of findings and recommendations for,
and a description of, the public-private partnership model to be
posted on the Economic Development and Growth Enterprise's Internet
Web site.
(2) Within 30 days of the information being posted pursuant to
paragraph (1), provide letters to the Dean of the California
Community Colleges' Economic and Workforce Development Program, the
Director of the Governor's Office of Business and Economic
Development, and the relevant policy committees of the Legislature
notifying them of the posting.
79221. This article shall be operative only if the Legislature
appropriates funds expressly for purposes of this article, or if
sufficient private funding is received by the
Economic Development and Growth Enterprise , whichever comes
first.
79222. This article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2016, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2016, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 2. The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the need to create a temporary pilot program to promote
business development and job creation in a community college district
that offers a business friendly environment and special
entrepreneurial curricula.