BILL NUMBER: AB 2427 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 2, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Butler
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
An act to amend Section 89708 of add
Section 89012 to the Education Code, relating to the California
State University.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2427, as amended, Butler. California State University: special
session fees.
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. Existing law requires certain fees to be required of,
and collected from, students enrolled in each special session,
pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the Board of Trustees
of the California State University.
This bill would prohibit special session fees at all campuses of
the California State University for courses offered to matriculated
students for credit towards an undergraduate or graduate degree, such
as a bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree, from exceeding fees
charged per credit unit for any other academic term.
This bill would require the California State University,
commencing on July 1, 2014, and each July 1 thereafter, to provide a
report including specified information to the Legislature on the
California State University Extended and Continuing Education
Program.
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 89012 is added to the
Education Code , to read:
89012. Commencing on July 1, 2014, and each July 1 thereafter,
the California State University shall provide a report to the
Legislature on the California State University Extended and
Continuing Education Program, which shall include, but not be limited
to, both of the following:
(a) All of the following information for students who are enrolled
in the Extended and Continuing Education Program on a systemwide and
campus-by-campus basis:
(1) The number of students enrolled in the Extended and Continuing
Education Program.
(2) The number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in the
Extended and Continuing Education Program.
(3) The number of resident students who are concurrently enrolled
in state-funded courses at the California State University and the
Extended and Continuing Education Program, and both of the following:
(A) The number of extension units taken by the students described
in this paragraph.
(B) The number of extension courses and units taken by the
students described in this paragraph that were required for the
student's degree.
(4) The number of students enrolled in the Extended and Continuing
Education Program who are not concurrently enrolled in state-funded
courses at the California State University.
(5) The number of working professional students who are seeking a
degree and the number of working professional students who are not
seeking a degree.
(6) The number of resident students enrolled in the Extended and
Continuing Education Program who receive federal student loans and
state and federal need-based financial aid.
(7) The demographic makeup of students enrolled in the Extended
and Continuing Education Program, including, but not limited to, all
of the following:
(A) Race or ethnicity.
(B) Gender.
(C) Income.
(D) Utilization of federal student loans or publicly funded
financial aid programs.
(E) Receipt of resident tuition pursuant to Section 68130.5.
(b) All of the following information on the courses offered
through the Extended and Continuing Education Program on a systemwide
and campus-by-campus basis:
(1) The number of undergraduate and graduate courses offered
through the Extended and Continuing Education Program.
(2) The fees charged for each course offered through the Extended
and Continuing Education Program.
(3) The number of California State University courses that receive
state funding for which a corresponding or equivalent course is
offered through the Extended and Continuing Education Program,
including all of the following information for these courses:
(A) The number of sections offered for each state-funded course.
(B) The number of sections offered for each Extended and
Continuing Education Program course.
(C) The number of students enrolled in each state-funded course
and each Extended and Continuing Education Program course.
(4) To the extent possible, a five-year trend for the information
provided pursuant to subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of
paragraph (3) for each respective course.
SECTION 1. Section 89708 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
89708. (a) Tuition fees adequate, in the long run, to meet the
cost of maintaining special sessions in the California State
University shall be required of, and collected from, students
enrolled in each special session under and pursuant to rules and
regulations prescribed by the trustees.
(b) Special session fees at all campuses of the California State
University for courses offered to matriculated students for credit
towards an undergraduate or graduate degree, such as a bachelor's,
master's, or doctoral degree, shall not exceed fees charged per
credit unit for any other academic term.
(c) "Special sessions," as used in this division, means
self-supporting instructional programs conducted by the California
State University. The special sessions shall include, but not be
limited to, career enrichment and retraining programs. It is the
intent of the Legislature that those programs, currently offered on a
self-supporting basis by the California State University during
summer sessions, may be provided throughout the year, and shall be
known as special sessions. The self-supporting special sessions shall
not supplant regular course offerings available on a
non-self-supporting basis during the regular academic year.