BILL NUMBER: AB 2427 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 6, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 21, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 25, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 2, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Butler
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
An act to amend Section 89708 of, and to add and repeal Section
89012 of, 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 require changes to those fees to be
publicly noticed, heard, and approved by the board of trustees
information on special session programs and fees to be
annually reported to the board of trustees at a publicly noticed
meeting of the board of trustees, and require the report
to include, but not be limited to, specified information . The
bill also would require the California State University, commencing
on July 1, 2014, and each July 1 thereafter until January 1, 2019, 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. (a) 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 both of
the following information for students who are
enrolled in the program on a systemwide and campus-by-campus basis
:
(1) 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:
(A) The number of students registered in the Extended and
Continuing Education Program.
(B) The number of full-time equivalent students enrolled in the
Extended and Continuing Education Program.
(C) The number of resident undergraduate students who are
concurrently enrolled in state-funded courses at the California State
University and the Extended and Continuing Education Program, and
the number of extension units taken by these students.
(D) The number of extension courses and units taken by the
students described in subparagraph (C) that count toward a California
State University degree or graduation requirement.
(E) The number of students registered in the Extended and
Continuing Education Program who are not concurrently enrolled in
state-funded courses at the California State University.
(F) The number of resident undergraduate students enrolled in the
Extended and Continuing Education Program who receive federal student
loans and state and federal need-based financial aid.
(2) All of the following information on the courses offered
through the Extended and Continuing Education Program on a systemwide
and campus-by-campus basis:
(A) The number of undergraduate courses offered through the
Extended and Continuing Education Program.
(B) The fees charged for each undergraduate course offered through
the Extended and Continuing Education Program.
(C) The number of California State University undergraduate
courses that receive state funding for which a corresponding or
equivalent undergraduate course is offered through the Extended and
Continuing Education Program, including all of the following
information for these courses:
(i) The number of sections offered for each state-funded
undergraduate course.
(ii) The number of sections offered for each Extended and
Continuing Education Program undergraduate course.
(iii) The number of students enrolled in each state-funded
undergraduate course and each Extended and Continuing Education
Program undergraduate course.
(D) To the extent possible, a five-year trend for the information
provided pursuant to clauses (i) to (iii), inclusive, of subparagraph
(C) for each respective course.
(1) The number of students enrolled in special session degree
credit courses of the Extended and Continuing Education Program.
(2) The number of resident undergraduate students who are
concurrently enrolled in state-funded courses at the California State
University and special session degree credit courses of the Extended
and Continuing Education Program.
(3) The number of special session degree credit courses and units
offered through the Extended and Continuing Education Program.
(4) The number of course sections and units, organized by subject
area, offered through the Extended and Continuing Education Program.
(5) The range of fees charged for special session degree credit
courses offered through the Extended and Continuing Education
Program.
(6) To the extent possible, a five-year trend for the information
provided pursuant to paragraphs (1) to (5), inclusive.
(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2019, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 2. 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 board of trustees.
(b) Changes to special session fees shall be publicly
noticed, heard, and approved by the board of trustees.
Information on special session programs and fees shall be annually
reported to the board of trustees at a publicly noticed meeting of
the board of trustees. The report shall include, but not
be limited to, the information described in subdivision (a) of
Section 89012.
(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
nonself-supporting basis during the regular academic year.