BILL NUMBER: AB 2497	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 19, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Solorio

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to add and repeal Section 89007.7 of the Education Code,
relating to the California State University.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2497, as amended, Solorio. California State University: Early
Start Program.
   Existing law establishes the California State University, under
the administration of the Trustees of the California State University
(CSU), as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in
this state.
   This bill would express the finding and declaration of the
Legislature that the trustees adopted an Early Start Program at their
May 2010 meeting.  The bill would provide that, on and after
January 1, 2014, the trustees and chancellor would have no authority
to implement CSU the Early Start Program unless a specific
appropriation is made for its implementation in the annual Budget
Act. 
   The bill would require, commencing on January 1, 2014, and every
 5   2  years thereafter, that the 
trustees and chancellor   Legislative Analyst's Office,
in cooperation with the CSU,  submit a report to the
Legislature  detailing the impact of   including
specified data relating to  the CSU Early Start Program
 on student mathematics and English proficiency. The bill
would authorize the trustees, as part of that report, to request the
Legislature to include a specific appropriation for the
implementation of the CSU Early Start Program in the annual Budget
Act  .
   The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2018.
   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 89007.7 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   89007.7.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the
California State University Early Start Program was adopted pursuant
to Executive Order No. 1048 at the May 2010 meeting of the Trustees
of the California State University  (CSU)  with the stated
goal of facilitating a student's graduation through changes in
policies on fulfilling entry-level proficiencies in mathematics and
English. 
   (b) Notwithstanding any other law:  
   (1) On and after January 1, 2014, the trustees and chancellor
shall have no authority to implement the California State University
(CSU) Early Start Program unless a specific appropriation is made for
the implementation of the CSU Early Start Program in the annual
Budget Act.  
   (2) 
    (   b)  Commencing on January 1, 2014, and
every  five   two  years thereafter, the
 trustees and chancellor   Legislative Analyst's
Office, in cooperation with CSU, shall submit a report to the
Legislature detailing the impact of the CSU Early Start Program on
student mathematics and English proficiency.  As part of the
  The  report to the Legislature required by this
 paragraph, the trustees may request the Legislature to
include a specific appropriation for the implementation of the CSU
Early Start Program in the annual Budget Act. The report shall be
submitted in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code
  subdivision shall include, but not necessarily be
limited to, all of the following:  
   (1) Information on how the CSU Early Start Program increases
successful remediation rates as compared to the remediation rates
that existed in the 2010-11 academic year.  
   (2) Information on how the CSU Early Start Program expedites the
student remediation process, or otherwise reduces the length of time
that students spend on remediation.  
   (3) Demographic information on participants in the CSU Early Start
Program, including information relating to race or ethnicity,
household income levels, geographic origins, and other pertinent
data.  
   (4) The number of enrollees in the CSU Early Start Program,
counted statewide and by campus, including the number who eventually
earned credit from the program.  
   (5) As observed one year after participating in the CSU Early
Start Program, counted statewide and by campus, how many enrollees
became proficient, how many did not remediate successfully, and how
many were disenrolled from CSU.  
   (3) Upon receipt of the report required by paragraph (2), the
Legislature, as part of the annual deliberations on the proposed
state budget, shall review the report and the request, if any, for
the inclusion of a specific appropriation for the implementation of
the CSU Early Start Program in the annual Budget Act. 
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends
that date.