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Bill No: AB 2497
Author: Solorio (D)
Amended: 7/6/12 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 8-0, 6/27/12
AYES: Lowenthal, Alquist, Blakeslee, Huff, Liu, Price,
Simitian, Vargas
NO VOTE RECORDED: Runner, Hancock, Vacancy
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 5/30/12 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : California State University Early Start Program
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill, beginning January 1, 2014, and every
two years thereafter, requires the Legislative Analysts
Office, in consultation with the California State
University (CSU), to submit a report detailing the impact
of the CSU Early Start Program (Program) on student
mathematics and English proficiency. This bill sunsets on
January 1, 2018.
ANALYSIS : Existing law establishes CSU, under the
administration of the CSU Board of Trustees and expresses
legislative intent with respect to the determination of
standards and criteria for admission to CSU.
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(Education Code Sections 66600, 66205)
This bill beginning January 1, 2014, and every two years
thereafter:
1. Requires the Legislative Analyst's Office, in
consultation with the CSU to submit a report to the
Legislature detailing the impact of the Program on
student mathematics and English proficiency.
2. Requires the report to include, but not be limited to:
A. Information on the Program's impact on remediation
rates.
B. Information on the Program's impact on the length
of time students spend in remediation.
C. Demographic information on participants, including
race, ethnicity, household income levels, geographic
origins and other pertinent data.
D. The number of enrollees statewide and by campus
and the number who earned credit from the Program.
E. The number of enrollees that became proficient,
did not remediate successfully, and that were
disenrolled, statewide and by campus, one year after
participating in the Program.
3. Sunsets these provisions on January 1, 2018.
Comments
Need for this bill . According to the author's office,
there is concern from CSU remedial instructors that the
Program, established under Executive Order 1048 in 2010,
creates another hurdle for the most economically
disadvantaged students. The author's office indicates that
there is not enough evidence available demonstrating that a
mandatory summer program will solve the issue of high
remediation rates. This bill provides greater oversight by
the Legislature of the progress of the new requirement on
CSU students who need remediation.
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Remediation . According to the CSU, more than 60% of the
nearly 40,000 first-time freshmen admitted to the CSU
require remedial education in English, mathematics or both.
These 25,000 freshmen all have taken the required college
preparatory curriculum and earned at least a B grade point
average in high school. The cost in time and money to
these students and to the state is substantial. Moreover,
these students are confused by seemingly having done the
right things in high school only to find out after
admission to the CSU that they need further preparation.
CSU Early Start Program . Executive Order 1048, issued in
2010, created the Program, a program for CSU admitted
freshmen who have not demonstrated college ready
proficiency in Mathematics and/or English. Based upon the
Executive Order, beginning in Fall 2012, entering freshmen
who are not proficient in math or "at risk" in English will
need to start the remediation process before their first
term.
CSU campuses are required to implement the Program no later
than summer 2012, with full implementation taking place no
later than summer 2014. By fall of 2014, students will
need to have started their work on becoming ready for
college-level English.
Students will be given a menu of options to determine the
best approach for them to start their remedial instruction,
including such things as senior year high school courses,
courses offered in the summer at any one of their local
California Community College or CSU campuses and online
courses. Financial aid will be offered to eligible
students (those with a family contribution of less than
$5,000 per year) in order to cover the cost of their
enrollment in the Program.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 74-0, 5/30/12
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
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Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eng, Fong, Furutani, Beth Gaines, Galgiani,
Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Hall,
Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill, Huber, Hueso,
Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell,
Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan,
Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner,
Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Wagner, Wieckowski,
Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Davis, Feuer, Fletcher, Fuentes, Gorell,
Valadao
PQ:k 8/7/12 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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