BILL NUMBER: SCA 22	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 6, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Rubio
    (   Coauthors:   Senators   De
León,   Vargas,   and Yee  ) 


                        MAY 15, 2012

   A resolution to propose to the people of the State of California
an amendment to the Constitution of the State, by adding Section 9.5
to Article IX thereof, relating to the University of California.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SCA 22, as amended, Rubio. University of California: admission of
out-of-state students.
   Existing provisions of the California Constitution establish the
University of California as a public trust under the administration
of the Regents of the University of California. The University of
California system includes 10 campuses, which are respectively
located in Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside,
San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz.
   This measure would require the University of California system to
modify admissions so that commencing with the 2013-14 academic year,
out-of-state undergraduate students, as defined, would constitute
 more  no more than 10% of an incoming class,
 or   and no  more than 10% of the total
undergraduate enrollment,  at each campus  in the
University of California system.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.



   Resolved by the Senate, the Assembly concurring, That the
Legislature of the State of California at its 2011-12 Regular Session
commencing on the sixth day of December 2010, two-thirds of the
membership of each house concurring, hereby proposes to the people of
the State of California, that the Constitution of the State be
amended as follows:
  First--  The people of the State of California find and declare all
of the following:
   (a) California has demonstrated a longstanding commitment to
higher education, beginning with the state's landmark 1960 California
Master Plan for Higher Education, which divided public
responsibility for postsecondary education among the University of
California, the California State University, and the California
Community Colleges.
   (b) The University of California (UC) has a unique obligation to
serve the diverse ethnic and economic needs of the State and provide
ample educational opportunities to California residents.
   (c) Recently, there has been an alarming trend of the UC system
admitting increasing numbers of out-of-state students, thereby
limiting opportunities for California residents.
   (d) In Fall 2012, the percentage of non-Californians admitted to
the UC spiked to more than 23 percent of the freshman class, which
was an increase from around 11 percent just three years before.
   (e) Between 2009 and 2012, the percentage of foreign and
out-of-state students at UC campuses doubled.
   (f) The biggest increases in out-of-state students are
concentrated at University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley),
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and University of
California, San Diego (UCSD), the three most selective and perhaps
most widely known UC campuses outside California.
   (g) This trend is contrary to the policy of the Regents of the
University of California that caps out-of-state undergraduate
enrollment at 10 percent systemwide.
   (h) While the UC system guarantees admission to the top 9 percent
of graduates from participating high schools, an increasing
percentage of these graduates are not being offered spots at more
competitive schools such as UC Berkeley, UCLA, and UCSD.
   (i) While out-of-state students contribute to the diversity of
opinions and perspectives on campus, recruiting out-of-state students
for the purpose of balancing the UC budget contributes to the
perceived privatization of the system and undermines public support
for restoring funding.
   (j) Residents of California have shown an increased desire to
enroll in the UC system, as applications from California residents
for admission in Fall 2012 rose to 93,298, an increase of 9.8 percent
over the preceding year, demonstrating that more California
residents would like to attend UC and are being turned away.
   (k) The Public Policy Institute of California projects that, by
2025, there will be a deficit of one million educated workers in
California unless the state is able to substantially increase rates
of college enrollment and graduation.
   (l) California cannot close the gap by drawing college-educated
workers from elsewhere, and will need to produce more graduates
through its state colleges and universities.
   (m) Therefore, it is the intent of the people of the State of
California to cap admissions of out-of-state  undergradate
  undergraduate  students for each incoming
freshman class  at each campus  of the UC system at
10 percent in order to increase opportunities for California
residents.
  Second--  That Section 9.5 is added to Article IX thereof, to read:

      SEC. 9.5.  (a) Commencing with the 2013-14 academic year,
out-of-state undergraduate students shall constitute no more than 10
percent of the incoming class, and no more than 10 percent of the
total undergraduate enrollment,  at each campus  in
the University of California system.
   (b) As used in this section, an "out-of-state undergraduate
student" is a student whose residence was outside of California at
the time he or she initially applied for enrollment in the University
of California.