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          Bill No:  SB 940
          Author:   Senate Education Committee
          Amended:  4/28/11
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE  :  10-0, 5/4/11
          AYES:  Lowenthal, Runner, Alquist, Blakeslee, Hancock, 
            Huff, Liu, Price, Simitian, Vargas
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Vacancy

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8


           SUBJECT  :    Postsecondary education

           SOURCE  :     Author


          DIGEST  :    This bill corrects technical errors and 
          oversights, and makes non-controversial and conforming 
          changes to various provisions of the Education Code and 
          Labor Code.

           ANALYSIS  :    This bill corrects technical errors and 
          oversights, and makes non-controversial and conforming 
          changes to various provisions of the Education Code and the 
          Labor Code.  Specifically, this bill:

          1.Clarifies that a student who completes the transfer 
            degree authorized by SB 1440 (Padilla), Chapter 428, 
            Statutes of 2010, is granted priority in enrollment over 
            all other community college transfer students consistent 
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            with the current statutorily outlined enrollment planning 
            and admission priorities and deems these students to have 
            met the requirements of an approved transfer agreement 
            consistent with current law.

          2.Updates obsolete references within the Education Code and 
            the Labor code to the "old" Cal Grant Program which 
            sunset in January 2010 to reference the "new" Cal Grant 
            program, established in 2000.

          3.Corrects an erroneous reference to the percent hours per 
            week considered a full-time assignment for community 
            college faculty.

          4.Deletes obsolete references to the "Office of the 
            Secretary of Education" and substitutes these references 
            to the "Office of the Governor."

          5.Repeals various obsolete code sections.

           Comments

           This bill is one of three Education "clean-up" bills, 
          sponsored by the Senate Education Committee, that make 
          various non-controversial revisions to statute.  SB 941 
          (Senate Education Committee) and SB 942 (Senate Education 
          Committee) are the other two bills. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes   
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  5/16/11)

          California State University



          CPM:cm  5/16/11   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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