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                                                                  SB 940
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          Date of Hearing:   July 6, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

            SB 940 (Committee on Education) - As Amended:  June 14, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                              Higher 
          EducationVote:9-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          The bill makes several technical and non-controversial changes 
          to higher education-related statutes, including:

          1)Removing statutory references to the Office of the Secretary 
            of Education and redirecting responsibilities to the 
            Governor's Office or the State Board of Education.

          2)Clarifying that a student who has met the transfer degree 
            requirements, pursuant to legislation enacted in 2010, is 
            granted priority for the purposes of enrollment planning and 
            admissions consistent with the priorities previously outlined 
            in existing law.

          3)Repealing specified obsolete reporting requirements and making 
            other technical changes. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Negligible fiscal impact.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Rationale.   This bill authored by the Senate Education 
            Committee provides for technical and non-controversial 
            "clean-up" to the Education Code, relative to higher 
            education. 

           2)Office of the Secretary of Education (OSE)  .  In January, 2011, 
            Governor Brown eliminated the OSE.  This bill deletes 
            statutory references to the OSE and replaces them with the 








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            Governor's Office. Additionally, the Scholarshare Program, 
            administered by the Scholarshare Investment Board, offers a 
            tax-advantaged college tuition savings plan allowing families 
            to invest and save for a college education with state 
            tax-deferred and federal tax-free benefits. At the request of 
            the Governor's Office, this bill replaces the Secretary of 
            Education with the Executive Director of the State Board of 
            Education, or their designee, as a member of the Investment 
            Board.

           3)Transfer degree priority admission  .  SB 1440 (Padilla)/Chapter 
            428 of 2010, granted priority for the purposes of enrollment 
            planning and admissions to the California State University 
            (CSU) for CCC students who complete the transfer degree 
            authorized by SB 1440.  This bill clarifies that these 
            students be granted priority consistent with the priorities 
            outlined in existing law.
           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081