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Bill No: SB 940
Author: Senate Education Committee
Amended: 8/18/11
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
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 8/22/11 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Postsecondary education
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill corrects technical errors and
oversights, and makes non-controversial and conforming
changes to statutes related to education.
Assembly Amendments (1) clarify that transfer students
admitted to the California State University receive
priority for purposes of enrollment planning and
admissions, if they have met specified requirements, and
(2) replace the Secretary of Education with the Executive
Director of the State Board of Education as a member of the
Scholarshare Investment Board.
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ANALYSIS : This bill corrects technical errors and
oversights, and makes non-controversial and conforming
changes to various statutes related to education.
Specifically, this bill:
1.Removes references to the Office of the Secretary of
Education (OSE) and redirects responsibilities to the
Office of the Governor or the State Board of Education
(SBE).
2.Repeals obsolete reporting requirements for the Education
Technology Professional Development program, the funding
priorities for technology in higher education, and the
guidelines for California Community Colleges (CCC)
design-build projects.
3.Clarifies that a transfer student who has met the
transfer degree requirements is granted priority for the
purposes of enrollment planning and admissions consistent
with the priorities outlined in existing law.
4.Corrects various incorrect references in law, including a
reference to the Cal Grant Program, and a reference to
the maximum percentage-of-hours for part-time CCC
faculty.
Comments
This bill is authored by the Senate Education Committee and
provides for technical and non-controversial "clean-up" to
the Education Code, relative to higher education. The
major changes provided for in this bill include:
Office of the Secretary of Education. In January 2011,
Governor Brown eliminated the OSE. Various provisions of
law have assigned responsibility for receiving various
reports to the OSE. This bill deletes those references and
replaces them with the Office of the Governor.
Additionally, existing law establishes the Scholarshare
Program, administered by the Scholarshare Investment Board,
to offer California families a tax-advantaged college
tuition savings plan that allows them to invest and save
for a college education with state tax-deferred and federal
tax-free benefits. At the request of the Governor's
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office, this bill replaces the Secretary of Education with
the Executive Director of the SBE, or their designee, as a
member of the Scholarshare Investment Board.
Eliminating Reporting Requirements . This bill repeals
statutory reporting requirements relative to the Education
Technology Professional Grant Program, recommendations on
funding priorities for higher education, and guidelines for
CCC design-build projects, as these reporting requirements
have been met and the code sections are now obsolete.
Transfer Degree Priority Admission . SB 1440 (Padilla),
Chapter 428, Statutes of 2010, granted priority for the
purposes of enrollment planning and admissions to the
California State University 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.
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 8/23/11)
California State University
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 8/22/11
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, 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,
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Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Silva,
Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao,
Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. P�rez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Furutani, Gorell
CPM:cm 8/23/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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