AB 46, as amended, Pan. California State University: online education.
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Under existing law, the California State University comprises 25 institutions of higher education throughout the state.
Existing law requires the trustees to establish a series of uniform definitions for online education for the California State University on or before January 1, 2015, as specified. Existing law also requires the trustees to report performance data about online education to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2017, and every 2 years until 2021, and requires the trustees to report the performance data to the Legislative Analyst on or before January 1, 2017. Existing law further requires the Legislative Analyst to submit to the Legislature, on or before October 1, 2017, a status update regarding the university’s implementation of these provisions and an assessment of the extent to which the university’s online programs are operating in a manner consistent with legislative intent and statutory requirements.
This bill would require the trustees to make available to the Academic Senate of the California State University and campus academic senates specified information relating to all matriculated students of the California State University who are enrolled in online courses, irrespective of whether the courses or programs in which they are enrolled are provided by faculty of the California State University or by another entity that is under contract with the university or one of its campuses. The bill would require this information to be provided in compliance with all relevant state and federal provisions of law safeguarding the privacy of the students involved.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 89227 is added to the Education Code, 2immediately following Section 89226, to read:
(a) For purposes of providing a high-quality educational
4program and correlating student success, or a lack of student
5success, with resource use, demographic data, preparation, and
6mode of instruction, especially with respect to online education,
7the trustees shall make the information specified in subdivision
8(b) available, on paper or in electronic form, while complying with
9all relevant state and federal provisions of law safeguarding the
10privacy of the students involved, to the Academic Senate of the
11California State University and campus academic senates upon
12the request of the respective academic senate.
13(b) The information provided under this section shall relate to
14all
matriculated students of the California State University enrolled
15in online courses, irrespective of whether the courses or programs
16in which they are enrolled are provided by faculty of the California
17State University or by another entity that is under contract with
18the California State University or with one of its campuses:
19(1) The number of students enrolled in online courses.
P3 1(2) With respect to each major course of study, the course
2completion rates for online courses and for courses other than
3online courses.
4(3) The grades earned by each student enrolled in an online
5course.
6(4) The course completion rates for students who are enrolled
7in online
courses.
8(5) Any data available relating to a student’s
use of university
9resources in connection with online coursework, including, but
10not necessarily limited to,begin delete the use of computer terminals and other
11electronic equipment, library materials, or staff support time.end delete
12begin insert analytic data concerning access to course materials; access to
13linked materials; performance on quizzes, tests, or examinations;
14and interactions with faculty, mentors, coaches, and other students
15in the online course.end insert This data shall include any available
16information about the average amount of time it takes a student to
17complete an online assignment.
18(6) Any available demographic data relating to students enrolled
19in online courses, including, but not
necessarily limited to, the
20ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and gender of those students, and
21the cumulative grade point averages of those students disaggregated
22by those demographic categories.
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