AB 1969, as amended, Levine. Postsecondary education: intersegmental coordination in governance.
Existing law establishes the California State University, the University of California, and the California Community Colleges as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The missions and functions of these segments are set forth, among other things, in the Donahoe Higher Education Act. Provisions of the Donahoe Higher Education Act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the regents act, by resolution, to make them applicable.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature that the segments of public higher education coordinate their efforts to invest state resources in technologies that are useful to multiple segments or campuses. The bill would add a provision to the Donahoe Higher Education Act requiring the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Chancellor of the
California State University, and requesting the President of the University of Californiabegin insert,end insert to coordinate the efforts of their respective segments when procuringbegin insert systemwide informationend insert technology and software forbegin delete student support services. The bill would require the segments to develop coordination benchmarks, as specified, to measure the level of coordination in governance undertaken pursuant to this bill.end deletebegin insert the purposes of enhancing student achievement. The bill would specify that the coordination it requires would apply only to information technology and software purchases of more than $1,000,000.end insert The bill
would further provide that, as the public segments of higher education invest in, and upgrade, infrastructure and software for data storage and analysis, these segmentsbegin delete wouldend deletebegin insert shallend insert develop procedures to coordinate the collection of, and to share, student performance data in a manner that is consistent with state and federal privacy law.
Because these provisions would be added to the Donahoe Higher Education Act, they would apply to the University of California only to the extent that the regents act, by resolution, to make them applicable.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
It is the intent of the Legislature that all of the
2following occur:
3(a) That the segments of public higher education coordinate
4their efforts to invest state resources in technologies that are useful
5to multiple segments or campuses.
6(b) That, as these segments invest in new technologies, the
7public segments jointly leverage their combined purchasing power.
8(c) That investments in new technology made by these segments
9prioritize the ability to coordinate with other segments of higher
10education.
11(d) That these segments ease the student transfer process
12between systems through increased coordination in the purchasing
13of new technology platforms.
Article 3.9 (commencing with Section 66029) is added
15to Chapter 2 of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education
16Code, to read:
(a) The Chancellor of the California Community
4Colleges and the Chancellor of the California State University
5shall, and the President of the University of California is requested
6to, coordinate the efforts of their respective segments when
7procuringbegin insert systemwide informationend insert technology and software for
8begin delete student support services. These segments shall develop begin insert the
purposes of
9coordination benchmarks for measuring the level of coordination
10in governance undertaken pursuant to this article.end delete
11enhancing student achievement.end insert
12(b) For purposes of this section, coordination benchmarks
13include, but are not necessarily limited to, both of the following:
14(1) To the extent practicable, the public postsecondary segments,
15when investing in resources that are useful to multiple segments
16or campuses, shall coordinate their efforts with the other public
17postsecondary segments.
Coordination efforts may include, but
18are not necessarily limited to, all of the following:
19(A) Investment in new technologies for campus administration
20and management.
21(B) Investment in technology to assist in the delivery of
22academic resources, including, but not necessarily limited to, online
23library resources, online academic journal subscriptions, and
24software designed to deliver online course materials and content.
25(C) Investment in technology to assist with delivery of student
26services.
27(2) In the purchase or upgrade of campus or systemwide
28technology platforms for administrative and student services, the
29campus or segment shall give consideration to a platform that
30offers greater capacity for coordination among all of the segments
31of public postsecondary education in California.
32(b) The coordination required by this section shall only apply
33to information technology and software purchases of more than
34one million dollars ($1,000,000).
As the segments of public postsecondary education
36invest in, and upgrade, infrastructure and software for data storage
37and analysis, these segments shall develop procedures to coordinate
P4 1the collection of, and to share, student performance data in a
2manner that is consistent with state and federal privacy law.
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