BILL ANALYSIS �
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1969 (Levine)
As Amended May 27, 2014
Majority vote
HIGHER EDUCATION 12-1 APPROPRIATIONS 17-0
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|Ayes:|Williams, Ch�vez, Bloom, |Ayes:|Gatto, Bigelow, |
| |Fong, Fox, Jones-Sawyer, | |Bocanegra, Bradford, Ian |
| |Levine, Linder, Medina, | |Calderon, Campos, |
| |Quirk-Silva, Weber, Wilk | |Donnelly, Eggman, Gomez, |
| | | |Holden, Jones, Linder, |
| | | |Pan, Quirk, |
| | | |Ridley-Thomas, Wagner, |
| | | |Weber |
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|Nays:|Olsen | | |
| | | | |
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SUMMARY : Requires the Chancellor of the California State
University (CSU) and the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges (CCC), and requests the President of the University of
California (UC) to coordinate the efforts of their respective
segments when procuring technology and software for enhancing
student achievement; and, expresses the intent of the
Legislature that, among other things, the segments of public
higher education coordinate their efforts to invest state
resources in technologies that are useful to multiple segments
or campuses. Specifically, this bill :
1)Declares that the Legislature intends that all of the
following occur:
a) That the segments of public higher education coordinate
their efforts to invest state resources in technologies
that are useful to multiple segments or campuses;
b) That, as these segments invest in new technologies, the
public segments jointly leverage their combined purchasing
power;
c) That investments in new technology made by these
segments prioritize the ability to coordinate with other
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segments of higher education; and,
d) That these segments ease the student transfer process
between systems through increased coordination in the
purchasing of new technology platforms.
2)Requires the CSU Chancellor and the CCC Chancellor, and
requests the UC President to, coordinate their efforts when
procuring systemwide information technology and software for
the purposes of enhancing student achievement.
3)Specifies that the coordination, as specified, shall only
apply to information technology and software purchases of more
than $1 million.
4)Stipulates that as the segments of public postsecondary
education invest in, and upgrade, infrastructure and software
for data storage and analysis, these segments shall 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.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, costs for the three segments to coordinate the
specific procurements should be absorbable; to the extent
successful coordination and implementation of new systems takes
place that would not have otherwise occurred absent this bill,
the segments may realize procurement-related cost savings.
COMMENTS : Purpose of this bill. According to the author, this
measure seeks to require that the three segments of higher
education (CCC, CSU, and UC) coordinate when purchasing new
technologies. The author states, "In the past, services and
resources across and within the three segments have developed in
silos. That has resulted in both duplicative work and posed
challenges for information to be shared." The author contends
that this bill would allow for "cross communication doors
between the segments to remain open or even be opened in the
future."
Current collaboration of segments. During the March 26, 2014,
CSU Board of Trustees meeting, CSU Chancellor Timothy P. White,
UC President Janet Napolitano, and CCC Chancellor Brice W.
Harris gave a joint presentation about collaboration among the
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three systems. The three leaders highlighted a number of
efforts that are leading to extended collaboration among the
systems including, but not limited to, streamlining student
transfer pathways, shared administrative services, and
contracts.
Additionally, the three segments co-fund and co-manage
ASSIST.org, an online tool that helps students find community
college courses that are transferable to a UC or CSU campus
and how those transferable courses might be used to satisfy
subject matter requirements for specific majors or general
education requirements. ASSIST also provides information
about majors offered at UC and CSU campuses.
Lastly, the three segments all participate in the Corporation
for Education Network Initiatives in California, in order to
obtain cost-effective, high-bandwidth networking to support
their missions and respond to the needs of their faculty,
staff, and students.
Analysis Prepared by : Jeanice Warden / HIGHER ED. / (916)
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