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Bill No: AB 1969
Author: Levine (D)
Amended: 8/5/14 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 6-0, 6/25/14
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Correa, Hancock, Huff, Monning
NO VOTE RECORDED: Block
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-1, 5/29/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Postsecondary education: intersegmental
coordination in governance
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill 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 systemwide information
technology and software for the purposes of enhancing student
achievement, as specified.
ANALYSIS : Existing law confers upon the Board of Governors
(BOG) of the CCC the ability to appoint the Chancellor of the
CCC. The Chancellor shall execute the duties and
responsibilities as may be delegated to him/her by the BOG.
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Whenever in this code a power is vested in the BOG, the BOG, by
a majority vote, may adopt a rule delegating that power to the
Chancellor or any officer, employee, or committee as the BOG may
designate.
Existing law establishes the CSU Trustees and requires that they
administer the California State University. Existing law also
outlines the authorities, responsibilities and requirements of
the CSU Trustees relative to personnel matters.
The California Constitution establishes the UC as a public trust
to be administered by the Regents of the UC with full powers of
organization and government, subject only to such legislative
control as may be necessary to insure the security of its funds
and compliance with the terms of the endowments of the UC and
such competitive bidding procedures as may be made applicable to
the UC for letting construction contracts, selling real
property, and purchasing materials goods and services.
This bill requires the Chancellor of the CSU and the Chancellor
of the CCC, and requests the President of the UC to coordinate
the efforts of their respective segments when procuring
systemwide information technology and software for the purposes
of enhancing student achievement. In addition, this bill:
1.Requires that coordination shall only apply to large-scale
information technology and software purchases that benefit the
three segments of public postsecondary education and for which
coordination by these segments would reduce costs and increase
efficiency.
2.Requires 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 laws.
3.Declares legislative intent that 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.
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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
segments of higher education.
D. That these segments ease the student transfer process
between systems through increased coordination in the
purchasing of new technology platforms.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/5/14)
California State Student Association
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office, this
bill 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 allows for "cross communication doors between the
segments to remain open or even be opened in the future."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-1, 5/29/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,
Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell,
Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden, Jones,
Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein,
Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian,
Nestande, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. P�rez, V. Manuel
P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez,
Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NOES: Olsen
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NO VOTE RECORDED: Donnelly, Harkey, Vacancy
PQ:k 8/5/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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