BILL ANALYSIS �
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GOVERNOR'S VETO
AB 1969 (Levine)
As Amended August 5, 2014
2/3 vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |76-1 |(May 29, 2014) |SENATE: |34-0 |(August 7, |
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Original Committee Reference: HIGHER ED.
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 large-scale information technology and
software purchases that benefit the three segments of public
postsecondary education (that is to say, the UC, CSU, and CCC)
and for which coordination by these segments would reduce costs
and increase efficiency for the purposes of enhancing student
achievement at large.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, negligible state costs.
COMMENTS : Purpose of this bill. According to the author, this
measure seeks to require that the three segments of higher
education 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."
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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
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.org 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.
GOVERNOR'S VETO MESSAGE :
"When viable, the University of California, California State
University and California Community Colleges have coordinated on
major information technology projects.
I prefer to maintain the current flexibility that allows the
segments to identify and pursue opportunities for joint projects
when it makes programmatic and fiscal sense."
Analysis Prepared by : Jeanice Warden / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960
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