AB 2092, as introduced, Chávez. Postsecondary education: Donahoe Higher Education Act: common course numbering system.
Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth, among other things, the missions and functions of California’s public and independent segments of higher education, and their respective institutions of higher education. The act states that it is the intent of the Legislature to facilitate articulation and seamless integration of California’s postsecondary institutions by facilitating the adoption and integration of a common course numbering system among the public and private postsecondary institutions, and makes various legislative findings and declarations in that regard.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in those provisions relating to the stated intent of the act.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 66725 of the Education Code is amended
2to read:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to facilitatebegin insert theend insert
2 articulation and seamless integration of California’s postsecondary
3institutions by facilitating the adoption and integration of a
4common course numbering system among the public and private
5postsecondary institutions. The purpose of building and
6implementing a common course numbering system is to provide
7for the effective and efficient progression of students within and
8among the higher education segments and to minimize duplication
9of coursework.
10(b) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:
11(1) Effective transfer programs provide a clear path for obtaining
12the preparation necessary for upper-division major coursework
13and graduation at a four-year college or university. The segments
14have made significant progress in developing articulation
15agreements that specify required coursework and other academic
16preparationbegin insert that isend insert necessary for transfer students to succeed at a
17four-year institution. These articulation agreements are essential
18to provide the basis for a common course numbering system that
19facilitates transfer student success.
20(2) In implementing this article, the public postsecondary
21educational institutions and other parties involved should assess
22programs and build upon those proving to be the most effective
23in communicating articulation, such as the California Articulation
24Number (CAN) system, the
Intersegmental Major Preparation
25Articulated Curriculum (IMPAC) project, the Intersegmental
26General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC), and the
27Articulation System Stimulating Interinstitutional Student Transfer
28(ASSIST).
O
99