BILL ANALYSIS �
AB 2557
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Date of Hearing: April 22, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Das Williams, Chair
AB 2557 (Williams) - As Introduced: February 21, 2014
SUBJECT : Community colleges: intersession extension programs.
SUMMARY : Removes Pasadena City College from the list of
eligible community college campuses that may participate in the
California Community Colleges (CCC) summer and winter
intersessions pilot program; and, makes technical and clarifying
changes to existing law.
EXISTING LAW requires the CCC Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) to
establish a voluntary pilot program that authorizes a community
college district (CCD) to establish and maintain an extension
program meeting specified characteristics during summer and
winter intersessions. Current law also requires the Legislative
Analyst's Office (LAO), by January 1, 2017, to submit a report
on the pilot program to the Legislature, as specified.
Additionally, current law states that it is the intent of the
Legislature that at least one campus begin implementation of the
pilot program by January 2014 and that an additional five
campuses should implement the pilot program by July 1, 2014.
Current law defines eligible community college campus for
purposes of participating in the pilot to be all of the
following campuses: 1) College of the Canyons; 2) Crafton Hills
College; 3) Long Beach City College; 4) Oxnard College; 5)
Pasadena City College; and, 6) Solano Community College.
Lastly, current law sunsets and repeals this pilot program on
January 1, 2018, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted
before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends that date (Education
Code � 78230 and � 78231).
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : Background . According to a March 2013 report by the
Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), community college
course offerings have declined from 420,000 to 334,000 since
2008-86,000 or 21% of course offerings-and most were credit
courses necessary to transfer or obtain a degree or certificate.
PPIC estimates that since 2008, 600,000 students have not been
able to enroll in classes, and another 500,000 students were on
waiting lists for fall 2012 courses.
AB 2557
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Assembly Bill 955 (Williams, Chapter 710, Statutes of 2013),
responded to the PPIC report authorizing the CCCCO to establish
a voluntary pilot program for six specific CCDs.
Six CCDs . Although participation is voluntary for the six
eligible campuses (1) College of the Canyons; 2) Crafton Hills
College; 3) Long Beach City College; 4) Oxnard College; 5)
Pasadena City College; and, 6) Solano Community College),
Pasadena City College (PCC) has gone on the record of stating
they will not be participating in the pilot, and they wish to be
removed from the statute altogether.
According to the author, this measure honors PCC's request to be
removed from the Community College Intersession Extension Pilot
Program created by AB 955.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
None on file.
Opposition
None on file.
Analysis Prepared by : Jeanice Warden / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960