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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 2557
Author: Williams (D)
Amended: As introduced
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 : 73-0, 5/23/14 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT : Community colleges: intersession extension programs
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill deletes Pasadena City College from recently
enacted provisions authorizing it as one of six California
Community College (CCC) campuses to operate and maintain an
extension program during intersessions.
ANALYSIS : Existing law requires the CCC Chancellor's Office
to establish a voluntary pilot program that authorizes a CCC
district to establish and maintain an extension program during
summer and winter intersessions, and specifically identifies
eligible CCC campuses for purposes of the pilot. The identified
campuses include the following: 1) College of the Canyons; 2)
Crafton Hills College; 3) Long Beach City College; 4) Oxnard
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College; 5) Pasadena City College; and, 6) Solano Community
College. Current law sunsets and repeals this pilot program on
January 1, 2018.
This bill removes Pasadena City College from provisions
authorizing six specified CCC districts to establish and
maintain a voluntary extension program, as specified, during
summer and winter intersessions.
Comments
AB 955 (Williams, Chapter 710, Statutes of 2013) was enacted to
offer extension courses during intersession at a fee that covers
the actual cost of the course, as specified. These programs
were intended to give students an opportunity to enroll in
courses they were unable to get during the state-supported
regular session in order to accelerate their completion and, in
addition, free up space in the companion state-supported
courses, thereby increasing other students' ability to complete
their programs in a more timely manner as well. It was the
intent of the Legislature that at least one participating campus
should begin implementation of the pilot program by January 2014
and that an additional five campuses should implement the pilot
program by July 1, 2014. According to the author, Long Beach
City College implemented the program for the 2014 winter
intersession and is tentatively planning to offer extension
courses this summer. College of the Canyons reports that the
earliest they could offer a program is July 2015.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 7/31/14)
Pasadena Community College District
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 73-0, 5/23/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian Calderon,
Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley, Dababneh,
Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong, Fox, Frazier,
Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gorell,
Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Holden, Jones, Jones-Sawyer,
Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor,
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Medina, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Olsen, Pan, Patterson,
Perea, John A. P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bonilla, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Melendez,
Nestande, V. Manuel P�rez, Vacancy
PQ:nld 8/7/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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