AB 2610, as amended, Williams. California State University: special sessions.
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state.begin delete Under existing law, the California State University comprises 25 institutions of higher education.end delete Existing law requires that tuition fees adequate to meet the cost of maintaining special sessions, as defined, in the California State University be collected from students enrolled in each special session pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by thebegin delete trustees.end deletebegin insert trustees, and further provides that self-supporting special sessions
shall not supplant regular course offerings available during the academic year, as specified.end insert
This bill would express legislative findings and declarations relating to self-supported extension education programs of the university that are prohibited from supplanting state-supported courses. The bill would also express legislative intent to enact legislation to provide sufficient direction to the Chancellor of the California State University and to campuses of the university by clarifying statutory language and defining “supplant.” The bill would also make other nonsubstantive changes.
end deleteThe bill would require the Chancellor of the California State University, in consultation with stakeholders, including, but not necessarily limited to, the Academic Senate of the California State University, to develop a definition for “supplanting” in accordance with specified statements of legislative intent.
end deleteThis bill would define the term “supplant” for those purposes. The bill would prohibit a campus from requiring a state-supported matriculated student to enroll in a special session course to fulfill graduation requirements. The bill would express various legislative findings and declarations relating to self-supporting courses and programs. The bill would make conforming and technical changes.
end insertVote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:
3(1) In addition to providing state-supported courses and
4programs, California State University campuses offer
5self-supporting courses and programs, known as special sessions.
6(2) Special sessions are designed and used to provide increased
7access to the educational resources of the system and to otherwise
8facilitate the use of those resources.
9(3) California State University campuses are prohibited from
10supplanting regular course offerings with self-supporting special
11sessions. However, the State Auditor has determined that existing
12state law does not define “supplant.”
13(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to provide sufficient
14direction to the Chancellor of the California State University and
15to campuses of the university by clarifying statutory language and
16defining “supplant.”
begin insertSection 89708 of the end insertbegin insertEducation Codeend insertbegin insert is amended to
18read:end insert
begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insertTuition fees adequate, in the long run, to meet the
20cost of maintaining special sessions in the California State
21University shall be required of, and collected from, students
P3 1enrolled in each special sessionbegin delete under andend delete pursuant to rules and
2regulations prescribed by the trustees.
3“Special sessions,”
end delete
4begin insert(b)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insert“Special session,”end insert as used in this division, meansbegin insert aend insert
5 self-supporting instructionalbegin delete programsend deletebegin insert
programend insert conducted by the
6California State University. The special sessions shall include, but
7not be limited to, career enrichment and retraining programs. It is
8the intent of the Legislature that those programs, currently offered
9on a self-supporting basis by the California State University during
10summer sessions, may be provided throughout the year, and shall
11be known as special sessions. The self-supporting special sessions
12shall not supplant regular course offerings available on a
13non-self-supporting basis during the regular academic year.
14(c) For purposes of this section, and except as provided in
15subdivision (d), to “supplant” regular course offerings available
16on a non-self-supporting basis means to eliminate entirely a
17state-supported degree program and replace it with a
18self-supporting instructional program. A
campus shall not require
19a state-supported matriculated student to enroll in a special session
20course in order to fulfill graduation requirements for a
21state-supported degree program.
22(d) After appropriate review and approval by the Office of the
23Chancellor, a degree may be offered only through a self-supporting
24instructional program if the program is shown to meet existing
25student demand and workforce needs.
Section 89708 of the Education Code is amended
27to read:
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
29following:
30(1) In addition to providing state-supported courses and
31programs, California State University campuses offer extension
32education courses and programs that must be self-supporting.
33(2) Extension education courses and programs are designed and
34used to provide increased access to the educational resources of
35the system and to otherwise facilitate the use of those resources.
36(3) California State University campuses are prohibited from
37“supplanting” state-supported courses offered
during the regular
38academic year with self-supported courses. However, the State
39Auditor has determined that existing state law does not define
40“supplanting.”
P4 1(4) “Supplant” is used in the context of community college
2extension courses in subdivision (g) of Section 78230, but is not
3defined in that provision.
4(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to
5provide sufficient direction to the Chancellor of the California
6State University and to campuses of the university by clarifying
7statutory language and defining “supplant.”
8(c) Tuition fees adequate, in the long run, to meet the cost of
9maintaining special sessions in the California State University
10shall be required of, and collected from,
students enrolled in each
11special session pursuant to rules and regulations prescribed by the
12trustees.
13(d) “Special sessions,” as used in this chapter, means
14self-supporting instructional programs conducted by the California
15State University. The special sessions shall include, but not
16necessarily be limited to, career enrichment and retraining
17programs. It is the intent of the Legislature that those programs,
18currently offered on a self-supporting basis by the California State
19University during summer sessions, may be provided throughout
20the year, and shall be known as special sessions. The
21self-supporting special sessions shall not supplant regular course
22offerings available on a non-self-supporting basis during the regular
23academic year.
The Chancellor of the California State University, in
25consultation with stakeholders, including, but not necessarily
26limited to, the Academic Senate of the California State University,
27shall develop a definition for “supplanting” in accordance with
28the intent of the Legislature expressed in Section 89708 of the
29Education Code.
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