California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2626

Introduced by Assembly Member Fong

February 21, 2014

An act to amend Section 67501 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2626, as introduced, Fong. Public postsecondary education: capitol outlay plan reporting requirement.

Existing law requests the University of California, and requires the California State University and the California Community Colleges, to report to the Legislature on or before November 30 of each year a comprehensive 5-year capital outlay plan, as specified.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to this provision.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 67501 of the Education Code is amended
to read:

67501.  

(a) The University of California may, and the California
State University shall, submit to the Legislature on or before
November 30 of each year a comprehensive five-year capital outlay
plan that includes, but is not limited to, all of the following
information:

(1) State and nonstate projects proposed for each campus in
each year of the plan, including a discussion of the programmatic
bases for each project.

(2) An explanation of how each project contributes to
accommodating begin insert the end insert needs associated with current or projected
enrollments of graduate and undergraduate students, and other
needs, and the rough estimates of the costs of meeting those needs.

(3) The estimated costs of each project, showing the schedule
for when begin delete these end delete funds will be needed, including a schedule of annual
funding needs beyond the five years for those projects for which
completion exceeds the timeframe of the plan and the relative
priority on a campus and statewide basis.

(4) An explanation of how the plan addresses the Legislature’s
intent that the universities annually consider, as part of their annual
capital outlay planning process, the inclusion of facilities that may
be used by more than one segment of public higher education
(intersegmental).

(5)  begin delete Description end delete begin insert A description end insert and begin insert the end insert costs of activities that take
place within the plan’s timeframe related to the planning or
establishment of new campuses.

(b) The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s office
shall prepare a five-year capital outlay plan identifying the
statewide needs and priorities of the California Community
Colleges. This plan shall be submitted to the Legislature on or
before November 30 of each year. It is the intent of the Legislature
not to consider any community college capital outlay project that
is not included in the statewide five-year plan submitted to the
Legislature. The five-year capital outlay plan shall include, but
not be limited to, all of the following information:

(1) Enrollment projections for each community college district.

(2) Projects proposed for each campus in each year of the plan.

(3) The estimated costs of each project, showing the schedule
for when begin delete these end delete funds will be needed and the relative priority on a
statewide basis.

(4) An explanation of the Chancellor’s office priorities and
methodology for selecting projects for state capital outlay funding.

(5) An explanation of the Chancellor’s office methodology for
calculating unmet capital outlay needs for the community college
system.

(6) An explanation of how the plan addresses the Legislature’s
intent that the community colleges annually consider, as part of
their annual capital outlay planning process, the inclusion of
facilities that may be used by more than one segment of public
higher education (intersegmental).

(c) The plans for the University of California, the California
State University, and the California Community Colleges shall be
updated annually, taking into consideration evolving circumstances
in the planning process of the institutions. The Legislature
recognizes that the annual plan is a flexible, working document
subject to the evolutionary change inherent in the planning process.
The plan shall be designed to reflect project data changes on a
year-to-year basis, and the inclusion of a project in the plan does
not guarantee its viability. It is further the intent of the Legislature
that the project planning guides or capital outlay budget change
proposals submitted for each state-funded project proposed for
inclusion in the first year of the plan specify both of the following:

(1) How each project meets needs for different types of space,
including, but not limited to, classrooms, teaching laboratories,
research laboratories, and faculty offices.

(2) The direct and indirect project costs associated with the
different types of space.