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                         SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
                                Carol Liu, Chair
                           2013-2014 Regular Session
                                        

          BILL NO:       SB 807
          AUTHOR:        Price
          INTRODUCED:    February 22, 2013
          FISCAL COMM:   Yes            HEARING DATE:  April 24, 2013
          URGENCY:       No             CONSULTANT:Daniel Alvarez

           SUBJECT  :  California State University: African American  
          Political and
                    Economic Institute
          
           SUMMARY  

          This bill requires the California State University,  
          Dominguez Hills campus to rename its African American  
          Political and Economic Institute as the Mervyn M. Dymally  
          African American Political and Economic Institute.

           BACKGROUND  

          Current law establishes the California State University  
          (CSU) and allows the institution to be governed by a Board  
          of Trustees. The CSU and its Trustees are subject to Acts  
          of the Legislature; however, the system exercises autonomy  
          in the development of curriculum and academic standards.

           ANALYSIS
           
           This bill  requires the California State University,  
          Dominguez Hills campus to rename its African American  
          Political and Economic Institute as the Mervyn M. Dymally  
          African American Political and Economic Institute.

           STAFF COMMENTS 

           1)   According to the author  , this bill would pay lasting  
               and appropriate tribute to former Lt. Governor, State  
               Senator and Assemblymember Mervyn M. Dymally who  
               passed away this past winter.

           2)   African American Political and Economic Institute  .   
               The mission of the institute is to influence public  




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               policy debates through on-going academic and community  
               research dealing with African American economic and  
               political development issues in California.  In  
               addition, the institute documents and analyzes the  
               professional lives and achievements of African  
               American public-elected officials, business leaders,  
               and policy makers, as well as the impact of their  
               efforts on the political, social, and economic  
               development in the African American communities and  
               other disadvantaged communities.

           SUPPORT  

          CA State Conference of the National Association for the  
          Advancement of Colored People

           OPPOSITION

           None on file.