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          Date of Hearing:   June 11, 2013

                       ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
                                 Das Williams, Chair
                  SB 807 (Price) - As Introduced:  February 22, 2013

           SENATE VOTE  :   34-0
           
          SUBJECT  :   California State University: African American  
          Political and Economic Institute.

           SUMMARY  :   Requires California State University (CSU), Dominguez  
          Hills, to rename its African American Political and Economic  
          Institute (AAPEI) as the Mervyn M. Dymally African American  
          Political and Economic Institute.  

           EXISTING LAW  :  Confers upon the CSU Trustees the powers, duties,  
          and functions with respect to the management, administration,  
          and control of the CSU system (Education Code � 89035).

           FISCAL EFFECT  :   Unknown

           COMMENTS  :    Background  .  SB 1721 (Hayden, Chapter 752, Statutes  
          of 2000), authorized the CSU Trustees to establish, with  
          nonpublic funds or with other funds that CSU was authorized to  
          expend the following institutes and study programs:

          1)Institute for Central American Studies at CSU, Northridge

          2)AAPEI Studies at any CSU campus; and,

          3)Center on Portuguese Studies at CSU, Stanislaus.

           California AAPEI  .  The California AAPEI has been based on the  
          CSU, Dominguez Hills campus since 2001.  According to AAPEI, its  
          mission is to influence public policy debates through on-going  
          academic and community research dealing with African American  
          economic and political development issues in California;  
          document and analyze 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; and,  
          provide training programs for current and future business  
          people.








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          The day-to-day operations of AAPEI are managed by an Executive  
          Director who reports to the Provost of CSU, Dominguez Hills.   
          AAPEI is supported by an advisory board comprised of faculty and  
          staff of CSU, Dominguez Hills, elected officials, community  
          leaders, policy leaders, and community business leaders.

           Need for the bill  .  According to the author, AAPEI was the  
          brainchild of the Honorable Mervyn M. Dymally; renaming the  
          Institute after its founder will pay a lasting and appropriate  
          tribute to former Lt. Governor, State Senator and Assembly  
          Member Mervyn M. Dymally who passed away on October 7, 2012,  
          after over 40 years of dedicated leadership to the state of  
          California.

           REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION  :

           Support 
           
          None on file.
           
            Opposition 
           
          None on file.


           Analysis Prepared by  :    Jeanice Warden / HIGHER ED. / (916)  
          319-3960