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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 850
Author: Block (D), et al.
Amended: 8/18/14
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 8-0, 4/24/14
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Galgiani, Hancock, Hueso, Huff,
Monning
NO VOTE RECORDED: Correa
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 5/23/14
AYES: De Le�n, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
SENATE FLOOR : 34-0, 5/27/14
AYES: Anderson, Beall, Block, Cannella, Corbett, Correa, De
Le�n, DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Hancock,
Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Knight, Leno, Lieu,
Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nielsen, Padilla, Pavley, Roth,
Steinberg, Torres, Vidak, Walters, Wolk, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Berryhill, Calderon, Lara, Liu, Wright, Yee
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 8/20/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Community Colleges: Baccalaureate Degree Pilot
Program
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill authorizes the California Community
Colleges (CCC) Board of Governors (BOG), in consultation with
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the California State University (CSU) and the University of
California (UC), to establish a statewide baccalaureate degree
pilot program at not more than 15 CCC districts, as specified.
Assembly Amendments require as a condition of eligibility to be
considered for participation in the pilot, that CCC districts
have a stated policy in place that potential students wishing to
receive the BOG fee waiver must complete and submit a Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or Cal Dream Act
application; require that on or before March 31, 2015, the BOG
shall develop and adopt regulations for the pilot and provide an
update to the Legislature by 2018; broaden the requirements for
what the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) has to collect for
the final report, due in 2022; clarify that the per unit cost
for upper division courses is $84, in addition to the standard
$46 per unit fee; and make minor technical and clarifying
changes.
ANALYSIS : Existing law differentiates the missions and
functions of public and independent institutions of higher
education. Under these provisions:
1.The primary mission of the CSU is required to offer
undergraduate and graduate instruction through the master's
degree. The CSU is authorized to establish two-year programs
only when mutually agreed upon by the Trustees and the CCC
BOG. The CSU is also authorized to jointly award the doctoral
degree with the UC and with one or more independent
institutions of higher education.
2.The UC is authorized to provide undergraduate and graduate
instruction and has exclusive jurisdiction in public higher
education over graduate instruction in the professions of law,
medicine, dentistry and veterinary medicine. The UC is also
the primary state-supported academic agency for research.
3.The independent institutions of higher education are required
to provide undergraduate and graduate instruction and research
in accordance with their respective missions.
4.The mission and function of the CCCs is the offering of
academic and vocational instruction at the lower division
level and the CCC are authorized to grant the associate in
arts and the associate in science degree. The CCCs are also
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required to offer remedial instruction, English as a Second
Language instruction, and adult noncredit instruction, and
support services which help students succeed at the
postsecondary level.
This bill:
1.Authorizes the BOG, commencing on January 1, 2015, in
consultation with the CSU and the UC, to establish a statewide
baccalaureate degree pilot program at not more than 15 CCC
districts with one baccalaureate degree program each, to be
determined by the CCC Chancellor and approved by the BOG;
specifies that the pilot shall commence no later than the
2017-18 Academic Year (AY) and participating students shall
complete their degrees by the end of the 2022-23 AY; and,
sunsets the pilot program on January 1, 2024.
2.Specifies that a CCC district shall seek approval to offer a
baccalaureate degree program through the appropriate
accreditation body; and when seeking approval from the BOG, a
district must maintain the mission of the CCC and, as part of
the pilot program have the additional mission to provide
high-quality undergraduate education at an affordable price
for students and the state.
3.Requires districts, as a condition for eligibility to
participate in the pilot program, to have a written policy
requiring all students seeking a BOG fee waiver to instead
submit either a FAFSA or a California Dream Act application.
4.Stipulates that a district may offer only one baccalaureate
degree program at one campus within the district and requires
districts to identify and document unmet workforce needs and
to not offer a program already offered by CSU or UC.
5.Requires a district seeking to participate in the pilot
program to submit specified information for review by the CCC
Chancellor and approval by the BOG.
6.Requires the BOG, by March 31, 2015, to adopt regulations
establishing a funding model, for each full-time equivalent
student in the program, which is not to exceed the CCC's
marginal cost for credit instruction, as established in
existing law.
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7.Stipulates that student fees for lower division coursework
shall not exceed CCC student fee amounts and that fees for
upper division coursework shall equal the CCC fee plus $84 per
unit.
8.Requires the LAO to conduct interim and final evaluations of
the pilot program, as specified, and report to the Legislature
and the Governor. The interim evaluation is due July 1, 2018,
and the final evaluation is due by July 1, 2022.
9.Sunsets on January 1, 2024.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, the
following cost factors are associated with this bill:
Ongoing General Fund costs to the Chancellor's Office in the
range of $350,000 for three to four staff to establish and
monitor district programs, including developing guidelines and
reviewing, approving, and monitoring participating districts'
baccalaureate degree programs;
Significant one-time and ongoing costs to participating
districts for establishing and operating the programs,
including any needed capital improvements and equipment
purchases. Since participation by districts is voluntary,
these costs are not reimbursable and will be offset by state
apportionments and student fee revenues. To the extent that
students who participate in the program would otherwise have
attended a CSU campus, the state cost for the student's
enrollment would likely be similar; and
Minor absorbable costs to the LAO to conduct a statewide
program evaluation.
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/20/14)
American Legion, Department of California
American Nurses Association/California
AMVETS, Department of California
Barton Health
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California Architects Board
California Association of County Veterans Service Officer
California Chamber of Commerce
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
California Dental Hygienist's Association
California State Commanders Veterans Council
California State University
California Teachers Association
California Workforce Association
Citrus College
City of South Lake Tahoe
Coastline Community College
College of the Canyons
College of Marin
Community College League of California
Contra Costa Community College District
Cupertino Chamber of Commerce
Foothill-De Anza Community College District
Gavilan Joint Community College District
Golden West College
Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District
Heavenly Mountain Resort
Imperial Valley College
Kern Community College District
Los Altos Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles Community College District
Los Rios Community College District
Mid-Peninsula Dental Society
Milpitas Chamber of Commerce
MiraCosta Community College District
Morgan Hill Chamber of Commerce
Mountain View Chamber of Commerce
Napa Valley Community College District
Oceanside Chamber of Commerce
Pasadena Community College District
Peralta Community College District
Rancho Santiago Community College District
Respiratory Care Board of California
San Bernardino Community College District
San Diego City College
San Diego Community College District
San Diego Community College District, Continuing Education
San Diego and Imperial Valley Counties Community Colleges
Association
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San Diego Military Advisory Council
San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation
San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce
San Diego Unified School District
San Jose-Evergreen Community College District
San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce
Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce
Santa Clarita Valley Chamber of Commerce
Santa Monica Community College District
Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Joint Community College District
South County Economic Development Council
South Orange County Community College District
Southwestern Community College District
Tahoe South
Technology Credit Union
Tri-City Medical Center
Veterans Caucus of the California Democratic Party
Veterans of Foreign Wars, Department of California
Vietnam Veterans of America, California State Council
West Hills Community College District
West Kern Community College District
Yosemite Community College District
Yuba Community College District
OPPOSITION : (Verified 8/20/14)
Faculty Association of the California Community Colleges
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-0, 8/20/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, 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, Hagman, Hall, Harkey, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden,
Jones, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal, Maienschein, Mansoor,
Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, Nestande,
Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A. P�rez, V. Manuel P�rez,
Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas,
Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski,
Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NO VOTE RECORDED: Grove, Jones-Sawyer, Vacancy
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PQ:e 8/20/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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