Amended in Assembly August 4, 2014

Amended in Assembly June 16, 2014

Amended in Senate May 27, 2014

Amended in Senate April 22, 2014

Senate BillNo. 1022


Introduced by Senator Huff

(Coauthor: Senator Hancock)

February 14, 2014


An act to add Section 66014.3 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1022, as amended, Huff. Public postsecondary education: labor market outcome information.

Existing law establishes the California State University and the University of California as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Instruction is provided to students at the 25 institutions constituting the California State University and the 10 institutions constituting the University of California.

This bill would require the California State University, and request the University of California, to publicly provide labor marketbegin delete prematriculation andend delete outcome information relating tobegin delete their graduates.end deletebegin insert the graduates of their undergraduate programs and authorize the California State University and the University of California to publicly provide labor market outcome information relating to the graduates of their graduate programs.end insert Thebegin delete information required byend deletebegin insert labor market outcome information to be provided pursuant toend insert the bill would include, but not necessarily be limited to, salary data, and the percentage distribution of graduates, classified by industry. The bill would specify requirements for presentation of this data, including the use of easily understood labor market measures, aggregation of the data to the systemwide level and by particular areas of study, timeframesbegin delete before andend delete after graduation for the presentation of the data in each labor marketbegin delete prematriculation andend delete outcome category, and adherence to pertinent state and federal privacy laws.begin insert The bill would also express the intent of the Legislature that the California State University publicly provide prematriculation labor market data for graduates at the point in time 6 years before they received their degrees.end insert

The bill would require that this information be made publicly available through publication on the Internet Web sites of the respective segments, and updated no later than June 1 of each year.

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

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

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SECTION 1.  

begin insert(a)end insertbegin insertend insert It is the intent of the Legislature that the
2impact of public postsecondary education on the employment and
3earnings of students be made publicly available, to the extent
4possible, to students and families consistently across the segments
5of public postsecondary education.

begin insert

6(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that, in addition to the
7requirements specified in Section 66014.3 of the Education Code,
8the California State University publicly provide prematriculation
9labor market data for graduates at the point in time six years before
10they received their degrees.

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SEC. 2.  

Section 66014.3 is added to the Education Code, to
12read:

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66014.3.  

(a) The California State University shall, and the
14University of California is requested to, publicly provide labor
15marketbegin delete prematriculation andend delete outcome information relating tobegin delete their
16graduates.end delete
begin insert the graduates of their undergraduate programs. The
17California State University and the University of California may
18publicly provide labor market outcome information relating to the
19graduates of their graduate programs.end insert
This information shall
20include, but not necessarily be limited to, salary data, and the
21 percentage distribution of graduates, classified by industry.

P3    1(b) The information required by this section shall be provided
2using data including, but not necessarily limited to, information
3provided by the Employment Development Department pursuant
4to Section 1095 of the Unemployment Insurance Code and the
5segments’ own databases. The information shall be presented in
6accordance with all of the following requirements:

7(1) The data shall be presented in terms of easily understood
8labor market measures, such as median annual wage.

9(2) The data shall be aggregated to the systemwide level and
10by particular areas of study.

11(3) Labor market outcome data for each category shall, at a
12minimum, provide data relating to graduates one or two years, and
13five years, after theirbegin delete graduation, and prematriculation labor market
14data for graduates six years before the receipt of their degrees.end delete

15begin insert graduation.end insert The Legislature encourages the California State
16University and the University of California to additionally provide
17labor market outcome data for periods longer than five years after
18graduation.

19(4) In the collection and publication of data pursuant to this
20section, the segments shall adhere to all pertinent state and federal
21privacy laws.

22(c) The information required by this section shall be made
23publicly available through publication on the Internet Web sites
24of the respective segments, and shall be updated no later than June
251 of each year.



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