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THIRD READING
Bill No: SB 1196
Author: Liu (D)
Amended: 5/7/14
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 4/30/14
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Correa, Galgiani, Hancock, Hueso,
Huff, Monning
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 5/23/14
AYES: De Le�n, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
SUBJECT : Postsecondary education statewide goals
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill establishes a process for setting specific
educational attainment goals for the states postsecondary
education segments and requires that these goals guide the
development of five-year plans by the California Community
Colleges (CCC), the California State University (CSU), and the
University of California (UC) for making progress toward the
state's goals to: improve access, equity and success, better
align with workforce and economic needs, and use resources
effectively and efficiently while maintaining quality.
ANALYSIS : Existing law outlines the following three goals for
guiding budget and policy decisions in higher education:
1. Improved student success, to include, but not be limited to,
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greater participation by demographic groups that have
participated at lower rates, greater completion by all
students and improved outcomes for graduates.
2. Better alignment of degrees and credentials awarded with the
state's economic, workforce and civic needs.
3. Effective and efficient use of resources in order to
increase high-quality postsecondary educational outcomes and
maintain affordability.
Existing law also declares the Legislature's intent that
appropriate metrics be identified, defined, and formally adopted
to monitor progress toward the achievement of the state's goals.
In addition, existing law declares the intent that the metrics
be used to ensure the effective and efficient use of state
resources available to postsecondary education, and that
progress on the adopted metrics be reported and considered as
part of the annual state budget process.
This bill:
1. Establishes a process for setting specific educational
attainment goals for California's postsecondary education
segments. Specifically this bill:
A. Requires the Governor, or his designee to consult with
private industry, policy research entities and any other
entity the Governor deems appropriate to identify and
establish specific educational attainment goals for the
state and a target date for their achievement.
B. Declares the Legislature's intent that the attainment
goals:
(1) Be challenging and quantifiable.
(2) Address achievement gaps for underrepresented
populations.
(3) Increase and align the educational level of
California's adult population to address the state's
economic and workforce needs.
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(4) Be guided by the statewide goals currently in
statute. Guide the development of the plans (required
by this bill's provisions) to be developed by the
segments for meeting those goals.
1. Requires the CSU Trustees, the CCC Board of Governors, and
the UC Regents to each develop and adopt a five year-plan for
making progress toward meeting the statewide goals.
A. Requires a designee of the Governor to convene a
technical working group, as specified, to advise in the
development of the plan and requires the technical working
group to:
(1) Identify and define specific metrics for measuring
performance and progress toward statewide goals, as
specified.
(2) Require that the metrics align with performance
measure and outcome priorities already statutorily
established for the UC, CSU, and CCC.
(3) Include performance measures for awarding degrees
and graduating students with job skills aligned to
workforce and economic needs.
(4) Develop a coordinated and centralized process for
collecting and reporting information that will be
required in the plans.
(5) Determine and prescribe various data requirements
in order to align reporting across all three segments.
(6) Provide its results to the UC, CSU, and CCC by
January 31, 2015, in order to guide the development of
the plans.
A. Requires that the plans include, but not be limited to,
specific objectives for meeting the state's attainment
goals and their progress in each of the performance
measures established for their respective segments.
B. Requires each of the segments, in developing their plans
to:
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(1) Establish a process for setting attainment goals
and performance targets at a regional and campus level.
(2) Collaborate to establish attainment goals and
performance targets based upon both statewide and
regional needs.
Comments
According to the author's office, this bill is intended to
propose a more collaborative process that engages the
Legislature, the public postsecondary education segments and the
Administration in the development of the sustainability plans
envisioned by Governor Brown in his 2014-15 Budget proposal.
This bill establishes a process that includes all three entities
to ensure that all participate in the development of the
sustainability plans envisioned by the Governor. This bill
acknowledges that the segments of postsecondary education have a
responsibility to inform the Legislature and the Administration
of their goals and targets and what they plan to accomplish, but
that the state also has a responsibility to be clear about its
needs and expectations in order to make progress towards our
statewide goals.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Senate Appropriations Committee:
Work group: Potentially significant costs to the Governor's
designee, to consult with private industry and policy research
entities to establish state goals, and to convene the required
work group.
UC: Approximately $800,000 in costs to participate in the
intensive work group, to develop a five-year plan, collaborate
with the other segments, establish a process at the campus and
regional levels for achieving goals, and annually report on
progress toward attaining the goals.
CSU: Significant costs, likely in the hundreds of thousands
of dollars, to conduct similar work to UC.
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CCC: Significant costs, potentially in the hundreds of
thousands of dollars, but costs would depend on the extent to
which the work would be duplicative of work already completed
by the Student Success Task Force.
PQ:k 5/25/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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