BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: August 6, 2014
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Mike Gatto, Chair
SB 1196 (Liu) - As Amended: June 30, 2014
Policy Committee: Higher
EducationVote:12-0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable:
SUMMARY
This bill establishes a process for setting postsecondary
educational attainment goals and requires that these goals guide
the development of 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.
Specifically, this bill:
1)Requires the Governor, or designee, in consultation with the
CCC, CSU, UC, the independent postsecondary institutions, the
private postsecondary institutions, and other entities as
specified, to identify and establish specific educational
attainment goals for the segments of postsecondary education
and a target date for these segments to achieve these goals.
2)Establishes intent that the goals established be challenging
and quantifiable; address achievement gaps for
underrepresented populations; increase and align the
educational attainment of California's adult population to the
workforce and economic needs of the state; be guided by
statewide goals; and guide the development of the plans
adopted to be adopted.
3)Requires the CSU Trustees, CCC Board of Governors and, as a
condition of receiving a General Fund appropriation from the
state, the UC Regents, to each develop and adopt a plan for
making progress toward established statewide goals.
4)Requires the Governor, or designee, to convene a technical
working group, as specified, to, by January 31, 2015, advise
the segments in the development of the required plans by
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identifying and defining specific metrics and developing
coordinated data-gathering efforts.
5)Requires, in developing and adopting their respective plans,
UC, CSU and CCC to establish a process for setting their
respective attainment goals and performance targets at a
regional and campus level and to collaborate across their
respective segments in order to set attainment goals and
performance targets that align with statewide and regional
needs.
6)Requires UC, CSU and CCC to annually report to the Legislature
on each of their plans and progress toward both statewide
goals and their respective objectives as part of the state
budget process. Sunsets this reporting requirement on January
1, 2021.
FISCAL EFFECT
UC estimates one-time GF costs of $800,000, assuming that staff
workload needed to develop the plan, collaborate with the other
segments, and establish a process at the campus and regional
level would require formation of a workgroup similar in size and
composition to those created to address the AB 94 reporting
requirements (see Background below) for performance outcome
measures and cost of instruction. UC indicates this estimate
does not include other costs, such as for participation on the
technical advisory group and reporting costs.
Similar to UC, CSU's costs would likely be in the hundreds of
thousands of dollars.
CCC estimates one-time IT costs of $110,000 for one research
analyst position to manage the new reporting requirements. The
CCC's recently-completed Student Success Task Force has laid the
groundwork for much of what is required in the bill.
COMMENTS
1)Background . AB 94, a trailer bill to the 2013-14 Budget Act,
required CSU and UC to report annually on specified
performance measures, in order to inform budget and policy
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decisions and promote effective and efficient use of
resources. SB 195 (Liu)/Statutes of 2013 established general
statewide goals for higher education, with the intent to
identify specific metrics for measuring progress toward
statewide goals. The Governor's Office committed to the author
to convene stakeholder meetings to evaluate the development of
metrics for purposes of monitoring progress toward meeting
outlined goals. Two stakeholder meetings were held in the fall
2013.
The 2014-15 Budget Act (SB 852) requires UC and CSU to approve
three-year "sustainability plans," by November 30, that use
projections of funding provided by the Department of Finance
to establish projections of resident and non-resident
enrollment and the university's goals for the performance
measures that were required to be adopted pursuant to AB 94.
Additionally, CCCs are required, pursuant to a 2014-15 Budget
Act higher education trailer bill (SB 860), to establish and
report, as a condition of receipt of Student Success Funds, on
Student Equity Plans. These plans are designed to ensure equal
educational opportunities and to promote student success for
all students.
2)Purpose . The Legislature has been considering statewide higher
education goals and objectives for over a decade, beginning
with a study commissioned by the Senate in 2002 that served as
the basis for several legislative efforts. As part of its
recent reports on higher education oversight, the Legislative
Analyst's Office has recommended that the Legislature and the
Administration establish a clear public agenda for higher
education, including specific and focused statewide goals that
could serve as the framework for an accountability system
designed to align higher education performance with the
state's needs.
According to the author, 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 adopted in the
2014-15 Budget Act. 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.
Analysis Prepared by : Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081
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