BILL NUMBER: SB 691	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Morrell
   (Coauthors: Senators Huff and Nielsen)
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Wagner and Waldron)

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Section 66208 to the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 691, as introduced, Morrell. Postsecondary education: student
code of conduct: testing.
   Existing law establishes the University of California, under the
administration of the Regents of the University of California, the
California State University, under the administration of the Trustees
of the California State University, and the California Community
Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public
postsecondary education in this state.
   This bill would require the trustees and the board of governors,
and would request the regents, to do all of the following regarding
the respective segment's student code of conduct: (a) make it
available to prospective students before enrollment, (b) develop a
method of testing prospective students' knowledge of it before, or as
a condition of, enrollment, and (c) set a standard for a prospective
student to demonstrate proficient knowledge of it before beginning
classes. The bill would require the trustees, and urge the regents
and each community college district, to require each student to
demonstrate proficient knowledge of the applicable code of conduct
before the student begins classes.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 66208 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   66208.  (a) The Trustees of the California State University and
the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall,
and the Regents of the University of California are requested to, do
all of the following regarding the respective segment's student code
of conduct:
   (1) Make it available to prospective students before enrollment.
   (2) Develop a method of testing prospective students' knowledge of
it before, or as a condition of, enrollment.
   (3) Set a standard for a prospective student to demonstrate
proficient knowledge of it before beginning classes.
   (b) The trustees shall, and the regents and each community college
district are urged to, require a student to demonstrate proficient
knowledge of the applicable code of conduct before the student begins
classes.