Bill Text: CA AB1155 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Postsecondary education: intersegmental collaboration and coordination.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-21 - From printer. May be heard in committee March 23. [AB1155 Detail]
Download: California-2025-AB1155-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1155
| Introduced by Assembly Member Fong |
February 20, 2025 |
An act to amend Section 66010.7 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1155, as introduced, Fong.
Postsecondary education: intersegmental collaboration and coordination.
Existing law establishes the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Existing law expresses the commitment of the Legislature to encourage and support collaboration among these segments. Existing law provides that the leaders responsible for public and independent institutions of higher education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall work together to promote and facilitate the development of intersegmental programs and other cooperative efforts aimed at improving the progress of students through the educational systems and at strengthening the teaching profession at all levels.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that
latter provision.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 66010.7 of the Education Code is amended to read:66010.7.
(a) The Legislature, through the enactment of this section, expresses its commitment to encourage and support collaboration and coordination among all segments of education.(b) Within the differentiation of segmental functions outlined in this article, the institutions of higher education shall undertake intersegmental collaboration and coordination particularly when it can do any of the following:
(1) Enhance the achievement of the institutional missions shared by the segments.
(2) Provide more effective planning of postsecondary education on a statewide basis.
(3) Facilitate achievement of the goals of educational equity.
(4) Enable public and independent higher education to meet more effectively the educational needs of a geographic region.
(5) Facilitate student progress from one segment to another, particularly with regard to preparation of students for higher education as well as the transfer from the California Community Colleges to four-year institutions.
(c) The leaders responsible for public and independent institutions of higher education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall work together to promote and facilitate the development of intersegmental programs and other cooperative efforts aimed at improving
the progress of students through the educational systems and at strengthening the teaching profession at all levels.
(d) The California Postsecondary Education Commission shall have responsibility for reviewing and evaluating the effectiveness of intersegmental activities in accomplishing the established goals, and shall report its findings to the Governor and Legislature biennially.
