Bill Text: CA AB1832 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public postsecondary education: veterans: priority

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-04-17 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB1832 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB1832-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1832	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Silva

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act relating to public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1832, as introduced, Silva. Public postsecondary education:
credit for military training.
   Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth, among
other things, the missions and functions of California's public and
independent segments of higher education, and their respective
institutions of higher education. 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. Provisions of the Donahoe Higher Education Act apply to the
University of California only to the extent that the regents act, by
resolution, to make these provisions applicable.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to require, or request, as appropriate, public
postsecondary institutions to grant academic credit to students for
similar training and hours of experience performed while on active
military duty.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to require, or request, as appropriate, public
postsecondary institutions to grant academic credit to students for
similar training and hours of experience performed while on active
military duty.