Bill Text: CA AB2086 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Cal Grant Program: qualifying institutions: publication

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-09-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 248, Statutes of 2010. [AB2086 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB2086-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2086	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Coto

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to amend Section 67003 of the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2086, as introduced, Coto. Public postsecondary education:
federal assistance: publication of professional licensure examination
passage rates.
   Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act,
establishes the segments of the public postsecondary education system
in the state, including the University of California administered by
the Regents of the University of California, the California State
University administered by the Trustees of the California State
University, and the California Community Colleges administered by the
Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing
law also establishes the California Maritime Academy, under the
administration of the trustees and a specified governing board, as a
specialized institution within the California State University. The
provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to
the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by
appropriate resolution, make them applicable.
   A provision of the act vests the regents, the trustees, and the
boards of governors of the California Community Colleges and the
California Maritime Academy, on behalf of each of their respective
segments, with the authority to perform all acts necessary to receive
the benefits and expend funds provided by specified federal laws.
The act designates the California Postsecondary Education Commission
as the state agency to carry out the purposes of those federal laws.
The act designates the Treasurer as the custodian of all funds
received by the state from the federal government under specified
federal law and requires the Treasurer to pay out those funds to
carry out the purposes of that federal law.
   This bill would require the governing boards of each of the public
postsecondary educational institutions to certify annually to the
Legislature and the Governor that an Internet address for
professional licensure examination passage rates has been published
on all applications for enrollment, and would condition the authority
of those governing boards to receive and expend specified federal
funds upon making that annual certification.
   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 67003 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   67003.   The   (a)    
Subject to making the certification of transparency pursuant to
subdivision (b), the  Trustees of the California State
University on behalf of the California State University, the Regents
of the University of California on behalf of the university, the
Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges on behalf of
the community colleges, and the Board of Governors of the California
Maritime Academy on behalf of the California Maritime Academy, are
vested with all power and authority to perform all acts necessary to
receive the benefits and to expend the funds provided by the act of
Congress described in Section 67000 and with all necessary power and
authority to cooperate with the government of the United States, or
any agency or agencies thereof, and with the California Postsecondary
Education Commission for the purpose of receiving the benefits and
expending the funds provided by the act of Congress, in accordance
with the act, or any rules or regulations adopted thereunder, or any
state plan or rules or regulations of the California Postsecondary
Education Commission adopted in accordance with the act of Congress.
Whenever necessary to secure the full benefits of the act of Congress
for loans or grants for academic facilities, the trustees, regents,
or boards of governors may give any required security and may comply
with any conditions imposed by the federal government. 
   (b) Each institution of higher education shall certify annually to
the Legislature and the Governor that an Internet address has been
conspicuously published on all hard copy and online applications for
enrollment where prospective students will find rates of passage on
specified professional licensure examinations by students of the
institution or program.