Bill Text: CA AB2402 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: California State University: admissions: procedural
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2010-09-24 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 262, Statutes of 2010. [AB2402 Detail]
Download: California-2009-AB2402-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2402 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 262
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 24, 2010
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 23, 2010
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 18, 2010
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 19, 2010
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 17, 2010
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 28, 2010
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Block
FEBRUARY 19, 2010
An act to add Section 89030.5 to the Education Code, relating to
the California State University.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2402, Block. California State University: admissions:
procedural requirements.
Existing law establishes the California State University as one of
the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. The
university includes 25 specified campuses and is administered by a
board, known as the Trustees of the California State University.
Existing law requires the trustees to adopt rules and regulations for
the government of the university and requires those rules and
regulations to be published for distribution as soon as practicable
after adoption. Existing law prescribes notice and hearing procedures
for the adoption, amendment, and repeal of those regulations.
This bill would require the trustees to ensure compliance with
specified requirements for the adoption of changes in the criteria
for admission to a campus of the university that affect the
eligibility of applicants residing within the local service area, as
defined, of the campus. The bill would require these procedures to
include specified notice, hearing, and approval requirements. The
bill would require a change in admissions criteria that affects the
eligibility of applicants residing within the local service area of
the affected campus to become effective only after a period of at
least one year, or 6 months for a change based on resources, has
elapsed after approval of that change by the Chancellor of the
California State University. The bill would require the chancellor to
report the decision regarding approval in writing to the trustees at
the next regularly scheduled meeting of the trustees.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 89030.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
89030.5. (a) In order to provide notice to the public and ensure
the transparency of decisions affecting admissions criteria for all
of the campuses of the California State University, the trustees
shall ensure that a change in the criteria for admission to a campus
of the university complies with all of the following requirements:
(1) Prior to adopting a change in the criteria for admission that
affects applicants residing within the local service area of a campus
of the university, the campus affected by the proposed change shall
do all of the following:
(A) Consult with stakeholders, including the governing boards of
school districts, governing boards of community college districts,
and community organizations, that are located within the local
service area of the affected campus. These consultations shall occur
in a public meeting.
(B) Hold three public hearings in the local service area of the
affected campus. The hearings shall solicit public comments relative
to the proposed change in admissions criteria.
(C) Provide public notice of the proposed change in admissions
criteria. The notice shall be published on the Internet Web site for
the affected campus and in three newspapers of general circulation in
the local service area of the affected campus. The notice shall
include a description of the proposed change, the right of the public
to comment orally or in writing on the proposed change, and the
dates, times, and locations of the public meetings pursuant to
subparagraph (A) and the public hearings pursuant to subparagraph
(B). The notice shall be published at least 10 days before the first
public meeting or public hearing.
(D) Publish on the Internet Web site of the affected campus, all
public comments received pursuant to this paragraph and all responses
by the university to those public comments.
(E) Publish on the Internet Web site of the affected campus, and
distribute to community officials and local high schools, the
university's final decision on the proposed change.
(2) After meeting all of the requirements specified in paragraph
(1), the president of the affected campus shall submit the proposed
change to the Chancellor of the California State University for
approval, in accordance with the policies of the trustees. The
chancellor shall report the decision regarding approval, and the
reasoning behind the decision, to the trustees in writing at the next
regularly scheduled meeting of the trustees.
(3) Except as provided in paragraph (4), a change in the criteria
for admission to a campus that affects applicants within the local
service area of the affected campus shall become effective only after
a period of at least one year has elapsed after that change is
approved by the chancellor.
(4) A change in the criteria for admission to a campus based on
resources that affects applicants within the local service area of
the affected campus shall become effective only after a period of at
least six months has elapsed after that change is approved by the
chancellor.
(b) The requirements set forth in subdivision (a) shall apply to
all changes in the criteria for admission to a campus that affect the
eligibility of applicants residing within the local service area of
a campus to enroll at that campus, including changes to transfer
requirements and determinations regarding impaction of majors.
(c) As used in this section, "local service area" means the
California State University service area for the campus as set forth
in the California State University Coded Memorandum AA-2005-05, dated
February 23, 2005, or as subsequently amended.
