Bill Text: CA AB656 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: California State University: doctoral programs.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 663, Statutes of 2023. [AB656 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB656-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 656

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Introduced by Assembly Member McCarty
(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Cervantes and Garcia)

February 09, 2023

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An act relating to public postsecondary education.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 656, as introduced, McCarty. California State University: doctoral programs.

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law provides for the missions and functions of these segments, and states that the University of California has the sole authority in public higher education to award doctoral degrees in all fields of learning, except that it may agree with the California State University to award joint doctoral degrees in selected fields. However, existing law authorizes the California State University to offer certain doctoral programs without that agreement.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that authorizes the California State University to offer expanded doctoral programs that do not duplicate doctoral programs at the University of California.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation that, notwithstanding Section 66010.4 of the Education Code, and in order to meet specific workforce needs in California, authorizes the California State University to offer expanded doctoral programs that do not duplicate doctoral programs at the University of California and ensures that the doctoral programs at the California State University are distinguished from doctoral programs at the University of California.