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This section applies to the K–12 component only. Each consortium shall administer a competitive grant program to distribute funding allocated pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 88827 to eligible grant recipients. Consortia are encouraged to collaboratively develop a uniform grant application process that includes a process for grant renewals and for a grant applicant to appeal a grant award decision of the K–12 Selection Committee. As part of the application process, each consortium shall ask applicants to indicate whether they have received a grant under the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program established pursuant to Chapter 16.5 (commencing with Section 53070) of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2. For each fiscal year, the chancellor’s office shall work with the State Department of Education to produce a list of grant recipients that receive funding under this program as well as through the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program, including the grant amounts awarded through each program and the purpose for which each grant was awarded. Local educational agencies applying to receive a grant from a consortium shall comply with all of the following:

(a) The local educational agency shall be located within the geographical boundaries of the consortium, and engage in regional efforts to align workforce, employment, and education services.

(b) The local educational agency shall use its consortium’s plan developed pursuant to Section 88823 to inform their efforts to create, support, implement, or expand upon career technical education courses, course sequences, programs, and pathways, and to the extent possible, integrate available local, regional, state, and private resources to improve the successful outcomes of pupils enrolled in career technical education courses, course sequences, programs, and pathways. To the extent an applicant’s career technical education program, or programs, offered in the 2018–19 fiscal year do not align with its consortium’s plan developed pursuant to Section 88823, the applicant shall be deemed to meet this requirement by including in its grant application the steps that it will take during the 2018–19 fiscal year to align its career technical education program, or programs, with its consortium’s plan.

(c) (1) The local educational agency shall provide matching funds for any grant funding received from this program as follows:

(A) For regional occupational centers or programs operated by a joint powers authority or county office of education, one dollar ($1) for every one dollar ($1) received from this program.

(B) For local educational agencies, two dollars ($2) for every one dollar ($1) received from this program.

(2) The local match may include funding from school district and charter school local control funding formula apportionments pursuant to Section 42238.02, the federal Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) (Public Law 115-224), the partnership academies program pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 54690) of Chapter 9 of Part 29 of Division 4 of Title 2, the agricultural career technical education incentive program pursuant to Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 52460) of Chapter 9 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2, or any other allowable source, except as provided in paragraph (3).

(3) The local match described in this subdivision shall not include any funding received by the applicant from the California Career Pathways Trust established pursuant to Section 53010, the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program established pursuant to Section 53070, or the Career Technical Education Facilities Program established pursuant to Section 17078.72.

(4) An applicant’s matching funds shall be used to support the program, or programs, for which the applicant was awarded a grant.

(d) The applicant, or the applicant’s career technical education program, as applicable, shall meet all of the following minimum eligibility standards:

(1) Is informed by, aligned with, and expands upon regional plans and planning efforts occurring through the Strong Workforce Program.

(2) Offers high-quality curriculum and instruction aligned with the California Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 51226, including, but not limited to, providing a coherent sequence of career technical education courses that enable pupils to transition to postsecondary education or training programs that lead to a career pathway or attain employment upon graduation from high school.

(3) Provides pupils with quality career exploration and guidance.

(4) Provides pupil support services, including, but not limited to, counseling and leadership development.

(5) Provides opportunities for pupils to participate in after-school, extended-day, and out-of-school internships, competitions, and other work-based learning opportunities.

(6) Leads to an industry-recognized credential or certificate, appropriate postsecondary training or employment, or a postsecondary degree.

(7) Is staffed by skilled teachers or faculty and provides professional development opportunities for those teachers or faculty members.

(8) (A) Reports data that can be used by policymakers, local educational agencies, community college districts, and their regional partners to support and evaluate the program, including demographic data, disaggregated by race and gender, used to evaluate progress in closing equity gaps in program access and completion, and earnings of underserved demographic groups.

(B) Data reported pursuant to this paragraph shall include, but is not limited to, metrics aligned with the core metrics required by the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128), the College/Career Indicator included in the California School Dashboard, and the quality indicators described in the California State Plan for Career Technical Education required by the federal Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V), and the following metrics, disaggregated by race and gender:

(i) The high school graduation rate.

(ii) The number of pupils completing career technical education coursework.

(iii) The number of pupils obtaining an industry-recognized credential, certificate, license, or other measure of technical skill attainment.

(iv) The number of former pupils employed and the types of businesses in which they are employed.

(v) The number of former pupils enrolled in each of the following:

(I) A postsecondary educational institution, disaggregated by public, private nonprofit, and private for-profit institutions.

(II) A state apprenticeship program.

(III) Another form of job training.

(C) No later than November 30 of each fiscal year, the Workforce Pathways Joint Advisory Committee established pursuant to Section 12053 shall review the data metrics specified in subparagraph (B) and make recommendations to the fiscal and appropriate policy committees of both houses of the Legislature and to the Department of Finance as to whether they are the most appropriate metrics to measure and evaluate program outcomes for both new and renewal applicants, and whether other metrics should be included.

(D) Data collected pursuant to this section shall be reported by the grant recipient to the State Department of Education and their K–14 Technical Assistance Provider by November 1 immediately following the fiscal year for which the data is being reported. The K–14 Technical Assistance Provider shall annually notify the K–12 Selection Committee in each region of any grant recipient that fails to provide the required outcome data. The K–12 Selection Committee, in consultation with the consortium, may terminate or rescind contracts and grants from grantees that fail to provide the required outcome-based data pursuant to this paragraph.

(E) The State Department of Education shall make the data reported pursuant to subparagraph (D) available to the chancellor’s office on a date to be jointly determined by the State Department of Education and the chancellor’s office, to ensure the data is included on the California Community Colleges LaunchBoard data platform.

(F) No later than January 31, 2024, and on or before January 31 every five years thereafter, the State Department of Education shall submit a report, pursuant to Section 53076.2 and this section, to the Department of Finance, the Governor, and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature evaluating the progress that local educational agencies have made in expanding the availability of high-quality, industry-valued career technical education and workforce development opportunities; improving coordination and alignment with postsecondary educational institutions and workforce agencies and programs; and, to the extent possible, the progress in closing equity gaps in program access and completion.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 145, Sec. 3. (AB 1929) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION


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code: EDC

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(a) For purposes of awarding grants under the K–12 component of the Strong Workforce Program, each consortium shall form a K–12 Selection Committee made up of individuals with expertise in K–12 career technical education and workforce development. The K–12 Selection Committee membership shall be composed of all of the following:

(1) Current or former K–12 career technical education teachers and administrators.

(2) Charter school representatives, including representatives of charter schools operating pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 47612.1.

(3) Career guidance counselors.

(4) Representatives of industries that are prioritized by the consortium.

(5) At least one community college faculty or administrator.

(6) Other K–12 education stakeholders, or other stakeholders, as determined by the consortium.

(b) The K–14 Technical Assistance Provider in each consortium shall serve as a consultant to the K–12 Selection Committee.

(c) (1) Decisions governing, or relating to, the distribution of fiscal resources for the K–12 component shall be made exclusively by the K–12 Selection Committee, including selection of grant recipients and specific funding amounts for each grant.

(2) The K–12 Selection Committee shall annually notify the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the State Board of Education, the Department of Finance, and the fiscal and appropriate policy committees of both houses of the Legislature of the amount awarded to each grant recipient and the activities to be supported by the grant.

(d) To be eligible to receive a grant, a local educational agency with a representative on the K–12 Selection Committee shall maintain appropriate and transparent internal controls and processes to ensure that the local educational agency representative’s duties and responsibilities are clearly delineated, identified, and distinguished from the duties and responsibilities conferred upon the local educational agency as a grant applicant and recipient.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 98. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.)

division: 7. COMMUNITY COLLEGES

part: 54.5. Strong Workforce Program

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

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(a) When determining grant recipients under the K–12 component of the Strong Workforce Program, the K–12 Selection Committee shall consider past performance of grantees before awarding additional funds to those reapplying for grants.

(b) (1) The K–12 Selection Committee shall give positive consideration to each of the following characteristics in an applicant:

(A) Aligned programs serving unduplicated pupils, as defined in Section 42238.02.

(B) Programs that the K–12 Selection Committee, in consultation with the consortium, determines most effectively meet the needs of the local and regional economies.

(C) Programs serving pupil subgroups that have higher than average dropout rates, as identified by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.

(D) Programs located in an area of the state with a high unemployment rate.

(E) Programs serving pupils enrolled at a local educational agency receiving Local Control Funding Formula Equity Multiplier funding pursuant to Section 42238.024, as identified through the stability rate data file produced by the State Department of Education in the prior fiscal year.

(2) When determining grant recipients, the K–12 Selection Committee shall give greatest weight to the applicant characteristics included in this subdivision.

(c) The K–12 Selection Committee shall also give positive consideration to programs to the extent they do any of the following:

(1) Successfully leverage one or both of the following:

(A) Existing structures, requirements, and resources of the federal Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V) (Public Law 115-224), the California Partnership Academies pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 54690) of Chapter 9 of Part 29 of Division 4 of Title 2, or the Agricultural Career Technical Education Incentive Program pursuant to Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 52460) of Chapter 9 of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2.

(B) Contributions from industry, labor, and philanthropic sources.

(2) Make significant investments in career technical education infrastructure, equipment, and facilities.

(3) Operate within rural school districts.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 434, Sec. 1. (AB 3131) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION


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(a) A grant recipient for purposes of the K–12 component may consist of one or more, or any combination, of the following:

(1) School districts.

(2) County offices of education.

(3) Charter schools.

(4) Regional occupational centers or programs operated by a joint powers authority or county office of education, if the application has the written consent of each participating local educational agency.

(b) Each consortium shall work with its K–14 Technical Assistance Provider to provide notice to county offices of education, other local educational agencies, middle schools, high schools, and regional occupational centers and programs eligible for grants under this section of the availability of contracts and grants and the process for submitting an application.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 51, Sec. 62. (SB 75) Effective July 1, 2019.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION


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As a condition of receiving funds for purposes of the K–12 component, grant recipients shall do both of the following:

(a) Certify to the K–12 Selection Committee that grant funds received and the matching funds contributed by each local educational agency shall be used solely for the purpose of supporting the program or programs for which the grant is awarded.

(b) Make expenditure data on career technical education programs available for purposes of determining if the grant recipients have met the matching funds requirements specified in subdivision (c) of Section 88828, and for monitoring the use of funds provided pursuant to Section 88827.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 32, Sec. 119. (AB 1808) Effective June 27, 2018.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION


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(a) (1) Commencing with the 2018–19 fiscal year, the amount appropriated in the annual Budget Act for support of the K–12 Workforce Pathway Coordinators and the K–14 Technical Assistance Providers shall be used to establish a K–12 Workforce Pathway Coordinator within the geographical boundaries of each community college district, unless otherwise determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the chancellor’s office. K–12 Workforce Pathway Coordinators shall be selected through a competitive process jointly administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the chancellor’s office, for the provision of technical assistance and support to local educational agencies in implementing career technical education courses, programs, and pathways under both the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program established pursuant to Section 53070 and the K–12 component of the Strong Workforce Program. Duties of the K–12 Workforce Pathway Coordinators selected pursuant to this section include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(A) Providing technical assistance and support to local educational agencies to implement career technical education courses, programs, and pathways and integrate available local, regional, state, and private resources to ensure that pupils will achieve successful workforce outcomes. As part of this duty, each K–12 Workforce Pathway Coordinator, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall ensure that K–12 career technical education programs are aligned with the California Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 51226.

(B) Collaborating on behalf of the local educational agencies within the region with local community colleges, industry partners, local workforce investment boards, and other relevant agencies or organizations to support and align K–12 career technical education programs. As part of this duty, each K–12 Workforce Pathway Coordinator shall stay current with the needs of K–12 career technical education programs and their regional and local labor markets in order to provide guidance, in collaboration with local educational agencies, to the chancellor’s office, the Strong Workforce regional consortium, and industry representatives.

(C) Acting as first point of contact for local educational agencies, industry representatives, and employers with the intent of assisting local educational agencies to respond to industry needs and facilitating industry connection with K–12 career technical education programs.

(D) Cultivating collaborative communities so that local educational agencies and industry can collaborate and provide peer-to-peer knowledge exchange in areas of common interest to inform the development of high-quality education programs.

(E) Working in conjunction with the Deputy Sector Navigators and State Department of Education Industry Sector Leads to improve linkages and alignment of career education pathways between middle schools, high schools, public postsecondary institutions, and the workforce.

(2) An individual associated with any of the following may apply to serve as a K–12 Workforce Pathway Coordinator, or any of the following may subcontract with an individual with expertise in K–12 education and workforce development to serve as a K–12 Workforce Pathway Coordinator:

(A) School districts.

(B) County offices of education.

(C) Charter schools.

(D) Regional occupational centers or programs operated by a joint powers authority or county office of education.

(3) The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the chancellor’s office shall agree upon an outcome-based assessment that allows for an evaluation of the K–12 Workforce Pathway Coordinators’ ability to perform the duties identified in paragraph (1). Data required for purposes of this evaluation shall be submitted by the K–12 Workforce Pathway Coordinators to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the chancellor’s office at least annually, commencing in the 2019–20 fiscal year.

(b) (1) Commencing with the 2018–19 fiscal year, the amount appropriated in the annual Budget Act for support of the K–12 Workforce Pathway Coordinators and the K–14 Technical Assistance Providers shall be used to support the activities of the K–14 Technical Assistance Providers established under the California Career Pathways Trust. One K–14 Technical Assistance Provider shall be selected for each consortium through a competitive process jointly administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the chancellor’s office, for the provision of technical assistance and support to local educational agencies in implementing career technical education courses, programs, and pathways under both the California Career Technical Education Incentive Grant Program established pursuant to Section 53070 and the K–12 component of the Strong Workforce Program. Duties of the K–14 Technical Assistance Providers selected pursuant to this section include, but are not limited to, all of the following:

(A) Providing leadership, guidance, and technical assistance to create, support, expand, and improve career technical education opportunities for local educational agencies. As part of this duty, each K–14 Technical Assistance Provider, in consultation with the State Department of Education, shall ensure that K–12 career technical education programs are aligned with the California Career Technical Education Model Curriculum Standards adopted by the State Board of Education pursuant to Section 51226.

(B) Acting as a liaison between the consortium and the State Department of Education, and serving as a consultant to the K–12 Selection Committee.

(C) Interacting with the K–12 Workforce Pathway Coordinators, the Deputy Sector Navigators, and the State Department of Education Industry Sector Leads to improve linkages and career education pathways between middle schools, high schools, public postsecondary institutions, and the workforce.

(D) Identifying professional development opportunities for the K–12 Workforce Pathway Coordinators and educational entities, including educational leaders and counselors.

(E) Regularly facilitating the convening of grantees to develop a network of educators to share best practices and cultivate state resources that can be used by agencies charged with providing assistance within the statewide system of support authorized pursuant to Section 52059.5.

(2) Any of the following may apply to serve as a K–14 Technical Assistance Provider, or subcontract with an individual with expertise in K–12 education and workforce development to serve as a K–14 Technical Assistance Provider:

(A) School districts.

(B) County offices of education.

(C) Charter schools.

(D) Regional occupational centers or programs operated by a joint powers authority or county office of education.

(E) Community college districts.

(3) The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the chancellor’s office shall agree upon an outcome-based assessment that allows for an evaluation of the K–14 Technical Assistance Providers’ ability to perform the duties identified in paragraph (1). Data required for purposes of this evaluation shall be submitted by the K–14 Technical Assistance Providers to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the chancellor’s office at least annually, commencing in the 2019–20 fiscal year.

(4) In selecting the K–14 Technical Assistance Providers, the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the chancellor’s office shall give priority to applicants who served as a K–14 Technical Assistance Provider under the California Career Pathways Trust pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 53015.

(c) To promote the successful transition to the K–12 Strong Workforce Program, notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), for the 2018–19 fiscal year only, the amount appropriated in the annual Budget Act for support of the K–12 Workforce Pathway Coordinators and the K–14 Technical Assistance Providers shall also be available for the purposes of integrating the K–12 component into the regional consortia and hiring and developing the K–12 Workforce Pathway Coordinators and K–14 Technical Assistance Providers.

(d) Any funds not used for the purposes identified in subdivision (a), (b), or (c) shall be added to the amount appropriated in the annual Budget Act for the K–12 component of the Strong Workforce Program, and provided to each consortium to create, support, or expand career technical education programs at the K–12 level that are aligned with the workforce development efforts occurring through the Strong Workforce Program.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 51, Sec. 63. (SB 75) Effective July 1, 2019.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) Students are more likely to graduate on time if they identify a major early on, have a clear outline of the courses required for completion, and are provided consistent ongoing guidance and support throughout their program of study.

(b) California has made investments to improve student outcomes at community colleges by providing student intake and guidance services, requiring colleges to focus on closing achievement gaps, improving foundational skills instruction and placements, providing enhanced student services for pretransfer-level students, and streamlining and simplifying the transfer process to four-year universities.

(c) Providing community colleges with strategic, one-time state investments and technical assistance will enable colleges to integrate existing student-success programs and provide students with predictable course schedules and frequent feedback and support services to ensure that they can complete academic programs more efficiently.

(d) Providing students who are pursuing an associate degree with a full two-year sequence of courses that can serve as a default plan will help to ensure that these students are positioned to complete their program on time.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 465, Sec. 11. (AB 2973) Effective January 1, 2023.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

path: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION > 7. COMMUNITY COLLEGES > 54.81. California Community College Guided Pathways Grant Program


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(a) There is hereby established the California Community College Guided Pathways Grant Program under the administration of the chancellor’s office. Grants awarded to community colleges pursuant to this part are intended to ensure all of the following:

(1) Integration of existing student-success programs and services.

(2) Building of capacity at community colleges for data analysis, leadership, planning, and implementation related to institutional change.

(3) Development of clearly structured, coherent guided pathways programs for all entering students for purposes of improving student outcomes, reducing time to degree, and increasing the ability of students to obtain high-paying jobs.

(b) The chancellor’s office shall distribute grants, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to community colleges that satisfy the requirements of this part and any programmatic criteria, administrative guidelines, and other requirements developed by the chancellor’s office to implement this part.

(c) For purposes of this part, “chancellor’s office” means the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.

(d) For purposes of this part, a “guided pathways program” includes all of the following activities and practices:

(1) Clarifying paths to student end goals by doing all of the following:

(A) Simplifying students’ choices with default program maps developed by faculty and advisors for all academic and vocational programs that show students a clear pathway to completion, further education, and employment in fields of importance to the region.

(B) Providing student advising and support services that help students to transition from high school, explore academic and vocational fields, choose a major, and develop a comprehensive academic plan leading to an associate degree for transfer, a career technical education certificate, an associate degree, other community college certificates, or the satisfaction of university transfer requirements.

(C) Establishing transfer pathways through alignment of pathway courses and expected learning outcomes with transfer institutions, to optimize applicability of community college credits to university majors.

(2) Helping students choose and enter a pathway by doing both of the following:

(A) Bridging K-12 to higher education by ensuring early remediation in the final year of high school.

(B) Redesigning traditional remediation as an “on-ramp” to a program of study, which helps students explore academic and career options from the beginning of their college experience, aligns math and other foundation skills coursework with a student’s program of study, and integrates and contextualizes instruction to build academic and nonacademic foundation skills throughout the college-level curriculum, particularly in program “gateway” courses.

(3) Helping students stay on an academic path by doing both of the following:

(A) Implementing procedures and systems, supported by appropriate technology, to monitor students’ progress toward completing their academic plans, to identify students who are at risk of not progressing in a program, and to intervene promptly with advising and other academic supports to help those students to resume progress or to revise their plans.

(B) Embedding academic and nonacademic supports throughout student programs to promote student learning and persistence.

(4) Ensuring students are learning by all of the following:

(A) Establishing program-level learning outcomes that are aligned with the requirements for success in employment and further education in a given field and applying the results of learning outcomes assessments to improve the effectiveness of instruction across programs.

(B) Integrating group projects, internships, and other applied learning experiences to enhance instruction and student success in courses across programs of study.

(C) Ensuring incorporation of effective teaching practice throughout the pathways.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 23, Sec. 14. (SB 85) Effective June 27, 2017.)

part: 54.81. California Community College Guided Pathways Grant Program

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
(a) From the funds provided for this part, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall allocate:

(1) Up to 10 percent of the total amount of these funds for statewide assistance and programmatic support to implement this part.

(2) All remaining funds shall be allocated as grants to participating community colleges.

(b) (1) The chancellor’s office shall award grants to participating community colleges from the funds described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) as follows:

(A) Twenty percent of these funds shall be awarded equally among all participating colleges.

(B) Thirty-five percent of these funds shall be awarded based on the percentage of full-time equivalent students at each participating college.

(C) Forty-five percent of these funds shall be awarded based on the percentage of students at each participating college that satisfy the requirements to receive federal Pell Grants and the requirements in Section 68130.5.

(2) The chancellor’s office may include additional measures or adjust the allocation percentages in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of paragraph (1) to accomplish the purposes of this part consistent with paragraph (3).

(3) The chancellor’s office shall notify and receive concurrence from the Department of Finance before including additional measures or adjusting the allocation percentages pursuant to paragraph (2) and providing these funds to participating community colleges. The department shall consult with the Legislative Analyst’s Office before determining whether to concur. The Director of Finance shall notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee if the department intends to concur.

(c) Before the chancellor’s office may award grant funds to a participating community college, the college shall demonstrate its commitment to implement a guided pathways framework by completing all of the following:

(1) Submitting a letter to the chancellor’s office signed by, and expressing the commitment of, the president of the governing board of the community college district, the chief executive officer of the college, and the president of the college’s academic senate to adopt a guided pathways model.

(2) Notifying the chancellor’s office that the college has attended an Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative workshop for guided pathways. The chancellor’s office shall ensure that community college representatives have sufficient access to an Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative workshop for guided pathways that provides expert assistance to college representatives in developing a work plan that identifies implementation tasks for each participating college.

(3) (A) Establishing and submitting to the chancellor’s office a work plan outlining the college’s commitment to implement a guided pathways program for all entering students and integrate existing student-success programs operating at the college, including, but not necessarily limited to, the Basic Skills Initiative, the Awards for Innovation in Higher Education Program established under Article 2.6 (commencing with Section 66010.96) of Chapter 2 of Part 40 of Division 5, associate degrees for transfer established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 66745) of Chapter 9.2 of Part 40 of Division 5, zero-textbook-cost degrees established pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 78050) of Chapter 1 of Part 48, the Student Success and Support Program established in Article 1 (commencing with Section 78210) of Chapter 2 of Part 48, student equity plans adopted pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 78220) of Chapter 2 of Part 48, the Adult Education Block Grant Program established in Article 9 (commencing with Section 84900) of Chapter 5 of Part 50, and the Strong Workforce Program established in Part 54.5 (commencing with Section 88820).

(B) The work plan shall also include the college’s policies regarding the use of information from high school records and other assessment measures to determine each student’s course placement and academic support needs.

(4) Submitting additional information that may be required by the chancellor’s office, including an application developed by the chancellor’s office, to assess a community college’s commitment to implement a guided pathways program.

(d) If the chancellor’s office determines that a participating community college has not sufficiently met the requirements of subdivision (c), the college may access available technical assistance opportunities and revise and resubmit the documentation required pursuant to subdivision (c) after receiving its grant funds.

(e) (1) The chancellor’s office shall establish programmatic criteria to release funding in stages to a participating community college based upon a determination by the chancellor’s office that the college is making appropriate progress toward implementing a guided pathways program.

(2) (A) The chancellor’s office shall develop qualitative and quantitative indicators to measure early outcomes of guided pathways programs implemented pursuant to this part. In developing these indicators, the chancellor’s office shall consider existing research regarding credit accumulation, completion of gateway mathematics and English courses, and completion of required courses in an academic program as early indicators of program completion.

(B) The chancellor’s office shall develop college-level indicators measuring the share of entering students who are participating in the activities and practices as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 88921 and the alignment of course offerings with students’ education plans.

(C) Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude the chancellor’s office from using student success metrics that are already available as part of the California Community Colleges Student Success Scorecard, the American Association of Community Colleges Pathways Project, or other existing initiatives.

(f) To the extent feasible, the chancellor’s office shall utilize the structure and processes in place for the California Guided Pathways Project, including, but not limited to, the project’s application, participation agreement, professional development, outcome measures, and technical assistance models.

(g) Participating community colleges may use grant funds to implement guided pathways programs for various limited-term purposes, including, but not necessarily limited to, any, or any combination, including all, of the following:

(1) Faculty and staff release time to review and redesign guided pathways programs, instruction, and support services.

(2) Professional development in areas related to guided pathways.

(3) Administrative time to coordinate, communicate, and engage college stakeholders in the process of developing and implementing guided pathways programs.

(4) Upgrades to computer and student information systems to improve tracking of student progress and feedback to students.

(h) Participating community colleges shall not use grant funds to provide instruction or support services to students or for other ongoing operating costs.

(i) (1) The chancellor’s office shall report to the Director of Finance and the Legislature, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, as follows:

(A) By July 1, 2018, provide a summary of the plans received by the chancellor’s office pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c), a summary of activities supported by the funds identified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), and a summary of activities related to implementation of this part from the Institutional Effectiveness Partnership Initiative and other existing programs of the chancellor’s office.

(B) By each July 1 from 2019 to 2022, inclusive, provide an updated summary of each community college’s progress toward implementing its plan established pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (c), including the share of each college’s students engaged in guided pathways activities and practices and the college’s alignment of course offerings with student education plans. The annual report due by July 1, 2022, shall include a summary of each participating community college’s progress on the qualitative and quantitative indicators of early outcomes developed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) or as otherwise required by the chancellor’s office.

(2) Each of the reports in paragraph (1) shall include recommendations on any statutory or regulatory changes necessary to improve the ability of community colleges to implement their locally developed guided pathways programs.

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION


text: For purposes of this part, “academic year” means the total of two consecutive semesters or three quarters, commencing with the opening of the fall term. Each semester or quarter is approximately the same length.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 33, Sec. 50. (AB 1809) Effective June 27, 2018.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

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(a) Commencing with the 2018–19 academic year, each participating community college shall provide a grant award to a student pursuant to subdivision (b). The purpose of the grant award is to provide the student with additional financial aid to help offset the student’s total cost of community college attendance.

(b) A student attending a community college may receive a grant award pursuant to this section if the student meets all of the following requirements:

(1) The student receives a Cal Grant B or C award pursuant to Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5.

(2) The student is making satisfactory academic progress at the community college under criteria required by the applicable federal standards published in Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations. The criteria applied by the community college for determining satisfactory academic progress shall, to the extent consistent with applicable federal standards, provide that homelessness, as defined as a “homeless individual” within the meaning of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11302(a)), or as defined as a “homeless child or youth,” as defined in subsection (2) of Section 725 of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a(2)), is an extenuating circumstance for students who are otherwise unable to meet the requirements deemed to constitute “satisfactory academic progress” at that community college. The community college may consider this extenuating circumstance, in its discretion, to the extent consistent with federal standards, to alter or excuse compliance with those progress requirements.

(3) The student is a California resident or is exempt from paying nonresident tuition under Section 68130.5 or 76140.

(c) (1) The students who meet the applicant criteria pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be eligible for the following grant amounts:

(A) One thousand two hundred ninety-eight dollars ($1,298) per semester, or quarterly equivalent, for eligible students who enroll in 12, 13, or 14 units per semester, or the quarterly equivalent number of units.

(B) Four thousand dollars ($4,000) per semester, or quarterly equivalent, for eligible students who enroll in 15 units per semester, or the quarterly equivalent number of units.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), commencing with the 2023–24 academic year, the students meeting the applicant criteria pursuant to subdivision (b) who are current or former foster youth, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 69433.6, shall be eligible for a grant amount of five thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($5,250) per semester, or quarterly equivalent, if they enroll in 12 or more units per semester, or the quarterly equivalent number of units.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), commencing with the 2025–26 academic year, the students meeting the applicant criteria pursuant to subdivision (b) who enroll in nine or more units per semester, or the quarterly equivalent number of units, and are considered full time as part of a disabled student programs and services Academic Accommodation Plan, as described in Section 56022 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, shall be eligible for a grant amount of one thousand two hundred ninety-eight dollars ($1,298) per semester, or the quarterly equivalent.

(4) (A) If funding is available after making awards to students in the primary terms, a community college may grant additional awards to students who take a sufficient number of units during the summer term to bring their total number of academic units to 24 units or more for the academic year. The chancellor’s office shall work with colleges to determine the summer grant amounts based on available funds.

(B) It is the intent of the Legislature that the available grants would be prorated to allocate a larger amount to students who take a sufficient number of units for a total of 30 units or more for the academic year.

(d) (1) To the extent practicable, a grant award shall be awarded at the same time as a recipient’s overall financial aid package.

(2) The grant award shall be considered a supplemental grant, and shall not supplant any other grant, fee waiver, or scholarship aid received by the student, including, but not necessarily limited to, federal grants, Cal Grant awards, institutional grants, merit-based scholarships, and athletic scholarships.

(3) The grant award shall be based upon the financial need of the applicant, and shall not exceed the calculated financial need for any individual applicant. The minimum level of financial need of applicants shall be determined by the commission pursuant to Section 69432.9.

(4) The grant award identified in subdivision (c) shall be proportionally reduced if the amount of funding appropriated in the annual Budget Act for this purpose is insufficient to fully fund the total number of students awarded a grant.

(e) (1) Each participating community college shall administer the grant award pursuant to the requirements of this section.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that a student is enrolled in a program of study and has completed an education plan identifying courses, a sequence of courses, key progress of milestones, and other requirements the student must complete to earn an associate degree, career technical education certificate, other community college certificate, or meet transfer requirements.

(3) Each participating community college shall encourage students to enroll in a sufficient number of units per semester, quarter, or summer term to be considered on track to obtain a certificate, associate degree for transfer, or associate degree or transfer to a four-year university within two academic years or within three academic years if a student is required to take basic skill courses by the community college.

(f) This section shall not be operative in a fiscal year unless funding has been provided for this section for that fiscal year in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 685, Sec. 1. (AB 1885) Effective January 1, 2025. Conditionally inoperative as prescribed by its own provisions.)

part: 54.82. Community Colleges Student Success Completion Grant

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
(a) On or before April 1, 2020, the chancellor shall report to the Legislature all of the following for the 2018–19 award year:

(1) The number of grant award recipients who met the requirements of Section 88931, disaggregated by recipients who are pursuing an associate degree for transfer, an associate degree, or a career technical education certificate, or other community college certificate, and further disaggregated by the type of certificate.

(2) The number of grant award recipients who met the requirements of Section 88931 and received a grant disaggregated by the number of units the recipients were enrolled in each term during the academic year.

(3) The number of grant award recipients who met the requirements of Section 88931 considered on track to complete their educational program within two academic years, within three academic years if a student is required to take basic skill courses by the community college, within the published length of time, or within the published length of time plus one year if a student is required to take basic skill courses by the community college.

(4) The average grade point average of grant award recipients.

(b) Student information reported pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be disaggregated by race, ethnicity, gender, and socioeconomic status.

(c) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under subdivision (a) is inoperative on April 1, 2024, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION


text: The board of governors may adopt regulations to administer this part.

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION


text: As used in this division, “trustees” means the Trustees of the California State University, created under Section 66600.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 638, Sec. 3.)

division: 8. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY

part: 55. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

chapter: 1. General Provisions

article: 1. General Provisions

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text:
(a) The California State University includes the institutions for higher education whose locations or designations are listed in this section.

(1) San Jose.

(2) San Francisco.

(3) Chico.

(4) Humboldt.

(5) San Diego.

(6) Fresno.

(7) California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

(8) California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.

(9) Long Beach.

(10) Los Angeles.

(11) Sacramento.

(12) Hayward.

(13) San Fernando Valley.

(14) Fullerton.

(15) Stanislaus.

(16) Sonoma.

(17) San Bernardino.

(18) Dominguez Hills.

(19) Contra Costa.

(20) Kern.

(21) Redwood City.

(22) Ventura.

(23) San Marcos.

(24) The California Maritime Academy, a specialized institution.

(25) Monterey County.

(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 1995.

history: (History: Amended (as added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1298, Sec. 3.5) by Stats. 1994, Ch. 901, Sec. 3. Effective September 27, 1994. Section operative July 1, 1995, by its own provisions.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
The campuses authorized in paragraphs (19), (21), and (22) of subdivision (a) of Section 89001 shall commence construction only upon resolution of the trustees, approved by the California Postsecondary Education Commission.

This section shall become operative on July 1, 1995.

history: (History: Amended (as added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 901, Sec. 5) by Stats. 1995, Ch. 758, Sec. 245. Effective January 1, 1996.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: All references in law or regulation to the “California State Colleges,” to the “California State University and Colleges,” or to “state colleges” shall be deemed to refer to the California State University and to the system of institutions of higher education that comprises the California State University as authorized in Section 89001. The term “campus” shall mean any of the institutions included within the California State University specified in Section 89001.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 303, Sec. 134. (AB 731) Effective January 1, 2016.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
(a) (1) All of the following names are the property of the state:

(A) “California State University.”

(B) The names of all educational institutions in the state with names containing the words “California State University.”

(C) All of the following names:

(i) “California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.”

(ii) “California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt.”

(iii) “California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.”

(iv) “California Maritime Academy.”

(v) “Humboldt State University.”

(vi) “Sonoma State University.”

(vii) “San Francisco State University.”

(viii) “San Jose State University.”

(ix) “San Diego State University.”

(D) Abbreviations of names listed in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C), including, but not necessarily limited to, all of the following:

(i) “Cal State.”

(ii) “Cal Maritime.”

(iii) “Humboldt State.”

(iv) “Sonoma State.”

(v) “San Francisco State.”

(vi) “San Jose State.”

(vii) “San Diego State.”

(viii) “Cal Poly.”

(ix) “CSU.”

(2) No person shall, without the permission of the Trustees of the California State University, use this name, or any abbreviation of it or any name of which these words are a part, in any of the following ways:

(A) To designate any business, social, political, religious, or other organization, including, but not limited to, any corporation, firm, partnership, association, group, activity, or enterprise.

(B) To imply, indicate, or otherwise suggest that any product, service, or organization is connected or affiliated with, or is endorsed, favored, or supported by, or is opposed by the Trustees of the California State University or any educational institution administered by the trustees. The permission of the trustees is required before any name listed in this subdivision may be used for any commercial purpose.

(C) To display, advertise, or announce this name publicly at, or in connection with, any meeting, assembly, or demonstration, or any propaganda, advertising, or promotional activity of any kind which has for its purpose or any part of its purpose the support, endorsement, advancement, opposition, or defeat of any strike, lockout, or boycott or of any political, religious, sociological, or economic movement, activity, or program.

(b) However, nothing in this section shall interfere with any person who makes, or restrict the right of any person to make, a true and accurate statement of their present or former relationship or connection with, their employment by, or their enrollment in, the California State University in the course of stating their experience or qualifications for any academic, governmental, business, or professional credit or enrollment, or in connection with any academic, governmental, professional, or other employment whatsoever.

(c) Every person violating this section is guilty of a misdemeanor.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 465, Sec. 12. (AB 2973) Effective January 1, 2023.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
Notwithstanding any other law:

(a) (1) Each campus of the California State University shall observe November 11, known as Veterans Day, as a holiday, and shall be closed on that day.

(2) When November 11 falls on a Sunday, each campus of the California State University shall observe the following Monday as the Veterans Day holiday. When November 11 falls on a Saturday, each campus of the California State University shall observe the preceding Friday as the Veterans Day holiday.

(b) (1) Each campus of the California State University may observe the date corresponding with the second new moon following the winter solstice, or the third new moon following the winter solstice should an intercalary month intervene, known as “Lunar New Year,” as a holiday, and be closed on that day. The campus may replace observing another prescribed holiday with observing Lunar New Year as a holiday. If the campus observes the Lunar New Year holiday and Lunar New Year falls on another prescribed holiday that is not being replaced by the Lunar New Year holiday, the campus shall observe the preceding or following weekday as the Lunar New Year holiday.

(2) If a campus of the California State University observes the Lunar New Year holiday pursuant to paragraph (1), employees of the campus shall be entitled to a paid holiday on that day if they are in a paid status during any portion of the working day immediately preceding or succeeding the Lunar New Year holiday.

(3) If this subdivision conflicts with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 3560) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if those provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 972, Sec. 1. (AB 2883) Effective January 1, 2025.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: It is unlawful for any person to utilize any information, not a matter of public record, that is received by that person by reason of his or her employment by, or contractual relationship with, the trustees, the California State University, or an auxiliary organization of the California State University, for personal pecuniary gain, not contemplated by the terms of the employment or contract, regardless of whether the person is or is not so employed or under contract at the time the gain is realized.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 8, Sec. 36. Effective April 15, 1993.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
For the purposes of Section 11032 of the Government Code, the following constitute, among other proper purposes of like or different character, state business for officers and employees of the trustees for which the officers and employees shall be allowed actual and necessary traveling expenses:

(a) Attending meetings of any association, organization or agency having as its principal purpose the study of matters relating to education or to a particular field or fields of education, or any agency of such association.

(b) Conferring with officers or employees of this state or the United States, or appearing before committees of either house of the Congress of the United States, relative to problems relating to education in California.

(c) Conferring with officers or employees of other states engaged in the performance of similar duties.

(d) Obtaining information useful to the trustees in the conduct of their work.

The provisions of Section 11032 of the Government Code, requiring approval by the Governor and Director of Finance of traveling and expenses outside the state shall not be applicable to the officers and employees of the trustees.

If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 3560) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1072.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text: The trustees shall prescribe rules and regulations governing the use of state-owned or leased motor vehicles by employees of the California State University. The rules shall include the remedies of assessing actual costs of misuse of state-owned or leased motor vehicles, and employee discipline under Section 89535.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1040, Sec. 1.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the land and improvements comprising the Camarillo State Hospital be transferred to the trustees to be developed and improved as a campus of the California State University in order to make public postsecondary education more available to qualified persons in the Ventura County area as well as throughout the state.

(b) Upon approval by the trustees, the Department of General Services shall transfer the land and improvements comprising the Camarillo State Hospital to the trustees. The Department of General Services shall be reimbursed for its administrative costs incurred in connection with the transfer, and an amount not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the department for that purpose.

(c) In order to raise revenues to assist in building a campus of the California State University and to provide a source of funding for the program thereof, the trustees may sell and lease interests in real property included within the land comprising Camarillo State Hospital that are not needed for campus purposes. The proceeds from any sale or lease pursuant to this section shall be deposited in local trust accounts and are available for expenditure for the improvement of real property of the campus and funding the programs of the campus. Funds so deposited and maintained may be invested in accordance with state law and are continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal year for the purpose of building, maintaining, and funding a campus of the California State University in Ventura County at the site of the Camarillo State Hospital.

(d) This section shall be liberally construed to accomplish the intent of the Legislature.

(e) This section does not apply to the approximately 57-acre noncontiguous parcel of the Camarillo State Hospital property located on Lewis Road in Ventura County.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 386, Sec. 17. (AB 1182) Effective January 1, 2010.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Article 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of, Article 2 (commencing with Section 14660) of Chapter 2 of Part 5.5 of, and Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850) of, Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, or any other provision of law to the contrary, the trustees may sell improvements located on the land at the California State University, Monterey Bay campus that was transferred to the trustees from the United States of America and used for housing purposes, in circumstances in which the underlying ownership in the land remains with the trustees. The trustees may exercise this authority without the prior approval of any other state department or agency.

(b) Moneys received by the trustees from the sale of improvements authorized in this section shall be deposited in local trust accounts. Moneys so deposited may be invested in accordance with state law and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, are continuously appropriated without regard to fiscal years for the purposes of building, maintaining, and funding a campus of the California State University at Monterey Bay through expenditures for improvements to the campus, funding of scholarships, and other academic purposes of the campus.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 83, Sec. 45. Effective January 1, 2000.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that public programs of postsecondary education be made available to qualified persons throughout this state, including areas of substantial existing or projected population that are isolated from any campus of the California State University.

(b) The Trustees of the California State University shall consider the establishment of a permanent, state-supported off-campus center on state-owned property in Contra Costa County, the purpose of which shall be to continue to offer education programs at the upper division and graduate levels.

(c) Pursuant to the establishment of a permanent, state-supported off-campus center as provided by subdivision (b), the trustees shall contract for the preparation of a master plan for physical development, and a detailed survey of Contra Costa County, as follows:

(1) The master plan for the physical development of the center shall project major land uses, including open space, and the development of physical facilities, including those relating to lecture and laboratory use, and other instructional activities, site work, plant operations, and adjunct operations. The master plan shall be subject to the approval of the Trustees of the California State University.

(2) The detailed survey of Contra Costa County shall include, but not be limited to, official population projections, an industry and income profile, an analysis of specific education program requirements of potentially qualified students, an assessment of the need for educational services at the upper division and graduate levels, and an assessment of the services currently provided by other public and private institutions of postsecondary education, including the University of California and the California Community Colleges.

(d) The trustees shall review the results of the master plan and survey and shall forward the results to the California Postsecondary Education Commission for its review pursuant to Section 66904.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 8, Sec. 38. Effective April 15, 1993.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
(a) The trustees shall adopt rules and regulations not inconsistent with the laws of this state for the government of all of the following:

(1) The trustees.

(2) The appointees and employees of the trustees.

(3) The California State University.

(b) The adoption of these rules and regulations shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

(c) The rules and regulations shall be published for distribution as soon as practicable after adoption.

(d) This section shall be liberally construed in order that the purposes of the Donahoe Higher Education Act pursuant to Part 40 (commencing with Section 66010) of Division 5 may be effectuated.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 938, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees

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text:
(a) (1) The trustees shall adopt, amend, or repeal regulations pursuant to this section instead of pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. As used in this section, “regulation” means every rule, regulation, order, or standard of general application or the amendment, supplement, or revision of any rule, regulation, order, or standard adopted by the university to implement, interpret, or make specific the law enforced or administered by it, or to govern its procedure, except one that relates only to the internal management of the university. “Regulation” does not mean or include any form prescribed by the university or any instructions relating to the use of the form, nor does it mean or include a building standard as defined in Section 18909 of the Health and Safety Code.

(2) The trustees’ office of general counsel shall review the proposed regulations for matters such as necessity, authority, clarity, consistency, reference, and nonduplication, and recommend any proposed action to the trustees. For purposes of this section, “necessity,” “authority,” “clarity,” “consistency,” “reference,” and “nonduplication” shall have the same meaning as defined by Section 11349 of the Government Code.

(b) At least 45 days before the public hearing, and before adoption of a proposed regulation, written notice of the proposed regulation shall be made available on the Internet Web site of the trustees. Written notice shall also be sent to those persons who have requested notices of the meetings of the trustees. The notice shall include the right of the public to comment orally or in writing on the proposed action either before or during the public hearing.

(c) At the hearing, the public shall be provided the opportunity to comment on the proposed action.

(d) The trustees shall maintain a rulemaking file containing the public notice, public comments, and minutes of the public hearing, including the action taken by the trustees.

(1) The rulemaking file shall contain a summary of each objection or recommendation made, with an explanation of how the proposed action was changed to accommodate each objection or recommendation, or the reason or reasons for making no change.

(2) The proposed regulations shall be accompanied by an estimate, prepared in accordance with instructions adopted by the Department of Finance, of the effect of the proposed regulations with regard to the costs or savings to any state agency, the cost of any state-mandated local program as governed by Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, any other costs or savings of local agencies, and the costs or savings in federal funding provided to state agencies.

(e) The trustees shall transmit the regulations as finally adopted to the Secretary of State for filing. Each regulation shall be effective upon filing with the Secretary of State, and shall be published in the California Code of Regulations.

(f) On or before January 15 of each year, the trustees shall report to the Governor, the Senate Education Committee, and the Assembly Higher Education Committee as to all regulatory actions taken by the trustees during the previous calendar year. The report shall include the statement of reasons for each regulatory action taken, indicate whether any concerns were raised regarding the proposed action, and the steps taken by the trustees to alleviate those concerns.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 712, Sec. 1. (AB 819) Effective January 1, 2018.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text:
(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) Before 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 website 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 website 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 website 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 establishing or modifying admission criteria for impacted 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.

(d) Notwithstanding the requirements of subdivision (a), a decision to discontinue additional admission criteria for an impacted program or campus may be implemented, provided that the decision is published on the campus internet website, distributed to community officials and local high schools, and submitted to the Chancellor of the California State University for approval.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 465, Sec. 13. (AB 2973) Effective January 1, 2023.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text:
With respect to denial of admission for an applicant, the Trustees of the California State University shall ensure for each campus of the California State University all of the following:

(a) Appeal procedures that clearly set forth the following:

(1) The basis for appeal.

(2) A timeframe of 15 business days from the date of denial of admissions notification in which to appeal.

(3) A limit of one appeal per academic term.

(4) The contact information for the campus office to which an appeal is submitted.

(5) A time estimate for when the campus expects to issue a response to an appeal request.

(b) The campus includes the appeal procedures described in subdivision (a) in a denial of admission notification to a student.

(c) The campus posts information on the campus Internet Web site that details the appeal procedures described in subdivision (a).

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 163, Sec. 1. (AB 670) Effective January 1, 2012.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text: The trustees may establish rules and regulations for the government and maintenance of the buildings and grounds of the California State University. Every person who violates or attempts to violate the rules and regulations is guilty of a misdemeanor.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 143, Sec. 93.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text: The trustees shall perform inspections of all motor vehicles owned by the California State University or under their jurisdiction. These inspections shall be provided for in the appropriate administrative manual of the California State University.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 843, Sec. 1.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text:
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that students of the California State University acquire the knowledge and skills that will help them comprehend the diversity and social justice history of the United States and of the society in which they live to enable them to contribute to that society as responsible and constructive citizens.

(b) Commencing with the 2021–22 academic year, the California State University shall provide for courses in ethnic studies at each of its campuses.

(c) The California State University shall collaborate with the California State University Council on Ethnic Studies and the Academic Senate of the California State University to develop core competencies to be achieved by students who complete an ethnic studies course pursuant to implementation of this section. The council and the academic senate shall approve the core competencies before commencement of the 2021–22 academic year.

(d) Commencing with students graduating in the 2024–25 academic year, the California State University shall require, as an undergraduate graduation requirement, the completion of, at minimum, one three-unit course in ethnic studies. The university shall not increase the number of units required to graduate from the university with a baccalaureate degree by the enforcement of this requirement. This graduation requirement shall not apply to a postbaccalaureate student who is enrolled in a baccalaureate degree program at the university if the student has satisfied either of the following:

(1) The student has earned a baccalaureate degree from an institution accredited by a regional accrediting agency.

(2) The student has completed an ethnic studies course at a postsecondary educational institution accredited by a regional accrediting agency.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2020, Ch. 32, Sec. 2. (AB 1460) Effective January 1, 2021.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text:
(a) The chancellor, when reviewing and updating any executive orders relating to discrimination, harassment, and retaliation for the purpose of enforcing or implementing the requirements of Section 67385, may do so in collaboration, as the chancellor deems appropriate, with any of the following:

(1) The Systemwide Title IX Office.

(2) The Executive Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs, the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management, the vice presidents for student affairs, and other executive vice chancellors and vice chancellors.

(3) The Office of General Counsel.

(4) The Vice Chancellor of Human Resources and other human resources and academic personnel officers.

(5) Campus Title IX coordinators.

(6) Presidents and provosts of the various campuses of the university.

(7) Sexual assault counselors, confidential sexual assault victims advocates, and domestic violence counselors.

(8) Representatives of the student bodies at each campus of the university.

(9) The Vice Chancellor of Administration and Finance.

(b) The chancellor shall submit the text of all executive orders to which this section applies in an annual report to the respective chairs of the Assembly Committee on Higher Education and the Senate Committee on Education.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 556, Sec. 2. (AB 1467) Effective January 1, 2023.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text: The authority to select and change the name of any institution of higher education in the California State University shall be vested in the trustees.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 8, Sec. 41. Effective April 15, 1993.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text: Wherever in this code a power is vested in the trustees, the trustees by majority vote may adopt a rule delegating such power to any officer, employee, or committee as the trustees may designate. The rule shall prescribe the limits of such delegation.

history: (History: Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text:
(a) (1) The trustees may enter into agreements with any public or private agency, officer, person, or institution, corporation, association, or foundation for the performance of acts or for the furnishing of services, facilities, materials, goods, supplies, or equipment by or for the trustees or for the joint performance of an act or function or the joint furnishing of services and facilities by the trustees and the other party to the agreement.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the trustees shall prescribe policies and procedures for the acquisition of services, facilities, materials, goods, supplies, or equipment. The policies and procedures of the trustees for the acquisition of materials, goods, supplies, or equipment shall include competitive means for obtaining best value while complying with legislative intent regarding competitive bids or proposals as it is expressed in Article 3 (commencing with Section 10300) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, and may include the use of financing arrangements.

(3) The trustees may enter into agreements with the federal government or any agency thereof in accordance with the procedures prescribed by the federal government or agency in order to receive the benefits of any federal statute extending benefits to the California State University or to California State University students, including, but not necessarily limited to, both of the following:

(A) Agreements with any agency of the federal government for the education of persons in the service of the federal government.

(B) Agreements with any agency of the federal government for the education of veterans. These agreements shall provide for payment of the maximum amount permitted under the act, or acts, of Congress under which the agreement is entered into.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the trustees have all power necessary to perform any acts, and comply with conditions, required or imposed by the federal government in order to receive the benefits. The trustees are vested with all necessary power and authority to cooperate with any agency of the federal government in the administration of any applicable act of Congress and rules and regulations adopted thereunder.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the trustees have all power necessary to award contracts to one or more contractors, at any one or more campuses, for the collection of delinquent education loans required to be repaid under federal law.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 219, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2002.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text:
The trustees may establish facilities for training deaf persons at the campus of the California State University which the trustees shall designate for such purpose. The trustees shall do all of the following:

(a) Request the Department of Rehabilitation to refer deaf students to the designated state university.

(b) Recognize the designated campus of the California State University as a professional center for training deaf persons and take all action necessary to facilitate the receipt by the campus of state and federal funds.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 143, Sec. 98.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text:
The trustees may enter into agreements with any agency of the federal government for the construction of housing and other educational facilities for students and faculties of any campus of the California State University under the jurisdiction of the trustees if they determine that the income, rent, and charges for the use of the facilities will be sufficient in amount to repay the principal and interest on the amount secured from the federal government for the construction of the facilities.

The trustees may also enter into agreements with any agency of the federal government which result in grants, matching funds, or any other kind of financial aid for construction of housing and other educational facilities for students and staff of any campus of the California State University under the jurisdiction of the trustees.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, whenever necessary to secure the full benefits of any federal statutes pertaining to loans, grants, matching funds, or any other kind of financial aid to educational institutions for housing and other educational facilities, the trustees may give such security as may be required and may comply with such conditions as may be imposed by the federal government.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 143, Sec. 99.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text:
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Article 2 (commencing with Section 1940) of Chapter 2 of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code, the trustees may enter into an agreement with any political entity mentioned in Section 87422 for the exchange and employment of persons serving as teachers in state college laboratory demonstration elementary schools and employees of public schools of the political entity. The exchange and employment shall be made under comparable circumstances, subject to comparable conditions, with comparable effect as to tenure and retirement rights, subject to comparable requirements as to payment of salary and deductions therefrom, and for the same period of time as set forth in Sections 87422, 87423, and 87424 with respect to the exchange of school district employees, except that the circumstances, conditions, rights, and requirements shall be those appropriate to the employment relationship between the teachers and the trustees.

(b) If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 3560) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1072.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text: The trustees may give in the name of the State of California such bond as may be required by the federal government, or any officer or agency thereof, for the care, safekeeping, and return of property of the United States issued to the California State University for the Reserve Officer Training Corps unit maintained at the campus.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 143, Sec. 101.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text: The trustees may issue subpoenas to compel the attendance of witnesses before the trustees, or any member thereof, in the same manner as any court in this state. Whenever the testimony of any witness upon any matter pending before them is material, the trustees shall cause the attendance of the witnesses before the trustees, or a member of the trustees, to testify concerning the matter, and the trustees may make a reasonable allowance for this purpose not exceeding the fees of witnesses in civil cases. The allowance shall be paid for out of the appropriation for the expenses of the trustees, but in no instance shall an allowance be made in favor of a witness who appears in behalf of a claimant. The provisions of this section shall not apply to proceedings conducted in accordance with Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text: The trustees shall have the powers conferred upon heads of departments of the state by Article 2 (commencing with Section 11180), Chapter 2, Part 1, Division 3, Title 2 of the Government Code.

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text: The trustees may budget an amount to be expended for use in carrying out the community relation responsibilities of the president of each campus of the California State University and of the chancellor, as defined by the trustees.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 398, Sec. 1.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text:
(a) The trustees shall establish an internal audit staff, which shall include the staff positions authorized for internal auditing. The internal auditing staff shall report directly to the trustees, and shall be available for consultation with any audit committee of the trustees which may be established by the trustees.

(b) The duties of the internal audit staff shall include, but shall not necessarily be limited to, auditing, reviewing, cost and systems analysis, analyzing, and recommending operating procedures for the California State University.

(c) Management audits shall be made to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the organization, operation, and procedures of each state university, each auxiliary organization, and the office of the chancellor. Officials and employees of each state university, each auxiliary organization, and the office of the chancellor shall furnish all books, papers, contracts, management charts, and related information necessary for management audits.

(d) In addition, the internal audit staff shall perform audits, at least once every five years, of the activities of the California State University pursuant to Sections 89031.5, 89036, 89046, and 89048 and Section 11007.7 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 219, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2002.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text:
(a) The trustees may lease any property of a state university for any purpose that they consider is not inconsistent with the functions of the California State University including, but not limited to:

(1) The lease of state university property to a nonprofit organization composed exclusively of students of the university or of members of the faculty of the university, or both, for purposes related to the activities of the university or for the activities of student or faculty organizations.

(2) The lease of state university property to any nonprofit organization for the purpose of constructing and using thereon buildings as living quarters for students of the university and as meeting places.

(3) The lease to any student or faculty organization of the university of property for the purpose of establishing and maintaining cooperative stores, and cafeterias in connection with those stores.

(b) Any rental income received by the trustees under this or other leasing sections shall be deposited into the California State University Trust Fund established pursuant to Section 89722.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 54, Sec. 40. (AB 183) Effective June 30, 2022.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text:
(a) The trustees and the governing board of any school district within which a campus of the California State University is located may enter into an agreement providing for the leasing by the state of a school building of the school district for use by the campus as a laboratory demonstration elementary school on terms and conditions that may be agreed upon by the trustees and the governing board of the school district except as otherwise provided in this section.

(b) The lease may be for a period not to exceed 20 years and, in addition to any other terms and conditions set forth therein, shall do all of the following:

(1) Require the school district to maintain the building at its own expense.

(2) Require the campus to maintain a school therein open to pupils of the school district residing in the attendance district for the school as established by the governing board of the district.

(3) Require the school district to pay annually to the state on or before the end of each fiscal year an amount determined by computing the current expenditures per pupil in the elementary schools of the district for the fiscal year and multiplying the amount so computed by the average daily attendance for the fiscal year in the school in excess of 400.

(c) Only the average daily attendance in the school in excess of 400 shall be credited to the school district.

(d) The average daily attendance of pupils in the school shall be computed separately in the same manner as the average daily attendance in other schools of the same grade maintained by the school district.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 758, Sec. 254. Effective January 1, 1996.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text:
Notwithstanding Article 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Chapter 1 of Part 1, Article 2 (commencing with Section 14660) of Chapter 2 of Part 5.5, and Part 11 (commencing with Section 15850), of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, or any other provision of law, the trustees may perform the following functions, without prior approval of any other state department or agency, when necessary to carry out the purposes of the California State University:

(a) Acquire easements or rights-of-way necessary for the proper utilization of real property of the California State University.

(b) Grant and convey in the name of the California State University easements and rights-of-way across property belonging to the California State University subject to the conditions, limitations, restrictions, and reservations the trustees determine are in the best interests of the California State University.

(c) Quitclaim the right, title, and interest of the California State University in and to easements and rights-of-way owned by the California State University which the trustees determine are no longer needed for California State University purposes.

(d) Sell, lease, or exchange any personal property belonging to the California State University, if the trustees determine that the sale, lease, or exchange is in the best interests of the California State University. Transactions under this subdivision shall be for consideration based on fair market values.

(e) Lease any real or personal property for the use of the California State University.

(f) Sell, exchange, or otherwise dispose of real property acquired from revenues generated by the parking and housing programs in the California State University, to a recognized auxiliary organization of the California State University, as authorized by Section 89901. The sale, exchange, or other disposition shall be consistent with the requirements of any indenture or other agreement to which the trustees are a party. Transactions under this subdivision shall be for consideration based on the fair market value of the property to be sold, exchanged, or otherwise disposed of, and shall be subject to the following conditions:

(1) Where more than one auxiliary organization of the California State University expresses interest in acquiring the property, the sale, exchange, or other form of disposal shall be awarded to the highest responsible bidder. The net present value of the projected proceeds of a bid shall be used to determine the highest responsible bidder, where applicable.

(2) When the real property for sale is an improvement situated on land purchased with funds not generated by the parking or housing programs of the California State University, rights to the land upon which the improvement is situated, and access thereto, shall be leased and not sold or exchanged to the acquiring party.

(3) When the real property for sale includes land purchased with funds generated by the parking or housing programs of the California State University, the property shall have at least one border with property that is not owned by the California State University.

(g) Acquire, when it is in the best interests of the state, real property with revenues generated by the parking and housing programs of the California State University.

(1) Any acquisition of real property carried out pursuant to this subdivision shall be reported annually to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and to the Department of Finance by January 5 of each year.

(2) Any acquisition carried out pursuant to this subdivision shall include relocation assistance, when appropriate.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 219, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the trustees shall include in the contract of conveyance of any real property sold by the California State University a statement that if it is subsequently determined that the property subject to conveyance contains a Native American burial ground, that fact shall be reported to the Legislature and the property may revert to the state if a statute is enacted requiring that reversion.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1097, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1994.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text: Notwithstanding Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 16360) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, money received by the state from the United States for distribution by the trustees for student financial aid purposes shall not be remitted to the Federal Trust Fund, but shall only be reported to the Director of Finance for accounting purposes.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 414, Sec. 1.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 2. Powers of the Trustees


text: It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to establish a program which will identify skills and knowledge necessary for success at various levels of college preparatory mathematics and to ensure that each public school pupil who can benefit from this program shall have access thereto. The program shall provide timely diagnostic assessments to both teachers and pupils indicating in which areas of mathematics pupils and classes are adequately prepared and in which areas further study is necessary.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 872, Sec. 2.)

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

path: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION > 8. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY > 55. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY > 1. General Provisions > 3.5. California Mathematics Diagnostic Testing Program


text: The California Mathematics Diagnostic Testing Program is hereby established. The Trustees of the California State University shall administer the program and in so doing shall cooperate with the University of California, the California Community Colleges, and the State Department of Education.

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION

article: 3.5. California Mathematics Diagnostic Testing Program


text:
The trustees shall do all of the following:

(a) Develop assessment materials and diagnostic services which are designed to assess pupils’ knowledge and skills in the area of mathematics and which are consistent with the Mathematics Framework for California Public Schools and the expectations of postsecondary education.

(b) Make these materials and services available to mathematics faculty members of the public school system, who request them.

(c) Provide opportunities for mathematics faculty of high schools operated by school districts throughout California, especially those at junior and senior high schools which have low student participation or achievement in postsecondary education, to work with postsecondary faculty to consider their pupils’ diagnostic results.

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION


text:
In developing this system, the trustees shall ensure that the use of these assessment instruments and diagnostic services assist in all of the following:

(a) Contributing to secondary school pupils’ preparation for postsecondary education.

(b) Reducing the demand for remedial programs in mathematics at the postsecondary level.

(c) Complementing and supplementing other assessment efforts, including, but not limited to, the California Assessment Program, and the Golden State Examination, by making available to pupils, parents, faculty, and the advisory committee careful analyses of pupils’ readiness for work in college preparatory mathematics.

(d) Providing individual pupils with detailed information about their levels of preparedness in areas of mathematics needed for success in further college-preparatory or beginning level college mathematics.

(e) Helping teachers and departments examine the effectiveness of existing courses in preparing pupils for further mathematics study.

(f) Encouraging appropriate use of these instruments in schools with low student participation in postsecondary education.

(g) Ensuring that public schools located in all areas of the state, including rural, urban, and suburban have access to program services.

(h) Establishing networks between secondary and postsecondary mathematics faculty to address curricular issues, including but not limited to, mathematics prerequisites for success in college.

title: 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION