California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted

SB 940 — Education.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 349, Statutes of 2011.

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    In Committee
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    Passed Senate
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    Passed Assembly
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 24, 2011. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law requires the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team to conduct an extraordinary audit of the Compton Community College District and file a written status report at regular intervals with specified persons, including the Secretary for Education. This bill would require that written status report to be filed with the Governor instead of the Secretary for Education. (2) Existing law establishes the Education Technology Professional Development Program to provide teacher training on the use of technology in the classroom. This bill would repeal that program. (3) Existing law requires reports submitted to the Legislature by the University of California, the California State University, the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and the California Postsecondary Education Commission to be delivered to specified entities, including the Office of the Secretary for Education. This bill would require those reports to be delivered to the Office of the Governor instead of the Office of the Secretary for Education. (4) Existing law requires the California Postsecondary Education Commission to convene an intersegmental working group to determine state funding priorities consistent with the institutional missions of the systems of higher education. This bill would eliminate the working group. (5) Existing law establishes the Scholarshare Investment Board to administer the Golden State Scholarshare College Savings Trust to provide financial aid for postsecondary education costs of participating students. The board is composed of specified members, including the Secretary for Education. This bill would replace the Secretary for Education with the executive director of the State Board of Education as a member of the board. (6) Existing law, the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, establishes that the California State University is required to guarantee admission with junior status to any community college student who meets the requirements for the associate degree for transfer. A student admitted to the California State University pursuant to the act is entitled to receive priority over all other community college transfer students, excluding community college students who have entered into a transfer agreement between a community college and the California State University prior to the fall term of the 2012–13 academic year. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that specified categories be followed, insofar as practicable, in numeric order for the purposes of enrollment planning and admission priority practice at the undergraduate resident student level for the California State University and the University of California, and that, within each of the enrollment categories, groups of applicants receive priority consideration in admissions practice in a specified numeric order. This bill would require that transfer students admitted to the California State University pursuant to the act receive priority for purposes of enrollment planning and admissions, if the students have met the requirements of an approved transfer agreement consistent with this priority. (7) The Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Act establishes the Cal Grant entitlement awards and the California Community College Transfer Entitlement Awards, under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. Existing law provides that if a federal law permits the administration of a scholarship or grant program by a state agency, the Student Aid Commission is to administer the program if it is determined that the participation by the state in the federal scholarship or grant program would not interfere with or jeopardize the continuation of a Cal Grant scholarship program established pursuant to specified provisions of state law. This bill would change obsolete references in law to refer to the current Cal Grant program. (8) Existing law authorizes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to authorize the chancellor to suspend the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Compton Community College District to exercise any powers or responsibilities or to take any official actions with respect to management of the district. Existing law also authorizes the board of governors to authorize that suspension for a specified period of time plus a period lasting until specified persons, including the Secretary for Education, concur that the district has met specified requirements. This bill would instead provide that the Governor, instead of the Secretary for Education, would be required to concur that the district has met those requirements. (9) Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to develop guidelines for design-build projects by June 30, 2003. This bill would repeal that requirement. (10) Existing law, the Community College Part-Time Faculty Office Hours Program, provides students equal access to academic advice and assistance without regard to whether a course at a community college is taught by a full-time or a part-time faculty member. The governing board of each community college district that establishes such a program is required to negotiate, or meet and confer, to establish a program to provide part-time faculty office hours. This bill would correct a cross-reference in the latter provision. (11) Existing law provides that a dependent of a peace officer who is killed in the performance of duty or who dies or is totally disabled as a result of an accident or an injury that is compensable, as defined, is entitled to a Cal Grant scholarship at a specified institution. Existing law provides that a dependent of a peace officer who is a recipient of a scholarship shall not be precluded from receiving a Cal Grant award, as specified. This bill would change obsolete references in law to refer to the current Cal Grant program.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 349, Statutes of 2011.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2162.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2507.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. (Page 2450.)

  9. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From consent calendar.

  11. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  12. From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6).

  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  15. Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  16. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  17. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1063.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  18. Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  19. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.

  20. Set for hearing May 16.

  21. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 851.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  22. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

  23. Set for hearing May 4.

  24. Referred to Com. on ED.

  25. From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 24.

  26. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Committee on Education · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Committee on Education

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

Unfinished Business SB940 Committee on Ed. (Lowenthal) Concurrence

Passed 38 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 35002
Republican 1000
Democratic 2000
Total 38002
% of votes cast 95%0%0%5%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Evans — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Correa — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Price — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wright — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Harman — Not Voting
Dutton — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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SB 940 E.D. Senate Third Reading By BLOCK

Passed 78 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Republican 2000
Unaffiliated 75002
Democratic 1000
Total 78002
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Hagman — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Butler — Yea
Gordon — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Halderman — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Hall — Yea
Campos — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Carter — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Knight — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Allen — Yea
Lara — Yea
Logue — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Conway — Yea
Cook — Yea
Davis — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Miller — Yea
Nestande — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Silva — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Fong — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Furutani — Not Voting
Galgiani — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gorell — Not Voting
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Monning — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Norby — Yea
Perea — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Valadao — Yea
Williams — Yea
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Garrick — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Do pass, to Consent Calendar.

Passed 16 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 15001
Democratic 1000
Total 16001
% of votes cast 94%0%0%6%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Campos — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Harkey — Yea
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hall — Yea
Davis — Not Voting
Solorio — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Norby — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Donnelly — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

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Consent Calendar 2nd SB940 Committee on Ed.

Passed 39 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36001
Republican 1000
Democratic 2000
Total 39001
% of votes cast 98%0%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Evans — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Runner — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Harman — Not Voting
Hernandez — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Huff — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Price — Yea
Walters — Yea
Wright — Yea
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 940 do?
(1) Existing law requires the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team to conduct an extraordinary audit of the Compton Community College District and file a written status report at regular intervals with specified persons, including the Secretary for Education. This bill would require that written status report to be filed with the Governor instead of the Secretary for Education. (2) Existing law establishes the Education Technology Professional Development Program to provide teacher training on the use of technology in the classroom. This bill would repeal that program. (3) Existing law requires reports submitted to the Legislature by the University of California, the California State University, the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and the California Postsecondary Education Commission to be delivered to specified entities, including the Office of the Secretary for Education. This bill would require those reports to be delivered to the Office of the Governor instead of the Office of the Secretary for Education. (4) Existing law requires the California Postsecondary Education Commission to convene an intersegmental working group to determine state funding priorities consistent with the institutional missions of the systems of higher education. This bill would eliminate the working group. (5) Existing law establishes the Scholarshare Investment Board to administer the Golden State Scholarshare College Savings Trust to provide financial aid for postsecondary education costs of participating students. The board is composed of specified members, including the Secretary for Education. This bill would replace the Secretary for Education with the executive director of the State Board of Education as a member of the board. (6) Existing law, the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, establishes that the California State University is required to guarantee admission with junior status to any community college student who meets the requirements for the associate degree for transfer. A student admitted to the California State University pursuant to the act is entitled to receive priority over all other community college transfer students, excluding community college students who have entered into a transfer agreement between a community college and the California State University prior to the fall term of the 2012–13 academic year. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that specified categories be followed, insofar as practicable, in numeric order for the purposes of enrollment planning and admission priority practice at the undergraduate resident student level for the California State University and the University of California, and that, within each of the enrollment categories, groups of applicants receive priority consideration in admissions practice in a specified numeric order. This bill would require that transfer students admitted to the California State University pursuant to the act receive priority for purposes of enrollment planning and admissions, if the students have met the requirements of an approved transfer agreement consistent with this priority. (7) The Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Act establishes the Cal Grant entitlement awards and the California Community College Transfer Entitlement Awards, under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. Existing law provides that if a federal law permits the administration of a scholarship or grant program by a state agency, the Student Aid Commission is to administer the program if it is determined that the participation by the state in the federal scholarship or grant program would not interfere with or jeopardize the continuation of a Cal Grant scholarship program established pursuant to specified provisions of state law. This bill would change obsolete references in law to refer to the current Cal Grant program. (8) Existing law authorizes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to authorize the chancellor to suspend the authority of the Board of Trustees of the Compton Community College District to exercise any powers or responsibilities or to take any official actions with respect to management of the district. Existing law also authorizes the board of governors to authorize that suspension for a specified period of time plus a period lasting until specified persons, including the Secretary for Education, concur that the district has met specified requirements. This bill would instead provide that the Governor, instead of the Secretary for Education, would be required to concur that the district has met those requirements. (9) Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to develop guidelines for design-build projects by June 30, 2003. This bill would repeal that requirement. (10) Existing law, the Community College Part-Time Faculty Office Hours Program, provides students equal access to academic advice and assistance without regard to whether a course at a community college is taught by a full-time or a part-time faculty member. The governing board of each community college district that establishes such a program is required to negotiate, or meet and confer, to establish a program to provide part-time faculty office hours. This bill would correct a cross-reference in the latter provision. (11) Existing law provides that a dependent of a peace officer who is killed in the performance of duty or who dies or is totally disabled as a result of an accident or an injury that is compensable, as defined, is entitled to a Cal Grant scholarship at a specified institution. Existing law provides that a dependent of a peace officer who is a recipient of a scholarship shall not be precluded from receiving a Cal Grant award, as specified. This bill would change obsolete references in law to refer to the current Cal Grant program.
Who sponsors SB 940?
SB 940 is sponsored by Committee on Education.
What is the current status of SB 940?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced March 24, 2011. Enacted.
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