AB 928 — Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act of 2021: Associate Degree for Transfer Intersegmental Implementation Committee.

Summary

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of postsecondary education in this state. The California Community Colleges system provides instruction to students at 116 campuses operated by community college districts throughout the state and, among other things, provides its students with a transfer pathway, facilitated by mechanisms such as the associate degree for transfer, allowing students to apply academic credit earned at a community college toward receipt of a bachelor's degree at a 4-year postsecondary educational institution. The Donahoe Higher Education Act requires a student who earns an associate degree for transfer (ADT) to be deemed eligible for transfer into a California State University baccalaureate program when the student meets certain requirements. Provisions of the Donahoe Higher Education Act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by resolution, to make them applicable. Existing law establishes the California Community College Guided Pathways Grant Program under the administration of the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and requires the chancellor's office to distribute grants, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to community colleges that meet certain requirements, to integrate existing student-success programs and develop clearly structured, coherent guided pathways programs. This bill would express findings and declarations of the Legislature related to the process of transfer from community colleges to 4-year postsecondary educational institutions. The bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation related to a student-centered transfer process. This bill would establish, until July 1, 2025, the Associate Degree for Transfer Intersegmental Implementation Committee to serve as the primary entity charged with the oversight of the ADT. The bill would specify the committee's membership. The bill would assign numerous duties to the committee, including the duty to establish timelines and reporting deadlines relating to reviews of transfer model curricula, and the duty to develop a comprehensive communications plan and guidance to inform students about the ADT pathway. The bill would also require the committee, on or before December 31, 2023, to provide the Legislature with recommendations on certain issues impeding the scaling of the ADT and streamlining transfer across segments for students. The bill would require the Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates of the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, on or before May 31, 2023, to establish a singular lower division general education pathway that meets the academic requirements necessary for transfer admission to the California State University and the University of California, and would require, if the committee is unable to come to agreement on or before May 31, 2023, the respective administrative bodies of those segments to establish a singular lower division general education pathway that meets the academic requirements necessary for transfer admission to the California State University and the University of California by December 31, 2023. The bill would require the singular lower division general education pathway, commencing with the fall term of the 2025–26 academic year, to be the only lower division general education pathway used to determine eligibility and sufficient academic preparation for transfer into both segments, and to not lengthen the time-to-degree or include more units than those required under the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum on July 1, 2021. These requirements pertaining to the singular lower division general education pathway would apply to the University of California only if the regents adopt an appropriate resolution, as required by existing law. Where ADTs for major pathways exist, the bill would require the California Community Colleges, on or before August 1, 2024, to place students who declare a goal of transfer on their mandatory education plans on the ADT pathway if the student has not opted out, as specified, and if such a pathway exists for their intended major. To the extent that this provision would impose new duties on community college districts, it would constitute a state-mandated local program. This bill would authorize community colleges to use funds appropriated in the Budget Act of 2021 or subsequent budget acts to support the continued implementation of the California Community College Guided Pathways Grant Program to implement the bill. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 10/06/21 - Chaptered Current pdf October 06, 2021
• Enrolled 09/13/21 - Enrolled pdf September 13, 2021
• Amended 08/26/21 - Amended Senate pdf August 26, 2021
• Amended 07/15/21 - Amended Senate pdf July 15, 2021
• Amended 07/05/21 - Amended Senate pdf July 05, 2021
• Amended 05/24/21 - Amended Assembly pdf May 24, 2021
• Amended 04/27/21 - Amended Assembly pdf April 27, 2021
• Amended 03/18/21 - Amended Assembly pdf March 18, 2021
• Introduced 02/17/21 - Introduced pdf February 17, 2021
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Action History

1. October 06, 2021

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 566, Statutes of 2021.

2. October 06, 2021

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 20, 2021

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

4. September 09, 2021

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3011.).

5. September 08, 2021

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

6. September 08, 2021

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2490.).

7. September 03, 2021

   Ordered to special consent calendar.

8. August 30, 2021

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

9. August 26, 2021

   Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

10. August 26, 2021

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26).

11. August 16, 2021

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

12. July 15, 2021

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

13. July 14, 2021

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 14).

14. July 05, 2021

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.

15. June 16, 2021

    Referred to Com. on ED.

16. June 02, 2021

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

17. June 01, 2021

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1774.)

18. May 25, 2021

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

19. May 24, 2021

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

20. May 20, 2021

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20).

21. May 12, 2021

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

22. April 28, 2021

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

23. April 27, 2021

    Read second time and amended.

24. April 26, 2021

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 22).

25. March 22, 2021

    Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

26. March 18, 2021

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.

27. March 18, 2021

    Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

28. February 18, 2021

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.

29. February 17, 2021

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Marc Berman · Primary
• Glazer · Cosponsor

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