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 02/16/17 - Introduced

 AB-1038 Postsecondary education: higher education policy.(2017-2018)

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 Date Published: 04/03/2017 09:00 PM

AB1038:v98#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 03, 2017

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 1038

Introduced by Assembly Members Bonta, Chiu, and Gomez
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Ting)

February 16, 2017

An act to add and repeal Chapter 11.1 (commencing with Section 66910) of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1038, as amended, Bonta.
 Postsecondary education: higher education policy.

Existing law, the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets forth the missions and functions of the 4 segments comprising the state’s postsecondary education system. These segments are the University of California, administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University, the California Community Colleges, administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and independent institutions of higher education.

This bill would establish the 9-member Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Postsecondary Education, and specify its membership and duties. The bill would require the commission to publish a report on designated subjects and submit this report to designated governmental entities by March 31, 2019.
 January 1, 2020. The bill would require the Office of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Postsecondary Education to close on June 30, 2019, 2020, and would repeal the provisions of the bill on January 1, 2020. 2021. The bill would require, upon that repeal, all of the documents and working papers of the commission to become the property of the State Archives.

Digest Key

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

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

SECTION 1.

 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(a) More universal participation in postsecondary education in California is of vital public interest to ensure an informed citizenry, a functional democracy, a vibrant workforce, and a leading 21st century economy.

(b) Communities of color now comprise the new majority of California high school pupils. As cited by the University of California in an amicus brief filed in Fisher v. University of Texas, in 2012 high school graduates were 46.2 percent Latino, 30.5 percent white, 13.6 percent Asian or Pacific Islander, 6.7 percent African
 American, and 0.7 percent Native American.

(c) Despite outreach programs and other efforts, historically disadvantaged groups remain underrepresented. These groups include communities of color, immigrants, LGBTQ students,
 individuals from low-income and working class communities, and others with unique needs.

(d) Long-term trends with tuition increases across California’s public four-year universities have made college less affordable. Resident tuition and fees at the University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) have risen by 139 percent and 157 percent, respectively, from the 2003–04 academic year to the 2013–14 academic year, inclusive. These increases are significantly higher than 91 percent, which is the national average for public four-year universities over the same time period, according to the Education Insights Center at California State University, Sacramento, Institute for Higher Education Leadership and Policy.
 Sacramento.

(e) The full price of college beyond tuition, including the costs of books, room and board, and other expenses, is a significant barrier and burden for students from low- and middle-income families. According to the Public Policy Institute of California, in
 2011–2012, the average nontuition cost of attending UC was $17,264, or 57 percent of the total cost, and the average nontuition cost of attending CSU was $12,781, or 66 percent of the total cost.

(f) California’s Master Plan for Higher Education was submitted to the Legislature in 1960. The Master Plan was developed to provide a thoughtful statewide framework for higher education and sought to ensure