BILL NUMBER: AB 1917INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Davis FEBRUARY 16, 2010 An act relating to community colleges. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1917, as introduced, Davis. Community colleges. 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 public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state, and authorizes these districts to maintain and operate community college campuses at which they provide instruction to students. This bill would express findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to the number of community college students in this state who are able to attain degrees or transfer to another institution of higher education. The bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require the California Community Colleges to establish a statewide system for improving transfer rates among community college students. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, according to a recent study, California Community Colleges enroll nearly one-fourth of all community college students in the United States, but less than one-fourth of students seeking degrees at these colleges attain their goal or transfer to another institution within six years. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to require the California Community Colleges to establish a statewide system for improving transfer rates among community college students.