California Assembly Bill AB38 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 38AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 23, 2015 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Eggman DECEMBER 1, 2014 An act relating to the California State University. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 38, as amended, Eggman. California State University:  Stockton campus.  Legislative Analyst's Office: initial analysis to assess need for new campus.  Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The university comprises 23 independent campuses  .  This bill would require the Legislative Analyst's Office to conduct  a study and report to the Legislature on the feasibility of establishing an independent campus of the California State University in Stockton.   an initial analysis to assess the need for a new campus of the university. The bill would specify data to be included in the analysis, to the extent that applicable data is available. The bill would require the university to provide whatever data is needed to meet the requirements of this bill to the Legislative Analyst's Office upon that office's request. The bill would require the Legislative Analyst's Office to submit a report containing this analysis to the Legislature and Department of Finance on or before January 1, 2017.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   (a)     The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:   (1) The Master Plan for Higher Education in California established the following criteria for determining the need for a new public university campus:   (A) The relative numbers of high school graduates, the location of existing institutions in the various areas of the state, and the relation between their capacities and the estimated enrollment in the area served by each such institution.   (B) The relative numbers of potential students within reasonable commuting distance of each of the proposed sites.   (2) The need to accommodate students in excess of the physical capacities of existing community colleges, California State University (CSU) campuses, and University of California campuses.   (3) The Master Plan designates CSU to draw its freshman class from the top third of the state's public high school graduates and admit transfer-prepared applicants with a minimum GPA of 2.0. Most CSU campuses provide priority admission to local applicants.   (b) The Legislative Analyst's Office shall conduct an initial analysis to assess the need for a new CSU campus. The analysis shall consist of the following parts:   (1) An analysis of the need within certain regions for a CSU campus. This part shall include all of the following to the extent applicable data are available:   (A) Consideration of enrollment demand based on relative demographic levels and eligible students for each county. This part shall include five- to 10-year projections of the college-age population and public high school graduates. It also shall include data for the most recent year available on college preparedness, including the number and share of high school graduates completing the "A-G" admissions requirements and the number and share of transfer-prepared community college students.   (B) For each county, data on CSU applications, admissions, and enrollment for the most recent year available to estimate college-going rates to CSU.   (C) Data on adult educational attainment by county for the most recent year available.   (2) An analysis of the physical capacities of existing CSU campuses, as set forth in their master plans, relative to current enrollment. This analysis shall identify CSU campuses already at maximum capacity and those with remaining physical capacity. The analysis also shall identify which CSU campuses no longer provide enrollment priority for local applicants.   (c) The CSU shall provide whatever data is needed to meet the requirements of this section to the Legislative Analyst's Office upon that office's request. The Legislative Analyst's Office shall submit a report containing the analysis required by this section to the Legislature and Department of Finance on or before January 1, 2017.   SECTION 1.   The Legislative Analyst's Office shall conduct a study and report to the Legislature on the feasibility of establishing an independent campus of the California State University in Stockton.