CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1155Introduced by Assembly Member RodriguezFebruary 21, 2019 An act to add Chapter 5.2 (commencing with Section 66310) to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1155, as introduced, Rodriguez. Postsecondary education: Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act.Existing law establishes the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requests the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the governing board of each community college district to adopt and publish policies on harassment, intimidation, and bullying to be included within the rules and regulations governing student behavior and, if the institution expends funds to support activities related to campus climate, as defined, to adopt and publish the above-described policies.This bill would establish the Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act, which would require each institution of higher education to annually collect information from each sorority or fraternity recognized by the official authorizing body at the institution, including the number of citations and disciplinary actions taken against a sorority or fraternity member in specified categories, and to compile the collected information into a publicly accessible report. To the extent this would impose new duties on community college districts, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 5.2 (commencing with Section 66310) is added to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read: CHAPTER 5.2. Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act66310. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act.66312. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Institution of higher education means a campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California, a private postsecondary educational institution, or an independent institution of higher education. (2) A campus-affiliated sorority or fraternity or organization means a sorority or fraternity recognized as an affiliated sorority or fraternity of the institution by the official authorizing body at the institution of higher education where it operates.(b) Notwithstanding Section 67400, each institution of higher education shall, at the end of each academic year, collect from each campus-affiliated sorority or fraternity all of the following information for that academic year:(1) The number of citations or disciplinary actions taken against a member of the organization, reported by category, for all of the following:
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1155Introduced by Assembly Member RodriguezFebruary 21, 2019 An act to add Chapter 5.2 (commencing with Section 66310) to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1155, as introduced, Rodriguez. Postsecondary education: Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act.Existing law establishes the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requests the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the governing board of each community college district to adopt and publish policies on harassment, intimidation, and bullying to be included within the rules and regulations governing student behavior and, if the institution expends funds to support activities related to campus climate, as defined, to adopt and publish the above-described policies.This bill would establish the Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act, which would require each institution of higher education to annually collect information from each sorority or fraternity recognized by the official authorizing body at the institution, including the number of citations and disciplinary actions taken against a sorority or fraternity member in specified categories, and to compile the collected information into a publicly accessible report. To the extent this would impose new duties on community college districts, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YES
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 1155
Introduced by Assembly Member RodriguezFebruary 21, 2019
Introduced by Assembly Member Rodriguez
February 21, 2019
An act to add Chapter 5.2 (commencing with Section 66310) to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1155, as introduced, Rodriguez. Postsecondary education: Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act.
Existing law establishes the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requests the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the governing board of each community college district to adopt and publish policies on harassment, intimidation, and bullying to be included within the rules and regulations governing student behavior and, if the institution expends funds to support activities related to campus climate, as defined, to adopt and publish the above-described policies.This bill would establish the Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act, which would require each institution of higher education to annually collect information from each sorority or fraternity recognized by the official authorizing body at the institution, including the number of citations and disciplinary actions taken against a sorority or fraternity member in specified categories, and to compile the collected information into a publicly accessible report. To the extent this would impose new duties on community college districts, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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.
Existing law establishes the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, independent institutions of higher education, and private postsecondary educational institutions as the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requests the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the governing board of each community college district to adopt and publish policies on harassment, intimidation, and bullying to be included within the rules and regulations governing student behavior and, if the institution expends funds to support activities related to campus climate, as defined, to adopt and publish the above-described policies.
This bill would establish the Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act, which would require each institution of higher education to annually collect information from each sorority or fraternity recognized by the official authorizing body at the institution, including the number of citations and disciplinary actions taken against a sorority or fraternity member in specified categories, and to compile the collected information into a publicly accessible report. To the extent this would impose new duties on community college districts, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
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.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 5.2 (commencing with Section 66310) is added to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read: CHAPTER 5.2. Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act66310. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act.66312. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Institution of higher education means a campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California, a private postsecondary educational institution, or an independent institution of higher education. (2) A campus-affiliated sorority or fraternity or organization means a sorority or fraternity recognized as an affiliated sorority or fraternity of the institution by the official authorizing body at the institution of higher education where it operates.(b) Notwithstanding Section 67400, each institution of higher education shall, at the end of each academic year, collect from each campus-affiliated sorority or fraternity all of the following information for that academic year:(1) The number of citations or disciplinary actions taken against a member of the organization, reported by category, for all of the following:
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Chapter 5.2 (commencing with Section 66310) is added to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read: CHAPTER 5.2. Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act66310. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act.66312. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Institution of higher education means a campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California, a private postsecondary educational institution, or an independent institution of higher education. (2) A campus-affiliated sorority or fraternity or organization means a sorority or fraternity recognized as an affiliated sorority or fraternity of the institution by the official authorizing body at the institution of higher education where it operates.(b) Notwithstanding Section 67400, each institution of higher education shall, at the end of each academic year, collect from each campus-affiliated sorority or fraternity all of the following information for that academic year:(1) The number of citations or disciplinary actions taken against a member of the organization, reported by category, for all of the following:
SECTION 1. Chapter 5.2 (commencing with Section 66310) is added to Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
CHAPTER 5.2. Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act66310. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act.66312. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Institution of higher education means a campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California, a private postsecondary educational institution, or an independent institution of higher education. (2) A campus-affiliated sorority or fraternity or organization means a sorority or fraternity recognized as an affiliated sorority or fraternity of the institution by the official authorizing body at the institution of higher education where it operates.(b) Notwithstanding Section 67400, each institution of higher education shall, at the end of each academic year, collect from each campus-affiliated sorority or fraternity all of the following information for that academic year:(1) The number of citations or disciplinary actions taken against a member of the organization, reported by category, for all of the following:
CHAPTER 5.2. Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act66310. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act.66312. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Institution of higher education means a campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California, a private postsecondary educational institution, or an independent institution of higher education. (2) A campus-affiliated sorority or fraternity or organization means a sorority or fraternity recognized as an affiliated sorority or fraternity of the institution by the official authorizing body at the institution of higher education where it operates.(b) Notwithstanding Section 67400, each institution of higher education shall, at the end of each academic year, collect from each campus-affiliated sorority or fraternity all of the following information for that academic year:(1) The number of citations or disciplinary actions taken against a member of the organization, reported by category, for all of the following:
CHAPTER 5.2. Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act
CHAPTER 5.2. Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act
66310. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act.
66310. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Campus-Affiliated Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act.
66312. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) Institution of higher education means a campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California, a private postsecondary educational institution, or an independent institution of higher education. (2) A campus-affiliated sorority or fraternity or organization means a sorority or fraternity recognized as an affiliated sorority or fraternity of the institution by the official authorizing body at the institution of higher education where it operates.(b) Notwithstanding Section 67400, each institution of higher education shall, at the end of each academic year, collect from each campus-affiliated sorority or fraternity all of the following information for that academic year:(1) The number of citations or disciplinary actions taken against a member of the organization, reported by category, for all of the following:
66312. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) Institution of higher education means a campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California, a private postsecondary educational institution, or an independent institution of higher education.
(2) A campus-affiliated sorority or fraternity or organization means a sorority or fraternity recognized as an affiliated sorority or fraternity of the institution by the official authorizing body at the institution of higher education where it operates.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 67400, each institution of higher education shall, at the end of each academic year, collect from each campus-affiliated sorority or fraternity all of the following information for that academic year:
(1) The number of citations or disciplinary actions taken against a member of the organization, reported by category, for all of the following: