California 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB654 Latest Draft

Bill / Amended Version Filed 04/03/2023

                            Amended IN  Assembly  April 03, 2023 Amended IN  Assembly  March 02, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 654Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 09, 2023An act to add Article 6.1 (commencing with Section 92652) to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to the University of California. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 654, as amended, Cervantes. University of California: ethnic studies.The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust, and requires the university to be administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes. These provisions grant the regents all the powers necessary or convenient for the effective administration of its trust.This bill would request the University of California to collaborate with the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the California Community Colleges Ethnic Studies Faculty Council, and the University of California Ethnic Studies Council to develop a process for the University of California to approve eligible community college ethnic studies courses, as meeting an existing undergraduate graduation requirement at the university, for students who transfer to the university from the California Community Colleges. establish an ethnic studies undergraduate graduation requirement at the university.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 6.1 (commencing with Section 92652) is added to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read: Article 6.1. Ethnic Studies at the University of California92652. The University of California is requested to collaborate with the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the California Community Colleges Ethnic Studies Faculty Council, and the University of California Ethnic Studies Council to develop a process for the University of California to approve eligible community college ethnic studies courses, as meeting an existing undergraduate graduation requirement at the University of California, for students who transfer to the University of California from the California Community Colleges. establish an ethnic studies undergraduate graduation requirement at the university.

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 03, 2023 Amended IN  Assembly  March 02, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 654Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 09, 2023An act to add Article 6.1 (commencing with Section 92652) to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to the University of California. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 654, as amended, Cervantes. University of California: ethnic studies.The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust, and requires the university to be administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes. These provisions grant the regents all the powers necessary or convenient for the effective administration of its trust.This bill would request the University of California to collaborate with the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the California Community Colleges Ethnic Studies Faculty Council, and the University of California Ethnic Studies Council to develop a process for the University of California to approve eligible community college ethnic studies courses, as meeting an existing undergraduate graduation requirement at the university, for students who transfer to the university from the California Community Colleges. establish an ethnic studies undergraduate graduation requirement at the university.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  April 03, 2023 Amended IN  Assembly  March 02, 2023

Amended IN  Assembly  April 03, 2023
Amended IN  Assembly  March 02, 2023

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 654

Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 09, 2023

Introduced by Assembly Member Cervantes
February 09, 2023

An act to add Article 6.1 (commencing with Section 92652) to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to the University of California. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 654, as amended, Cervantes. University of California: ethnic studies.

The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust, and requires the university to be administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes. These provisions grant the regents all the powers necessary or convenient for the effective administration of its trust.This bill would request the University of California to collaborate with the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the California Community Colleges Ethnic Studies Faculty Council, and the University of California Ethnic Studies Council to develop a process for the University of California to approve eligible community college ethnic studies courses, as meeting an existing undergraduate graduation requirement at the university, for students who transfer to the university from the California Community Colleges. establish an ethnic studies undergraduate graduation requirement at the university.

The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust, and requires the university to be administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes. These provisions grant the regents all the powers necessary or convenient for the effective administration of its trust.

This bill would request the University of California to collaborate with the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the California Community Colleges Ethnic Studies Faculty Council, and the University of California Ethnic Studies Council to develop a process for the University of California to approve eligible community college ethnic studies courses, as meeting an existing undergraduate graduation requirement at the university, for students who transfer to the university from the California Community Colleges. establish an ethnic studies undergraduate graduation requirement at the university.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Article 6.1 (commencing with Section 92652) is added to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read: Article 6.1. Ethnic Studies at the University of California92652. The University of California is requested to collaborate with the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the California Community Colleges Ethnic Studies Faculty Council, and the University of California Ethnic Studies Council to develop a process for the University of California to approve eligible community college ethnic studies courses, as meeting an existing undergraduate graduation requirement at the University of California, for students who transfer to the University of California from the California Community Colleges. establish an ethnic studies undergraduate graduation requirement at the university.

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

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

SECTION 1. Article 6.1 (commencing with Section 92652) is added to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read: Article 6.1. Ethnic Studies at the University of California92652. The University of California is requested to collaborate with the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the California Community Colleges Ethnic Studies Faculty Council, and the University of California Ethnic Studies Council to develop a process for the University of California to approve eligible community college ethnic studies courses, as meeting an existing undergraduate graduation requirement at the University of California, for students who transfer to the University of California from the California Community Colleges. establish an ethnic studies undergraduate graduation requirement at the university.

SECTION 1. Article 6.1 (commencing with Section 92652) is added to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

 Article 6.1. Ethnic Studies at the University of California92652. The University of California is requested to collaborate with the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the California Community Colleges Ethnic Studies Faculty Council, and the University of California Ethnic Studies Council to develop a process for the University of California to approve eligible community college ethnic studies courses, as meeting an existing undergraduate graduation requirement at the University of California, for students who transfer to the University of California from the California Community Colleges. establish an ethnic studies undergraduate graduation requirement at the university.

 Article 6.1. Ethnic Studies at the University of California92652. The University of California is requested to collaborate with the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the California Community Colleges Ethnic Studies Faculty Council, and the University of California Ethnic Studies Council to develop a process for the University of California to approve eligible community college ethnic studies courses, as meeting an existing undergraduate graduation requirement at the University of California, for students who transfer to the University of California from the California Community Colleges. establish an ethnic studies undergraduate graduation requirement at the university.

 Article 6.1. Ethnic Studies at the University of California

 Article 6.1. Ethnic Studies at the University of California

92652. The University of California is requested to collaborate with the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the California Community Colleges Ethnic Studies Faculty Council, and the University of California Ethnic Studies Council to develop a process for the University of California to approve eligible community college ethnic studies courses, as meeting an existing undergraduate graduation requirement at the University of California, for students who transfer to the University of California from the California Community Colleges. establish an ethnic studies undergraduate graduation requirement at the university.



92652. The University of California is requested to collaborate with the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the California Community Colleges Ethnic Studies Faculty Council, and the University of California Ethnic Studies Council to develop a process for the University of California to approve eligible community college ethnic studies courses, as meeting an existing undergraduate graduation requirement at the University of California, for students who transfer to the University of California from the California Community Colleges. establish an ethnic studies undergraduate graduation requirement at the university.