Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California as the public segments of postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requires the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, and the governing board of every community college district to adopt or provide for the adoption of specific rules and regulations governing student behavior and to adopt procedures by which all students are informed of the rules and regulations, with applicable penalties, as provided. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, act to make a provision applicable.
This bill would prohibit the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and every administrator at any campus of those institutions from adopting or enforcing a rule that imposes disciplinary sanctions on a student solely on the basis of acts of being under the influence of, or possessing for personal use, a controlled substance, controlled substance analog, or drug paraphernalia, under certain circumstances related to a drug-related overdose that prompted the seeking of medical assistance, and would prohibit those acts from being documented in a student's disciplinary file, as provided. The bill would authorize the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and every administrator at any campus of those institutions to require a student who has committed one of those acts to complete an assigned activity, as specified, and would authorize them to document the act and any assigned activity imposed in a student's administrative file, as provided.

Statutes affected:
AB 602: 1342.74 HSC, 10123.1933 INS
02/13/25 - Introduced: 1342.74 HSC, 10123.1933 INS
03/13/25 - Amended Assembly: 1342.74 HSC, 10123.1933 INS