(1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as 2 of the segments of postsecondary education in the state.
Existing law requires the California State University to establish a model uniform set of academic standards for purposes of recognition for admission to the California State University. Under existing law, the University of California and the California State University are expected to plan that adequate spaces are available to accommodate all California resident students who are eligible and likely to apply to attend an appropriate place within the system.
This bill would establish the Automatic Admission Program under which a pupil graduating from a high school of a participating local educational agency, a student awarded an associate degree for transfer (ADT) from a participating community college district, or a student who completes certain transfer core curriculum courses at a participating community college district is deemed eligible for enrollment into a designated California State University campus. To be eligible for enrollment, the bill would require the pupil or student to complete the required courses with a grade of "C" or better. The bill would require a participating local educational agency or community college district to identify each pupil or student who is eligible under the program, notify each pupil or student of their eligibility, and submit a list of the eligible pupils or students to the California State University.
(2) Existing law provides community college students with a transfer pathway, facilitated by mechanisms such as the ADT, allowing students to apply academic credit earned at a community college toward receipt of a baccalaureate degree at a 4-year postsecondary educational institution. Existing law requires a student who earns an ADT to be deemed eligible for transfer into a California State University baccalaureate program when the student meets certain requirements.
Existing law establishes, until July 1, 2027, the Associate Degree for Transfer Intersegmental Implementation Committee for specified purposes, including to serve as the primary entity charged with the oversight of the ADT and to achieve specified objectives relating to the ADT and transfer model curricula (TMCs) , as specified. Existing law requires the committee, on or before December 31, 2023, to provide the Legislature with recommendations on certain issues impeding the scaling of the ADT and streamlining transfer across segments for students.
This bill would require the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to establish, in collaboration with the Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges and the California State University, an intersegmental curriculum workgroup composed of community college and California State University faculty who teach in fields of study with high opportunity for social mobility for the purpose of creating no fewer than 5 TMCs in those fields of study, as specified. Once a TMC is finalized, the bill would require community college districts to create an ADT for the finalized TMC, as specified. By imposing new duties on community college districts, the 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.