BILL NUMBER: AB 38	AMENDED
	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.