BILL NUMBER: AB 653	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Levine

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2015

   An act to add Article 3.9 (commencing with Section 66029) to
Chapter 2 of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
relating to postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 653, as introduced, Levine. Postsecondary education:
intersegmental coordination in governance.
   Existing law establishes the California State University, the
University of California, and the California Community Colleges as
the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The
missions and functions of these segments are set forth, among other
things, in the Donahoe Higher Education Act. Provisions of the
Donahoe Higher Education Act apply to the University of California
only to the extent that the regents act, by resolution, to make them
applicable.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature that the
segments of public higher education coordinate their efforts to
invest state resources in technologies that are useful to multiple
segments or campuses. The bill would add a provision to the Donahoe
Higher Education Act requiring the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges and the Chancellor of the California State
University, and requesting the President of the University of
California, to coordinate the efforts of their respective segments
when procuring systemwide information technology and software for the
purposes of enhancing student achievement. The bill would specify
that the coordination it requires would apply only to large-scale
information technology and software purchases that benefit the 3
segments of public postsecondary education and for which coordination
by these segments would reduce costs and increase efficiency. The
bill would further provide that, as the public segments of higher
education invest in, and upgrade, infrastructure and software for
data storage and analysis, these segments shall develop procedures to
coordinate the collection of, and to share, student performance data
in a manner that is consistent with state and federal privacy law.
   Because these provisions would be added to the Donahoe Higher
Education Act, they would apply to the University of California only
to the extent that the regents act, by resolution, to make them
applicable.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature that all of the
following occur:
   (a) That the segments of public higher education coordinate their
efforts to invest state resources in technologies that are useful to
multiple segments or campuses.
   (b) That, as these segments invest in new technologies, the public
segments jointly leverage their combined purchasing power.
   (c) That investments in new technology made by these segments
prioritize the ability to coordinate with other segments of higher
education.
   (d) That these segments ease the student transfer process between
systems through increased coordination in the purchasing of new
technology platforms.
  SEC. 2.  Article 3.9 (commencing with Section 66029) is added to
Chapter 2 of Part 40 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 3.9.  Intersegmental Coordination in Governance


   66029.  (a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges
and the Chancellor of the California State University shall, and the
President of the University of California is requested to, coordinate
the efforts of their respective segments when procuring systemwide
information technology and software for the purposes of enhancing
student achievement.
   (b) The coordination required by this section shall only apply to
large-scale information technology and software purchases that
benefit the three segments of public postsecondary education and for
which coordination by these segments would reduce costs and increase
efficiency.
   66029.3.  As the segments of public postsecondary education invest
in, and upgrade, infrastructure and software for data storage and
analysis, these segments shall develop procedures to coordinate the
collection of, and to share, student performance data in a manner
that is consistent with state and federal privacy law.