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SB-979 California State University: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. (2007-2008)

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Amended  IN  Senate  April 17, 2007

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2007–2008 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 979

Introduced  by  Senator Maldonado

February 23, 2007

An act to add Section 90404.5 to the Education Code, relating to the California State University, and making an appropriation therefor.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 979, as amended, Maldonado. California State University: California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
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 California State University includes 25 institutions, including the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.
This bill would require a pilot program relating to the teaching of career technical education, engineering, mathematics, and science to be established in the Agricultural Education and Communication Department of the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. The bill would authorize the trustees to receive funds donated, for the purposes of the pilot program, from any nonstate source, and deposit the donated funds into the California State University Trust Fund. The bill would continuously appropriate these funds to the trustees for the purposes of the pilot program.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NOYES   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 90404.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:

90404.5.
 A pilot program relating to the teaching of career technical education, engineering, mathematics, and science shall be established in the Agricultural Education and Communication Department of the California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the trustees are authorized to receive funds donated, for the purposes of the pilot program, from any nonstate source, and deposit the donated funds into the California State University Trust Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, funds deposited in the California State University trust fund pursuant to this section are continuously appropriated to the trustees for the purposes of the pilot program.