Amended
IN
Senate
July 02, 2014 |
Amended
IN
Senate
June 18, 2014 |
Amended
IN
Senate
June 05, 2014 |
Amended
IN
Senate
June 25, 2013 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 20, 2013 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 22, 2013 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Weber |
February 22, 2013 |
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state, and authorizes them to provide instruction at community college campuses. Under existing law, the California State University comprises 25 campuses and the University of California comprises 10 campuses. Under existing law, the segments are authorized to impose fees on their students, both on a systemwide basis and with respect to individual campuses.
This bill would prohibit the California State University from imposing a new student success fee, as defined, or increasing the amount of an existing student success fee, unless the imposition of the new fee or the increase of the existing fee is approved by a majority vote of the students of that campus who vote in an election held for that purpose. The bill would require that, in the event that a new
student success fee or an increase in the amount of an existing student success fee is approved by the students of a campus in an election held under the bill, an oversight committee, with designated membership, be established.
The bill would urge the Regents of the University of California to adopt regulations and procedures relating to the imposition of new campus fees or increases in the amount of existing campus fees that would be equivalent to the requirements of this bill.
Notwithstanding any other law:
(a)The California State University may only impose a new student success
fee, or increase the amount of an existing student success fee, if the imposition of the new fee or the increase of the existing fee is approved by a majority vote of the students of that campus who vote in an election held for that purpose.
(b)The ballot used in an election held pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include a specific description of the purposes for which the proceeds of the proposed fee would be expended.
(c)In the event that a new
student success fee or an increase in the amount of an existing student success fee is approved by the students of a campus in an election held pursuant to subdivision (a), an oversight committee shall be established under this subdivision. The oversight committee shall be composed of students appointed by the student body organization of that campus, faculty members appointed by the faculty senate of that campus, and administrators appointed by the president of that campus, with the distribution of the membership of that oversight committee among those three groups being determined by the student body organization of that campus.
(d)As used in this section, “student success fee” has the same meaning as that term is defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 89712.
(a)Except as required pursuant to Section 66025.6, the trustees may by rule require all persons to pay fees, rents, deposits, and charges for services, facilities or materials provided by the trustees to those persons. The trustees may, by rule, provide for the method of collecting such fees, rents, deposits, and charges, and may, by rule, provide for the refund in whole or part of those fees, rents, deposits, and charges collected in error or collected for facilities, services, or materials not utilized.
(b)If the provisions of this section are in conflict with the provisions of a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant to Chapter 12
(commencing with Section 3560) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code, the memorandum of understanding shall be controlling without further legislative action, except that if such provisions of a memorandum of understanding require the expenditure of funds, the provisions shall not become effective unless approved by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act.
The Regents of the University of California are urged to adopt regulations and procedures relating to the imposition of new campus fees or increases in the amount of existing campus fees that would be equivalent to the requirements of Section 66025.6 of the Education Code as enacted by the act that adds this section.