Amended
IN
Assembly
August 04, 2014 |
Amended
IN
Senate
May 27, 2014 |
Introduced by Senator Block |
February 21, 2014 |
(1)Existing
This bill, prior to the beginning of the spring term of each academic year, and in accord with a specified timetable, would require each community college district with a specified Internet-accessible automatic degree audit system in place to conduct a one-time inquiry as the system is put in place. That inquiry would seek to identify the students who have
completed the required units to receive a degree or certificate, or who have completed the transfer requirements of the California State University or the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum, in up to 12 of the highest demand majors, as determined by each community college district, during the previous 2 academic years.
The bill would require each affected community college campus to notify the students identified under the bill as eligible to receive a degree or certificate that they are eligible for the degree or certificate. The bill would provide that these students would have the choice of opting out or receiving the degree or certificate.
The
(2)The
(7)In California, less than one-fifth of community colleges have online degree audit systems that can be used to inform their students about their progress, leaving the remainder of the state’s 112 community colleges without a mechanism to identify already earned degrees.
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(A)Award degrees retroactively.
(2)Award degrees and certificates retroactively to those students who have completed degree or certificate requirements.
(3)
(a)The board of governors shall require all community colleges to award degrees retroactively in accordance with this article.
(b)Prior to the beginning of the spring term of the academic year, and commencing with the 2015–16 academic year for the first 28 campuses, each community college district shall perform a one-time
inquiry as the automatic degree audit system required by this article is put in place at each campus, consistent with the timetable prescribed in Section 78026, to identify the students who have completed the semester or quarter units required to receive a degree or certificate, or who have completed the California State University (CSU) or the
Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) transfer requirements in up to 12 of the highest demand majors, as determined by each community college district, during the previous two academic years.
(c)A community college campus shall notify those students identified pursuant to subdivision (b) as eligible to receive a degree or certificate that they are eligible to receive
the degree or certificate. Those students shall have the choice to opt out or to receive the degree or certificate.
(2)At least 56 campuses of the California Community Colleges shall have the automatic degree audit system in place by December 31, 2016.
(3)
The
(a)The number and percentage of community college students who were identified and were awarded associate degrees or certificates, or who were determined to have completed the CSU or IGETC
transfer requirements because of the degree audit system.
(b)
(c)