The Donahoe Higher Education Act sets forth the missions and functions of California’s public segments of higher education and their respective institutions of higher education. The California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, are 2 of the segments. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by appropriate resolution, to make them applicable.

This bill, commencing with the 2024–25 academic year, would require each California State University campus, and, if the Regents of the University of California adopt an appropriation resolution, each University of California campus to provide on its internet website information on service learning programs and opportunities for undergraduate students. The bill, commencing with students graduating in the 2027–28 2032–33 academic year, would require the California State University and, if the Regents of the University of California adopt an appropriate resolution, the University of California to require, as an undergraduate graduation requirement, the completion of service learning, as provided.