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SB-1023 California State University: Antelope Valley or Victor Valley campus.(2023-2024)



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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 1023

Introduced by Senator Wilk

February 06, 2024

An act to add Section 89009.5 to the Education Code, relating to the California State University.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 1023, as introduced, Wilk. California State University: Antelope Valley or Victor Valley campus.
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 the state. The California State University currently comprises 23 institutions of higher education.
This bill would authorize the Chancellor of the California State University to conduct and submit to the trustees a study about the feasibility of a California State University satellite program, and ultimately, an independent California State University campus, in the Antelope Valley or the Victor Valley, as defined, within 18 months after the date that the trustees certify that sufficient funds are available to conduct the study. The bill would require funding for the study to be derived solely from nonstate sources. If the trustees decide that a new campus or off-campus center is needed in the Antelope Valley or the Victor Valley, the bill would authorize the trustees to conduct a formal study of the proposal, as provided.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 89009.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:

89009.5.
 (a) The Chancellor of the California State University may conduct a study about the feasibility of a California State University satellite program, and ultimately, an independent California State University campus, in the Antelope Valley or the Victor Valley. The study shall include all of the following:
(1) Ten-year enrollment projections and physical capacity analysis.
(2) Regional workforce needs.
(3) Prospective economic impact and job creation in the region.
(4) Infrastructure availability.
(5) The potential alleviation of overcrowding and traffic at the Bakersfield and Northridge campuses.
(6) Considerations of plausible alternatives.
(7) Academic planning and program justification.
(8) A description of proposed student services and student outreach programs.
(9) Support and capital outlay budget projections.
(10) Geographic and physical accessibility.
(11) Environmental and social impacts.
(12) Effects on other educational institutions.
(b) Funding for the study required by subdivision (a) shall be derived solely from nonstate sources. The chancellor shall conduct and submit the study to the trustees within 18 months after the date that the trustees certify that sufficient funds are available to conduct the study.
(c) If the trustees determine there is a need for a new campus or off-campus center in the Antelope Valley or the Victor Valley, the trustees may conduct a formal study identical in content to the study of a proposed new postsecondary educational program that would have been conducted by the California Postsecondary Education Commission pursuant to Section 66904.
(d) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:
(1) “Antelope Valley” includes, but is not limited to, the Cities of California City, Lancaster, and Palmdale, the census designated places of Boron, Green Valley, Lake Hughes, Lake Los Angeles, Leona Valley, Littlerock, Mojave, North Edwards, Piñon Hills, Phelan, Quartz Hill, Rosamond, and Wrightwood, and the unincorporated area of Pearlblossom.
(2) “Victor Valley” includes, but is not limited to, the Cities of Adelanto, Hesperia, and Victorville, and the Town of Apple Valley.