BILL NUMBER: AB 352	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 16, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Beth Gaines

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2015

   An act to  amend Section 66201 of   add
Section 66608 to, and to add Article 4.5 (commencing with Section
92635) to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of,  the
Education Code, relating to university admissions.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 352, as amended, Beth Gaines. University admissions: public
postsecondary education. 
   Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, among
other things, sets forth the missions and functions of California's
public and independent segments of postsecondary education. A
provision of the act expresses the intent of the Legislature that
each resident of California who has the capacity and motivation to
benefit from higher education should have the opportunity to enroll
in an institution of higher education. This provision also expresses
a commitment to provide an appropriate place in California public
higher education for every student who is willing and able to benefit
from attendance.  
   Existing law establishes 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, as 2
of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The
California State University comprises 23 institutions, and the
University of California comprises 10 institutions. 
   This bill would  make nonsubstantive changes to this
provision of the Donahoe Higher Education Act.  
prohibit nonresidents, as defined, from constituting more than 3% of
the students enrolled at any campus of the California State
University in any academic year. The bill would also require the
regents, as a condition for receiving state funds for support of the
University of Californi  a   pursuant to the annual
Budget Act or another statute, to ensure that no more than 10% of
the students enrolled at any campus of the University of California
be nonresidents, as defined. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 66608 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   66608.  No more than 3 percent of the students enrolled at any
campus of the California State University in any academic year shall
be nonresidents as defined in Section 68018. 
   SEC. 2.   Article 4.5 (commencing with Section 92635)
is added to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the
  Education Code   , to read:  

      Article 4.5.  Nonresident Students


   92635.  As a condition for receiving state funds for support of
the University of California pursuant to the annual Budget Act or
another statute, the regents shall ensure that no more than 10
percent of the students enrolled at any campus of the University of
California shall be nonresidents as defined in Section 68018. 

  SECTION 1.    Section 66201 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
   66201.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that each resident
of California who has the capacity and motivation to benefit from
higher education should have the opportunity to enroll in an
institution of higher education. Once enrolled, each individual
should have the opportunity to continue as long and as far as his or
her capacity and motivation, as indicated by academic performance and
commitment to educational advancement, will lead him or her to meet
academic standards and institutional requirements.
   (b) The Legislature hereby reaffirms the commitment of the State
of California to provide an appropriate place in California public
higher education for every student who is willing and able to benefit
from attendance.