SECTIONS 66057 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 66057

66057. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) The future economic vitality of California will depend on the
state's ability to educate its citizens and to help them develop the
work and social skills needed to compete with workers of other
nations and states in our global economy.
(2) Ensuring that California's colleges and universities can
accommodate a tidal wave of new students, as well as enable those
from diverse backgrounds to achieve success in their college careers,
will require a variety of strategies.
(3) The Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) has reported that most
campuses of the University of California, the California State
University, and the California Community Colleges will soon exceed
their current capacities.
(4) The LAO has identified year-round operation as a
cost-efficient strategy to address future enrollment growth, by
avoiding capital expenditure for instructional space, such as
classrooms, class laboratories, study space in libraries, and other
selected student support service facilities.
(5) Year-round operation also increases student access to high
demand campuses, and allows students to accelerate their progress to
degrees.
(6) (A) It is the intent of the Legislature that the University of
California and the California State University accommodate
enrollment growth by maximizing the utilization of existing
instructional facilities during the summer term before building new
classrooms and teaching laboratories. It is further the intent of the
Legislature that the University of California and the California
State University make requests for capital outlay funding for space
for classrooms and class laboratories justified using legislatively
approved utilization standards and a reasonable assumption of
summer-term enrollment.
(B) Accordingly, the University of California is requested to base
its annual five-year capital outlay plan on the utilization of
instructional facilities during the summer, assuming summer-term
enrollment of at least 40 percent of the average fall, winter, and
spring enrollment.
(C) The California State University is requested to base its
annual five-year capital outlay plan on utilization of instructional
facilities during the summer, assuming summer-term enrollment of at
least 25 percent and 40 percent of the fall, winter, spring
enrollment at rural and urban campuses, respectively.
(b) Summer session fees at all campuses of the University of
California and the California State University shall not exceed the
fees charged per credit unit for any other academic term, if the
state provides funding to offset any revenue losses that may occur
due to the difference between the state university fee and fees
charged for self-supporting academic programs.
(c) In recognition of the differing circumstances on the various
campuses throughout the state, the University of California and the
California State University shall retain the flexibility to implement
year-round operation differently on individual campuses.
(d) On or before January 10 of each year, the University of
California is requested to, and the California State University
shall, submit to the Legislature a report describing summer
enrollment for their respective systems. The report shall include all
of the following information separately for each campus in the
system:
(1) The number of state-funded headcount students enrolled during
the summer term of the preceding calendar year and, for comparison
purposes, the year-average number of state-funded headcount students
enrolled during the preceding fall, winter, and spring terms.
(2) The number of state-funded full-time equivalent students
enrolled during the summer term of the preceding calendar year and,
for comparison purposes, the number of year-average state-funded
full-time equivalent students enrolled during the preceding fall,
winter, and spring terms.
(3) Efforts undertaken to increase summer enrollment.