SECTIONS 66745-66749 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 66745-66749

66745. This article shall be known, and may be cited as the Student
Transfer Achievement Reform Act.

66746. (a) Commencing with the fall term of the 2011-12 academic
year, a student who earns an associate degree for transfer granted
pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be deemed eligible for transfer
into a California State University baccalaureate program when the
student meets both of the following requirements:
(1) Completion of 60 semester units or 90 quarter units that are
eligible for transfer to the California State University, including
both of the following:
(A) The Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum
(IGETC) or the California State University General Education-Breadth
Requirements.
(B) A minimum of 18 semester units or 27 quarter units in a major
or area of emphasis, as determined by the community college district.
(2) Obtainment of a minimum grade point average of 2.0.
(b) (1) As a condition of receipt of state apportionment funds, a
community college district shall develop and grant associate degrees
for transfer that meet the requirements of subdivision (a). A
community college district shall not impose any requirements in
addition to the requirements of this section, including any local
college or district requirements, for a student to be eligible for
the associate degree for transfer and subsequent admission to the
California State University pursuant to Section 66747.
(2) The condition of receipt of state apportionment funding
contained in paragraph (1) shall become inoperative if, by December
31, 2010, each of the state's 72 community college districts has
submitted to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, for
transmission to the Director of Finance, signed certification
waiving, as a local agency request within the meaning of paragraph
(1) of subdivision (a) of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution, any claim of reimbursement related to the
implementation of this article.
(c) A community college district is encouraged to consider the
local articulation agreements and other work between the respective
faculties from the affected community college and California State
University campuses in implementing the requirements of this section.
(d) Community colleges are encouraged to facilitate the acceptance
of credits earned at other community colleges toward the associate
degree for transfer pursuant to this section.
(e) This section shall not preclude students who are assessed
below collegiate level from acquiring remedial noncollegiate level
coursework in preparation for obtaining the associate degree.
Remedial noncollegiate level coursework shall not be counted as part
of the transferable units required pursuant to paragraph (1) of
subdivision (a).

66747. Notwithstanding Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 66201),
the California State University shall guarantee admission with junior
status to any community college student who meets all of the
requirements of Section 66746. Admission to the California State
University, as provided under this article, does not guarantee
admission for specific majors or campuses. Notwithstanding Chapter 4
(commencing with Section 66201), the California State University
shall grant a student priority admission to his or her local
California State University campus and to a program or major that is
similar to his or her community college major or area of emphasis, as
determined by the California State University campus to which the
student is admitted. A student admitted under this article shall
receive priority over all other community college transfer students,
excluding community college students who have entered into a transfer
agreement between a community college and the California State
University prior to the fall term of the 2012-13 academic year.

66748. (a) The California State University may require a student
transferring pursuant to this article to take additional courses at
the California State University so long as the student is not
required to take any more than 60 additional semester units or 90
quarter units at the California State University for majors requiring
120 semester units or 180 quarter units. Specified high unit majors
shall be exempt from this subdivision upon agreement by the
Chancellors of the California State University and the California
Community Colleges and their respective academic senates.
(b) Community college transfer units shall not be applicable to
upper division requirements at the California State University,
unless agreed upon by the local Academic Senates of the California
State University and the California Community Colleges and the
transferred units do not exceed the required 60 semester units or 90
quarter units required pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a)
of Section 66746.
(c) The California State University shall not require students
transferring pursuant to this article to repeat courses that are
similar to those taken at the community college that counted toward
the associate degree for transfer granted pursuant to Section 66746.

66749. (a) The Legislative Analyst's Office shall review and report
to the Assembly Committee on Higher Education, the Senate Committee
on Education, and the respective education finance budget
subcommittees of the Assembly and the Senate in the spring of 2012,
an update on the implementation of this article.
(b) The Legislative Analyst's Office shall also review and report
to the Assembly Committee on Higher Education, the Senate Committee
on Education, and the respective education finance budget
subcommittees of the Assembly and the Senate, within four years of
implementation of this article, on both of the following:
(1) The outcomes of implementation of this article, including, but
not limited to, all of the following:
(A) The number and percentage of community college students who
transferred to the California State University and earned an
associate degree for transfer pursuant to this article.
(B) The average amount of time and units it takes a community
college student earning an associate degree for transfer pursuant to
this article to transfer to and graduate from the California State
University, as compared to the average amount of time and units it
took community college transfer students prior to enactment of this
article, and compared to students using other transfer processes
available.
(C) Student progression and completion rates.
(D) Other relevant indicators of student success.
(E) The degree to which the requirements for an associate degree
for transfer take into account existing articulation agreements and
the degree to which community colleges facilitate the acceptance of
credits between community college districts, as outlined in
subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 66746.
(F) It is the intent of the Legislature that student outcome data
provided under this subdivision include the degree to which the
California State University was able to accommodate students admitted
under this article to a campus of their choice and a major that is
similar to their community college major.
(2) Recommendations for statutory changes necessary to facilitate
the goal of a clear and transparent transfer process, including
whether this article should be made applicable to students
transferring from community colleges to the University of California.