The Governor worked on bill signings and vetoes right up until midnight of the October 9, 2011 deadline.

Cursory information on our primary bills of interest for 2011 is provided below. Our matrix is also attached and includes all of our bills of interest that were chaptered or vetoed this year.  For bill language and other details, please go to www.leginfo.ca.gov.

BILLS SPONSORED BY THE STATE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE

•     AB 743 (Block):  Establishes a centralized common assessment system for community college students. CHAPTERED

•     AB 1029 (Lara) Stand Alone Course Approval (Sponsor) extends the authority granted to local districts to approve stand alone courses at the local level. A report is due to the Legislature by January 1, 2013. Unless extended by legislation, local authority to approve stand alone courses expires on January 1, 2014. CHAPTERED

 •     AB 1056 (Fong): Requires the Office of the Chancellor to implement a procedure for electronic student transcripts by districts. CHAPTERED

BILLS OF INTEREST – ACTION TAKEN BY THE GOVERNOR

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•     ABX1 32 (Blumenfield) Education Finance:  ABX1 32 is one of four bills from the first extraordinary session on the budget to address technical issues related to the potential additional cuts triggered by lower than expected revenues. For community colleges, ABX1 32 delays implementing the $10 per unit student fee increase from winter term to the summer term of the 2011-12 academic year. This extraordinary session bill is effective immediately upon signature. CHAPTERED

 •     AB 130 (Cedillo) Financial Aid for AB 540 students (nonstate funds) AB 130 authorizes students who receive resident tuition through AB 540 (Firebaugh, 2001) to be eligible to receive a scholarship derived from non-state funds beginning January 1, 2012 for students attending college at UC, CSU, or CCC. CHAPTERED 

•     AB 131 (Cedillo) Dream ACT:  Effective January 1, 2013, AB 131 Expands eligibility for state-administered student financial aid programs to include AB 540 (Firebaugh, 2001) students. CHAPTERED

 •     AB 194 (Beall): Provides enrollment priority for foster youth or emancipated foster youth up to the age of 24 at a community college and a California State University campus. CHAPTERED

 •     AB 230 (Carter) Middle College High School Concurrent Enrollment - Exempts students attending Middle College High Schools who enroll in community college courses, from the requirement that community colleges assign low enrollment priority to concurrent enrollment students. CHAPTERED

•     AB 334 (Lowenthal) CC Board Members – Absences from the State. Authorizes the governing board of a school district or a community college district to authorize an absence of an unlimited duration in the case of illness or other urgent necessity. CHAPTERED

•     AB 620 (Block):  Requests community college districts and UC (and requires CSU) to establish nondiscrimination policies for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender students. CHAPTERED

 •     AB 636 (Knight) Military Benefits: Removes the requirement that a student on a military deployment must meet the withdrawal deadline in order to receive a refund for tuition and fees. CHAPTERED

•     AB 684 (Block): Authorizes the Board of Governors to approve a community college district’s change from at large trustee representation to local area trustees through a waiver process (urgency measure, effective immediately upon signature).  CHAPTERED

•     AB 882 (Cook): Provides members of the armed forces and their dependants resident classification for calculating tuition and fees for the duration of their enrollment in a public institution of higher education. CHAPTERED

•     AB 900 (Buchanan): Jobs and Economic Improvement through Environmental Leadership Act of 2011: Establishes an expedited CEQA review for environmental impact reports and approvals for certain projects which could include community college facilities projects. CHAPTERED

•     AB 1330 (Furutani): Provides high school students the option of using a career technical education (CTE) course to fulfill the existing high school requirement to take a course in visual or performing arts or foreign language.  CHAPTERED

•     SB 8 (Yee) Auxiliary Organizations – Public Records.  Applies provisions of the California Public Records Act (CPRA) to auxiliary organizations of the UC, CSU, local CCDs, and the official auxiliary to the Chancellor’s Office, and includes protections for donor anonymity. CHAPTERED

 •     SB 451 (Price):  Requires CSAC to grant high priority to Cal Grant C applicants pursuing occupations or technical training in high-growth, high-wage or high-demand job sectors, and students enrolling in programs that rate high in graduation rates and job placement data.  CHAPTERED 

•     SB 611 (Steinberg): Requests the Regents of the University of California to establish and maintain the University of California Curriculum Integration Institute (UCCII) to develop high school CTE curriculum. CHAPTERED

•     SB 612 (Steinberg): Establishes additional California Subject Matter Projects. CHAPTERED

•     SB 774 (Hancock) Community College Parking Fees. Authorizes the governing board of a community college district to increase parking fee limits charged to students and employees to a maximum of $50 per semester and provides for annual increases to the fee limit. CHAPTERED

•     SB 813 (Cmte on Veterans):  Grants priority registration for four years for student veterans who are California residents. CHAPTERED