Student transfer: tribal colleges.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on funding or consequences for non-compliance, leaving these points as unknowns.

Student Transfer: Tribal Colleges

This law requires certain public universities in California to develop programs that help students from tribal colleges transfer to their schools.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to develop and implement transfer agreement and articulation programs for transferring students from tribal colleges.
• Requests the Regents of the University of California to do the same, but it's not mandatory unless they agree.
• Includes early outreach activities in these transfer programs to help tribal college students understand how to transfer.
• Requires these universities to assess tools, systems, or curricula designed to facilitate student transfer for tribal college students.

Who It Names or Affects

• Students attending California tribal colleges who want to transfer to other public universities in the state.
• The Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
• The Regents of the University of California (if they agree)

Terms To Know

articulation programs

Programs that help students understand how courses they take at one school will count towards their degree at another school.

transfer agreement

An official document between two schools that outlines which classes and credits from the first school can be used at the second school.

Limits and Unknowns

• The University of California is only required to develop these programs if its Regents decide to make it happen.
• It's not clear how much funding will be provided for these new transfer programs.
• This law does not specify what happens if the universities do not comply with the requirements.

Official Summary Text

AB 1769, as amended, Ramos.
Student transfer: tribal colleges.
The Donahoe Higher Education Act establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, 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 the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in the state. A provision of the act requires each of the 3 segments of public postsecondary education to have as a fundamental policy the maintenance of a healthy and expanded student transfer system. The act applies to the University of California only to the extent that the regents, by appropriate resolution, make it applicable.
This bill would require the Trustees of the California State University and the Board
of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and would request the Regents of the University of California, to develop and implement transfer agreement and articulation programs to support and enhance the transfer of students attending California tribal colleges to campuses of these public postsecondary
segments.
segments, as provided.
The bill would require the transfer agreement and articulation programs to include specified components, including, among other things, early outreach activities. The bill would also require the California State University and the California Community Colleges, and request the University of California, to assess tools, systems, or curricula designed to facilitate student transfer for students attending California tribal colleges, as provided.

Current Bill Text

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