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AB-1769 • 2026

Student transfer: tribal colleges.

Student transfer: tribal colleges.

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Sponsor
Ramos
Last action
Official status
Senate - Appropriations
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official text states programs must include 'specified components,' but the summary provided does not list all of them beyond early outreach.

Student Transfer Agreements with Tribal Colleges

This law requires the California State University and California Community Colleges to create transfer programs for tribal college students, while asking the University of California to join if its leaders agree.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Trustees of the California State University to develop and implement transfer agreement and articulation programs for students attending California tribal colleges.
  • Requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to develop and implement transfer agreement and articulation programs for students attending California tribal colleges.
  • Requests, but does not require, the Regents of the University of California to join these efforts if they choose by resolution.
  • Mandates that new programs include specified components, such as early outreach activities.
  • Requires the California State University and California Community Colleges to assess tools, systems, or curricula designed to help tribal college students transfer.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Students attending California tribal colleges who want to transfer to public postsecondary campuses.
  • The Trustees of the California State University system.
  • The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges system.
  • The Regents of the University of California system, if they choose to make the bill applicable.

Terms To Know

Articulation programs
Plans that help students move from one school to another by ensuring their classes count toward a degree at the new school.
Transfer agreement
A formal plan between schools to support and enhance student transfers.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The University of California is only requested, not required, to follow these rules unless its regents vote to make the act applicable.
  • The text does not list specific dates for when schools must finish creating or implementing these programs.
  • The bill mentions specified components but does not detail every single requirement in this summary.

Bill History

  1. California Legislative Information

    Senate - Appropriations

Official Summary Text

Student transfer: tribal colleges.