The California State University Enrollment, Access, and Retention of Noncontinuous Students Program.

Plain English Breakdown

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California State University Program for Students Who Took Breaks

This law creates a program to help students who took breaks from the California State University finish their degrees.

What This Bill Does

• Creates a new program called the Enrollment, Access, and Retention of Noncontinuous Students Program at California State University.
• Requires each campus to give priority registration to returning noncontinuous students starting July 1, 2027.
• Asks the Chancellor to make rules that help campuses get funding if they bring back former students who took breaks.
• Needs trustees to create a policy for reviewing transcripts of students who want to come back after taking time off by July 1, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

• Students at California State University who have taken breaks from their studies.
• Campuses within the California State University system.
• The Chancellor and trustees of the California State University.

Terms To Know

Noncontinuous students

Students who have stopped attending classes for a period but want to return later.

Priority registration

Giving returning students the chance to sign up for classes before others.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much funding will be given to campuses that bring back former students.
• It is unclear what specific actions campuses must take to engage in outreach to reenroll former students.

Official Summary Text

AB 2229, as amended, Pellerin.
The California State University Enrollment, Access, and Retention of
Nontraditional
Noncontinuous
Students Program.
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requires the California State University to require each campus in its system to grant students the right to reenroll in their baccalaureate degree program after withdrawing or stopping out, if the student was in good academic standing with the university.
This bill would establish the California State University Enrollment, Access, and Retention of
Nontraditional
Noncontinuous
Students Program to increase the reenrollment rates of California
State University students who have withdrawn from a campus before the conferral of a baccalaureate degree. The bill would require the Chancellor of the California State University to adopt a policy prioritizing enrollment funding for California State University campuses that meet enrollment figures and engage in outreach to reenroll former California State University students. The bill would require, on or before July 1, 2027, the trustees to adopt a policy related to evaluating transcripts of
nontraditional
noncontinuous
students who wish to reenroll in the California State University, as specified. The bill would require each campus to designate, on or before July 1, 2027, a
nontraditional
noncontinuous
student advisor, and, commencing July 1, 2027, provide priority registration to
nontraditional
noncontinuous
students returning to complete a degree. The bill would require, on or before September 1, 2028, the trustees to maintain an internet-accessible data dashboard that includes, among other things, the number of
nontraditional
noncontinuous
students who have reenrolled at a campus.

Current Bill Text

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