Plain English Breakdown
The bill text states that specific details on goals and qualifications are 'as specified' but does not list those exact criteria in this excerpt.
Cal-Bridge and ENLACE Programs for STEM Education
This law creates two programs to help California students in science, technology, engineering, and math move from high school through college into research careers or the tech industry.
What This Bill Does
- Creates the Cal-Bridge Program as a partnership between community colleges, state universities, and UC campuses.
- Sets goals for helping undergraduate STEM majors prepare to apply for PhD programs in science fields.
- Establishes five subprograms under Cal-Bridge that offer resources, research opportunities, and financial support to qualifying students and scholars.
- Creates the ENLACE Program as an independent program that works with Cal-Bridge to help high schoolers and college students enter STEM education and careers.
- Requires an annual report on how well the programs are working and where funding goes.
Who It Names or Affects
- California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California campuses.
- High school students studying science, technology, engineering, or math subjects.
- Undergraduate college majors in STEM fields who want to earn a PhD.
- PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers working on STEM projects.
Terms To Know
- Intersegmental partnership
- A formal agreement where different types of public schools work together as one team.
- STEM disciplines
- Fields of study in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
- Professorate
- The group of people who work as college or university teachers and researchers.
Limits and Unknowns
- University of California campuses only join if their governing board votes to accept the rules.
- The text does not list specific dollar amounts for funding these programs yet.
- Details on exactly how students qualify for support are described as 'specified' but not fully listed here.