Plain English Breakdown
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Allowing Specific Bachelor's Degrees at Southwestern Community College
This law lets one specific community college district offer up to four new bachelor's degree programs in set fields and requires a review of those programs by the state.
What This Bill Does
- Authorizes the Chancellor of California Community Colleges to let Southwestern Community College District start no more than four workforce-aligned baccalaureate degree programs.
- Names forensic studies, allied health education and leadership, interaction design, and teaching English to speakers of other languages as the allowed subjects.
- Requires the Legislative Analyst's Office to conduct an interim evaluation by July 1, 2031.
- Requires a final evaluation report on the programs by July 1, 2035.
- Ends this special authorization on January 1, 2037.
Who It Names or Affects
- Southwestern Community College District
- Students seeking bachelor's degrees in the listed fields at that district
- The Chancellor of California Community Colleges
- The Legislative Analyst's Office
Terms To Know
- Baccalaureate degree program
- A course of study leading to a bachelor's degree.
- Workforce-aligned
- Designed to match skills needed by employers in specific jobs or industries.
Limits and Unknowns
- The law only applies to Southwestern Community College District and does not change rules for other colleges.
- The text lists specific dates but does not explain what happens if the programs are not started by those times.
- The bill states it is a special statute, meaning this rule is unique to one district rather than applying statewide.