University of California: California State University: transfer students.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify if UC will prioritize certain areas or how much funding will be provided.

Improving Transfer Student Opportunities

This law requires CSU to set goals for adequate representation of transfer students from community colleges in each program or major and report on these ratios, while requesting UC to identify areas needing more capacity for transfer students.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the California State University (CSU) to establish specific goals for the adequate representation of community college transfer students in each discipline, program, or major at the system level by September 1, 2026.
• Asks CSU to report on its website various ratios of community college transfer students compared to other undergraduates within its system.
• Requests the University of California (UC) to establish a formal process for identifying specific disciplines, programs, or majors where capacity increases for community college transfer students would be most valuable.

Who It Names or Affects

• California State University (CSU)
• University of California (UC)

Terms To Know

Transfer Students

Students who start at one college or university and then move to another for their remaining years of study.

Community Colleges

Public two-year colleges that offer associate degrees and certificates.

Limits and Unknowns

• The University of California (UC) only needs to follow the bill if its regents decide it should.
• It is not clear how much funding will be provided for these new requirements.
• The exact impact on transfer students is unknown until CSU and UC implement the changes.

Official Summary Text

AB 9, as introduced, Quirk-Silva.
University of California: California State University: transfer students.
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 California State University, before September 1, 2026, to
establish specific goals for the adequate representation of community college transfer students in each discipline, program, or major at the system level, and where feasible, at each campus, and would require the California State University to report on its internet website various ratios of community college transfer students to other undergraduates in its system, as provided.
The bill would request the University of California, before September 1, 2026, to establish a formal process for identifying the specific disciplines, programs, or majors where capacity increases for community college transfer students at individual campuses would be most valuable and would request the University of California to prioritize those areas for future capacity increases.

Current Bill Text

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