Public postsecondary education.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details about the number of units required for transfer eligibility or implementation specifics of the new curriculum.

Changes in California's Higher Education Transfer Requirements

This law updates transfer requirements for students moving from community colleges to four-year universities and changes the name and funding purpose of a program supporting foster care education.

What This Bill Does

• Requires students who earn an associate degree for transfer to be eligible to enter a California State University baccalaureate program if they complete the new California General Education Transfer Curriculum starting in fall 2025-26.
• Allows students who started before fall 2025-26 and completed either IGETC or CSU GE-Breadth Requirements with certification to still meet eligibility requirements.
• Updates references from IGETC or CSU General Education-Breadth Requirements to the new California General Education Transfer Curriculum in existing laws.
• Changes the name of the Foster Care Education Program to the Foster and Kinship Care Education Program.
• Requires funds for the renamed program to be used for education for resource families.

Who It Names or Affects

• Students transferring from community colleges to California State Universities or University of California campuses.
• Foster parents, kinship care providers, and resource families involved in foster care programs.

Terms To Know

California General Education Transfer Curriculum

A new set of requirements for students transferring from community colleges to four-year universities starting fall 2025-26.

Resource families

Families who provide foster care or kinship care under the renamed Foster and Kinship Care Education Program.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law does not specify how many units students need to complete for transfer eligibility.
• It is unclear if the University of California will adopt these changes without further action by their Regents.
• Details about the new curriculum and its implementation are not provided in this summary.

Official Summary Text

SB 619, Committee on Education.
Public postsecondary education.
(1) A part of the Donahoe Higher Education Act, known as the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act, requires a student who earns an associate degree for transfer to be deemed eligible for transfer into a California State University baccalaureate program when the student meets certain requirements, including the completion of specified number of units that are eligible for transfer to the California State University, including the Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements. Existing law requires the Intersegmental Committee of the Academic Senates of the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges to establish a singular lower division general education pathway that meets the academic requirements necessary for transfer
admission to both the California State University and the University of California. Existing law, commencing with the fall term of the 2025–26 academic year, requires that singular lower division general education pathway to be the only lower division general education pathway used to determine academic eligibility and sufficient academic preparation for transfer into the California State University and the University of California, as specified.
Provisions of the Donahoe Higher Education Act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by resolution, to make them applicable.
This bill would require, for purposes of the above-described eligibility requirement for transfer to a California State University baccalaureate program, a student to complete the California General Education Transfer Curriculum, established pursuant to the above requirements, commencing
in the fall term of the 2025–26 academic year, instead of the IGETC or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements. The bill would deem a student who is placed on the IGETC or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements before the fall term of the 2025–26 academic year and completes the pattern with appropriate certification to have met that requirement. The bill would also make conforming changes by replacing references to the IGETC or the California State University General Education-Breadth Requirements with a reference to the California General Education Transfer Curriculum.
(2) Existing law requires funds appropriated to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for the Foster Care Education Program to be used for foster parent and relative/kinship care provider education, as specified.
This bill would rename the program the
Foster and Kinship Care Education Program and would instead require funds appropriated for the program to be used for education for resource families, as defined.

Current Bill Text

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