PART 40. DONAHOE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT [66000. - 67400.]

Part 40 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 66000–67400 · 498 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. Title of Part § 66000 · 1 section

   • § 66000 This part shall be known and may be cited as the Donahoe Higher Education Act.
2. CHAPTER 1.5. Legislative Findings §§ 66002–66003 · 2 sections

   • § 66002 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Master Plan for Higher Education in California, 1960–75, was originally prepared in 1959, and…
   • § 66003 It is the intent of the Legislature to outline in statute the broad policy and programmatic goals of the master plan and clear, concise statewide goals and…
3. CHAPTER 2. General Provisions §§ 66010–66093.4 · 152 sections

   1. ARTICLE 1. Definitions § 66010 · 1 section

      • § 66010 (a) Public higher education consists of (1) the California Community Colleges, (2) the California State University, and each campus, branch, and function…
   2. ARTICLE 2. Comprehensive Mission Statement §§ 66010.1–66010.7 · 7 sections

      • § 66010.1 The purpose of this article is to identify common educational missions shared by educational institutions in California and to differentiate more specific…
      • § 66010.2 The public elementary and secondary schools, the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the University of California, and independent…
      • § 66010.3 The public elementary and secondary schools shall be responsible for academic and general vocational instruction from kindergarten and grades 1 to 12,…
      • § 66010.4 The missions and functions of California’s public and independent segments, and their respective institutions of higher education, shall be differentiated as…
      • § 66010.5 The mission of the public segments of higher education shall also include a broad responsibility to the public interest, and independent segments of higher…
      • § 66010.6 The missions of agencies charged with coordination, administration, or implementation of higher education policies and programs in California shall be as…
      • § 66010.7 (a) The Legislature, through the enactment of this section, expresses its commitment to encourage and support collaboration and coordination among all segments…
   3. ARTICLE 2.5. State Goals For California’s Postsecondary Education System §§ 66010.9–66010.95 · 4 sections

      • § 66010.9 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Since the enactment of the Master Plan for Higher Education in 1960, California’s system of…
      • § 66010.91 In order to promote the state’s competitive economic position and quality of civic life, it is necessary to increase the level of educational attainment of…
      • § 66010.93 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that appropriate metrics be identified, defined, and formally adopted for the purpose of monitoring progress toward the…
      • § 66010.95 For the purposes of this chapter, “segments of postsecondary education” means the California Community Colleges, the California State University, the…
   4. ARTICLE 2.6. Awards for Innovation in Higher Education Program §§ 66010.96–66010.97 · 2 sections

      • § 66010.96 (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Awards for Innovation in Higher Education Program. (b) The Awards for Innovation in Higher Education…
      • § 66010.97 (a) The Committee on Awards for Innovation in Higher Education shall use funds appropriated in Item 6910-102-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2016 to…
   5. ARTICLE 2.7. Chancellor’s Higher Education Innovation Awards Program §§ 66010.98–66010.99 · 2 sections

      • § 66010.98 (a) This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Chancellor’s Higher Education Innovation Awards Program. (b) The Chancellor’s Higher Education…
      • § 66010.99 (a) The funds appropriated to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges in Schedule 23 of Item 6870-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget…
   6. ARTICLE 3. General Provisions §§ 66011–66027.83 · 77 sections

      • § 66011 (a) It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Legislature that all resident applicants to California institutions of public higher education, who are…
      • § 66012 It is hereby declared to be the intent of the Legislature that the fixed master plan approach in the development of public postsecondary education be replaced…
      • § 66013 Each segment of public higher education shall strive for excellence in its sphere, as assigned in this part.
      • § 66014 The provisions of this part shall supersede the provisions of any other law which conflict with the provisions of this part.
      • § 66014.2 (a) In order to help prospective students and their families more accurately calculate the cost of attendance, each campus of the California State University…
      • § 66014.3 (a) The California State University shall, and the University of California is requested to, publicly provide labor market outcome information relating to the…
      • § 66014.4 (a) For purposes of this section, “GI Bill educational benefits” means any educational benefit administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs…
      • § 66014.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to recognize the role of independent, regionally accredited postsecondary education in California postsecondary…
      • § 66014.6 (a) The office of the Chancellor of the California State University and the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall, and the office…
      • § 66014.7 (a) The South County Higher Education Planning Task Force is hereby established for purposes of evaluating the feasibility of establishing a mixed-use…
      • § 66014.8 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Institutional accreditation documents” means the institution’s…
      • § 66015 It is the intent of the Governor and the Legislature, in cooperation with the Trustees of the California State University, to do both of the following: (a)…
      • § 66015.1 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The 1986 Report on Lower Division Education at the University of California stated that “lower…
      • § 66015.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that quality classroom instruction be continually improved and that courses required for normal progress to a…
      • § 66015.7 (a) In order to maintain and strengthen the high quality of international education in California, the Legislature encourages all public and private…
      • § 66015.10 (a) The University of California is requested to annually notify the governing board of each high school of both of the following: (1) The number of graduates…
      • § 66015.12 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the California State University (CSU) assess and report the general education written communication and…
      • § 66016 It is the intent of the Legislature that opportunities for participation in intercollegiate athletic programs in the community colleges, in the campuses of the…
      • § 66016.3 (a) (1) Any student, including a person without lawful immigration status, or a person who is exempt from paying nonresident tuition pursuant to Section…
      • § 66016.4 If a state court finds that Section 66016.3, or any similar provision adopted by the Regents of the University of California, is unlawful, the court may order,…
      • § 66017 The respective governing boards of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California shall adopt appropriate…
      • § 66017.7 (a) A public postsecondary educational institution or independent institution of higher education, or employee or student thereof, that confines dogs or cats…
      • § 66018 Each institution of public higher education shall require that all applications for any type of financial aid for students shall disclose all taxable income…
      • § 66018.4 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to stop the practice of legacy and donor admissions and protect students as they pursue their higher education. (b) For…
      • § 66018.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The recent college admissions scandal highlights the need for fair and transparent admissions…
      • § 66018.55 (a) As used in this section, “college and university” includes all institutions of public higher education and all independent institutions of higher…
      • § 66019 (a) Each state university and college, when determining eligibility for any state university or college educational opportunity program, and each governing…
      • § 66019.3 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California to…
      • § 66020 (a) The Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall, and the Regents of the University of…
      • § 66020.5 (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the Trustees of the California State University, and the Student Aid Commission, including any…
      • § 66020.8 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Adjustment for unusual circumstances” means an unusual circumstances adjustment, as…
      • § 66021 It is the intent of the Legislature that the Budget Act for each fiscal year provide sufficient funding for financial aid for students with demonstrated…
      • § 66021.1 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) “Institutional financial aid” means all institutional grant aid,…
      • § 66021.2 Consistent with the state’s historic commitment to provide educational opportunity by ensuring both student access to and selection of an institution of higher… see note
      • § 66021.3 (a) Notwithstanding Section 67400, by January 1, 2020, and permanently thereafter, each campus of the University of California, the California State…
      • § 66021.4 It is the intent of the Legislature to support student financial aid programs for eligible students enrolled in teacher credential and graduate degree…
      • § 66021.5 Notwithstanding any other law, payments made, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 11402.7 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, to a student or applicant…
      • § 66021.6 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as provided for in subdivision (b), the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of…
      • § 66021.7 Notwithstanding any other law, on and after January 1, 2012, a student attending the California State University, the California Community Colleges, or the…
      • § 66021.8 (a) Commencing with the 2020–21 academic year, the California Community Colleges and the California State University shall, and the University of California is…
      • § 66021.9 (a) The University of California may provide a scholarship as established by the university or a campus of the university, derived from nonstate funds received…
      • § 66022 (a) (1) The governing board of every community college district, the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California,…
      • § 66022.5 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Admission by exception” means the process by which a campus admits applicants who do…
      • § 66023 Each segment of public higher education shall establish, and update as necessary, a written policy concerning students who are called to active military…
      • § 66023.4 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Basic needs services and resources” includes, but is not limited to, housing, food, clothing, feminine hygiene, diapers,…
      • § 66023.5 (a) As used in this section: (1) “Basic needs services and resources” includes, but is not limited to, housing, food, clothing, feminine hygiene, diapers,…
      • § 66023.6 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “CalFresh program” means the program established pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with…
      • § 66023.8 (a) The Wellness Vending Machine Pilot Program is hereby established. The California State University and the California Community Colleges shall administer…
      • § 66023.9 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Basic needs” has the same meaning as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of…
      • § 66024 The Legislature hereby affirms its commitment to the continuing quality and development of graduate and professional programs of the University of California,…
      • § 66024.5 (a) This section shall apply to all segments of postsecondary education in this state. (b) Except for purposes of an application for a professional degree or…
      • § 66025 (a) Systemwide fees charged to resident undergraduate students at the University of California and the California State University shall be reduced for the…
      • § 66025.3 (a) Notwithstanding Section 76300, a campus of the University of California, the California State University, or the California Community Colleges shall not…
      • § 66025.7 (a) By March 31, 2019, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall establish an initiative to expand the use of course credit at the California…
      • § 66025.71 (a) (1) (A) The Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, in collaboration with the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges,…
      • § 66025.8 (a) The California State University and each community college district shall, and the University of California is requested to, with respect to each campus in…
      • § 66025.81 (a) (1) By no later than July 1, 2023, the California State University and each community college district shall, and the University of California is requested…
      • § 66025.82 (a) Commencing with the 2025–26 academic year, the California State University shall, and the University of California is requested to, with respect to each…
      • § 66025.9 (a) The California State University and each community college district shall, and the University of California is requested to, with respect to each campus in…
      • § 66025.91 Each community college district, with respect to each campus in its jurisdiction that administers a priority enrollment system, shall grant priority…
      • § 66025.92 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the priority enrollment for registration required by this section is necessary to ensure that the flexibility…
      • § 66025.93 (a) Each public or private postsecondary educational institution that is located in a county that participates in the Restaurant Meals Program established…
      • § 66025.95 It is the intent of the Legislature that, consistent with the requirements and intent outlined in subdivisions (b) and (c) of Section 78215, and to the extent…
      • § 66026 Unless otherwise specified, reports submitted to the Legislature by the University of California, the California State University, and the Office of the…
      • § 66026.5 (a) The Legislative Analyst’s Office shall conduct an assessment, on or before January 1, 2031, evaluating the efficacy of existing programs in nursing jointly…
      • § 66027 (a) (1) The Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the governing board of each community college…
      • § 66027.2 (a) Subject to subdivision (b), on or before September 1, 2025, each campus of the California Community Colleges and each campus of the California State…
      • § 66027.3 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Controlled substances” includes, but is not limited to, flunitrazepam, ketamine, and…
      • § 66027.4 As a part of campus orientation, the Trustees of the California State University shall provide, and the Regents of the University of California are requested…
      • § 66027.41 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Donate Life California” means the nonprofit organization established and designated as…
      • § 66027.5 (a) The California Community Colleges and the California State University shall provide information about credit by examination opportunities wherever course…
      • § 66027.6 (a) Each campus of the California State University and the California Community Colleges shall, and each campus of the University of California is requested…
      • § 66027.7 (a) (1) The California State University and each community college district shall stock an adequate supply of menstrual products, available and accessible,…
      • § 66027.8 (a) (1) Each campus of the California State University and the California Community Colleges with a campus mental health hotline shall, and each campus of the…
      • § 66027.81 Each campus of the California State University and the California Community Colleges shall, and each campus of the University of California is requested to, do…
      • § 66027.82 (a) For purposes of this section, “student parent” has the same meaning as defined in Section 66025.81. (b) On or before July 31, 2025, the office of the…
      • § 66027.83 The financial aid office on each campus of the California Community Colleges and the California State University shall, and the financial aid office on each…
   7. ARTICLE 3.7. Working Families Student Fee Transparency and Accountability Act §§ 66028–66028.6 · 7 sections

      • § 66028 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Working Families Student Fee Transparency and Accountability Act.
      • § 66028.1 For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Consultation” or “consult” means a meeting between representatives from the…
      • § 66028.2 The following requirements apply to student financial aid for resident students, and mandatory systemwide fees charged at the University of California and the…
      • § 66028.3 (a) Ten days prior to holding a meeting to discuss or adopt an increase in mandatory systemwide fees, the University of California and the California State…
      • § 66028.4 (a) On or before April 2, 2013, the regents and the trustees each shall develop a list of factors that shall be taken into consideration when developing…
      • § 66028.5 (a) The regents and the trustees are urged to maintain their commitment to institutional financial aid program funding by ensuring that at least 33 percent of…
      • § 66028.6 (a) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, commencing with the 2012–13 academic year, the regents and the trustees shall annually provide the…
   8. ARTICLE 4. Educational Equity for Students §§ 66030–66031 · 2 sections

      • § 66030 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that public higher education in California strive to provide educationally equitable environments that give each…
      • § 66031 (a) Subject to an appropriation of funds by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute for purposes of this section, the California State…
   9. ARTICLE 4.1. Inclusive College for Students with Intellectual Disabilities §§ 66032–66032.2 · 3 sections

      • § 66032 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the California Center for Inclusive College increase awareness of, and access to, inclusive and experiential…
      • § 66032.1 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “California Center for Inclusive College” or “center” means the California Center for…
      • § 66032.2 (a) The California Center for Inclusive College is hereby established and shall be administered by the county office of education or county offices of…
   10. ARTICLE 4.5. Doctoral Programs in Education §§ 66040–66040.7 · 4 sections

       • § 66040 The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) Since its adoption in 1960, the Master Plan for Higher Education has served the state exceedingly…
       • § 66040.3 (a) Pursuant to Section 66040, and notwithstanding Section 66010.4, in order to meet specific educational leadership needs in the California public schools and…
       • § 66040.5 With regard to funding the degree programs authorized in Section 66040.3, the California State University shall follow all of the following requirements: (a)…
       • § 66040.7 The California State University, the Department of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office shall jointly conduct a statewide evaluation of the new…
   11. ARTICLE 4.6. Doctoral Programs in Audiology §§ 66041–66041.1 · 2 sections

       • § 66041 (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) Since its adoption in 1960, the Master Plan for Higher Education has served to create the…
       • § 66041.1 In implementing Section 66041, the California State University shall comply with all of the following requirements: (a) Enrollments in these programs shall not…
   12. ARTICLE 4.7. Doctoral Programs in Physical Therapy §§ 66042–66042.3 · 3 sections

       • § 66042 (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) Since its adoption in 1960, the Master Plan for Higher Education has served to create the…
       • § 66042.1 In implementing Section 66042, the California State University shall comply with all of the following requirements: (a) Funding on a per full-time equivalent…
       • § 66042.3 (a) The California State University, the Department of Finance, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office shall jointly conduct a statewide evaluation of the new…
   13. ARTICLE 4.8. Doctor of Occupational Therapy Program §§ 66043–66043.1 · 2 sections

       • § 66043 (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (1) Since its adoption in 1960, the Master Plan for Higher Education has served to create the…
       • § 66043.1 (a) The Occupational Therapy Doctorate degree programs offered by the California State University shall be focused on preparing occupational therapists to…
   14. ARTICLE 4.9. Doctoral Programs in Public Health §§ 66044–66044.1 · 2 sections

       • § 66044 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Since its adoption in 1960, the Master Plan for Higher Education has served to create the…
       • § 66044.1 In implementing Section 66044, the California State University shall comply with all of the following requirements: (a) Enrollments in the Doctor of Public…
   15. ARTICLE 4.92. Doctoral Programs §§ 66046–66046.3 · 4 sections

       • § 66046 As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Chancellor” means the Chancellor of the CSU. (b) “Chancellor’s office” means the office of the…
       • § 66046.1 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Since its adoption in 1960, the Master Plan for Higher Education has served to create the…
       • § 66046.2 A professional or applied doctoral degree program established pursuant to this article shall comply with all of the following limitations: (a) A CSU campus…
       • § 66046.3 (a) The Legislative Analyst’s Office shall conduct a statewide evaluation of the doctoral degree programs authorized pursuant to this article. (b) On or before…
   16. ARTICLE 5. Quality Undergraduate Education §§ 66050–66053 · 4 sections

       • § 66050 It is the intent of the Legislature that public institutions of higher education in California shall provide a collegiate experience which gives each student…
       • § 66051 It is the intent of the Legislature that each segmental governing board shall affirm that the oversight of teaching quality is as important a governance issue…
       • § 66052 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that there is a need to encourage policies that enhance the quality of teaching within the segments of higher education.…
       • § 66053 It is the intent of the Legislature that the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, and community college…
   17. ARTICLE 5.5. Nursing Programs §§ 66055–66055.9 · 4 sections

       • § 66055 Not later than September 1, 2005, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall do all of the following: (a) Encourage community college districts…
       • § 66055.5 Not later than September 1, 2005, the Chancellor of the California State University shall do all of the following: (a) Standardize all nursing education…
       • § 66055.8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a campus of the California State University or the California Community Colleges that operates a registered nursing…
       • § 66055.9 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any college, university, or other entity that operates an accredited registered nursing program may require any…
   18. ARTICLE 5.7. Year-Round Academic Programs § 66057 · 1 section

       • § 66057 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The future economic vitality of California will depend on the state’s ability to educate its…
   19. ARTICLE 6. Campus Child Care and Development Programs §§ 66060–66062 · 3 sections

       • § 66060 (a) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, higher educational institutions may establish and maintain child development programs on or near their respective…
       • § 66061 A child development program established by the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California pursuant to…
       • § 66062 A child development center or preschool established pursuant to Section 66060 by the California Community Colleges and the California State University shall,…
   20. ARTICLE 7. Higher Education Assessment Act of 1990 §§ 66070–66072 · 3 sections

       • § 66070 The Legislature finds and declares both of the following: (a) The primary goal of every higher educational institution should be to provide a collegiate…
       • § 66071 In enacting this article, it is the intent of the Legislature to urge the continued development and implementation of assessment processes whereby institutions…
       • § 66072 It is the intent of the Legislature to monitor the performance of the University of California, the California State University, and the community colleges in…
   21. ARTICLE 7.5. Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions §§ 66076–66076.4 · 5 sections

       • § 66076 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions.
       • § 66076.1 As used in this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Applicant” means an eligible college or university that applies for a designation pursuant to…
       • § 66076.2 (a) The Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions is hereby established to recognize colleges and universities that excel at providing academic…
       • § 66076.3 The California State University Statewide Central Office for the Advancement of Black Excellence is hereby designated as the managing entity for initial and…
       • § 66076.4 (a) The governing board of the Designation of California Black-Serving Institutions is hereby established. The purpose of the governing board is to award…
   22. ARTICLE 8. English Proficiency in Higher Education §§ 66080–66083 · 4 sections

       • § 66080 This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the “English Proficiency in Higher Education Act.”
       • § 66081 “Instructional faculty,” for purposes of this article, means every member of an institution of public higher education, other than visiting faculty, but…
       • § 66082 (a) Each institution of public higher education shall evaluate its instructional faculty for oral and written proficiency in the English language in the…
       • § 66083 This article does not apply to the California Community Colleges.
   23. ARTICLE 9. Standards and Guidelines for a Curriculum in Gerontology and Geriatrics in Higher Education § 66085 · 1 section

       • § 66085 The Legislature requests that the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the Board of Governors of the…
   24. ARTICLE 10. University Energy Efficiency Partnership § 66090 · 1 section

       • § 66090 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Investor-owned energy utilities” means the state’s three largest…
   25. ARTICLE 11. Access to Higher Education for Every Student §§ 66093–66093.4 · 4 sections

       • § 66093 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) California’s colleges and universities have traditionally been beacons of free thought that…
       • § 66093.2 (a) For purposes of this section, “institution” means a California State University or a University of California campus. (b) The Trustees of the California…
       • § 66093.3 (a) The Trustees of the California State University, the governing board of each community college district in the state, and each independent institution of…
       • § 66093.4 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to affirm the ability of the University of California to provide services, benefits, and assistance to all students…
4. CHAPTER 3. Capital Outlay Fund §§ 66100–66103 · 2 sections

   • § 66100 A fund in the State Treasury is hereby created, to be known as the Capital Outlay Fund for Public Higher Education. All money in the Capital Outlay Fund for…
   • § 66103 The Director of Finance shall cause all moneys in the fund which are in excess of current requirements to be invested and reinvested from time to time in…
5. CHAPTER 3.5. Student-Imposed Athletics Fees §§ 66150–66152 · 2 sections

   • § 66150 The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Student body organization” means an entity formed or operating pursuant to Section…
   • § 66152 (a) The Trustees of the California State University shall not, and the Regents of the University of California are requested not to, allocate any…
6. CHAPTER 4. Admissions §§ 66201–66209 · 17 sections

   • § 66201 It is the intent of the Legislature that each resident of California who has the capacity and motivation to benefit from higher education should have the…
   • § 66201.5 It is the intent of the Legislature that both the University of California and the California State University shall seek to maintain an undergraduate student…
   • § 66201.7 The Regents of the University of California are requested to, and the Trustees of the California State University shall, require each campus in their…
   • § 66202 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the following categories be followed, insofar as practicable in the following numerical order, for the purpose of…
   • § 66202.5 The State of California reaffirms its historic commitment to ensure adequate resources to support enrollment growth, within the systemwide academic and…
   • § 66203 The California State University and the University of California shall keep a record of the applicants denied admission and develop and utilize an information…
   • § 66204 (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall assist all school districts to ensure that all public high school pupils have access to a core curriculum…
   • § 66205 (a) In determining the standards and criteria for undergraduate and graduate admissions to the University of California and the California State University, it…
   • § 66205.5 (a) The California State University shall, and the University of California is requested to, on or after October 1, 2025, begin work on all of the following:…
   • § 66205.6 (a) Subject to availability of funds in the annual Budget Act, the availability of federal or private funds, or any combination thereof, the Regents of the…
   • § 66205.7 The California State University and the University of California are requested to carry out all of the following responsibilities: (a) If the department or…
   • § 66205.8 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or before January 1, 2014, the Trustees of the California State University shall develop and implement a…
   • § 66205.9 (a) If, by July 1, 2008, the University of California has not adopted model uniform academic standards for career technical education courses, pursuant to…
   • § 66207 The Regents of the University of California are requested to, and the Trustees of the California State University shall, upon the request of an applicant for…
   • § 66207.5 (a) (1) On or before December 1, 2026, and each December 1 thereafter, the University of California is requested to post, in a report on a publicly accessible…
   • § 66208 (a) (1) The Regents of the University of California are requested to, and the Trustees of the California State University shall, require each campus in their…
   • § 66209 (a) The CSU Direct Admission Program is hereby established. (b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “California College Guidance…
7. CHAPTER 4.1. Emergency Evacuation Plans for Postsecondary Student Housing § 66210 · 1 section

   • § 66210 (a) The Office of Emergency Services shall develop guidelines for campuses of the University of California and the California State University to use in…
8. CHAPTER 4.2. Student Housing Plans § 66220 · 1 section

   • § 66220 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that in order to close the degree gap by 2030, an estimated 251,000 additional degree completions at the University of…
9. CHAPTER 4.3. Veteran and California National Guard Supplemental Orientation Act of 2023 §§ 66225–66226 · 2 sections

   • § 66225 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Veteran and California National Guard Supplemental Orientation Act of 2023.
   • § 66226 (a) Commencing no later than the 2025–26 academic year, each campus of the California State University and the California Community Colleges shall, and each…
10. CHAPTER 4.5. Equity in Higher Education Act §§ 66250–66294 · 62 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. Title and Declaration of Purpose §§ 66250–66252 · 3 sections

       • § 66250 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Equity in Higher Education Act.
       • § 66251 It is the policy of the State of California to afford all persons, regardless of disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or…
       • § 66252 (a) All students have the right to participate fully in the educational process, free from discrimination and harassment. Existing law, pursuant to Section…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions §§ 66260–66264 · 13 sections

       • § 66260 The definitions in this article shall govern the use of the terms defined for purposes of this chapter.
       • § 66260.5 “Disability” includes mental and physical disability as defined in Section 12926 of the Government Code.
       • § 66260.6 “Disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that is…
       • § 66260.7 “Gender” means sex, and includes a person’s gender identity and gender expression. “Gender expression” means a person’s gender-related appearance and behavior…
       • § 66261 “Governing board” means the governing board of a community college.
       • § 66261.3 “Nationality” or “national identity” includes a person’s actual or perceived shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics, citizenship, or residency in a country…
       • § 66261.5 “Postsecondary educational institution” means a public or private institution of vocational, professional, or postsecondary education; the governing board of a…
       • § 66261.7 “Race or ethnicity” includes ancestry, color, ethnic group identification, and ethnic background.
       • § 66262 “Religion” includes all aspects of religious belief, observance, and practice and includes agnosticism and atheism. “Discrimination on the basis of religion”…
       • § 66262.5 (a) (1) “Sexual harassment” has the same meaning as defined in Section 212.5 and includes sexual battery, sexual violence, and sexual exploitation. (2) Sexual…
       • § 66262.7 “Sexual orientation” means a person’s physical, emotional, and romantic attraction to other people. “Sexual orientation” includes, but is not limited to,…
       • § 66263 “State financial assistance” has the same meaning as defined in Section 213.
       • § 66264 “State student financial aid” has the same meaning as defined in Section 214.
    3. ARTICLE 3. Prohibition of Discrimination §§ 66268–66271.1 · 6 sections

       • § 66268 (a) It is the policy of the State of California, pursuant to Section 66251, that all persons, regardless of their race, color, or national origin, should enjoy…
       • § 66270 No person shall be subjected to discrimination on the basis of disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity,…
       • § 66270.3 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require a postsecondary institution to offer admission or student financial aid to a person excluded from the…
       • § 66270.7 (a) As used in this section “hostile environment” means unwelcomed conduct based on a person’s actual or perceived race, color, ethnicity, national origin,…
       • § 66271 This chapter shall not apply to an educational institution that is controlled by a religious organization if the application would not be consistent with the…
       • § 66271.1 The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and the Trustees of the California State University shall, and the Regents of the University of…
    4. ARTICLE 3.5. Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Equity in Higher Education §§ 66271.2–66271.41 · 4 sections

       • § 66271.2 (a) The Trustees of the California State University and the governing board of each community college district shall designate an employee at each of their…
       • § 66271.3 The Legislative Analyst is encouraged to conduct an assessment of the California Community Colleges, California State University, and University of California…
       • § 66271.4 (a) For purposes of this section, “public postsecondary educational institution” or “institution” means a campus of the University of California, the…
       • § 66271.41 (a) The governing board of each community college district and the Trustees of the California State University shall, and the Regents of the University of…
    5. ARTICLE 4. Sex Equity in Education §§ 66271.5–66284 · 25 sections

       • § 66271.5 The provisions of this article are supplemental to any provision in the Constitution or laws of the United States or laws of the State of California, relating…
       • § 66271.6 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) On June 23, 1972, Congress enacted Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to the 1964 Civil…
       • § 66271.7 (a) It is the policy of the state that community college classes and courses, including nonacademic and elective classes and courses, shall be conducted…
       • § 66271.8 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that female students should be accorded opportunities for participation in public postsecondary educational institution…
       • § 66271.9 (a) The California Community Colleges and the California State University shall, and a satellite campus of these systems and the University of California are…
       • § 66272 This article shall not apply to an educational institution whose primary purpose is the training of individuals for the military services of the United States,…
       • § 66273 This article shall not apply to the membership practices of a social fraternity or social sorority, exempt from taxation under subdivision (a) of Section 501…
       • § 66276 This article shall not apply to any scholarship or other financial assistance awarded by a postsecondary educational institution to any individual upon the…
       • § 66277 In regard to admissions to educational institutions, this article shall apply only to institutions of vocational, professional, or postgraduate education, and…
       • § 66278 In regard to admissions to educational institutions, this article shall not apply to any public institution of undergraduate higher education which…
       • § 66279 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, and in furtherance of complying with Section 66270, each campus of the California State University shall establish, on…
       • § 66279.5 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, and in furtherance of complying with Section 66270, each campus of the University of California shall designate, on or…
       • § 66280 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in order to be in compliance with Section 66270, the California State University shall do both of the following on or before…
       • § 66280.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, in order to be in compliance with Section 66270, the University of California shall do both of the following on or before…
       • § 66281 (a) On or before December 1, 2025, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall, in consultation with stakeholders, submit a report to the…
       • § 66281.4 (a) Each campus of the California State University and the California Community Colleges shall, and each campus of the University of California is requested…
       • § 66281.5 (a) It is the policy of the State of California, pursuant to Section 66251, that all persons, regardless of their sex, should enjoy freedom from discrimination…
       • § 66281.7 (a) It is the policy of the State of California, pursuant to Section 66251, that all persons, regardless of their sex, should enjoy freedom from discrimination…
       • § 66281.8 (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Postsecondary institution” means a campus of the University of…
       • § 66281.9 (a) The governing board or body of an independent institution of higher education that receives state financial assistance is requested, as part of the hiring…
       • § 66282 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the California State University annually report to the Legislature on the institution’s efforts to prevent and…
       • § 66282.1 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the California Community Colleges triennially report to the Legislature on the system’s efforts to prevent and…
       • § 66282.2 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the University of California annually report to the Legislature on the institution’s efforts to prevent and…
       • § 66283 (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as Katie Meyer’s Law. (b) In order to receive state funds for student financial assistance, the governing…
       • § 66284 (a) It is the policy of the State of California, pursuant to Section 66251, that all persons, regardless of their sex, should enjoy freedom from discrimination…
    6. ARTICLE 5. Compliance and Enforcement §§ 66290–66294 · 11 sections

       • § 66290 Prior to receipt of any state financial assistance or state student financial aid, a postsecondary educational institution shall provide assurance to the…
       • § 66290.1 (a) Beginning with the 2017–18 school year, each postsecondary educational institution in this state that claims an exemption pursuant to Section 901(a)(3) of…
       • § 66290.2 (a) (1) Beginning with the 2017–18 school year, each postsecondary educational institution in this state that claims an exemption pursuant to Section 901(a)(3)…
       • § 66291 (a) A community college district shall submit timely, complete, and accurate compliance reports to the chancellor’s office, as that entity may require. (b) All…
       • § 66292 (a) The governing board of each community college district and the chief executive officer of the community college district shall have joint responsibility…
       • § 66292.1 (a) The president of each California State University campus shall have the primary responsibility for ensuring that campus programs and activities are free…
       • § 66292.2 (a) The chancellor of each University of California campus shall have the primary responsibility for ensuring that campus programs and activities are free from…
       • § 66292.3 (a) A party to a written complaint of prohibited discrimination may appeal the action taken by the governing board of a community college district or the…
       • § 66292.4 This chapter may be enforced through a civil action.
       • § 66293 (a) Beginning after the date on which the United States Secretary of Education makes the online survey available to institutions, the office of the Chancellor…
       • § 66294 (a) On or before July 1, 2026, the California State University shall implement the recommendations provided in the California State Auditor Report 2022-109,…
11. CHAPTER 5. Rules of Student Conduct §§ 66300–66303 · 5 sections

    • § 66300 (a) The Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, and the governing board of every community college district,…
    • § 66301 (a) Neither the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, the governing board of a community college district,…
    • § 66302 (a) The Trustees of the California State University and the governing board of each community college district shall adopt and publish policies on harassment,…
    • § 66302.5 The Trustees of the California State University shall provide, and the Regents of the University of California are requested to provide, as a part of…
    • § 66303 For purposes of promoting peaceful campus demonstrations, the Trustees of the California State University shall require each campus of the California State…
12. CHAPTER 5.1. Stop Campus Hazing Act §§ 66305–66309 · 5 sections

    • § 66305 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Stop Campus Hazing Act.
    • § 66306 Unless the context otherwise requires, for purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply: (a) “Affiliated” means currently recognized or…
    • § 66307 No person shall be subjected to hazing in any program or activity conducted by any educational institution that receives, or benefits from, state financial…
    • § 66308 (a) Beginning January 1, 2026, a former, current, or prospective student, against whom hazing is directed and who has suffered injury as a result, may commence…
    • § 66309 (a) On or before June 30, 2026, and on or before June 30 of each year thereafter, the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the…
13. CHAPTER 5.2. Campus-Recognized Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act §§ 66310–66312 · 2 sections

    • § 66310 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Campus-Recognized Sorority and Fraternity Transparency Act.
    • § 66312 (a) As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (1) “Academic year” has the same meaning as in Section 69432.7. (2) (A) “Campus-recognized…
14. CHAPTER 5.5. Business Ethics §§ 66350–66353 · 3 sections

    • § 66350 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Social Responsibility Business Leadership Initiative Act of 2003.
    • § 66351 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Ethics in business are vital to the economic well-being of the state. (b) Corporate malfeasance is…
    • § 66353 (a) The Golden State Business and Social Responsibility Award is hereby established. The award shall honor students who complete graduate business programs at…
15. CHAPTER 5.7. Gene Synthesis Providers §§ 66360–66361 · 2 sections

    • § 66360 For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms apply: (a) “Gene synthesis equipment” means equipment needed to produce gene synthesis products that is…
    • § 66361 (a) The California State University shall, and the University of California is requested to, develop systemwide guidance for purchasing gene synthesis…
16. CHAPTER 6. Academic Materials §§ 66400–66410 · 15 sections

    • § 66400 No person shall prepare, offer to prepare, cause to be prepared, sell, or otherwise distribute any term paper, thesis, dissertation, or other written material…
    • § 66401 No person shall make or disseminate, with the intent to induce any other person to enter into any obligation relating thereto, any statement, written or oral,…
    • § 66402 Any court of competent jurisdiction is hereby authorized to grant such relief as is necessary to enforce the provisions of this chapter, including the issuance…
    • § 66403 Actions for injunction under the provisions of this chapter may be brought in the name of the people of the State of California upon their own complaint or…
    • § 66404 The provisions of this chapter are not exclusive. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preempt or in any other way limit, diminish, or imply the…
    • § 66405 As used in this chapter, “person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or association. As used in this chapter, “prepare”…
    • § 66406 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the production and pricing of college textbooks deserves a high level of attention from educators and lawmakers…
    • § 66406.5 The Trustees of the California State University shall, and the Regents of the University of California are requested to, review each respective segment’s…
    • § 66406.7 (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the College Textbook Transparency Act. (b) As used in this section, the following terms have the following…
    • § 66406.9 (a) Each campus of the California Community Colleges and the California State University shall, and each campus of the University of California is requested…
    • § 66407 (a) (1) The publisher of a textbook, or an agent or employee of the publisher, shall provide a prospective purchaser of the textbook with all of the following:…
    • § 66407.5 (a) The respective academic senates of the campuses of the California State University and the University of California, in collaboration with students and…
    • § 66408 (a) The California Digital Open Source Library is hereby established, and shall be administered by the California State University, in coordination with the…
    • § 66409 (a) The California Open Education Resources Council is hereby established. The council shall be composed of faculty leaders from the three segments of public…
    • § 66410 (a) No later than January 1, 2020, any individual, firm, partnership, or corporation that publishes textbooks offered for sale at the University of California,…
17. CHAPTER 6.5. Unauthorized Recording, Dissemination, and Publication of Academic Presentations for Commercial Purposes §§ 66450–66452 · 3 sections

    • § 66450 (a) Except as authorized by policies developed in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 66452, no business, agency, or person, including, but not…
    • § 66451 (a) Any court of competent jurisdiction may grant relief that it finds necessary to enforce this chapter, including the issuance of an injunction. Any person…
    • § 66452 (a) The Regents of the University of California and the governing boards of private postsecondary institutions are requested to, the Trustees of the California…
18. CHAPTER 7. Selective Service Registration § 66500 · 1 section

    • § 66500 Each public postsecondary educational institution shall make every reasonable effort to inform all male applicants for undergraduate admission of their…
19. CHAPTER 7.5. Law School Externships §§ 66550–66551 · 3 sections

    • § 66550 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Compensation” includes, but is not limited to, financial compensation in the form of travel…
    • § 66550.5 For purposes of this chapter, a requirement on a law school shall, regarding the University of California, be considered a request on the Regents of the…
    • § 66551 (a) Beginning August 1, 2026, each law school shall allow law students to receive compensation from an externship site while concurrently earning academic…
20. CHAPTER 8. California State University §§ 66600–66611 · 15 sections

    • § 66600 The California State University shall be administered by a board designated as the Trustees of the California State University, which is hereby created.
    • § 66601 Whenever, in any law, the term “Trustees of the State College System of California” or “Trustees of the California State University,” or the term “chief…
    • § 66602 (a) The board shall be composed of the following five ex officio members: the Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the…
    • § 66602.5 All meetings of the trustees shall, except as otherwise provided in Section 66602.7, be subject to Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of…
    • § 66602.7 Notwithstanding Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code: (a) (1) Action taken by a…
    • § 66603 The term of the appointive trustees shall be eight years.
    • § 66604 The expiration of a trustee’s term of office as a member of the State Board of Education or any earlier vacancy in that office shall create a vacancy in his…
    • § 66604.5 Each appointive trustee shall receive actual and necessary travel expenses and one hundred dollars ($100) for each day he or she is attending to official…
    • § 66605 If the trustees and the Regents of the University of California both consent, the Chancellor of the California State University shall sit with the Regents of…
    • § 66606 The Trustees of the California State University shall succeed to the powers, duties, and functions with respect to the management, administration, and control…
    • § 66606.2 Recognizing the unique mission and functions of the California State University among the departments, agencies, and boards of the state, it is the intent of…
    • § 66607 The California State University shall be entirely independent of all political and sectarian influence and kept free therefrom in the appointment of its…
    • § 66609 (a) All state employees employed on June 30, 1961, in carrying out functions transferred to the Trustees of California State University by this chapter, except…
    • § 66610 The California State University shall comply with Section 668.18(c)(1)(ii) of Title 34 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as that section read on July 1,…
    • § 66611 (a) The California State University may require employees, prospective employees, volunteers, contractors, and subcontractors, to undergo a fingerprint-based…
21. CHAPTER 9. Community Colleges § 66700 · 1 section

    • § 66700 The California Community Colleges are postsecondary schools and shall continue to be a part of the public school system of this state. The Board of Governors…
22. CHAPTER 9.2. Student Transfer §§ 66720–66749.9 · 38 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. Transfer System §§ 66720–66722.5 · 8 sections

       • § 66720 The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the Regents of the University of California, and the Trustees of the California State University,…
       • § 66721 Upon development of the transfer core curriculum pursuant to Section 66720, and upon any subsequent joint revision of that curriculum, the Board of Governors…
       • § 66721.4 (a) The California State University and the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall work together to establish the most effective…
       • § 66721.5 (a) (1) The governing board of each community college district shall direct the appropriate officials at their respective campuses to provide each of their…
       • § 66721.7 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure that community college students who wish to earn the baccalaureate degree at the University of California are…
       • § 66721.8 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that a transparent process for transfer that is designed to assist students in identifying and taking the community…
       • § 66722 It is the intent of the Legislature that the transfer function shall be a central institutional priority of all segments of higher education in California, and…
       • § 66722.5 It is the intent of the Legislature that the segments of higher education shall pursue the development of transfer agreement programs that specify the…
    2. ARTICLE 1.5. Common Course Numbering System §§ 66725–66725.5 · 3 sections

       • § 66725 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to facilitate articulation and seamless integration of California’s postsecondary institutions by facilitating the…
       • § 66725.3 (a) Not later than June 1, 2006, the California Community Colleges and the California State University shall adopt, and the University of California and…
       • § 66725.5 (a) (1) To streamline transfer from two- to four-year postsecondary educational institutions and reduce excess credit accumulation, on or before July 1, 2027,…
    3. ARTICLE 2. Transfer Functions §§ 66730–66744.2 · 16 sections

       • § 66730 (a) The Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, and the Board of Governors of the California Community…
       • § 66731 Student matriculation from community colleges through the University of California and the California State University shall be recognized by the Governor,…
       • § 66732 The governing boards of each segment shall declare as policy that the student transfer agreement program shall constitute a significant role in achieving the…
       • § 66734 The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall have the authority and responsibility to guarantee that all community college students have…
       • § 66736 Each community college district governing board shall ensure that its college or colleges maintain student transfer counseling centers or other counseling and…
       • § 66737 The Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges…
       • § 66738 (a) The governing board of each public postsecondary education segment shall be accountable for the development and implementation of formal systemwide…
       • § 66739.5 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) The California Master Plan and supporting statutes place utmost importance on the effective…
       • § 66739.6 (a) In a manner that is consistent with Section 71027, the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall establish a process to…
       • § 66740 Each department, school, and major in the University of California and California State University shall develop, in conjunction with community college faculty…
       • § 66741 As a result of systemwide and interinstitutional agreements, each community college student shall be assured of the opportunity to enter into a transfer…
       • § 66742 The governing boards of the three public segments of higher education shall present annual statistical reports on transfer patterns via the California…
       • § 66743 The California Postsecondary Education Commission is requested to convene an intersegmental advisory committee on transfer access and performance for the…
       • § 66744 (a) (1) Commencing with the 2004–05 academic year, and each academic year thereafter, the Trustees of the California State University shall establish a dual…
       • § 66744.1 (a) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise, “university” means the California State University. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature…
       • § 66744.2 (a) As used in this section, unless the context requires otherwise, “university” means the University of California. (b) It is the intent of the Legislature…
    4. ARTICLE 3. Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act §§ 66745–66749.9 · 11 sections

       • § 66745 This article shall be known, and may be cited as the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act.
       • § 66746 (a) Commencing with the fall term of the 2011–12 academic year, a student who earns an associate degree for transfer granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall…
       • § 66747 (a) (1) Notwithstanding Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 66201), the California State University shall guarantee admission with junior status to any…
       • § 66748 (a) The California State University may require a student transferring pursuant to this article to take additional courses at the California State University…
       • § 66748.5 The California Community Colleges and the California State University, in consultation with students, faculty, student service administrators, the State…
       • § 66749 (a) The Legislative Analyst’s Office shall review and report to the Assembly Committee on Higher Education, the Senate Committee on Education, and the…
       • § 66749.6 (a) (1) An independent institution of higher education that chooses to accept an associate degree for transfer does not guarantee admission to a particular…
       • § 66749.7 The Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges and those independent institutions of higher education that choose to commit to accept a student…
       • § 66749.8 (a) (1) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act of 2021. (2) For purposes of this section, the following…
       • § 66749.81 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “ADT” means associate degree for transfer. (2) “Four-year postsecondary educational…
       • § 66749.9 (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the University of California Associate Degree for Transfer Pilot Program. (b) (1) The University of…
23. CHAPTER 9.5. Cross-Enrollment §§ 66750–66754 · 7 sections

    • § 66750 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Home campus” means the campus at which the student is matriculated. (b) “Host campus” means…
    • § 66751 Any student enrolled in any campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California who meets the…
    • § 66752 A student is qualified to participate in the program established by this chapter if he or she is enrolled in any campus of the California Community Colleges,…
    • § 66752.5 Courses that are not state-supported, including extension and summer session courses, are not subject to this chapter.
    • § 66753 (a) (1) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, the Chancellor of the California State University, and the President of the University of…
    • § 66753.5 The enrollment of a student at a host campus pursuant to this chapter shall not be counted in the calculation of headcount or full-time equivalent student…
    • § 66754 This chapter shall become operative commencing with the fall 1995 term.
24. CHAPTER 9.6. Cross-Enrollment in Online Education at California State University §§ 66760–66764 · 9 sections

    • § 66760 For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Chancellor” means the Chancellor of the California State University. (b) “CSU” means…
    • § 66760.5 A California resident enrolled at a CSU campus who meets the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 66761 may enroll, without formal admission, and without…
    • § 66761 (a) A student is qualified to participate in the program established by this chapter if he or she is enrolled at a CSU campus and meets the following…
    • § 66761.5 The host campus may charge participating students a reasonable administration fee and specific course-based fees, not to exceed an amount sufficient for the…
    • § 66762 The chancellor’s office shall establish a convenient online methodology so that students meeting the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 66761 may do…
    • § 66762.5 A matriculated CSU student shall have priority access to online courses provided at his or her home campus. A CSU student who meets the requirements of…
    • § 66763 A course provided entirely online pursuant to this chapter shall be accepted for credit at the student’s home campus on the same basis as it would be for a…
    • § 66763.5 The enrollment of a student at a host campus pursuant to this chapter may be counted in the calculation of headcount or full-time equivalent student enrollment…
    • § 66764 The trustees shall establish both of the following: (a) An easily accessible online database of online courses available at all CSU campuses. This database…
25. CHAPTER 9.7. Cross-Enrollment in Online Education between Campuses of the California Community Colleges §§ 66770–66773.5 · 6 sections

    • § 66770 For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “California Virtual Campus” means the efforts to expand the delivery of courses through…
    • § 66770.5 (a) A California resident who meets the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 66771 and who is enrolled at a home college may enroll, without formal…
    • § 66771 (a) A student is qualified to participate in the program established by this chapter if the student is enrolled at a home college that is part of the…
    • § 66772 The chancellor’s office shall establish a convenient online methodology so that a student who meets the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 66771 may…
    • § 66773 A course provided entirely online pursuant to this chapter shall be accepted for credit at the student’s home college on the same basis as it would be for a…
    • § 66773.5 The enrollment of a student at a teaching college pursuant to this chapter may be counted in the calculation of headcount or full-time equivalent student…
26. CHAPTER 10. Interstate Attendance Agreements §§ 66800–66804 · 5 sections

    • § 66800 The Legislature recognizes that existing community colleges in California may benefit from larger and more heterogeneous enrollment in certain curricula and…
    • § 66801 (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges may enter into an interstate attendance agreement with any statewide public agency of another…
    • § 66802 The governing board of each California community college district is authorized to participate in an interstate attendance agreement entered into by the board…
    • § 66803 If the governing board of a California community college district elects to participate in an interstate attendance agreement, it may waive, as a condition to…
    • § 66804 The board of governors may adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this article as these provisions apply to California community college…
27. CHAPTER 10.5. Student Civic and Voter Empowerment Act §§ 66850–66852 · 3 sections

    • § 66850 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Student Civic and Voter Empowerment Act.
    • § 66851 (a) Beginning January 1, 2020, the Secretary of State, in partnership with the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the…
    • § 66852 Each campus of the California Community Colleges and the California State University shall, and each campus of the University of California is requested to, do…
28. CHAPTER 11. California Postsecondary Education Commission §§ 66900–66906 · 11 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 66900–66906 · 11 sections

       • § 66900 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the California Postsecondary Education Commission (CPEC) be responsible for coordinating public, independent, and…
       • § 66901 There is hereby created the California Postsecondary Education Commission, which shall be advisory to the Governor, the Legislature, other appropriate…
       • § 66902 The commission shall have power to require the governing boards and the institutions of public postsecondary education to submit data on plans and programs,…
       • § 66902.5 Unless otherwise specified, reports submitted to the Legislature by the California Postsecondary Education Commission shall be delivered to the Senate and…
       • § 66903 The commission has the following functions and responsibilities in its capacity as the statewide postsecondary education planning and coordinating agency and…
       • § 66903.1 To the extent that the functions and tasks assigned to the California Postsecondary Education Commission by state law cannot all be performed with the funding…
       • § 66903.2 The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development shall consult with the commission in the development by the office of its Health Manpower Plan and…
       • § 66903.3 The commission may delegate to the executive director any power, duty, purpose, function, or jurisdiction that the commission may lawfully delegate, including…
       • § 66904 It is the intent of the Legislature that sites for new institutions or branches of the University of California and the California State University, and the…
       • § 66905 It is the intent of the Legislature that the California Postsecondary Education Commission annually review and fix the salary of its director according to a…
       • § 66906 Each member of the commission shall receive a stipend of fifty dollars ($50) for each day in which he or she attends any meeting of the commission or any…
29. CHAPTER 11.3. The California Distance Learning Policy § 66940 · 1 section

    • § 66940 There is hereby established the California Distance Learning Policy, which sets forth the guiding goal and principles for the utilization of technology in…
30. CHAPTER 12. Federal Assistance for Higher Education §§ 67000–67006 · 8 sections

    • § 67000 The people of the State of California accept the provisions of and each of the funds provided by Title 1 and Title X of the Education Amendments of 1972…
    • § 67001 In accepting the benefits of the act of Congress, the people of the state agree to comply with all of the provisions and to observe all of its requirements.
    • § 67002 The California Postsecondary Education Commission is designated as the state educational agency to carry out the purposes and provisions of the Education…
    • § 67003 The Trustees of the California State University on behalf of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California on behalf of the…
    • § 67003.5 (a) A postsecondary educational institution that is a “qualifying institution,” as defined in Section 69432.7, shall do both of the following: (1) Designate a…
    • § 67004 The State Treasurer is designated as the custodian of all funds received by the state from the government of the United States, or of any agency or agencies…
    • § 67005 The funds received by the state under the provisions of the federal act shall be paid out by the State Treasurer on warrants drawn by the Controller and…
    • § 67006 The office of the Governor is designated as the state educational agency to carry out the purposes and the provisions of Section 802 of Title VIII of the…
31. CHAPTER 12.5. Title 38 Awards §§ 67100–67104 · 6 sections

    • § 67100 The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) Sections 21.4253 and 21.4254 of Title 38 of the Code of Federal Regulations require a postsecondary…
    • § 67101 The Title 38 Funding Program is hereby established, under the administration of the California State Approving Agency for Veterans Education. The California…
    • § 67102 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) An “academic year” is July 1 to June 30, inclusive. The starting date of a…
    • § 67102.5 (a) On or before January 1, 2024, CSAAVE shall establish regulations requiring postsecondary educational institutions to provide the following information to…
    • § 67103 CSAAVE shall do all of the following: (a) Notify initial Title 38 recipients seeking to attend, or attending, an institution that is ineligible for Title 38…
    • § 67104 Compliance with this chapter, in and of itself, shall not be construed as satisfying the requirements for participation in programs authorized by the federal…
32. CHAPTER 14. Disabled Student Services §§ 67300–67313 · 12 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 67300–67302.5 · 4 sections

       • § 67300 Services for disabled students provided by the California Community Colleges and the California State University shall, and services provided for the…
       • § 67301 (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and the Trustees of the California State University shall, and the Regents of the University of…
       • § 67302 (a) An individual, firm, partnership, or corporation that publishes or manufactures printed instructional materials for students attending the University of… see note
       • § 67302.5 (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Captioned” or “captioning” means the display of text corresponding to, and… see note
    2. ARTICLE 2. Reader Services §§ 67305–67307 · 3 sections

       • § 67305 Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 67300, federal and state vocational rehabilitation funds may be utilized to provide reader and interpreter services…
       • § 67306 (a) California State University systemwide policy governing the provision of services to students with disabilities shall include a requirement that Disabled…
       • § 67307 Reader services for students with disabilities attending the California State University shall be provided for required reading not readily available on tape,…
    3. ARTICLE 3. State-Funded Services §§ 67310–67313 · 5 sections

       • § 67310 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that equal access to public postsecondary education is essential for the full integration of persons with disabilities…
       • § 67311 It is the desire and intent of the Legislature that, as appropriate for each postsecondary segment, funds for disabled student programs and services be based…
       • § 67312 (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and the Trustees of the California State University shall, and the Regents of the University of…
       • § 67312.5 (a) The Trustees of the California State University shall, and the Regents of the University of California and the governing boards of independent…
       • § 67313 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to be directing any student, or students, toward a particular program or service for students with disabilities nor…
33. CHAPTER 14.25. Office Equipment § 67320 · 1 section

    • § 67320 Each campus of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and the University of California shall consider human and ergonomic factors,…
34. CHAPTER 14.27. Contracts §§ 67325–67328 · 4 sections

    • § 67325 For the purposes of this article, “contract” means a research, training, or service agreement between the state and the University of California or the…
    • § 67326 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The University of California and the California State University comprise two important parts of…
    • § 67327 (a) The Department of General Services, acting for the state, shall, negotiate and establish a model contract with standard contract provisions with the…
    • § 67328 The California State University and the University of California, if the University of California participates in the model contracting process created…
35. CHAPTER 14.28. California Student Housing Revolving Loan Fund Act of 2022 §§ 67329.1–67329.9 · 10 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. Title § 67329.1 · 1 section

       • § 67329.1 This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Student Housing Revolving Loan Fund Act of 2022.
    2. ARTICLE 2. Definitions § 67329.2 · 1 section

       • § 67329.2 As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions apply: (a) “Allocation” means the portion of the initial California…
    3. ARTICLE 3. The California Student Housing Revolving Loan Fund § 67329.3 · 1 section

       • § 67329.3 (a) (1) The California Student Housing Revolving Loan Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury to provide zero-interest loans to qualifying college and…
    4. ARTICLE 4. Criteria and Process §§ 67329.4–67329.51 · 3 sections

       • § 67329.4 (a) Each authority shall develop a uniform application that includes requests for relevant information, such as project goals, costs, number of students or…
       • § 67329.5 A project financed pursuant to this chapter shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) For projects financed pursuant to this chapter that are not…
       • § 67329.51 (a) For projects financed pursuant to this chapter, participating colleges and universities and participating nonprofit entities shall do all of the following:…
    5. ARTICLE 5. Repayment and Bond Issuance § 67329.6 · 1 section

       • § 67329.6 (a) For each loan made by an authority, the authority shall establish a schedule of payments, the primary source of which may be lease or rent payments for…
    6. ARTICLE 6. Rulemaking § 67329.7 · 1 section

       • § 67329.7 Each authority may adopt, amend, or repeal rules and regulations pursuant to this chapter as emergency regulations. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of these…
    7. ARTICLE 7. Reporting § 67329.8 · 1 section

       • § 67329.8 Each authority shall provide a report to the Department of Finance and the budget committees of the Assembly and Senate by March 15, 2025. The report shall…
    8. ARTICLE 8. Administrative Costs § 67329.9 · 1 section

       • § 67329.9 Each authority may charge against the fund its administrative costs, which shall not exceed 3 percent of the authority’s respective allocation amount or…
36. CHAPTER 14.3. Higher Education Facilities Bond Act of 1988 §§ 67330–67343 · 15 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 67330–67332 · 3 sections

       • § 67330 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Higher Education Facilities Bond Act of 1988.
       • § 67331 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s economic and social prosperity relies on a higher education system that keeps pace…
       • § 67332 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Committee” means the Higher Education Facilities Finance Committee created…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Higher Education Facilities Bond Act Program §§ 67333–67334 · 2 sections

       • § 67333 The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the 1988 Higher Education Capital Outlay Bond Fund, which is hereby…
       • § 67334 (a) The committee shall be and is hereby authorized to create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California pursuant to this chapter…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Fiscal Provisions §§ 67335–67343 · 10 sections

       • § 67335 (a) Bonds in the total amount of six hundred million dollars ($600,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section…
       • § 67336 The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law…
       • § 67337 The committee shall authorize the issuance of bonds under this chapter only to the extent necessary to fund the apportionments that are expressly authorized by…
       • § 67338 There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the…
       • § 67339 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this…
       • § 67340 For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or…
       • § 67340.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of…
       • § 67341 All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for…
       • § 67342 The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board for a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government…
       • § 67343 Any bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded by the issuance and sale or exchange of refunding bonds in accordance with Article 6…
37. CHAPTER 14.4. Higher Education Facilities Bond Act of June 1990 §§ 67345–67347.9 · 15 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 67345–67345.2 · 3 sections

       • § 67345 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Higher Education Facilities Bond Act of June 1990.
       • § 67345.1 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s economic and social prosperity relies on a higher education system that keeps pace…
       • § 67345.2 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Committee” means the Higher Education Facilities Finance Committee created…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Higher Education Facilities Bond Act Program §§ 67346–67346.5 · 2 sections

       • § 67346 The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the June 1990 Higher Education Capital Outlay Bond Fund, which is hereby…
       • § 67346.5 (a) The committee shall be and is hereby authorized to create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California pursuant to this chapter…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Fiscal Provisions §§ 67347–67347.9 · 10 sections

       • § 67347 (a) Bonds in the total amount of four hundred fifty million dollars ($450,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with…
       • § 67347.1 The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law…
       • § 67347.2 The committee shall authorize the issuance of bonds under this chapter only to the extent necessary to fund the apportionments that are expressly authorized by…
       • § 67347.3 There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the…
       • § 67347.4 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this…
       • § 67347.5 For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or…
       • § 67347.6 All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for…
       • § 67347.7 (a) The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board for a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312 of the…
       • § 67347.8 Any bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded by the issuance and sale or exchange of refunding bonds in accordance with Article 6…
       • § 67347.9 Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the State General Obligation Bond Law set forth in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of…
38. CHAPTER 14.5. Higher Education Facilities Bond Act of 1986 §§ 67350–67357.5 · 10 sections

    • § 67350 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Higher Education Facilities Bond Act of 1986.
    • § 67351 The State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code) is adopted for the…
    • § 67352 As used in this chapter, and for the purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the following words shall have the following…
    • § 67353 The Higher Education Facilities Finance Committee is hereby created, consisting of the Governor, the Controller, the Treasurer, the Director of Finance, the…
    • § 67354 (a) For the purpose of funding aid to the University of California, the California State University, the California Community Colleges, and the California…
    • § 67354.5 The proceeds of the bonds may also be used to provide short-term loans to community colleges for the purchase of instructional equipment. Those loans shall be…
    • § 67355 All bonds herein authorized, which shall have been duly sold and delivered as herein provided, shall constitute valid and legally binding general obligations…
    • § 67356 There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this chapter, an amount that will equal the following: (a) The sum…
    • § 67357 For the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, authorize the withdrawal from the General…
    • § 67357.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of…
39. CHAPTER 14.6. Higher Education Facilities Bond Act of June 1992 §§ 67358–67359.5 · 16 sections

    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 67358–67358.2 · 3 sections

       • § 67358 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Higher Education Facilities Bond Act of June 1992.
       • § 67358.1 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) California’s economic and social prosperity relies on a higher education system that keeps pace…
       • § 67358.2 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Committee” means the Higher Education Facilities Finance Committee created…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Higher Education Facilities Bond Act Program §§ 67358.3–67358.4 · 2 sections

       • § 67358.3 The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the 1992 Higher Education Capital Outlay Bond Fund, which is hereby…
       • § 67358.4 The committee shall be and is hereby authorized to create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California pursuant to this chapter for…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Fiscal Provisions §§ 67358.5–67359.5 · 11 sections

       • § 67358.5 (a) Bonds in the total amount of nine hundred million dollars ($900,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section…
       • § 67358.6 The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law…
       • § 67358.7 The committee shall authorize the issuance of bonds under this chapter only to the extent necessary to fund the apportionments that are expressly authorized by…
       • § 67358.8 There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the…
       • § 67358.9 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this…
       • § 67359 (a) For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount…
       • § 67359.1 All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for…
       • § 67359.2 The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board for a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government…
       • § 67359.3 Any bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded by the issuance and sale or exchange of refunding bonds in accordance with Article 6…
       • § 67359.4 Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or the State General Obligation Bond Law set forth in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of…
       • § 67359.5 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that…
40. CHAPTER 14.9. Bond Fund Transfers § 67359.20 · 1 section

    • § 67359.20 Any funds from the 1988 Higher Education Capital Outlay Bond Fund, the June 1990 Higher Education Capital Outlay Bond Fund, and the 1992 Higher Education…
41. CHAPTER 15. Student Athletes §§ 67360–67365 · 4 sections

    • § 67360 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no person shall give, offer, promise, or attempt to give any money or other thing of value to any particular student…
    • § 67361 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no student athlete or member of his or her immediate family, as defined by subdivision (c) of Section 67360, shall…
    • § 67362 (a) Notwithstanding Section 78223 or any other provision of law, no student athlete enrolled at any campus of the University of California, the California…
    • § 67365 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Athletic program” means any intercollegiate athletic program from a California…
42. CHAPTER 15.5. Student Safety §§ 67380–67386 · 12 sections

    • § 67380 (a) Except as provided in subparagraph (C) of paragraph (6), the governing board of each community college district, the Trustees of the California State…
    • § 67381 (a) The Legislature reaffirms that campus law enforcement agencies have the primary authority for providing police or security services, including the…
    • § 67381.1 (a) The Legislature reaffirms that campus law enforcement agencies have the primary authority for providing police or security services, including the…
    • § 67382 (a) (1) On or before January 1, 2004, and every three years thereafter, the State Auditor shall report the results of an audit of a sample of not less than six…
    • § 67382.1 (a) On or before September 1, 2026, and every three years thereafter, the California State Auditor shall report the results of an audit of the ability of the…
    • § 67382.2 (a) On or before September 1, 2028, and every five years thereafter, the California State Auditor shall report the results of an audit of a sample of no less…
    • § 67383 (a) As a condition for participation in the Cal Grant Program established pursuant to Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 96430) of Part 42, the governing…
    • § 67384 (a) The governing board of each community college district and the Trustees of the California State University shall, and the Regents of the University of…
    • § 67384.5 (a) The governing board of each community college district and the Trustees of the California State University shall do all of the following: (1) Notify…
    • § 67385 (a) The governing board of each community college district, the Trustees of the California State University, the Board of Directors of the college named in…
    • § 67385.7 (a) The governing board of each community college district and the Trustees of the California State University shall, and the Regents of the University of…
    • § 67386 (a) In order to receive state funds for student financial assistance, the governing board of each community college district, the Trustees of the California…
43. CHAPTER 15.7. Rape and Sexual Assault Education Programs §§ 67390–67393 · 3 sections

    • § 67390 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) College students are more vulnerable to rape than any other age group. (b) The majority of…
    • § 67391 The governing board of each community college district, the Trustees of the California State University, the Board of Directors of the college named in Section…
    • § 67393 Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, this chapter shall not apply to the California Community Colleges unless and until the Legislature makes…
44. CHAPTER 15.9. Uniform Informational Guidance for Survivors of Sexual Assault §§ 67395–67395.7 · 3 sections

    • § 67395 (a) In order to help campus community members quickly access relevant information and resources following a sexual assault, each campus of the California State…
    • § 67395.5 (a) For the purposes described in subdivision (a) of Section 67395, and to ensure that sexual assault informational guidance is uniform across the internet…
    • § 67395.7 The Trustees of the California State University shall, and the Regents of the University of California are requested to, implement this chapter from existing…
45. CHAPTER 16. Applicability to University of California § 67400 · 1 section

    • § 67400 No provision of this part shall apply to the University of California except to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate…