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CHAPTER 2. General Provisions [66010. - 66093.4.]

Chapter 2 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 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…