ARTICLE 3. General Provisions

Heading of Article 3 added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1198, Sec. 5.

§§ 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…