Public postsecondary education: reporting requirements.

(1) Existing law establishes the various segments of the higher education system in the state. These segments include the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, which is administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, which together comprise the public postsecondary education system. This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to refine higher education reporting requirements to provide for more effective, manageable, and transparent reporting by the higher education segments. (2) Existing law contains various reporting requirements of the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges both in statute and in Supplemental Report language to the annual Budget Act. The bill would codify these requirements by requesting the University of California, and requiring the California State University and the California Community Colleges, to report to the Legislature on institutional financial aid, campus enrollment and facilities, academic and research programs, and the capital outlay planning process, as specified. The bill would make conforming changes. The bill would additionally revise the deadlines for the submittal of reports by the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges. (3) Existing law requires the trustees and the board of governors to establish and convene a task force to develop a plan for integrating instruction in business ethics into their business and business administration programs and to submit a diversity paper concerning its own membership. The bill would delete these requirements. (4) Existing law requires the Trustees of the California State University and requests the Regents of the University of California to biennially report on state-funded services for students with disabilities. The bill would delete this requirement and this request. (5) Existing law requires the board of governors, every 3 years, to develop and submit a diversity paper concerning its own membership. The bill would delete this requirement. (6) Existing law requests the Regents of the University of California to establish the Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education Program to support competitive grants to promote more research and education on sustainable agricultural practices, and to support the giving of instructions and practical demonstrations in agriculture. Existing law also provides for a program of demonstration projects designed to provide extension services, training, and financial incentives for participating farmers to implement biologically integrated farming systems. This bill would repeal the provisions providing for those programs. (7) Existing law creates the California State University, Channel Islands Site Authority, contingent on the acceptance of the land and improvements comprising the Camarillo State Hospital by the trustees, to be administered by that authority. Existing law requires the trustees, on behalf of the authority, to report to the Legislature and the Governor by July 31 of each year on all expenditures made during the prior fiscal year for facilities of the site. This bill would delete the reporting requirement.