California State University: contractors.

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Under existing law, the California State University comprises 25 institutions of higher education throughout the state. Existing law imposes various requirements with respect to contracting by the California State University. This bill would require that contracts entered into by the California State University on or after January 1, 2015, comply with all of the following: that any data collected, pursuant to the contract, by the contractor relating to a student or a faculty member of the university, including data relating to his or her use of university resources, shall be provided to the university in both electronic and paper formats; that any service or instruction provided, pursuant to the contract, by a nonstate agency contractor to a student or faculty member of the university by the contractor shall conform to pertinent federal statutes and regulations relating to student and faculty data; that any service or instruction provided, pursuant to a contract entered into by a nonstate agency subcontractor with a nonstate agency contractor, comply with the bill; and that any contract entered into with a nonstate agency explicitly address the issue of ownership of intellectual property, and acknowledge that other contracts entered into by the university may determine the rights to that intellectual property.