Postsecondary education: cross-enrollment: online education at the California State University.

Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the University of California, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law authorizes any student enrolled in any campus of any of these 3 respective segments who meets prescribed requirements to enroll, without formal admission or payment of additional fees, except as provided, in a maximum of one course per academic term at a campus of either of the other segments on a space-available basis at the discretion of the appropriate campus authorities on both campuses. Existing law authorizes any student enrolled at a CSU campus who meets specified requirements by the beginning of the 2015–16 academic year, to enroll, without formal admission, and without payment of additional tuition or fees, except as provided, in a course provided entirely online, as defined, by another CSU campus on a space-available basis. Existing law requires the trustees to establish a series of uniform definitions for online education for CSU on or before January 1, 2015, as specified. Existing law also requires the trustees to report performance data, as specified, about online education to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2017, and every 2 years after until 2021. This bill would remove the January 1, 2015, deadline for authorizing a CSU student to enroll in an online course at another CSU campus, for the trustees to establish an online database of courses, and for the trustees to establish a series of uniform definitions, as specified. This bill would also add to the performance data to be reported to the Legislature on state-supported online courses, as defined, and require this report be submitted to the Legislature on or before January 15, 2019, and on or before January 15, 2 years later.