SB 592 California Senate · 2017-2018 Regular Session

Public postsecondary education: admissions data.

Summary
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. This bill would require the California State University, no later than July 1, 2018, and no later than July 1 of each year thereafter, to publish on its Internet Web site, or to report using a successor technology, uniform application, admission, and freshman class profiles including, but not necessarily limited to, all standardized test scores and grade-point averages presented in the same statistical format employed pursuant to the Common Data Set Initiative or a successor database. The bill would also require the University of California, no later than July 1, 2018, and no later than July 1 of each year thereafter, to submit a report to the Legislature that includes, but is not necessarily limited to, uniform application, admission, and freshman class profiles including, but not necessarily limited to, all standardized test scores and grade-point averages presented in the same statistical format employed pursuant to the Common Data Set Initiative or a successor database, with the data presented in a prescribed manner. The bill would require the university to post this report on its Internet Web site.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2017
Committee Review
Sep 2017
Senate Passage
May 2017
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 17, 2017 Last action Sep 1, 2017
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Total actions
18
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Sep 1, 2017
Lower · Passed
September 1 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
lower
Jun 21, 2017
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Jun 1, 2017
Committee
Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
lower
May 15, 2017
Upper · Passed
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
upper
May 3, 2017
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
May 2, 2017
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 848.) (April 26).
upper
Mar 2, 2017
Committee
Referred to Com. on ED.
upper
Feb 17, 2017
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Jim Nielsen
RRepublican
CA
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