Postsecondary education: Designation of California Asian American- and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions.

Section 66077.4(b)(1) corrected 'eight nine members' to 'nine members,' fixing a drafting error that likely resulted from a prior amendment changing the board size from eight to nine without fully removing the old number.

Amendment history headers (dates of Senate and Assembly amendments), line-number annotations, and the 'as amended' language in the legislative counsel's digest were removed as part of standard enrollment formatting.

Enrolled bill elements were added: passage dates for both chambers (August 26, 2026), Chief Clerk and Secretary signatures, Governor receipt block, and 'Approved' signature line.

The managing entity is now explicitly identified as the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, resolving a prior unresolved blank in the text.

Application deadlines were reduced from two per year to one per year, and governing board meetings to vote on applications were reduced from twice a year to at least once a year.

The governing board was expanded from eight members to nine by adding a new seat: a designee of the California Commission on Asian and Pacific Islander American Affairs.

Community college applicants must now submit both required data sets (completion rates and transfer rates) rather than having an 'either' option, making the data submission requirement mandatory for both categories.

The designation name and all references throughout the bill change from 'Asian American- and Native American Hawaiian Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions' to 'Asian American- and Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander-Serving Institutions,' removing 'Native American' as a distinct category from the designation.

The definition of 'college or university' now includes a cross-reference to Section 66010 for the term 'independent institution of higher education.'

The previously blank managing entity is now specified as the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, giving that office responsibility for developing application processes, accepting applications, and presenting them to the governing board.

New disaggregation requirement: to the extent possible, graduation rates, completions, and transfer rates for Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander students must be reported as a separate category from other Asian American students.

The initial application strategic plan now requires additional elements: culturally relevant professional development for faculty and staff, expansion of ethnic studies and culturally responsive curriculum, research initiatives addressing AANHPI populations on campus and in the community, data disaggregation to identify needs of ethnic subgroups, and intersegmental collaboration across UC, CSU, CCC, and independent institutions.

A new 30-day advance submission requirement is added: applications must be submitted to the managing entity at least 30 days before the governing board meeting at which they will be considered.

Community college applicants must now submit BOTH degree/certificate completion data AND transfer rate data (previously 'either' was sufficient), making the data requirement more stringent.

The governing board meeting schedule changes from 'twice a year' to 'at least once each year,' with the board permitted to hold additional meetings at its discretion. The managing entity application deadline changes from two per year to one per year.

The term 'Native American Pacific Islander' is replaced throughout with 'Native American American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander,' explicitly separating Native Hawaiians as a distinct population from Pacific Islanders and clarifying the 'Native American' reference.

Four new items are added to the strategic plan required in renewal applications: (E) academic curriculum expansion in ethnic studies and culturally responsive coursework, (F) research initiatives addressing lived experiences of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander populations, (G) data disaggregation to identify distinct needs and achievement gaps among ethnic subgroups, and (H) intersegmental collaboration across UC, CSU, CCC, and independent institutions to strengthen the educational pipeline.

Section 1(g) now explicitly references 'Federal designation of' AANAPISIs, clarifying that the existing federal program is the model for this state designation.

Six additional Assembly members (Harabedian, Kalra, Nguyen, Muratsuchi, Patel, and Sharp-Collins) are added as coauthors.