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CA SB640

Public postsecondary education: admission, transfer, and enrollment.


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Introduced
02/20/2025
In Committee
06/05/2025
Crossed Over
05/28/2025
Passed
Dead

Introduced Session

2025-2026 Regular Session

Bill Summary

An act to amend Section 66744.1 of, and to add Sections 66209 and 66749.85 to, the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

AI Summary

This bill establishes several significant changes to public postsecondary education in California. First, it creates the CSU Direct Admission Program, which allows high school students from participating local educational agencies to be automatically deemed eligible for enrollment in a California State University (CSU) campus based on their academic performance, specifically their completion of A-G courses and grade point average by the end of 11th grade. The program involves the California College Guidance Initiative sending direct admission letters to eligible students, notifying them of their guaranteed admission and enrollment procedures. The bill also extends the existing dual admissions program for first-time freshman applicants until the 2035-36 academic year, modifying the transfer requirements to allow students three academic years (instead of two) to complete an associate degree for transfer or another established transfer pathway. Additionally, the bill requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to establish an intersegmental curriculum workgroup to create at least five new transfer model curricula in fields with high social mobility potential, with the goal of creating new associate degrees for transfer that guarantee student admission to similar CSU baccalaureate degree programs. The bill includes provisions for reimbursing local agencies for any state-mandated costs associated with implementing these new requirements, ensuring that school districts are not financially burdened by the new regulations.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Education

Sponsors (6)

Last Action

Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. (on 06/05/2025)

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