BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 1653| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- THIRD READING Bill No: AB 1653 Author: Weber (D) Amended: 8/15/16 in Senate Vote: 21 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 9-0, 6/22/16 AYES: Liu, Block, Hancock, Huff, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan, Vidak SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: 5-2, 8/11/16 AYES: Lara, Beall, Hill, McGuire, Mendoza NOES: Bates, Nielsen ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 59-17, 6/2/16 - See last page for vote SUBJECT: Postsecondary education: campus climate SOURCE: Author DIGEST: This bill requires the California Community Colleges (CCC) Board of Governors (BOG), the California State University (CSU) Trustees, the governing body of each independent institution of higher education in the state and encourages each University of California (UC) campus, to generate a report every two years, as specified, pertaining to campus climate. ANALYSIS: Existing law: AB 1653 Page 2 1)Declares it a shared goal of public education and independent institutions of higher education to achieve educational equity not only through a diverse and representative student body and faculty, but also through educational environments in which each person, regardless of race, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability or economic circumstances has a reasonable change to fully develop his or her potential. (Education Code § 66010.2) 2)Provides that it is the policy of the State of California to afford all persons, regardless of disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other basis that is contained in the prohibition of hate crimes, as specified, equal rights and opportunities in the postsecondary institutions of the state. (EC § 66251) 3)Declares that, consistent with specified federal law provisions, all students have the right to participate fully in the educational process, free from discrimination and harassment and that California's postsecondary educational institutions have an affirmative obligation to combat racism, sexism, and other forms of bias, and a responsibility to provide equal educational opportunity. It also declares the Legislature's intent that each postsecondary educational institution undertake educational activities to counter discriminatory incidents on school grounds and, within constitutional bounds, to minimize and eliminate a hostile environment on school grounds that impair the access of students to equal educational opportunities. (EC § 66252) 4)Requests the UC Regents, CSU Trustees, and the governing board of each community college district to adopt and publish policies on harassment, intimidation, and bullying to be included within the rules and regulations governing student behavior within their respective segments of public postsecondary education. (EC § 66302) 5)Requires, through the federal law, colleges and universities, as a condition of federal student aid program participation, to publish annual campus security reports, maintain crime logs, provide timely warnings of crimes that present a public safety risk, and maintain ongoing crime statistics. (20 United States Code § 1092(f)) AB 1653 Page 3 6)Requires, beginning no later than January 1, 2004, the State Auditor to audit at least six colleges every three years to evaluate the accuracy of their statistics and procedures for complying with the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act's (Clery) crime statistics reporting requirements. The State Auditor is required to report the audit results to the respective Chairs of the Assembly Committee on Higher Education and the Senate Committee on Education. (EC § 67382) This bill: 1)Requires the CCC BOG and the CSU Trustees, the governing body of each independent institution of higher education in the state and encourages each UC campus, to generate a report once every biennium of the legislative session, beginning with the 2017-2018 Regular Session that include, but is not limited to, the following elements: a) New and recent administrative efforts intended to affect campus climate, reduce food insecurity and student homelessness. b) Recent campus program developments related to gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and gender identity that impact campus climate. 2)Requires the CCC BOG and the CSU Trustees, the governing body of each Independent institution of higher education in the state and encourages UC campuses, to: a) Each post the report on their respective Internet Web sites. b) Send the report to the Governor, the Attorney General, and the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. c) Create, review every two years thereafter, and, as necessary, update protocols, policies, and procedures regarding compliance with Clery and the federal Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013. AB 1653 Page 4 3)Requires CCC BOG to request, but not require, specified campus climate information from community college districts and base its report on data available from participating community college districts. 4)Defines "campus climate" to mean a measure of an individual's experience within a learning environment, specifically on the current attitudes, practices, policies, and behaviors of campus life that impact the success and retention of all members of a campus community. FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.:YesLocal: No According to the Senate Appropriations Committee: Likely minor costs to the CCC and the CSU to implement this bill. One-time cost pressure to UC of up to $100,000 update the campus climate reporting portal to collect data and allow for data analysis to the extent it chooses to comply with the requirements of the bill. In addition, the UC indicates that every two years it would incur costs of $420,000 system wide related to collecting and analyzing data to generate a campus climate report. (General Fund) SUPPORT: (Verified8/15/16) Arc and United Cerebral Palsy California Collaboration California State Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People OPPOSITION: (Verified8/12/16) None received AB 1653 Page 5 ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 59-17, 6/2/16 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Hadley, Roger Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Mullin, Nazarian, O'Donnell, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon NOES: Travis Allen, Brough, Chang, Chávez, Dahle, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Grove, Harper, Jones, Mathis, Melendez, Obernolte, Patterson, Steinorth, Wagner, Waldron NO VOTE RECORDED: Bigelow, Frazier, Kim, Olsen Prepared by:Olgalilia Ramirez / ED. / (916) 651-4105 8/15/16 20:33:19 **** END ****