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AB 1764: Public postsecondary education: student housing: survey.

  • Session Year: 2021-2022
  • House: Assembly
  • Latest Version Date: 2022-05-23
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Existing law establishes the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, which is administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in the state.

This bill would require the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University and the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and request the Office of the President of the University of California, to collect data on student housing insecurity at each of their respective campuses, as specified. The bill would require each segment to submit a report that compiles the collected data to the Legislature, Legislature and the Legislative Analysts Office, the Department of Finance, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Division of the State Architect Office on or before October 15, 2023, on or before October 15, 2025, and on or before October 15, 2027, as specified. To the extent the bill imposes additional duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2028.

The Field Act requires the Department of General Services to supervise the design and construction of any school building, including both school district and community college district buildings, or, if the estimated cost exceeds $100,000, the reconstruction or alteration of or addition to any school building, to ensure that plans and specifications comply with the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the act and with relevant building standards, and to ensure that the work of construction has been performed in accordance with the approved plans and specifications. Existing law defines school building for these purposes, but excludes from that definition any building used or intended to be used by a community college district as a personal residence by a teacher or employee of a community college district, with the teachers or employees family, if applicable.This bill also would exclude from the definition of school building for purposes of the Field Act any building used or intended to be used as a residence for students attending a campus of a community college district. The bill would require the Department of General Services to approve plans and specifications for a residence for students attending a campus of a community college upon a request by the community college district.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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Amended Assembly (5/23/2022)

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