LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1901, as amended, Ruskin. Postsecondary education: Master Plan
for Higher Education.
Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, sets
forth, among other things, the missions and functions of California's
public and independent segments of higher education, and their
respective institutions of higher education, in the context of the
goals of the Master Plan for Higher Education in California. Among
other things, the act expresses legislative intent to outline in
statute the broad policy and programmatic goals of the master plan
and to expect the higher education segments to be accountable for
attaining those goals. The act also expresses legislative intent that
the governing boards be given ample discretion in implementing
policies and programs necessary to attain those goals.
This bill would reference the report of the Joint Committee on the
Master Plan for Higher Education in the Donahoe Higher Education
Act. The bill would add to the act a list of the Legislature'
s findings relating to the 21st century needs of the state's system
of higher education. The bill would also add to the act
legislative intent that the master plan review committees be used to
guide higher education policy. The bill would further add to the act
legislative intent to outline in statute clear, concise statewide
goals and outcomes for effective implementation of the master plan,
attuned to the public interest of the people and state.

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