LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 1901, as introduced, 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 of the higher education segments be given ample
discretion in implementing policies and programs necessary to attain
those goals.
This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to address the goals of the Master Plan for Higher
Education.