2005 California Education Code Sections 66201-66207 CHAPTER 4. ADMISSIONS

66201.  It is the intent of the Legislature that each resident of
California who has the capacity and motivation to benefit from higher
education should have the opportunity to enroll in an institution of
higher education.  Once enrolled, each individual should have the
opportunity to continue as long and as far as his or her capacity and
motivation, as indicated by academic performance and commitment to
educational advancement, will lead him or her to meet academic
standards and institutional requirements.
   The Legislature hereby reaffirms the commitment of the State of
California to provide an appropriate place in California public
higher education for every student who is willing and able to benefit
from attendance.
66201.5.  It is the intent of the Legislature that both the
University of California and the California State University shall
seek to maintain an undergraduate student population composed of a
ratio of lower division to upper division students of 40 to 60
percent.  Consistent with Section 66201, it is the intent of the
Legislature that the University of California and the California
State University reach and maintain this goal by instituting programs
and policies that seek to increase the number of transfer students
rather than by denying places to eligible freshmen applicants.
66201.7.  The Regents of the University of California are requested
to, and the Trustees of the California State University shall,
require each campus in their respective systems to develop a process
through which a student admitted to full-time undergraduate status
may apply to defer his or her enrollment for up to one academic year.
  The decision as to whether to grant the deferral of the enrollment
may be made, at the discretion of the affected university, on a
case-by-case basis.
66202.  (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the following
categories be followed, insofar as practicable in the following
numerical order, for the purpose of enrollment planning and admission
priority practice at the undergraduate resident student level for
the California State University and the University of California:
   (1) Continuing undergraduate students in good standing.
   (2) California Community College transfer students who have
successfully concluded a course of study in an approved transfer
agreement program.
   (3) Other California Community College students who have met all
of the requirements for transfer.
   As stated in legislative findings, the transfer function plays a
key role in meeting the state's goals of educational equity.
Therefore, the Board of Regents of the University of California and
the Board of Trustees of the California State University shall
declare as policy for this paragraph and paragraph (2) of this
subdivision that students who are eligible to transfer and who are
from historically underrepresented groups or economically
disadvantaged families shall be given preference, to the fullest
extent possible under state and federal law, statutes, and
regulations, in transfer admissions decisions, and shall design
policies in conformity with state and federal statutes and
regulations intended to facilitate their success in achieving
transfer.
   (4) Other qualified transfer students.
   (5) California residents entering at the freshman or sophomore
levels.
   (b) It is further the intent of the Legislature that within each
of the preceding enrollment categories, the following groups of
applicants receive priority consideration in admissions practice in
the following order:
   (1) Residents of California who are recently released veterans of
the armed forces of the United States.
   (2) Transfers from California public community colleges.
   (3) Applicants who have been previously enrolled at the campus to
which they are applying, provided they left this institution in good
standing.
   (4) Applicants who have a degree or credential objective that is
not generally offered at other public institutions of higher learning
within California.
   (5) Applicants for whom the distance involved in attending another
institution would create financial or other hardships.
   (c) It is further the intent of the Legislature that those
veterans referred to in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) who were
enrolled in good standing at a campus of the University of California
or at one of the California State Universities prior to military
service receive priority over other veterans recently released from
military service.
66202.5.  The State of California reaffirms its historic commitment
to ensure adequate resources to support enrollment growth, within the
systemwide academic and individual campus plans to accommodate
eligible California freshmen applicants and eligible California
Community College transfer students, as specified in Sections 66202
and 66730.
   The University of California and the California State University
are expected to plan that adequate spaces are available to
accommodate all California resident students who are eligible and
likely to apply to attend an appropriate place within the system.
The State of California likewise reaffirms its historic commitment to
ensure that resources are provided to make this expansion possible,
and shall commit resources to ensure that students from enrollment
categories designated in subdivision (a) of Section 66202 are
accommodated in a place within the system.  In addition, transfer
students from paragraphs (2) and (3) of subdivision (a) of Section
66202, shall be accommodated at the campus or major of choice
specified in the redirection agreement, the approved transfer program
or written agreements, unless these majors have been declared
"impacted."  For impacted majors, students shall be given the
opportunity to have access to the major when spaces become available,
and new freshmen shall be admitted to the major in a controlled
manner to ensure that all transfer students described in paragraph
(2) of subdivision (a) of Section 66202 have an equitable chance of
being accommodated.  It is the intent of the Legislature to fund
programs designed to accomplish the purposes of this subdivision
through appropriations made in the Budget Act to the public
institutions of higher education, and the annual Budget shall contain
appropriations necessary to accommodate all students from all of the
categories designated in subdivision (a) of Section 66202.
   The segments may, in implementing these enrollment plans and
admissions practice priorities, consider the overall needs of
students in maintaining a balanced program and a quality curriculum,
and are expected to consider the state's goals of educational equity
and racial and ethnic diversity of students and faculty in the
planning and management of their admissions practices.  It is further
the intent of the Legislature that campus enrollment planning
processes provide for the equitable treatment of the following:  (1)
all eligible entering freshmen; (2) continuing students in good
standing; and (3) eligible community college transfer students with
regard to accommodation in majors.
66203.  The California State University and the University of
California shall keep a record of the applicants denied admission and
develop and utilize an information collection system which indicates
the number of qualified applicants who could not be accommodated at
their campus of first choice and were redirected to campuses of
alternate choice and the number of qualified redirected applicants
who declined an offer of admission to an alternate campus.
66204.  (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall assist
all school districts to ensure that all public high school pupils
have access to a core curriculum that meets the admission
requirements of the University of California and the California State
University.  The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall  advise
school districts that maintain high schools about the importance of
making readily available to each high school pupil the current list
of courses offered by the school attended by that pupil that are
certified by the University of California as meeting admissions
requirements.  It is the intent of the Legislature that each public
high school shall provide the full precollegiate program, provide
adequate course sections in precollegiate programs to accommodate all
its pupils, and regularly counsel pupils to enter those programs and
courses.  There shall be no policy or practice in any public
elementary or secondary school of directing, especially for cultural
or linguistic reasons, any pupil in kindergarten or any of the grades
1 to 12, inclusive, away from choosing programs that prepare that
pupil academically for college.
   (b) The University of California is requested to assist each
school district that maintains a high school in order to ensure all
of the following:
   (1) School districts understand the process by which courses are
submitted to the University of California to be reviewed and
certified as meeting admission requirement criteria.
   (2) School districts have an internal process for developing
courses and submitting courses for review and certification by the
University of California in order to meet admission requirement
criteria.
   (3) School districts maintain accurate lists of courses that are
currently offered by the high schools and are certified by the
University of California as meeting admission requirement criteria.
   (4) Updated lists described in paragraph (3) are readily made
available by the school districts to each high school pupil and a
copy of that list is annually provided to each high school pupil.
   (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the public and
independent institutions of higher education participate in programs
that assist those in elementary and secondary education in meeting
their responsibilities in preparing students for college.
66205.  (a) In determining the standards and criteria for
undergraduate and graduate admissions to the University of California
and the California State University, it is the intent of the
Legislature that the governing boards do all of the following:
   (1) Develop processes which strive to be fair and are easily
understandable.
   (2) Consider the use of criteria and procedures that allow
students to enroll who are otherwise fully eligible and admissible
but who have course deficiencies due to circumstances beyond their
control, and, when appropriate, provide that the admission requires
the student to make up the deficiency.
   (3) Consult broadly with California's diverse ethnic and cultural
communities.
   (b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the University of
California and the California State University, pursuant to Section
66201.5, seek to enroll a student body that meets high academic
standards and reflects the cultural, racial, geographic, economic,
and social diversity of California.
66205.5.  The California State University shall, and the University
of California is requested to, do all of the following:
   (a) Establish a model uniform set of academic standards for high
school courses, including career technical courses pursuant to
subdivision (i) of Section 51220, for the purposes of recognition for
admission to the California State University and to the University
of California, respectively.  In developing the model academic
standards, the faculty of the postsecondary segments may work in
consultation with administrators and faculty from schools maintaining
any of grades kindergarten through 12.  Participating schools that
maintain any of grades kindergarten through 12 shall consult with an
advisory group that shall include, but need not be limited to,
representatives from all of the following:
   (1) The University of California and the California State
University.
   (2) Business and industry, related to career technical programs in
any of grades kindergarten through 12, inclusive.
   (3) Classroom teachers in career technical education.
   (4) School administrators.
   (5) Parents.
   (b) Develop and implement a speedy process whereby high schools
may obtain approval of their courses to satisfy specified admissions
requirements of the California State University and the University of
California, respectively, by January 1, 2006.  The approval process
shall, by August 1 of each school year, notify applying schools
whether the application for approval has been approved or denied.
   (c) Develop a simple procedure to evaluate a career technical
education course submitted by a high school that identifies it as a
duplicate of a course offered by another high school that is approved
by and satisfies the admissions criteria of the California State
University or the University of California.  The procedure shall
ensure that a duplicated course shall be approved as satisfying the
admissions criteria of the California State University or the
University of California, respectively, to the same extent as the
original course if the review determines that the course successfully
duplicates the content and requirements of the original course.  If
a course is not approved as a duplicate, the California State
University or the University of California shall inform the applicant
high school of the reasons why the course was not approved and shall
provide the applicant with a specific list of requirements that the
course must meet in order to be approved as a duplicate.  In the
event an applicant high school, whose course was not approved as a
duplicate, revises the course and resubmits its application, the
California State University or the University of California shall
respond as expeditiously as possible so that if the course meets the
necessary requirements for approval it may be offered in the next
fall term.
   (d) Take into consideration any previous work completed or
policies adopted regarding matters related to subdivisions (a) to
(c), inclusive, by the California State University or the University
of California, respectively.
66207.  The Regents of the University of California are requested
to, and the Trustees of the California State  University shall, upon
the request of an applicant for admission, disclose information
regarding the methodology used to adjust an applicant's grade point
average.