2007 California Education Code Article 7.7. Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Programs

CA Codes (edc:89267-89267.3)

89267.  It is the intent of the Legislature:
   (a) That, pursuant to funding to be appropriated in the Budget Act
of 2007, the trustees should increase, by at least 340, the number
of full-time equivalent students in baccalaureate degree nursing
programs, beginning in the 2007-08 fiscal year.
   (b) That the trustees provide a report to the Governor and the
Legislature on or before March 15, 2007, on the proposed expenditure
plans to expand nursing programs to enroll an additional 340
full-time equivalent students as a result of the funds appropriated
in the Budget Act of 2007.
   (c) To support the expansion of future baccalaureate degree
nursing enrollment with annual appropriations in the State Budget
Act.
   (d) That the funding for the baccalaureate degree enrollment
expansions referenced in this section be funded within the general
enrollment growth funding that is traditionally provided to the
California State University during the annual state budget process.
   (e) To encourage the university, in providing programs under this
article, to establish partnerships or collaborations with community
colleges to facilitate the education of students in bachelor of the
science of nursing (BSN) or entry-level master's nursing programs.



89267.3.  The California State University may establish priorities
for admission to baccalaureate degree nursing programs, but it shall
not disqualify or prohibit any student who possesses a baccalaureate
or higher degree from enrolling in, and completing, a baccalaureate
degree nursing program on the sole basis of that student's possession
of the degree.