Admissions Bill Friday, September 03, 2021
The legislature has sent to Gov. Newsom (for signature or veto) AB 1215, a bill dealing with admissions following the admissions scandal that affected some UC campuses including UCLA. A summary of the bill is below. It seems likely that the governor will sign the bill - which is technically a "request" to the Regents due to their constitutional autonomy. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1215, as amended, Boerner Horvath. Public postsecondary education: University of California: admissions policy: systemwide protocols.
Existing law establishes the University of California (UC), under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as the one of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. The Donahoe Higher Education Act sets forth the missions and functions of the segments of postsecondary education in this state. Provisions of the act apply to UC only to the extent that the regents act, by appropriate resolution, to make those provisions applicable. A provision of the act expresses the intent of the Legislature that, in determining the standards and criteria for undergraduate and graduate admissions to UC and the California State University, the governing bodies of the segments, among other things, develop processes that strive to be fair and are easily understandable. This bill would request the regents to adopt a policy directing the Office of the President of the University of California to establish systemwide protocols for admissions of students no later than February 1, 2022, to become effective for the fall 2023 admission cycle of the university, beginning August 1, 2022. The protocols adopted under the bill would prohibit consideration of a student applicant’s family or other personal relationship connections to university staff or faculty in any decision related to, or resulting in, that student’s admission to the UC system and communication between any person employed in in, or connected with with, any UC 238
UCLA Faculty Association Blog: 3rd Quarter 2021
