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California 20252026

SB 960

Public postsecondary education: community colleges: statewide baccalaureate degree program.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Publicpostsecondaryeducation, communitycolleges, statewidebaccalaureatedegreeprogram
Introduced / first action
2026-02-03 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law authorizes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, in consultation with the California State University and the University of California, to authorize the establishment of community college district baccalaureate degree programs, as provided. Existing law requires a community college district to identify and document unmet workforce needs in the subject area of the baccalaureate degree to be offered and offer a baccalaureate degree at a campus in a subject area with unmet workforce needs in the local community or region of the district. Existing law prohibits a community college district baccalaureate degree program from offering a baccalaureate degree program or program curricula already offered by the California State University or the University of California. Beginning January 1, 2028, this bill would specify that a community college district identify and document unmet current or projected future workforce needs and offer a baccalaureate degree at a campus in a subject area with unmet current or projected workforce needs. The bill would instead prohibit a community college district from offering a baccalaureate degree program or program curricula already offered by the University of California, or a campus of the California State University whose local service area includes, or overlaps with, the territory of the community college district, except as provided. The bill would require a community college district's eligibility to offer a baccalaureate degree program to be determined based on a tiered framework using the community college district's rate of students who earned an award or transferred, as specified. Before submitting an application for a baccalaureate degree program, the bill would encourage a community college district to obtain a determination of unmet current or projected future workforce need for a specific baccalaureate degree program from the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, as provided. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 78042 of the Education Code proposed by AB 2694 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2694 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would make the operation of its provisions contingent upon the enactment of AB 2694 of the 2025–26 Regular Session.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  2. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 5.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  3. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

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  5. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. Read third time and amended.

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  7. Joint Rule 61(b)(16) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 0. Page 6413.)

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 1.) (August 13).

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  10. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  11. August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  12. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 23).

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  14. Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

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  15. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  16. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4312.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  17. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  18. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4259.) (May 14).

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  19. Set for hearing May 14.

  20. May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  21. Set for hearing May 4.

  22. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  23. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3898.) (April 15).

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  24. Set for hearing April 15.

  25. Referred to Com. on ED.

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  26. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.

  27. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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