Section 66205.5 Of Chapter 4. Admissions From California Education Code >> Division 5. >> Title 3. >> Part 40. >> Chapter 4.
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, inclusive. 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.
(e) Develop guidelines for high school computer science courses
that may be approved for the purposes of recognition for admission,
as provided in subdivision (a). For computer science courses
determined to satisfy mathematics subject area requirements, the
University of California is encouraged to ensure that these courses
build upon fundamental mathematics content provided in courses that
satisfy the requirements of subdivision (f).
(f) It is the intent of the Legislature that the academic
standards for a high school course, adopted pursuant to and for
purposes outlined in subdivision (a), are aligned with the standards
developed pursuant to Section 60605.8 of the Education Code.