Whereas, The Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act of 2021, AB 928 (Berman, 2022) requires that “a singular lower division general education pathway,” [1] be established to be used by California community college students intending to transfer to either the California State University or the University of California, which replaces the current California State University General Education Breadth (CSU GE-B) and Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) general education patterns effective in the 2025–2026 academic year, and the proposed pathway is to be known as the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (CalGETC);
Whereas, Students enrolled at California community colleges prior to the implementation of the singular lower division general education pathway, proposed to be known as the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (CalGETC), may only be aware of the California State University General Education Breadth (CSU GE-B) and Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC) general education patterns, and therefore have based their expectations for meeting transfer requirements on their knowledge and understanding of CSU GE-B and IGETC requirements; and
Whereas, The California State University and University of California systems are responsible for establishing policies and regulations for admitting students transferring from the California community colleges;
Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges work with the Academic Senate of the California State University and the University of California Academic Senate partners to ensure that students enrolled at California community colleges prior to the implementation of the singular lower division general education pathway, proposed to be known as the California General Education Transfer Curriculum (CalGETC), [2] are provided flexibility of options for meeting lower division general education requirements for transfer so that no otherwise qualified community college transfer student is denied admission to the California State University or the University of California.
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[1] AB 928 (Berman, 2022): https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB928.
[2] Proposed CalGETC Pathway located on the ASCCC website at https://asccc.org/sites/default/files/2022-08/Screen%20Shot%202022-08-09%20at%204.07.52%20PM.png.