Ed. Code, § 66015.12 · Article 3. General Provisions
Ed. Code, § 66015.12
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the California State University (CSU) assess and report the general education written communication and mathematics and quantitative reasoning placement levels of all first-time freshmen. On or before April 1 of each year, the CSU shall submit to the Legislature a report by each campus in the system that includes all of the following information:
(1) The total number of regularly admitted and specially admitted first-time freshmen.
(2) The number and proportion of regularly admitted and specially admitted first-time freshmen who fall into each of the university’s four levels of placement for general education written communication and mathematics and quantitative reasoning. For purposes of this paragraph, the university shall disaggregate this number into the following two general education categories:
(A) Written communication.
(B) Mathematics and quantitative reasoning.
(3) The number and proportion of regularly admitted and specially admitted first-time freshmen in each level who meet the general education requirement for each category identified in paragraph (2) as follows:
(A) Before the fall term of the academic year.
(B) At the end of the fall term of the academic year.
(C) At the end of the spring term of the academic year.
(D) At the end of the fall term of the second academic year.
(4) (A) An analysis of the university’s three factors that go into the multiple measures assessment of placement of freshmen into a specified level, and how predictive each of those factors is for student success indicators.
(B) For purposes of this section:
(i) The university’s three factors that go into the multiple measures assessment of the placement of freshmen are: (I) course taking, (II) grade point average, and (III) test taking.
(ii) “Student success indicators” are all of the following: (I) persistence into the fall term of the second academic year at the CSU, (II) the number of units completed at the CSU in the first academic year, and (III) grade point average at the CSU in the first academic year.
(5) An analysis of any equity gaps by income, race, or ethnicity within and across the university’s four levels of placement for general education written communication and mathematics and quantitative reasoning, and the university’s plan to address any such gaps.
(b) The report required by this section shall comply with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 564, Sec. 1. (AB 914) Effective January 1, 2022.
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