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Measure SB 391
Authors Laird  
Subject Community colleges: Chancellor of the California Community Colleges: data request fee policy.
Relating To relating to community colleges.
Title An act to add Section 71094.5 to the Education Code, relating to community colleges.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-13
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required Majority
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency No
Tax Levy No
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2025-10-13     Approved by the Governor.
2025-10-13     Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 753, Statutes of 2025.
2025-09-09     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-02     Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2407.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-08-28     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 2767.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-08-28     In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-07-17     Read third time and amended.
2025-07-17     Ordered to third reading.
2025-07-03     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-07-02     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 2).
2025-06-26     Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-25     From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 24).
2025-06-05     Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
2025-05-29     In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-05-29     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1326.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-27     Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1198.) (May 23).
2025-05-23     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-16     Set for hearing May 23.
2025-04-21     April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-10     Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-08     Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-07     From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 633.) (April 2).
2025-03-19     Set for hearing April 2.
2025-02-26     Referred to Com. on ED.
2025-02-18     From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2025-02-14     Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-10-13
Enrolled     2025-09-04
Amended Assembly     2025-07-17
Amended Assembly     2025-06-26
Amended Senate     2025-04-08
Introduced     2025-02-14
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								The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges may implement a data request fee policy for researchers applying for access to individually identifiable data, student data, or both.
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								Fees or charges imposed upon an applicant pursuant to this section shall compensate for significant data compilation, extraction, or programming use of the data system by the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to recover costs that would otherwise typically be borne by the requesting data researcher, the chancellor’s office, or both.
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								A state agency, except for fees or charges related to the release of data for research purposes to the University of California, the California State University, or the State Department of Education.
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Last Version Text Digest Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges as one segment of public postsecondary education in the state. Under existing law, the board of governors appoints a chief executive officer, who is known as the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. This bill would authorize the chancellor to implement a data request fee policy for researchers applying for access to individually identifiable data, student data, or both. If a data request fee policy is implemented, the bill would require the policy to be reviewed and approved by the board of governors, revised periodically, made publicly available and posted in a prominent location on the chancellor’s internet website, and comply with applicable federal and state privacy laws, as provided. The bill would prohibit fees or charges from being imposed on a state entity, except as provided, on an undergraduate or graduate student seeking data for the student’s individual studies, or on a community college faculty member seeking data for the faculty member’s individual research.