(a) (1) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act of 2021. (2) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (A) âADTâ means associate degree for transfer. (B) âCommitteeâ means the Associate Degree for Transfer Intersegmental Implementation Committee established in subdivision (b). (C) âFour-year postsecondary educational institutionâ means a campus of the University of California or California State University or an independent institution of higher education defined in subdivision (b) of Section 66010. (D) âSTEMâ means science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. (b) The Associate Degree for Transfer Intersegmental Implementation Committee is hereby established for the following purposes: (1) To serve as the primary entity charged with the oversight of the associate degree for transfer for the sole purpose of strengthening the pathway for students and to ensure it becomes the primary transfer pathway in California between campuses of the California Community Colleges and the University of California, the California State University, and participating independent institutions of higher education defined in subdivision (b) of Section 66010, so that more students can avail themselves of the pathwayâs benefits. The oversight shall include, but is not limited to, all of the following: (A) Ensuring a reduction in the number of excess units accumulated by California Community College students before transferring to four-year postsecondary educational institutions. (B) Eliminating repetition of courses at four-year postsecondary educational institutions taken by California Community College students who successfully transfer into four-year postsecondary educational institutions. (C) Increasing the number of California Community College students who transfer into a four-year postsecondary educational institution through an ADT pathway. (2) To enhance coordination and communication between four-year postsecondary educational institutions and the California Community Colleges by providing a venue by which they can regularly meet and address issues that are impeding the purpose described in paragraph (1). (3) To provide the Legislature and the Governor with recommendations to support the purpose described in paragraph (1). (c) Meetings of the committee are subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act established under Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (d) (1) The committee shall be convened by a third-party planning facilitator. The third-party planning facilitator shall perform all of the following duties: (A) Provide facilitation and staff support to the committee. (B) Develop written reports of the committeeâs recommendations and progress pursuant to subdivisions (g) and (h). (C) Facilitate advisory groups as needed to support the committeeâs goals. (2) For purposes of paragraph (1), the Office of Planning and Research may enter into an exclusive or nonexclusive contract with a third-party planning facilitator on a bid or negotiated basis. A contract entered into or amended pursuant to this paragraph shall be exempt from Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 14825) of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, Section 19130 of the Government Code, Part 2 (commencing with Section 10100) of Division 2 of the Public Contract Code, and from the review or approval of any division of the Department of General Services. (3) The Office of Planning and Research shall report to the Department of Finance and relevant subcommittees of the Legislature on a contract awarded pursuant to paragraph (2) within 30 days of awarding the contract. The report shall include information on funding amounts provided to the contractor. (e) (1) The membership of the committee shall reflect its intersegmental function by including a cross-section of the stakeholders who will b
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