SB 1440 – Transfer Degrees

SB 1440 establishes the Student Transfer Achievement Reform (STAR) Act. SB 1440 requires a community college district to grant an associate degree for transfer to a student in that student’s field of study once a student has met degree and transfer requirements for a particular major. Upon completion of the transfer associate degree, the student is eligible for transfer with junior standing into the California State University (CSU) system. Students will be given priority consideration when applying to a particular program that is similar to the student’s community college area of emphasis. The bill prohibits a community college district or campus from adding local course requirements in addition to requirements of the STAR Act, and prohibits the CSU from requiring a transferring student to repeat courses similar to those taken at the community college that counted toward their associate degree for transfer.  (SB 1440 Fact Sheet) (SB 1440 Bill Language)

Attached is a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document that responds to questions submitted to date to the SB1440Questions@cccco.edu email address.  The FAQ includes basic information about the content of SB 1440, notes the status of implementation efforts with the CSU, answers some technical questions about the degree-development and implementation processes and identifies some of the outstanding issues that we are working with our CSU partners to resolve.   Please continue to submit questions as they arise in your preparations for implementation and we will update the FAQ on a regular basis.  You can access this document on the Web at www.cccco.edu/1440 along with other documents that will be helpful for your implementation efforts.

If you would like to see the drafts that have been completed (Transfer Model Curriculum Review Area): http://www.c-id.net/degreereview.html

If you would like to participate in the discussion concerning your area, you can sign up for the discipline listservs and receive information to participate in the development and vetting of degrees in your field: http://www.c-id.net/listserv.html

There is a Revised Program Form that was update this month. Here is a link to the forms you will need to apply for the program approval:

http://www.cccco.edu/ChancellorsOffice/Divisions/AcademicAffairs/CreditProgramandCourseApproval/ApplicationsandForms/tabid/431/Default.aspx

**Information provided by the State Chancellors Office