(a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the following:

(1) That the California State University Early Start Program was adopted pursuant to Executive Order No. 1048 at the May 2010 meeting of the Trustees of the California State University (CSU) with the stated goal of facilitating a student’s graduation through changes in policies on fulfilling entry-level proficiencies in mathematics and English.

(2) That the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University issued Executive Order No. 1110 in August 2017, which makes significant changes to the California State University’s assessment and placement policies and remediation-related strategies in mathematics and English, including the California State University Early Start Program.

(b) On January 1, 2014, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, in consultation with CSU, shall submit a report to the Legislature detailing the impact of the CSU Early Start Program on student mathematics and English proficiency. The report to the Legislature required by this subdivision shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following:

(1) Information on how the CSU Early Start Program increases successful remediation rates as compared to the remediation rates that existed in the 2010–11 academic year.

(2) Information on how the CSU Early Start Program expedites the student remediation process, or otherwise reduces the length of time that students spend on remediation.

(3) Demographic information on participants in the CSU Early Start Program, including information relating to race or ethnicity, eligibility for financial aid, geographic origins, and other pertinent data.

(4) The number of enrollees in the CSU Early Start Program, counted statewide and by campus, including the number who eventually earned credit from the program.

(5) As observed one year after participating in the CSU Early Start Program, counted statewide and by campus, how many enrollees became proficient, how many enrollees did not remediate successfully, and how many enrollees were disenrolled from CSU.

(c) By December 1, 2021, the Legislative Analyst’s Office shall submit a report to the Legislature detailing the impact of policy changes required pursuant to California State University Executive Order No. 1110, including changes in the proportion and number of incoming freshmen who have been identified as in need of remediation, and the proportion and number who have persisted at the university past their freshman year, and the proportion and number who have graduated from the university.

(d) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2021, and, as of January 1, 2022, is repealed.

(Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 99. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020. Inoperative July 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2022, by its own provisions.)