SB 18-069

Senate Bill 18-069, now signed into law, ensures that students transferring from a community college with an associate degree covered by a statewide transfer agreement can enter a four-year university as juniors without having to complete extra general education courses. Universities can still require additional major-specific classes if it doesn’t increase the total number of credits or time needed for graduation compared to students who started at the four-year institution from day one. If universities do add extra requirements, they must cover the cost of those additional courses. This bill benefits transfer students by making their path to a bachelor’s degree more straightforward and financially manageable.

Official Summary

If an institution of higher education admits as a junior a transfer student who holds an associate of arts degree, associate of applied science degree, or an associate of science degree that is the subject of a statewide degree transfer agreement, the institution shall not require the student to complete any additional courses to fulfill general education requirements. The institution may require the student to complete additional courses for the major that are not part of the statewide transfer agreement if doing so does not require the student to take more total credit hours or total time to receive the degree than students who started the degree program at the institution. If the institution requires the student to complete additional courses for the baccalaureate degree other than those authorized in the bill, the institution is responsible for the total cost of tuition for any required credit hours that exceed the total credit hours required for students who started the degree program at the institution or that extend the total time to complete the degree. (Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.) , Read More

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