Chapter 3.6California Summer Science and Technology Academy

Section § 8630

Explanation

This law aims to enhance educational experiences in math, science, and technology for all students, with a focus on increasing participation among females and minorities. It seeks to improve student performance in national competitions and offers talented students the chance to join summer research programs with university faculty.

It is the intent of the Legislature, pursuant to this chapter, to do all of the following:
(a)CA Education Code § 8630(a) Support the educational experiences of all pupils, and to assist them to excel, in the fields of mathematics, science, and technology, especially with regard to females and minority members, who have traditionally been underrepresented in those fields.
(b)CA Education Code § 8630(b) Encourage and improve upon the performance of California pupils in national competitions in mathematics, science, and technology.
(c)CA Education Code § 8630(c) Provide opportunities for capable pupils to participate in summer honors research programs with research faculty at the University of California and other institutions of higher education.
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(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1443, Sec. 1.)

Section § 8631

Explanation

The California Summer Science and Technology Academy is a program aimed at high-achieving high school students, especially girls and minority students, in math, science, and technology. It partners these students with university researchers to work on educational research projects. The goal is to enhance their high school learning, prepare them for university science and math courses, and boost their participation in academic competitions.

The California Summer Science and Technology Academy is hereby established. The academy shall be a statewide program that shall be developed and operated to identify public high school pupils with high academic potential in mathematics, science, and technology, with an emphasis on females and minority members, to participate in university-based research programs. Special consideration shall be given to recruiting pupils who are participants in the Mathematics, Engineering, and Science Achievement program described in Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 8600). The pupils, in cooperation with teachers from sponsoring high schools, shall work directly with university research faculty to undertake and complete research purposes that are educationally significant and scientifically manageable. The objective of the research, for the purposes of this chapter, is to enhance the instruction in mathematics, science, and technology that is otherwise provided to the participating pupils in high school, to better prepare those pupils for coursework in those subject areas at the university level, and to provide research data to enhance the participation of those pupils in statewide, national, and international competitions in those subject areas.
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(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1443, Sec. 1.)

Section § 8633

Explanation

This law says that the rules in this chapter don't automatically apply to the University of California. For them to apply, the Regents of the University of California have to officially decide to adopt them.

No provision of this chapter shall apply to the University of California unless the Regents of the University of California, by resolution, make that provision applicable.
University of California Regents resolution application of provisions exemption official decision adoption governing body chapter rules non-applicability
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1443, Sec. 1.)