(a) (1) The Regents of the University of California are requested to, and the Trustees of the California State University shall, require each campus in their respective systems to grant students the right to reenroll in their baccalaureate degree program after withdrawing or stopping out, if the student was in good academic standing with the university.

(2) The student may be required to pay any outstanding tuition and fees to be eligible for reenrollment under this section.

(3) Nothing shall preclude the California State University and the University of California from adopting policies requiring a student to submit transcripts and proof of good academic standing if the student enrolled at another college or university after leaving the respective campus.

(b) For purposes of calculating the student’s real graduation time under a graduation initiative, the California State University and the University of California may omit the semesters or years in which the student was not enrolled in any classes from the student’s time to graduation.

(c) The California State University and the University of California are encouraged to begin outreach programs to students who left campus without completing their baccalaureate degree program, beginning with students closest to graduation.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 323, Sec. 1. (AB 1796) Effective January 1, 2023.)