CA AB506

Requires California State University to collaborate with the Academic Senate, California Community Colleges, and ethnic studies faculty councils to develop a process by December 31, 2024, for approving community college ethnic studies courses to meet CSU graduation requirements.

Mandates that the California State University Council on Ethnic Studies make final decisions on whether community college courses satisfy CSU Area F general education requirements for ethnic studies.

Suspends the review of proposed community college ethnic studies courses scheduled for December 2023 until the new approval process is developed.

Community college ethnic studies courses approved as of December 1, 2023, will no longer satisfy CSU ethnic studies requirements after August 1, 2025, unless reapproved under the new process.

Protects students who complete an approved community college ethnic studies course before August 1, 2025, from being required to take an additional course to meet CSU ethnic studies graduation requirements.