Report 2016-122 Recommendation Responses

Report 2016-122: California State University: Stronger Oversight Is Needed for Hiring and Compensating Management Personnel and for Monitoring Campus Budgets (Release Date: April 2017)

Recommendation for Legislative Action

To improve its budget oversight of CSU, the Legislature should require CSU to submit an annual report that provides information on specific activities that CSU engaged in during the previous year to meet the State's goals for student success.

Description of Legislative Action

As of April 20, 2022, the Legislature has not taken action in the 2021-22 Legislative Session to address this specific recommendation.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken


Description of Legislative Action

As of April 20, 2021, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken


Description of Legislative Action

As of April 20, 2020, the Legislature has not taken action to address this specific recommendation.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken


Description of Legislative Action

The Legislature has not taken any recent action to address this specific recommendation.

SB 1351 (Hernandez), was introduced during the 2017-18 legislative session and would have required on or before July 1, 2019, and every year thereafter, the CSU Chancellor's Office to submit a report to both houses of the Legislature and the appropriate fiscal and policy committees that provide information relating to specific activities that the university engaged in during the previous year to meet the State's goals for student success, among other things. This bill died in the Senate Education Committee.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: No Action Taken


Description of Legislative Action

Senate Bill 1351 (Hernandez) would require on or before July 1, 2019, and every year thereafter, the CSU Chancellor's Office to submit a report to both houses of the Legislature and the appropriate fiscal and policy committees that provides information relating to specific activities that the university engaged in during the previous year to meet the State's goals for student success, among other things.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Legislation Introduced


All Recommendations in 2016-122