Bill Text: CA SB173 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Education funding: adult education.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-25 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 545, Statutes of 2014. [SB173 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB173-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 173 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 545
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 25, 2014
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 28, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 27, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 19, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 12, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 12, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 8, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 5, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 28, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 24, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 8, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Senator Liu
FEBRUARY 5, 2013
An act to add Sections 52524, 78402, and 84757.5 to the Education
Code, relating to education funding.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 173, Liu. Education funding: adult education.
(1) Existing law establishes the State Department of Education,
under the administration of the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
to execute numerous statutes and policies relating to the funding
and governance of public elementary and secondary schools throughout
the state. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school
district maintaining secondary schools to establish and maintain
classes for adults, as specified.
Existing law requires the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges and the State Department of Education, pursuant to funding
made available in the annual Budget Act, to jointly provide 2-year
planning and implementation grants to regional consortia of community
college districts and school districts for the development of
regional plans for adult education. Existing law requires the
chancellor and the department to submit a joint report relating to
this adult education consortium program to the Legislature and the
Governor on or before March 1, 2015.
This bill would require the department, in conjunction with the
Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, as
part of a report that is required under existing law, to jointly
develop and issue assessment policy recommendations regarding
assessments to be used by school districts and community college
districts for purposes of placement in adult education courses
offered by those districts as part of an adult education consortium.
The bill would also require the department and the chancellor's
office, as a part of the report required under the adult education
consortium program, to jointly develop and issue policy
recommendations to the Legislature regarding a comprehensive
accountability system for adult education courses offered by school
districts and community college districts in accordance with
prescribed requirements.
The bill would require the chancellor's office and the department
to coordinate and issue recommendations, including recommendations as
to whether or not fees should be assessed, and fee policy guidelines
to be used by school districts and community college districts
regarding the authority to charge fees for courses offered pursuant
to the adult education consortium program.
The bill would require the chancellor's office, in conjunction
with the department, to annually report on the number and types of
courses being taught and the number of students being served with
funding provided to the adult education consortia.
The bill would require the chancellor's office to annually report
on the number and types of noncredit courses being taught and the
number of students being served with funding provided to the
community colleges for noncredit courses offered pursuant to a
specified statute. The bill would require the chancellor's office to
identify any deficits in course offerings based upon levels, types,
and needs for adult education programs identified in adult education
consortium plans.
(2) The bill would require the Commission on Teacher Credentialing
and the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges to jointly
develop and submit recommendations to specified policy and fiscal
committees of the Legislature for modifying or establishing
reciprocity standards for instructors of adult education courses by
July 1, 2016.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 52524 is added to the Education Code, to read:
52524. (a) The department, in conjunction with the chancellor's
office, as part of the report and recommendations required pursuant
to paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 84830, shall jointly
develop and issue assessment policy recommendations regarding
assessments to be used by school districts and community college
districts for purposes of placement in adult education courses
offered pursuant to Section 84830.
(b) The department and the chancellor's office, as a part of the
report and recommendations required pursuant to paragraph (1) of
subdivision (f) of Section 84830, shall jointly develop and issue
policy recommendations to the Legislature regarding a comprehensive
accountability system for adult education courses offered pursuant to
Sections 41976 and 84757. The department and the chancellor's office
shall develop recommendations for all adult education-funded
providers for assessment, evaluation, and data collection to document
participant outcomes and placement, and other measures they deem
appropriate. Accountability measures may include receipt of a
secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent, placement in a
postsecondary educational institution, training, and employment. All
funded programs shall be required to annually submit demographic and
other student-level outcome information to the department or the
chancellor's office, as appropriate.
(c) The department, in conjunction with the chancellor's office,
and as a part of the report and recommendations required pursuant to
paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 84830, shall coordinate
and issue both of the following:
(1) Recommendations, including recommendations as to whether or
not fees should be assessed, and fee policy guidelines to be used by
school districts and community college districts regarding the
authority to charge fees for courses offered pursuant to Section
84830. With respect to these recommendations and guidelines, it is
the intent of the Legislature that:
(A) Registration and course fees should be equivalent across all
programs.
(B) Fees should not generate income beyond the cost of providing
the courses.
(C) Fees should not create a barrier to student access to adult
education programs.
(2) Recommendations and policy guidelines regarding the use of a
single student identifier to be used by school districts and
community college districts for purposes of developing a
comprehensive accountability system pursuant to the requirements of
Section 84830.
(d) As used in this section, "chancellor's office" means the
Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
SEC. 2. Section 78402 is added to the Education Code, to read:
78402. (a) The chancellor's office, in conjunction with the
department, as part of the report and recommendations required
pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 84830, shall
jointly develop and issue assessment policy recommendations regarding
assessments to be used by school districts and community college
districts for purposes of placement in adult education courses
offered pursuant to Section 84830 and paragraphs (2) to (6),
inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 84757.
(b) The department and the chancellor's office, as a part of the
report and recommendations required pursuant to paragraph (1) of
subdivision (f) of Section 84830, shall jointly develop and issue
policy recommendations to the Legislature regarding a comprehensive
accountability system for adult education courses offered pursuant to
Section 84830 and paragraphs (2) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision
(a) of Section 84757. The department and the chancellor's office
shall develop recommendations for all adult education-funded
providers for assessment, evaluation, and data collection to document
participant outcomes and placement, and other performance measures
they deem appropriate. Accountability measures may include receipt of
a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent, placement
in a postsecondary educational institution, training, and employment.
All funded programs shall be required to annually submit demographic
and other student-level outcome information to the department or the
chancellor's office, as appropriate.
(c) The chancellor's office, in conjunction with the department,
and as a part of the report and recommendations required pursuant to
paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 84830, shall coordinate
and issue both of the following:
(1) Recommendations, including recommendations as to whether or
not fees should be assessed, and fee policy guidelines to be used by
school districts and community college districts regarding the
authority to charge fees for courses offered pursuant to Section
84830. With respect to these recommendations and guidelines, it is
the intent of the Legislature that:
(A) Registration and course fees should be equivalent across all
programs.
(B) Fees should not generate income beyond the cost of providing
the courses.
(C) Fees should not create a barrier to student access to adult
education programs.
(2) Recommendations and policy guidelines regarding the use of a
single student identifier to be used by school districts and
community college districts for purposes of developing a
comprehensive accountability system pursuant to the requirements of
Section 84830.
(d) As used in this section, "department" means the State
Department of Education.
SEC. 3. Section 84757.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:
84757.5. (a) The chancellor's office, in conjunction with the
department, shall annually report on the number and types of courses
being taught and the number of students being served with funding
provided to the regional consortia established pursuant to Section
84830. The chancellor's office shall annually report on the number
and types of noncredit courses being taught and the number of
students being served with funding provided to the community colleges
for the courses offered pursuant to Section 84757.
(b) The chancellor's office shall identify any deficits in course
offerings based upon levels, types, and needs for adult education
programs identified in the consortia plans submitted as required
under subdivision (c) of Section 84830.
SEC. 4. The Commission on Teacher Credentialing and the Academic
Senate for California Community Colleges shall meet to review their
current requirements for noncredit adult education and adult
education instructors, and shall develop and submit recommendations
to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature
for modifying or establishing reciprocity standards for instructors
of adult education courses by July 1, 2016.
SEC. 5. It is the intent of the Legislature to evaluate the
guidelines for the accountability system established pursuant to
Sections 52524 and 78402 of the Education Code.
