Bill Text: CA SB173 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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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-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 173	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 8, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Liu

                        FEBRUARY 5, 2013

   An act to amend Sections 41976 and 84757 of  , and to add
Sections 33315 and 76382 to,  the Education Code, relating to
education funding.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 173, as amended, Liu. Education funding: adult health and
safety education. 
    Existing 
    (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  
   This bill would require the department, in conjunction with the
Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to
coordinate and issue assessment policy guidelines regarding
assessments to be used by school districts and community college
districts for purposes of placement in adult education courses
offered by those districts. The bill would also require the
department and the chancellor's office to jointly establish and
implement a comprehensive performance accountability system for adult
education courses offered by school districts and community college
districts in accordance with prescribed requirements. 
    (2)     Existing  law authorizes
specified classes and courses to be offered by school districts and
county  superintendent   superintendents 
of schools for  apportionment  purposes  of
apportionments  from the adult education fund  ,
including, but not limited to, classes and courses for adult programs
in health and safety education  .
   This bill would  remove   delete  the
 existing  authorization for adult programs in 
parenting, home economics, and  health and safety education 
, and adult programs for older adults,  to  be offered
for apportionment purposes   receive apportionments
 from the adult education fund. 
    Existing 
    (3)     Existing  law establishes the
California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board
of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the
segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing
law requires specified noncredit community college courses and
classes to be eligible for program-based funding from the state
 , including, but not limited to, health and safety education
courses and classes  .  Existing law requires community
college districts to charge students a designated enrollment fee,
and authorizes community college districts to charge students
specified fees relating to, among other things, health services,
parking, transportation, student body center buildings and
operations, and physical education courses requiring the use of
nondistrict facilities.   Existing law also prohibits an
adult enrolled in a noncredit course from being req   uired
to pay a fee of any kind for a class in English and citizenship for
foreigners. 
   This bill would  remove   delete the
authorization for  noncredit community college  parenting,
older adults, home economics, and  health and safety education
courses and  classes' eligibility for   classes
to receive  program-based funding from the state.  This bill
would, notwithstanding the prohibition of the fee for classes in
English and citizenship for foreigners, authorize the governing board
of a community college district to charge a fee for adult education
courses, including classes in English and citizenship, until July 1,
2015, in accordance with specified regulations and procedures. 

   (4) The bill would require the Commission on Teacher Credentialing
and the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges to jointly
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, 2014. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   
  SECTION 1.    Section 33315 is added to the Education
Code, to read:
   33315.  (a) The department, in conjunction with the chancellor's
office, shall coordinate and issue assessment policy guidelines
regarding assessments to be used by school districts and community
college districts for purposes of placement in adult education
courses offered pursuant to Sections 41976 and 84757.
   (b) The department and the chancellor's office shall jointly
establish and implement a comprehensive performance accountability
system for adult education courses offered pursuant to Sections 41976
and 84757. The department and the chancellor's office shall develop
guidelines and procedures 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. Performance measures may include receipt of a
secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent, placement in a
postsecondary educational institution, training, and employment. To
the extent possible, these performance measures shall be consistent
with those required and implemented pursuant to the federal Workforce
Investment Act of 1998, Title II, Adult Education and Literacy Act
(Public Law 105-220). All funded programs shall be required to
annually submit demographic and other student-level outcome
information.
   (c) As used in this section:
   (1) "Chancellor's office" means the Office of the Chancellor of
the California Community Colleges.
   (2) "Department" means the State Department of Education. 
   SECTION 1.  SEC. 2.   Section 41976 of
the Education Code is amended to read:
   41976.  (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following classes
and courses are authorized to be offered by school districts and
county superintendents of schools for apportionment purposes from the
adult education fund: 
   (1) Adult programs in parenting, including parent cooperative
preschools, and classes in child growth and development, parent-child
relationships, and parenting.  
   (2) Adult programs in elementary 
    (1)     Elementary  and secondary
basic skills and other courses and classes required for the high
school diploma. Apportionments for these courses and classes may only
be generated by students who do not possess a high school diploma,
except for remedial academic courses or classes in reading,
mathematics, and language arts. 
   (3) Adult education programs in 
    (2)    English as a second language. 
   (4) Adult education programs 
    (3)     Classes and courses  for
immigrants eligible for educational services in citizenship, English
as a second language, and workforce preparation classes in the basic
skills of speaking, listening, reading, writing, mathematics,
decisionmaking and problem solving skills, and other classes required
for preparation to participate in job specific technical training.

   (5) Adult education 
    (4)     Education  programs for adults
with disabilities. 
   (6) Adult short-term 
    (5)     Short-term  career technical
education programs with high employment potential.  Any
reference to "vocational" education or programs in adult education
means "career technical" education or programs in adult education.
 
   (7) Adult programs for older adults.  
   (8) Adult education programs 
    (6)     Programs  for apprentices.

   (9) Adult programs in home economics. 
   (b) State apportionment shall not be made for any course or class
that is not set forth in subdivision (a). 
  SEC. 3.    Section 76382 is added to the Education Code,
to read:
   76382.  Notwithstanding Section 76380, the governing board of a
community college district may charge a fee, pursuant to regulations
adopted by the board of governors, for classes it offers pursuant to
Section 84757, including, but not necessarily limited to, classes in
English and citizenship, until July 1, 2015. Any community college
district that chooses to charge a fee under this section shall report
the amount of the fee, the number of classes, and enrollment in
those classes to the Chancellor's Office of the California Community
Colleges. The chancellor's office shall make the information reported
under this section available to the Legislative Analyst's Office.
The Legislative Analyst's Office shall provide a summary and analysis
of the reported information to the appropriate fiscal and policy
committees of the Legislature by January 1, 2016. 
   SEC. 2.   SEC. 4.   Section 84757 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
   84757.  (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following noncredit
 adult education  courses and classes shall be eligible for
funding: 
   (1) Parenting, including parent cooperative preschools, and
classes in child growth and development and parent-child
relationships.  
   (2) 
    (   1)  Elementary and secondary basic skills
and other courses and classes such as remedial academic courses or
classes in reading, mathematics, and language arts. 
   (3) 
    (   2)  English as a second language. 
   (4) 
    (   3)  Classes and courses for immigrants
eligible for educational services in citizenship, English as a second
language, and work force preparation classes in the basic skills of
speaking, listening, reading, writing, mathematics, decisionmaking
and problem solving skills, and other classes required for
preparation to participate in job-specific technical training.

   (5) 
    (   4)  Education programs for persons with
substantial disabilities. 
   (6) 
    (   5)  Short-term vocational programs with
high employment potential. 
   (7) Education programs for older adults. 
   (8) Education programs for home economics. 
   (b) State apportionment shall not be made for any course or class
that is not set forth in subdivision (a) and for which no credit is
given. 
  SEC. 5.    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, 2014. 

  SEC. 6.    It is the intent of the Legislature that,
beginning in the 2015 -16 fiscal year, base adult education funds and
noncredit adult education funds shall be allocated to providers on
the basis of a combination of enrollment and performance in courses
offered pursuant to Sections 41976 and 84757 of the Education Code.