Bill Text: CA AB1315 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Education: Gateway Centers.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-02-01 - Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution. From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB1315 Detail]
Download: California-2011-AB1315-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1315 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 11, 2011
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 26, 2011
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 31, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Furutani
FEBRUARY 18, 2011
An act to add and repeal Chapter 20 (commencing with Section
11900) of Part 7 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code,
relating to education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1315, as amended, Furutani. Education: Gateway Centers.
Existing law provides that certain agencies and educational
entities are to make various reports or certifications or to submit
information to specified entities or agencies. These reports,
certifications, and submittals encompass numerous areas of the
Education Code.
This bill would create the Gateway Council comprised of the
Superintendent of Public Instruction, the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges, and the Secretary of Labor and
Workforce Development, or their designees.
The bill would require individual create
Gateway Centers that would be operated by local adult
schools and community colleges to leverage multiple
education and workforce investment funding streams and improve the
transition of adult learners into entry-level degree or certificate
training programs that are linked to employment and the reform of the
delivery of adult basic education services in California, as
specified, as well as perform specified functions relating to this
goal. The council would be required to identify state and federal
resources, as well as potential philanthropic support, to fund
Gateway Centers, develop a request for proposal process to fund
projects in different geographic areas of the state, provide project
oversight , and report outcomes of the projects. The
council would have various specific specified
duties including , but not limited to, developing a
request for application to participate process by no
later than April 15, 2012, and funding at least 3 Gateway Center
sites beginning no later than September 1, 2012 ,
contingent upon identification of funding . The bill would
require the council to submit a report to the appropriate policy
and fiscal committees of the Legislature and to the
Governor by January 15, 2016, on the outcomes of ,
and lessons learned from, the Gateway Centers , and
make the report provision inoperative on January 15, 2020 .
This bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2017, unless
a later enacted statute enacted on or before January 1, 2017,
deletes or extends that date.
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. Chapter 20 (commencing with Section 11900) is added to
Part 7 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code, to read:
CHAPTER 20. GATEWAY CENTERS
11900. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
(1) A college degree or industry-recognized vocational certificate
is the principal pathway to personal economic security.
(2) Remedial English and mathematics, including
English-as-a-second-language programs, are the gateway to college and
skills training for many Californians.
(3) A range of basic skills programs are offered by the State
Department of Education and the California Community Colleges, but
historically these programs have not been well connected or
coordinated, and current institutional practices impede the effective
transition of students across systems from basic skills courses into
postsecondary education and training programs.
(4) Basic skills programs serve a diverse group of students,
including recent high school graduates with weak English or math
skills, high school dropouts, and students who need
English-as-a second language
English-as-a-second-language skills.
(5) Many adult learners make no or minimal progress with only an
extremely small percentage attaining a postsecondary certificate or
degree or transferring to a four-year college.
(6) Recent budget cutbacks and changes to categorical program
funding have resulted in decreased funding for basic skills
offerings, necessitating a reexamination of California's basic skills
system and how it meets the needs of all Californians, especially
for low-skilled adult learners and underrepresented students of
color.
(7) As policymakers consider broad, statewide reform, local
service providers are best equipped to develop and identify effective
program models to accelerate student progress, improve program
outcomes, and serve greater numbers of students with limited funding.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature to create Gateway Centers
to improve the transition of adult learners into entry-level degree
or certificate training programs that are linked to employment, as a
building block toward wider reform of the delivery of adult basic
education services in California.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that Gateway Centers serve
as learning laboratories for wider reform of the delivery of adult
basic education services in California by creating innovative service
models that provide seamless transitions across adult education,
postsecondary education, and employment. Gateway Centers should
develop and test models that improve course alignment, accelerate
student progress toward certificate and degree attainment, leverage
resources across basic skills providers, deliver high-quality
curriculum and instruction, provide student support services and
educator professional development, and lead to improved student
education and employment outcomes. These models should build upon and
leverage the curricula and faculty strengths of the department's
adult education programs and the California Community Colleges'
programs to meet the needs of students from low-income and
underserved communities.
11901. (a) The Legislature hereby creates Gateway Centers to
be operated by local adult schools and community colleges to
leverage multiple education and workforce investment funding streams
and improve the transition of adult learners into entry-level degree
or certificate training programs that are linked to employment.
(b) Gateway Centers will serve as learning laboratories for wider
reform of the delivery of adult basic education services in
California by creating innovative service models that provide
seamless transitions across adult education, postsecondary education,
and employment. Gateway Centers would develop and test models that
improve course alignment, accelerate student progress toward
certificate and degree attainment, leverage resources across basic
skills providers, deliver high-quality curriculum and instruction,
provide student support services and educator professional
development, and lead to improved student education and employment
outcomes. These models will build upon and leverage the curricula and
faculty strengths of the department's adult education programs and
the California Community Colleges' programs to meet the needs of
students from low-income and underserved communities.
(c) Gateway Centers shall focus on developing models for improving
the transition of individuals with weak basic skills to
postsecondary education that provides opportunities for employment in
high-demand fields where there is career advancement potential.
Gateway Centers
(b) Gateway Centers shall do all
of the following:
(1) Be jointly designed by local and regional partners including
adult education and community college program providers and other
stakeholders , including business and industry.
(2) Align or redesign regional assessment systems to provide more
consistent and improved diagnostic services to identify needs of
adult students and connect them to learning strategies that prepare
them for success in academic and career technical courses.
(3) Utilize evidence-based instructional practices, such as
contextualized teaching, coursework, that accelerates student
progress toward skill attainment, customized and modularized
instruction, peer group support, and remediation that is provided
while the student is concurrently enrolled in credit-bearing college
work.
(4) Equip learners with the workplace competencies and
college-ready skills to prepare them for certificate and degree
programs.
(5) Provide a range of student support services, such as academic
tutoring, counseling, and financial aid.
(6) Offer professional development opportunities and incentives to
gateway instructors to enhance their pedagogical skills and
instruction practices.
(7)
(2) Report on program outcomes for the purpose of
continuous program improvement and program evaluation.
(8)
(3) Secure matching funds from local workforce
investment boards, community-based organizations, regional industry
partners, and philanthropic or other sources.
(4) Focus on developing models for improving the transition of
individuals with weak basic skills to postsecondary education which
provides opportunities for employment in high-demand fields where
there is career advancement potential, that may include, but not be
limited to, all of the following:
(A) The utilization of evidence-based instructional practices,
such as contextualized teaching, coursework that accelerates student
progress toward skill attainment, customized and modularized
instruction, peer group support, and remediation that is provided
while the student is concurrently enrolled in credit-bearing college
work.
(B) The provision of a range of student support services, such as
academic tutoring, counseling, and financial aid.
(C) The offering of professional development opportunities and
incentives to gateway instructors to enhance their pedagogical skills
and instruction practices.
(d) A
(c) The Gateway Council is
created to identify state and federal resources, as well as potential
philanthropic support, to fund the Gateway Centers, develop a
request for proposal process to fund projects in different geographic
areas of the state, provide project oversight , and
report outcomes. The Gateway Council shall be comprised of the
Superintendent, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges,
and the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development, or their
designees. The Gateway Council shall do all of the following:
(1) Identify funding for Gateway Centers from sources such as, but
not limited to, the federal Workforce Investment Act, the federal
Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, career
technical education funds, community college and adult education
funds, and other grant or philanthropic sources.
(2) Align or redesign regional assessment systems that can be used
by Gateway Centers to provide more consistent and improved
diagnostic services to identify needs of adult students and connect
them to learning strategies that prepare them for success in academic
and career technical courses.
(3) Establish criteria for funding Gateway Centers.
(2)
(4) Develop a request for application to participate in
the Gateway Centers by no later than April 15, 2012
, contingent upon identification of funding .
(3)
(5) Fund a minimum of three Gateway Center sites
beginning no later than September 1, 2012 , contingent upon
identification of funding .
(4)
(6) Prepare a final report or evaluation to the
Legislature as specified in subdivision (e)
(d) .
(e)
(d) The Gateway Council shall submit a final report to
the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the
Legislature and to the Governor by January 15, 2016, on
the outcomes of, and lessons learned from , the
Gateway Centers. Based on these outcomes , and an
analysis of policy and institutional barriers to wider
implementation, the council shall make recommendations to the
Legislature regarding how the State Department of Education and the
California Community Colleges can align institutions and programs
more effectively, increase the quality of instruction, and improve
student outcomes, particularly for underrepresented students of
color.
(f)
(e) This chapter is repealed on January 1, 2017, unless
a later enacted statute enacted on or before January 1, 2017,
deletes or extends that date.
