Bill Text: CA AB235 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 235 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: California Student Success Coach Grant Program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Failed) 2022-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB235 Detail]

Download: California-2021-AB235-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 235

Introduced by Assembly Member Gipson
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Kalra and Santiago)
(Coauthor: Senator Bradford)

January 12, 2021

An act to add Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 49650) to Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, relating to pupils.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 235, as introduced, Gipson. California Student Success Coach Grant Program.

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to give diligent care to the health and physical development of pupils and authorizes the governing board of a school district to employ properly certified persons for the work. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to provide a comprehensive educational counseling program for all pupils enrolled in the school district.

This bill would establish the California Student Success Coach Grant Program to award competitive grants to local- and state-operated AmeriCorps programs to support and expand the presence of student success coaches, as defined, in high-need schools, as defined. The bill would make implementation of the grant program contingent on an appropriation being made for its purposes by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 49650) is added to Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code, to read:

CHAPTER 10.5. California Student Success Coach Grant Program

49650.

(a) The California Student Success Coach Grant Program is hereby established.

(b) Program grants shall be made on a competitive basis to local- and state-operated AmeriCorps programs to support and expand the presence of student success coaches in high-need schools.

(c) The implementation of the grant program is contingent on an appropriation being made for its purposes by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another statute.

(d) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply:

(1) “High-need school” means a school of a school district or county office of education maintaining kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, with 30 percent or more of students from families with incomes below the federal poverty line.

(2) “Student success coach” means an AmeriCorps member who serves full time with a team of other AmeriCorps members and collaborates with teachers to provide students with evidence-based academic, social, and emotional supports that prepare students for postsecondary and workforce success. A student success coach shall provide students with near-peer support, helping to establish positive developmental relationships and providing integrated social, emotional, and academic supports. A student success coach shall also provide supplemental classroom support to educators, allowing increased personalized learning and individualized support for students’ social, emotional, and academic development.