BILL NUMBER: AB 2681	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member O'Donnell
    (   Principal coauthor:   Assembly Member
  Holden   ) 
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Olsen   ) 

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add and repeal Section 76004.5 of the Education Code,
relating to public  education, and making an appropriation
therefor.   education. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2681, as amended, O'Donnell. Public education: California
College Promise Grant Program.
   Existing law authorizes the governing board of a community college
district to enter into a College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP)
partnership with the governing board of a school district with the
goal of developing seamless pathways from high school to community
college for career technical education or preparation for transfer,
improving high school graduation rates, or helping high school pupils
achieve college and career readiness. Existing law requires the
partnership agreement to outline the terms of the partnership, as
specified, and to establish protocols for information sharing, joint
facilities use, and parental consent for high school pupils to enroll
in community college courses. These provisions are repealed on
January 1, 2022.
   This bill would establish the California College Promise Grant
Program, until January 1, 2022, to be administered by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges,    subject to an
appropriation in the annual Budget Act for this purpose,  to
provide planning grants to eligible school districts and community
college districts to establish CCAP partnerships. The bill would
authorize the Superintendent and the chancellor to establish the
grant application process and the criteria for determining the amount
of each grant. The bill would set the maximum grant amount under
this program at $25,000. 
   The bill would appropriate $1,000,000 from the General Fund to the
Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation, without regard
to fiscal years, for purposes of this program. Funds appropriated by
this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements
for school districts and community college districts imposed by
Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, as
specified. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation:  yes   no
 . Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 76004.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   76004.5.  (a) The California College Promise Grant Program is
hereby established to provide planning grants to school districts and
community college districts to establish a College and Career Access
Pathways (CCAP) partnership pursuant to Section 76004.  A
  Subject to an appropriation in the annual Budget Act
for this purpose, a  grant may be awarded under this section to
a school district or community college district that has met the
requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 76004 and that has
certified its intention to establish a CCAP partnership no later than
the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the grant is
received. A grant awarded under this section may be used to cover
costs incurred pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 76004 and to
inform parents and students about opportunities that are available
through the CCAP partnership.
   (b) The grant program established by this section shall be
administered by the Superintendent and the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges. The Superintendent and the chancellor
shall establish the grant application process and the criteria for
determining the amount of each grant. The maximum amount of a grant
awarded under this section shall be twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000) per CCAP partnership.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2022, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2022, deletes or extends
that date. 
  SEC. 2.    (a) The sum of one million dollars
($1,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the
Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation, without regard
to fiscal years, for purposes of Section 76004.5 of the Education
Code.
   (b) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8
of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the funds appropriated
pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be "General Fund
revenues appropriated for school districts and community college
districts, respectively," as defined in subdivision (f) of Section
41202 of the Education Code, for the fiscal year in which they are
expended, and included within the "  t]otal allocations to school
districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds
of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B," as defined in
subdivision (e) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, for the
fiscal year in which they are expended.