Bill Text: CA AB413 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Education: at-promise youth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-12 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 800, Statutes of 2019. [AB413 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB413-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
August 12, 2019 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 01, 2019 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Jones-Sawyer (Coauthors: Assembly Members Santiago, Smith, Weber, and Kalra) (Coauthor: Senator Bradford) |
February 07, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 96 is added to the Education Code, to read:96.
“At-promise” has the same meaning as “at-risk,” as that term is generallySEC. 2.
Section 234.1 of the Education Code is amended to read:234.1.
The department, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 64001, shall monitor adherence to the requirements of Chapter 5.3 (commencing with Section 4900) of Division 1 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations and this chapter as part of its regular monitoring and review of local educational agencies, commonly known as the Categorical Program Monitoring process. The department shall assess whether local educational agencies have done all of the following:SEC. 3.
Section 8266.1 of the Education Code is amended to read:8266.1.
Commencing with the 1995–96 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, for the purposes of this chapter, reimbursement rates shall be adjusted by the following reimbursement factors for childcare and development programs with a standard reimbursement rate, but shall not apply to the Resource and Referral Programs set forth in Article 2 (commencing with Section 8210), the Alternative Payment Programs set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 8220), the part-day California state preschool programs set forth in Article 7 (commencing with Section 8235), the schoolage community childcare services programs set forth in Article 22 (commencing with Section 8460), or to the schoolage parent and infant development programs:SEC. 4.
Section 8423 of the Education Code is amended to read:8423.
(a) (1) The department shall select grantees to participate in the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens program from among applicants that apply on forms and in a manner prescribed by the department. To the extent possible, the selection of applicants by the department shall result in an equitable distribution of grant awards to applicants in northern, southern, and central California, and in urban and rural areas of the state.SEC. 5.
Section 8801 of the Education Code is amended to read:8801.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 6.
Section 11300 of the Education Code is amended to read:11300.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that middle college high schools have proven to be a highly effective collaborative effort between local school districts and community colleges. The goal of the middle college high school is to select at-promise high school pupils who are performing below their academic potential and place them in an alternative high school located on a community college campus in order to reduce the likelihood that they will drop out of school before graduation.SEC. 7.
Section 33426 of the Education Code is amended to read:33426.
(a) The California Youth Leadership Project shall be overseen by the California Youth Leadership Project Committee.SEC. 8.
Section 42920 of the Education Code is amended to read:42920.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 9.
Section 44324 of the Education Code is amended to read:44324.
(a) The Legislature encourages any public or private institution of higher education that conducts any program of professional preparation for a teaching or services credential to operate and supervise, within that program, a field experience program, and to grant up to and including three semester units, or the equivalent, to any student who participates in that field experience program, whether that participation occurs before or after the granting of a credential. For purposes of this section, “field experience program” means a program under which students work with truant, habitual truant, or other at-promise pupils enrolled in any public elementary or secondary school, and may include student participation in home-school conferences and home referrals.SEC. 10.
Section 45391 of the Education Code is amended to read:45391.
(a) If a local educational agency expends funds for professional development for any schoolsite staff, the local educational agency shall consider the needs of its classified school employees.SEC. 11.
Section 48660.1 of the Education Code is amended to read:48660.1.
It is the intent of the Legislature that school districts operating community day schools to the extent possible include the following program components:SEC. 12.
Section 51266 of the Education Code is amended to read:51266.
(a) The Office of Emergency Services, in collaboration with the State Department of Education, shall develop a model gang violence suppression and substance abuse prevention curriculum for grades 2, 4, and 6. The curriculum for grades 2, 4, and 6 shall be modeled after a similar curriculum that has been developed by the Orange County Office of Education for grades 3, 5, and 7. The Office of Emergency Services, in collaboration with the State Department of Education, may contract with a county office of education for the development of the model curriculum. The model curriculum shall be made available to school districts and county offices of education and shall, at a minimum, provide for each of the following:SEC. 13.
Section 54690 of the Education Code is amended to read:54690.
(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the partnership academies program has proven to be a highly effective state-school-private sector partnership, providing combined academic and occupational training to high school pupils who present a high risk of dropping out of school, and motivating those pupils to stay in school and graduate. Partnership academies are functioning in high schools across the state, with occupational education and skills development successfully offered in California’s 15 different industry sectors, including electronics, computer technology, finance, agribusiness, alternative energy, environmental design and construction, graphic arts and printing, international business, and space. Partnership academies have been honored with national awards for excellence, and the California partnership academies have been given high accolades in various textbooks and studies addressing career technical education programs.SEC. 14.
Section 60901 of the Education Code is amended to read:60901.
(a) Contingent upon the receipt of federal funds for this purpose, the department, in consultation with the Department of Finance and the Legislative Analyst’s Office, shall prepare the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System established pursuant to Section 60900 to include data on a quarterly rate of pupil attendance. Preparation shall include all of the following:(a)There is hereby created an instrumentality of the State of California to be known as the Golden State Scholarshare College Savings Trust.
(b)The purposes, powers, and duties of the Scholarshare trust are vested in, and shall be exercised by, the board.
(c)The board, in the capacity of trustee, shall have the power and authority to do all of the following:
(1)Sue and be sued.
(2)Make and enter into contracts necessary for the administration of the Scholarshare
trust.
(3)Adopt a corporate seal and change and amend it from time to time.
(4)Cause moneys in the program fund to be held and invested and reinvested.
(5)Enter into agreements with any institution of higher education or any federal or other state agency or other entity as required for the effectuation of its rights and duties.
(6)Accept any grants, gifts, appropriation, and other moneys from any unit of federal, state, or local government or any other person, firm, partnership, or corporation for deposit to the administrative fund or the program fund. Except as otherwise provided in Section 69982, the board may not accept any contribution by any
nonpublic entity, person, firm, partnership, or corporation that is not designated for a specified beneficiary, unless the contribution is deposited in the CalSAVE account pursuant to subdivision (d).
(7)Enter into participation agreements with participants, as set forth in Section 69983.
(8)Make payments to institutions of higher education pursuant to participation agreements on behalf of beneficiaries.
(9)Make refunds to participants upon the cancellation of participation agreements pursuant to the provisions, limitations, and restrictions set forth in this article.
(10)Appoint an executive director, who shall serve at the pleasure of the board, and
determine the duties of the executive director and other staff as necessary and set their compensation. The board may authorize the executive director to enter into contracts on behalf of the board or conduct any business necessary for the efficient operation of the board.
(11)Make provisions for the payment of costs of administration and operation of the Scholarshare trust.
(12)Carry out the duties and obligations of the Scholarshare trust pursuant to this article and have any and all other powers as may be reasonably necessary for the effectuation of the purposes, objectives, and provisions of this article.
(d)(1)There is established within the Scholarshare trust the California Scholarshare
Advancement Vehicle for Education (CalSAVE) program to fund scholarships for beneficiaries to be determined by the board that may include, but are not limited to, foster youth, youth in at-promise categories, individuals with demonstrated economic need, former and active members of the California National Guard, individuals seeking undergraduate or
postbaccalaureate courses in disciplines in which the state faces shortages, including nursing and teaching, and other categories to be determined by the board.
(2)The CalSAVE account is created within the program fund and is continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the board for the purposes of the CalSAVE program. The board shall create subaccounts within the CalSAVE account for each category of beneficiary determined pursuant to paragraph (1). The CalSAVE account shall be funded by contributions from federal or local governments, or any other person, firm, partnership, or corporation, and from the administrative fund established pursuant to Section 69984. Any person contributing to the CalSAVE account may designate that the contribution be deposited into any subaccount within the CalSAVE account, or
may contribute without any designation. The board shall apportion any undesignated funds among the subaccounts, taking into consideration factors, including, but not limited to, the number of eligible applications received seeking funding from a particular subaccount.
(e)The board shall adopt regulations as it deems necessary to implement this article consistent with the federal Internal Revenue Code and regulations issued pursuant to that code to ensure that this program meets all criteria for federal tax-deferral or tax-exempt benefits, or both.