Bill Text: CA SB1050 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Postsecondary education: college readiness.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Assembly without further action. [SB1050 Detail]
Download: California-2015-SB1050-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1050 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 10, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 26, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 7, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Senators De León, Hernandez, and Pan
(Principal coauthor: Senator Lara)
FEBRUARY 16, 2016
An act to amend Sections 99200, 99200.5, and 99201 of, to add
Section 33318.8 to, to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 41580)
to Chapter 3.2 of Part 24 of Division 3 of Title 2 of, to add Article
8 (commencing with Section 92680) to Chapter 6 of Part 57 of
Division 9 of Title 3 of, and to repeal Section 99206 of, the
Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1050, as amended, De León. Postsecondary education: college
readiness.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to
compute the percentage of unduplicated pupils, defined as pupils
enrolled in a school district or a charter school who are either
classified as English learners, eligible for free or reduced-price
meals, or foster youths.
This bill would require the Superintendent
State Department of Education to develop and post on its
Internet Web site a list of high schools with 75% or greater
enrollment in this classification.
Existing law establishes certain block grants to be apportioned to
a school district or charter school for specified purposes.
This bill would establish the K-12 College Readiness Block Grant
for the purposes of preparing California's high school pupils,
particularly pupils who are traditionally underrepresented
in the University of California and the California State University,
unduplicated pupils, to be eligible for
admission into a postsecondary institution, and increasing the
4-year-college-going rates of these pupils. This program would be
contingent on the appropriation of funding for its purposes in the
annual Budget Act or another statute.
The California Constitution provides that the University of
California constitutes a public trust administered by the Regents of
the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board,
with full powers of organization and government, subject to
legislative control only for specified purposes. Existing law, until
June 30, 2017, requests the Regents of the University of California,
with the approval of the Concurrence Committee, to establish and
maintain cooperative endeavors designed to accomplish specified
purposes related to teacher professional development.
This bill would include among the goals of these endeavors
providing administrators, counselors, and teachers of students at
certain schools with strategies for improving A-G course completion
rates, college readiness, and college-going rates. This bill would
also add the California College Readiness Project to the list of
authorized endeavors and grant priority for admission to programs
offered by the California College Readiness Project to school
personnel employed by local educational agencies eligible for
supplemental or concentration grant funding under the local control
funding formula.
This bill would extend the operation of these provisions relating
to teacher professional development indefinitely.
Existing policy of the Board of Admissions and Relations of the
Academic Senate of the University of California allows pupils who, in
addition to other criteria, graduate in the top 9% of their high
school class to be granted admission into the University of
California.
This bill would require the University of California, as a
condition of Budget Act funding for specified enrollment increases,
to develop an implementation plan to increase California resident
admissions, significantly increase admissions for pupils enrolled in
high schools with 75% or greater enrollment of pupils
eligible for free or reduced-price meals, English learners, and
foster youth, unduplicated pupils, and satisfy
related objectives. This bill would also require the University of
California, as a condition of Budget Act funding for specified
enrollment increases, to annually report information related to these
objectives to the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the
Legislature and the Department of Finance.
This bill would also make findings and declarations related to
college readiness.
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. The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
(a) Of the 6.2 million pupils enrolled in California public
schools, 59 percent are low income.
(b) California's high school graduation rate is 81 percent, but
only 42 percent of high school graduates meet "A-G" course
requirements, which are necessary for admission to California's
public universities.
(c) The Public Policy Institute of California reports that, in
2030, 38 percent of jobs will depend on workers with at least a
bachelor degree, but only 33 percent of California workers will have
one. Thus, the Public Policy Institute of California predicts that
California will be short 1.1 million workers who have a bachelor
degree by 2030.
(d) In 2013, California adopted the local control funding formula,
which allocates the majority of state general funds to K-12 school
districts. This formula acknowledges that low-income pupils, English
learners, and foster youth need more resources to help them succeed
in school.
(e) Research and statistics reveal that high schools that enroll a
large percentage of low-income pupils, English learners, and foster
youth generally do not offer the same number of rigorous courses,
such as advanced placement or "A-G" courses, as high schools that
enroll a smaller number of these pupils.
(f) All California high school students, regardless of income,
ethnicity, or status, should have an equal opportunity to access
rigorous coursework that will enable them to be eligible for
admission to California's public universities. All students must have
the same opportunity to compete and succeed at the state's
university systems.
(g) California has the seventh largest economy in the world. In
order for the state's economy to grow and remain strong, the
Legislature must ensure that more California students meet all
college eligibility requirements and earn a bachelor degree.
SEC. 2. Section 33318.8 is added to the Education Code, to read:
33318.8. The department shall annually develop and post on its
Internet Web site a list of high schools with 75 percent or greater
enrollment of unduplicated pupils, as defined pursuant to Section
42238.02.
SEC. 3. Article 8 (commencing with Section 41580) is added to
Chapter 3.2 of Part 24 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Education
Code, to read:
Article 8. K-12 College Readiness Block Grant
41580. The K-12 College Readiness Block Grant is hereby
established for the purposes of preparing California's high school
pupils, particularly pupils who are traditionally
underrepresented in the University of California and the California
State University, including unduplicated pupils as defined
in Section 42238.02, to be eligible for admission into a
postsecondary institution, and increasing the four-year-college-going
rates of these pupils. A school district or charter school shall
expend funds under this article for any of the following purposes:
(a) Providing teachers, administrators, and counselors with
professional development opportunities to improve pupil A-G
completion rates, pupil college-going rates, and college readiness of
pupils, including providing for the development of honors and
Advanced Placement courses.
(b) Providing counseling services to pupils and their
families regarding college admission requirements and financial
aid programs.
(c) Developing or purchasing materials that support college
readiness, including materials that support high performance on
assessments required for admittance to a postsecondary institution.
(d) Developing comprehensive advising plans to support pupil
completion of A-G requirements.
(e) Implementing collaborative partnerships between high schools
and postsecondary institutions that support pupil transition to
postsecondary education, including, but not limited to, strengthening
existing partnerships with the University of California and the
California State University to establish early academic outreach
programs.
(f) Providing subsidies to unduplicated pupils, as defined in
Section 42238.02, to pay fees for taking advanced placement exams.
(g) Expanding access to coursework or other opportunities to
satisfy A-G requirements to all pupils, including, but not limited
to, pupils enrolled in schools identified by the department pursuant
to Section 33318.8. These opportunities may include, but shall not be
limited to, new or expanded partnerships with other secondary or
postsecondary institutions.
41581. As a condition for receiving funds under this article, a
school district or charter school shall develop a plan describing how
the funds will be spent and describing how funds will supplement and
not supplant funding for existing programs and services to ensure
college readiness. The plan shall include information regarding how
it aligns with the school district's local control and accountability
plan required pursuant to Section 52060 or the charter school's
local control and accountability plan required pursuant to Sections
47605, 47605.5, and 47606.5. The plan shall also include a
description of the extent to which all pupils within the district or
charter school, particularly unduplicated pupils as defined in
Section 42238.02, will have access to A-G courses approved by the
University of California. In order to ensure community and
stakeholder input, the plan shall be discussed at a regularly
scheduled meeting by the governing board of the school district or
governing body of the charter school and adopted at a subsequent
regularly scheduled meeting.
41582. As a condition of receiving funds under this article, a
school district or charter school shall report both of the following
to the department:
(a) The number of pupils served under the block grant.
(b) The number of pupils admitted to a postsecondary institution,
including the number of pupils admitted to the University of
California and the California State University.
41583. The department shall compile the information reported to
it pursuant to Section 41582 and submit a report to the appropriate
policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on or before April
30, 2017.
41584. (a) This article shall not be implemented unless funding
is provided for this purpose in the annual Budget Act or another
statute.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that funding shall be
allocated to school districts and charter schools, with
pupils who are traditionally underrepresented at four year
universities and pupils who are unduplicated pupils as
defined in Section 42238.02.
SEC. 4. Article 8 (commencing with Section 92680) is added to
Chapter 6 of Part 57 of Division 9 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
to read:
Article 8. Admissions for California Resident Students
92680. (a) As a condition of receiving funding in the annual
Budget Act for the enrollment of more California resident students at
the University of California than were required to be enrolled
pursuant to the 2015 Budget Act, the University of California shall
develop an implementation plan, including a timeline, to do all of
the following:
(1) Ensure each University of California campus increases the
admission of California resident undergraduate students and
undergraduate students meeting the requirements set forth in Section
68130.5, admitted each year above those admitted in the 2015-16
academic year, and significantly increases the number of Local
Control Funding Formula Plus students enrolled at high
schools identified by the department pursuant to Section 33318.8.
students.
(2) Enhance the information provided to admissions personnel
reviewing university applications about Local Control Funding Formula
Plus student applicants by identifying this status in those students'
application files.
(3) Using information about California high schools made available
pursuant to Section 33318.8, direct all campuses to give
supplemental consideration in the admissions process to Local Control
Funding Formula Plus students consistent with University of
California admission policy. For the purpose of this paragraph, all
Local Control Funding Formula Plus students shall meet the same
admission eligibility requirements as non-Local Control Funding
Formula Plus students and the University of California shall comply
with all state law affecting admissions.
(4) Identify resident Local Control Funding Formula Plus student
applicants who have fulfilled minimum admission requirements but do
not meet the criteria for guaranteed admission to the University of
California through Statewide Admission or Eligibility in the Local
Context as a high-priority group within the Entitled to Review pool
of applicants.
(5) Examine the costs and benefits of extending the eligibility
for an application fee waiver to high school graduates from high
schools identified on the list developed by the department pursuant
to Section 33318.8 and increase the total number of campuses covered
under the fee waiver policy for this group of applicants.
(6) Expand targeted support and retention services for
disadvantaged or underprepared students, pupils who
are unduplicated pupils as defined in Section 42238.02,
including enrolled Local Control Funding Formula Plus
students who graduated from high schools identified by the department
pursuant to Section 33318.8. students. These
services shall include, but not be limited to, counseling on course
planning and scheduling, tutoring, financial assistance that
supplements but does not supplant existing institutional, federal or
state financial aid programs, and any other services that facilitate
these students' successful completion of an undergraduate degree
within four years.
(b) By September 1, 2018, and annually thereafter, as a condition
of receiving funding in the annual Budget Act for the enrollment of
more California resident students at the University of California
than were required to be enrolled pursuant to the 2015 Budget Act,
the University of California shall report to the appropriate policy
and fiscal committees of the Legislature and the Department of
Finance each of the following:
(1) The number and the percentage of Local Control Funding Formula
Plus students as a proportion of the total resident first-time
freshman admitted and enrolled for the 2016-17 academic year at the
systemwide and campus level and a comparison of these figures to
those for the prior academic year.
(2) The percentage of Local Control Funding Formula Plus students
who were admitted, disaggregated by the admission policy pursuant to
which they were admitted and the geographic region in which they
reside, as determined by the location of the high schools from which
the pupils graduated.
(3) The percentage of Local Control Funding Formula Plus students
enrolled systemwide and at each campus who have earned sufficient
course credits by the end of their first year of enrollment to
indicate they are on track to complete a degree in four years.
(4) Information regarding targeted support and retention services
offered at each campus to Local Control Funding Formula Plus students
enrolled at the University of California to support positive student
outcomes, including, but not limited to, completing a degree in four
years and, to the extent possible, the number of students that were
served in the 2016-17 academic year.
(5) To the extent possible, information on the reasons Local
Control Funding Formula Plus students who were admitted to the
University of California but did not subsequently enroll in any of
the University of California campuses chose not to enroll. The intent
of this paragraph is to gather information to better target
resources to achieve a greater enrollment yield.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:
(1) "Local Control Funding Formula Plus students" means students
enrolled in a high school identified pursuant to Section 33318.8.
(2) "Statewide Admission" is the guaranteed admission pathway for
California resident high school students who are in the top 9 percent
of all California high school graduates based on a sliding scale
using the University of California grade point average in a specific
pattern of courses and standardized test scores.
(3) "Eligibility in the Local Context" is the guaranteed admission
pathway for California resident high school students who have earned
at least a 3.0 grade point average in a specific pattern of courses
and are in the top 9 percent of their participating California high
school.
(4) "Entitled to Review" refers to the guarantee of a
comprehensive review for California resident applicants to the
University of California who meet minimum University of California
admission requirements, which is not a guarantee of admission.
SEC. 5. Section 99200 of the Education Code is amended to read:
99200. (a) With funds appropriated therefor, and with the
approval of the Concurrence Committee, the Regents of the University
of California are requested to establish and maintain cooperative
endeavors designed to accomplish the following:
(1) Develop and enhance teachers' subject matter and content
knowledge in the subject matter areas specified in Section 99201.
(2) Develop and enhance teachers' instructional strategies to
improve pupil learning and academic performance as measured against
State Board of Education standards adopted pursuant to Sections 60605
and 60605.8 and, where applicable, to standards adopted pursuant to
Section 60811 and any subsequently adopted standards.
(3) Provide teachers with instructional strategies for working
with English learners.
(4) Provide teachers with instructional strategies for delivering
career-oriented, integrated academic and technical content in a
manner that is linked to high priority industry sectors identified in
the California career technical education model curriculum standards
as adopted by the State Board of Education. The Concurrence
Committee, in consultation with the appropriate state entities,
industry leaders, representatives of organized labor, educators, and
other parties, shall determine the priority of industry sectors.
(5) Provide teachers with access to and opportunity to examine
current research that is demonstrably linked to improved pupil
learning and achievement as measured by performance levels on state
tests administered pursuant to Section 60605, or any successor
assessment system, or on English language development assessments
developed, pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 60810) of
Part 33 of Division 4 of Title 2, or any successor assessments, for
English language learners.
(6) Maintain subject-specific professional communities that create
and encourage ongoing opportunities for teacher collaboration,
learning, and research.
(7) Develop and deploy as teacher leaders, teachers with
demonstrated levels of expertise in the classroom and certifiable
levels of content knowledge.
(8) Provide teachers with instructional strategies for ongoing
collaboration on the delivery of career-oriented, integrated academic
and technical content.
(9) Provide administrators, counselors, and teachers with
strategies for improving A-G course completion rates, college-going
rates, and college readiness of students who attend schools in local
educational agencies eligible for supplemental or concentration grant
funding under the local control funding formula established pursuant
to Section 42238.02. The strategies shall address at least all of
the following:
(A) The process for obtaining A-G course approval.
(B) Recommended course sequences for college admission.
(C) Financial aid application processes.
(D) Honors and Advanced Placement course development and
instruction.
(b) The duties of the Concurrence Committee shall include, but
need not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Ensuring that the statewide and local subject matter projects
comply with requirements of this chapter.
(2) Developing rules and regulations for the statewide subject
matter projects.
(3) On or before January 1, 2020, providing a report on the
subject matter projects, including the California College Readiness
Project, to the Governor and to appropriate policy and fiscal
committees of the Legislature. The report shall include, but need not
be limited to, all of the following information, compiled for a
four-year period:
(A) The number, and level of experience, of participants in each
subject matter project.
(B) The total amount of funds expended, on an annual basis, for
each subject matter project.
(C) An explanation of the type of professional development
activities offered pursuant to each subject matter project, including
the extent to which teachers were provided professional development
focused on delivering career-oriented, integrated academic and
technical content.
(D) A list of the name and location of each school affiliated with
a subject matter project.
(c) (1) Grants to establish local sites of statewide subject
matter projects shall be available to institutions of higher
education, county offices of education, and school districts, or any
combination thereof, with a subject matter proposal approved pursuant
to this article.
(2) Once established, each subject matter project shall be
administered by the University of California in cooperation with the
Concurrence Committee.
(3) Local sites of statewide subject matter projects shall be
distributed throughout the state so that elementary, secondary, and
postsecondary school personnel located in rural, urban, and suburban
areas may avail themselves of subject matter projects.
(4) School personnel employed by local educational agencies
eligible for supplemental or concentration grant funding under the
local control funding formula established pursuant to Section
42238.02 shall receive priority for admission to any programs offered
by the California College Readiness Project.
(d) The Concurrence Committee shall be composed of individuals who
are affiliated with leadership, management, or instruction in
education or education policy entities, including educational
expertise on instructional strategies for English learners and
academic language acquisition. They shall be selected as follows:
(1) One representative selected by the Regents of the University
of California.
(2) One representative selected by the Board of Trustees of the
California State University.
(3) One representative selected by the State Board of Education,
who has significant experience with direct classroom instruction.
(4) One representative selected by the Governor.
(5) One representative selected by the Superintendent of Public
Instruction.
(6) One representative selected by the Commission on Teacher
Credentialing.
(7) One representative selected by the Curriculum Development and
Supplemental Materials Commission.
(8) One representative of the California Community Colleges
selected by the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges.
(9) One representative of an independent postsecondary institution
selected by the Association of Independent California Colleges and
Universities.
(e) (1) The requirement for submitting a report pursuant to
paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) is inoperative on January 1, 2021,
pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (3) of
subdivision (b) shall be in compliance with Section 9795 of the
Government Code.
SEC. 6. Section 99200.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:
99200.5. The statewide subject matter projects shall accomplish
all of the following goals:
(a) Create opportunities for researchers, higher education
faculty, and elementary and secondary school faculty to work together
to accomplish all of the following:
(1) Identify exemplary teaching practices.
(2) Examine and develop research on learning, knowledge, and
educational materials.
(3) Provide support to teachers to develop and enhance the content
knowledge and pedagogical skills necessary to implement State Board
of Education standards or curriculum frameworks adopted pursuant to
Sections 51226, 60605, 60605.1, 60605.2, 60605.3, and 60605.8 and any
subsequently adopted standards or curriculum frameworks.
(4) In partnership with the University of California Curriculum
Integration Institute or other appropriate entities, provide teachers
with support in the implementation of career-oriented, integrated
academic and technical courses that meet course requirements for
admission to the University of California and the California State
University, and align with high-priority industry sectors as
determined pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section
99200.
(b) Collect the necessary data to perform the evaluation required
by subdivision (c) of Section 99200.
(c) Provide appropriate school personnel with support in the
implementation of the strategies specified in paragraph (9) of
subdivision (a) of Section 99200 to ensure that all students are
afforded an opportunity to successfully meet the requirements for
admission to the University of California and the California State
University.
SEC. 7. Section 99201 of the Education Code is amended to read:
99201. The following subject matter projects shall be authorized
pursuant to this chapter:
(a) The California Writing Project.
(b) The California Reading and Literature Project.
(c) The California Mathematics Project.
(d) The California Science Project.
(e) The California History-Social Science Project.
(f) The World History and International Studies Project.
(g) The California Physical Education-Health Project.
(h) The California Arts Project.
(i) The California World Language Project.
(j) The California College Readiness Project.
SEC. 8. Section 99206 of the Education Code is repealed.
