Bill Text: CA SB490 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Early Assessment Program: common core academic content standards.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-10-02 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 482, Statutes of 2013. [SB490 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB490-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 490 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 482
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 2, 2013
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 2, 2013
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 11, 2013
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 10, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 15, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Senator Jackson
FEBRUARY 21, 2013
An act to amend Section 99301 of the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 490, Jackson. Early Assessment Program: common core academic
content standards.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges and the
California State University as 2 of the 3 segments of public
postsecondary education in the state. Existing law recognizes the
establishment of the Early Assessment Program (EAP) at the California
State University to enable pupils to learn about their readiness for
college-level English and mathematics before their senior year of
high school. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that
the EAP be expanded to include the California Community Colleges.
Existing law encourages community college districts participating
in the EAP to consult with the Academic Senate for the California
Community Colleges to work toward sequencing their precollegiate
level courses and transfer-level courses in English and mathematics
to the elementary and secondary education academic content standards
adopted pursuant to specified law.
This bill would instead encourage those courses to be sequenced to
the common core academic content standards for language arts and
mathematics.
This bill would incorporate changes to Section 99301 of the
Education Code, proposed by AB 484, to become operative if AB 484 and
this bill are chaptered and become effective on or before January 1,
2014, and this bill is chaptered last.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 99301 of the Education Code is amended to read:
99301. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 78213, the
individual results of the California Standards Test (CST) and the
augmented CST, as referenced in Section 60641, or a standards-aligned
successor assessment, in addition to any other purposes, may be used
by community college districts to provide diagnostic advice to, or
for the placement of, prospective community college students
participating in the EAP.
(b) (1) As authorized pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(3) of subdivision (a) of Section 60641, the individual results of
the CST and the augmented CST, as referenced in Section 60641, or a
standards-aligned successor assessment, shall be provided to the
Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
(2) The Office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges shall coordinate with community college districts that
choose to voluntarily participate in the EAP as follows, and, to the
extent possible, shall accomplish all of the following activities
using existing resources:
(A) Encourage community college districts to choose to voluntarily
participate in the EAP and notify them of the requirements of
subdivision (c), including the requirements that the standards
utilized by CSU to assess readiness for college-level English and
mathematics courses, as expressed in the CST as augmented by CSU, or
a standards-aligned successor assessment, shall also be used for the
purposes of the EAP.
(B) Coordinate the progress of the program, provide technical
assistance to participating community college districts pursuant to
subdivision (c) as needed, identify additional reporting and program
criteria as needed, and provide a report to the Legislature and
Governor on or before February 15, 2015, on the implementation and
results of the EAP for community college students.
(C) Provide access to the individual test results of the CST and
the augmented CST, as referenced in Section 60641, or a
standards-aligned successor assessment, to participating community
college districts.
(c) For those community college districts that choose to work
directly with high school pupils within their respective district
boundaries who took the augmented CST, as referenced in Section
60641, or a standards-aligned successor assessment, and choose to
offer assistance to these pupils in strengthening their college
readiness skills, all of the following provisions apply:
(1) The individual results of the CST and the augmented CST, as
referenced in Section 60641, or a standards-aligned successor
assessment, shall be released by the Office of the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges, as authorized pursuant to subparagraph
(B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 60641, to
participating community college districts upon their request for this
information and may be used to provide diagnostic advice to
prospective community college students participating in the EAP.
(2) Pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision
(b), the same standards utilized by CSU to assess readiness shall
also be used for purposes of this section.
(3) The augmented CST as referenced in Section 60641, and utilized
by CSU for purposes of early assessment, or a standards-aligned
successor assessment, shall be used to assess the college readiness
of pupils in the EAP.
(4) Participating community college districts are encouraged to
consult with the Academic Senate for the California Community
Colleges to work toward sequencing their precollegiate level courses
and transfer-level courses in English and mathematics to the common
core academic content standards adopted pursuant to Section 60605.8.
(5) Participating community college districts shall identify an
EAP coordinator and shall coordinate with CSU campuses and schools
offering instruction in kindergarten and any of grades 1 to 12,
inclusive, in their respective district boundaries on EAP-related
activities that assist pupils in making decisions that increase their
college readiness skills and likelihood of pursuing a postsecondary
education.
(6) In order to provide high school pupils with an indicator of
their college readiness, a community college district participating
in the EAP shall use individual test results provided to that college
pursuant to paragraph (1) of, and subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2)
of, subdivision (b) to provide diagnostic advice to prospective
community college students participating in the EAP.
(7) The individual results of the augmented CST, as referenced in
Section 60641 for purposes of the EAP, or a standards-aligned
successor assessment, shall not be used by a community college as a
criterion for admission.
(8) Participating community college districts shall utilize the
existing infrastructure of academic opportunities, as developed by
CSU, to provide additional preparation in grade 12 for prospective
community college students participating in the EAP.
(d) Both of the following provisions apply to CSU:
(1) The individual results of the CST and the augmented CST, as
referenced in Section 60641, or a standards-aligned successor
assessment, as authorized pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(3) of subdivision (a) of Section 60641, shall be released to, and,
in addition to any other purposes, may be used by, CSU to provide
diagnostic advice to, or for, the placement of prospective CSU
students participating in the EAP.
(2) The individual results of the augmented CST, as referenced in
Section 60641 for purposes of the EAP, or a standards-aligned
successor assessment, shall not be used by CSU as a criterion for
admission.
SEC. 1.5. Section 99301 of the Education Code is amended to read:
99301. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 78213, the
individual grade 11 assessment results, as referenced in Section
60641, or a standards-aligned successor assessment, in addition to
any other purposes, may be used by community college districts to
provide diagnostic advice to, or for the placement of, prospective
community college students participating in the EAP.
(b) (1) As authorized pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(3) of subdivision (a) of Section 60641, the individual assessment
results, as referenced in Section 60641, or a standards-aligned
successor assessment, shall be provided to the Office of the
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
(2) The Office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges shall coordinate with community college districts that
choose to voluntarily participate in the EAP as follows, and, to the
extent possible, shall accomplish all of the following activities
using existing resources:
(A) Encourage community college districts to choose to voluntarily
participate in the EAP and notify them of the requirements of
subdivision (c), including the requirements that the standards
utilized by CSU to assess readiness for college-level English and
mathematics courses, as expressed in the assessment referenced in
Section 60641, or a standards-aligned successor assessment, shall
also be used for the purposes of the EAP.
(B) Coordinate the progress of the program, provide technical
assistance to participating community college districts pursuant to
subdivision (c) as needed, identify additional reporting and program
criteria as needed, and provide a report to the Legislature and
Governor on or before February 15, 2015, on the implementation and
results of the EAP for community college students.
(C) Provide access to the individual assessment results, as
referenced in Section 60641, or a standards-aligned successor
assessment, to participating community college districts.
(c) For those community college districts that choose to work
directly with high school pupils within their respective district
boundaries who took the assessment, as referenced in Section 60641,
or a standards-aligned successor assessment, and choose to offer
assistance to these pupils in strengthening their college readiness
skills, all of the following provisions apply:
(1) The individual results of the assessment, as referenced in
Section 60641, or a standards-aligned successor assessment, shall be
released by the office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges, as authorized pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3)
of subdivision (a) of Section 60641, to participating community
college districts upon their request for this information and may be
used to provide diagnostic advice to prospective community college
students participating in the EAP.
(2) Pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision
(b), the same standards utilized by CSU to assess readiness shall
also be used for purposes of this section.
(3) The assessment, as referenced in Section 60641, and utilized
by CSU for purposes of early assessment, or a standards-aligned
successor assessment, shall be used to assess the college readiness
of pupils in the EAP.
(4) Participating community college districts are encouraged to
consult with the Academic Senate for the California Community
Colleges to work toward sequencing their precollegiate level courses
and transfer-level courses in English and mathematics to the common
core academic content standards adopted pursuant to Section 60605.8.
(5) Participating community college districts shall identify an
EAP coordinator and shall coordinate with CSU campuses and schools
offering instruction in kindergarten and any of grades 1 to 12,
inclusive, in their respective district boundaries on EAP-related
activities that assist pupils in making decisions that increase their
college readiness skills and likelihood of pursuing a postsecondary
education.
(6) In order to provide high school pupils with an indicator of
their college readiness, a community college district participating
in the EAP shall use individual assessment results provided to that
college pursuant to paragraph (1) of, and subparagraph (C) of
paragraph (2) of, subdivision (b) to provide diagnostic advice to
prospective community college students participating in the EAP.
(7) The individual results of the assessment, as referenced in
Section 60641 for purposes of the EAP, or a standards-aligned
successor assessment, shall not be used by a community college as a
criterion for admission.
(8) Participating community college districts shall utilize the
existing infrastructure of academic opportunities, as developed by
CSU, to provide additional preparation in grade 12 for prospective
community college students participating in the EAP.
(d) Both of the following provisions apply to CSU:
(1) The individual results of the assessment, as referenced in
Section 60641, or a standards-aligned successor assessment, as
authorized pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of
subdivision (a) of Section 60641, shall be released to, and, in
addition to any other purposes, may be used by, CSU to provide
diagnostic advice to, or for, the placement of prospective CSU
students participating in the EAP.
(2) The individual results of the assessment, as referenced in
Section 60641 for purposes of the EAP, or a standards-aligned
successor assessment, shall not be used by CSU as a criterion for
admission.
SEC. 2. Section 1.5 of this bill incorporates amendments to
Section 99301 of the Education Code proposed by both this bill and
Assembly Bill 484. It shall only become operative if (1) both bills
are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2014, (2)
each bill amends Section 99301 of the Education Code, and (3) this
bill is enacted after Assembly Bill 484, in which case Section 1 of
this bill shall not become operative.
