Bill Text: CA SB650 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Postsecondary education: the College Promise Partnership

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 633, Statutes of 2011. [SB650 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB650-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 650	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 23, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 10, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 26, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 6, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Lowenthal

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2011

   An act to add and repeal  Sections 76001.5, 76002.1,
76003, and 76004   Section 76003  of, and to add
and repeal Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 48810) of Chapter 5
of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of, the Education Code, relating
to the College Promise Partnership Act.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 650, as amended, Lowenthal. Postsecondary education: the
College Promise Partnership Act.
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes the establishment of
community college districts under the administration of community
college governing boards, and authorizes these districts to provide
instruction at community college campuses throughout the state.
   Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district
to authorize pupils, with parental permission, who would benefit from
advanced scholastic or vocational work to attend community college
as special part-time  or full-time  students to undertake
one or more courses of instruction at the community college level.
Existing law authorizes the parent or guardian of a pupil to petition
the governing board of a school district to authorize the attendance
of the pupil at a community college as a  special part-time or
 full-time student on the ground that the pupil would benefit
from advanced scholastic or vocational work. Existing law further
authorizes the governing board of a community college district to
admit those students to any community college under its jurisdiction
 and to include those students in the district's report of
full-time equivalent students if they are enrolled in community
college classes that are open to the general public  .
   This bill would enact the College Promise Partnership Act, and
authorize the Long Beach Community College District and the Long
Beach Unified School District to enter into a partnership, as
specified, to provide participating pupils with an aligned sequence
of rigorous high school  and college  coursework leading to
capstone college courses, as defined, with consistent and jointly
established eligibility for college courses.  The act would
authorize the governing board of the community college district to
admit specified students, with parental permission, to any community
college under its jurisdiction as a special part-time or full-time
student pursuant to the act, and to assign priority for enrollment
and course registration to certain students.  
   Existing law authorizes a community college district, for the
purposes of receiving state apportionments, to include special
part-time and full-time students in the district's report of
full-time equivalent students if those students are enrolled in
community college classes that are open to the general public.
 
   This 
    The  bill would authorize the Long Beach Community
College District to  admit to any community college under its
jurisdictions, as a special part-time or full-time student, a student
participating in the partnership and to assign priority for
enrollment and course registration to specified students. The bill
would also authorize the district to  include high school
students  ,  who attend a community college within the
district  who   and  participate in
 a  the  partnership  under the act
to receive   , for the purpose of receiving  state
apportionments on the same basis as other community college 
districts. 
    The   districts. The  bill would
require the Long Beach Community College District to report to the
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges the moneys utilized
for the partnership by no later than November 1 of each year the
partnership is in operation.
   This bill would require the Long Beach Community College District,
if it decides to enter into a partnership, to provide for an
independent evaluation of the partnership, as specified, funded with
resources provided by the participating entities. The evaluation
would be required, at a minimum, to provide recommendations for the
improvement of, and issues related to, the establishment of
admittance, enrollment, and course registration priority provided to
pupils participating in the partnership, and on whether the
partnership has met specified objectives. The evaluation would be
required to be submitted to the Legislature by December 30, 2016, and
the evaluation process requirement would be repealed on December 30,
2019.
   The other provisions of this bill would become inoperative on June
30, 2018, and, as of January 1, 2019, would be repealed, unless a
later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2019, deletes
or extends that date.
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the Long Beach Unified School
District and the Long Beach Community College District.
   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) In order to attain and surpass the education levels of some of
the most competitive economies in the world, the number of students
earning college degrees in California each year would have to
increase by more than one million by 2020, nearly tripling the number
of annual completions today.
   (b) Research by the Institute for Higher Education Policy shows
that only 30 percent of the students who enroll in California
community colleges successfully complete a certificate degree or
transfer within six years. Only 25 percent of African American
students, and 18 percent of Hispanic students, achieve the same
result.
   (c) The Long Beach College Promise partnership, which includes the
Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD), the Long Beach City
College (LBCC), and the California State University, Long Beach
(CSULB), is a nationally recognized partnership that is committed to
increasing college success for students in greater Long Beach.
   (d) The Long Beach College Promise partnership provides early and
sustained outreach to students and families through college
transition, academic support and guidance, guaranteed admission to
CSULB, and a tuition-free first semester for every local high school
graduate who enrolls at LBCC the fall following graduation. Together,
these efforts have proven to have a positive impact on students'
college attendance, persistence, and college readiness rates.
   (e) The Long Beach College Promise partnership has increased the
number of LBUSD students who attend college and significantly
increased the acceptance rate of Long Beach kindergarten and grades 1
to 12, inclusive, students desiring to go directly to CSULB.
   (f) The Long Beach College Promise partnership has allowed CSULB
to accept over 80 percent of LBUSD applicants.
   (g) LBCC's student success initiative requires students in key
gateway courses to complete directed learning activities with
assistance from learning specialists and has increased the overall
success rates in these courses. Students who complete the activities
are three times more likely to successfully complete the course.
   (h) A 2010 report by McKinsey & Company, entitled "How the World's
Most Improved School Systems Keep Getting Better," identifies LBUSD
as one of the world's top 20 school systems in terms of sustained and
significant improvements, and as having made significant
improvements in elementary math scores from 2004 to 2009, inclusive.
   (i) The McKinsey & Company report ranks LBUSD as one of the top
three school districts in the United States. The McKinsey & Company
report concludes that the best school systems partner with higher
education, have community and parental support, and communicate well
with stakeholders.
   (j) Innovative and creative programs that involve the
collaboration of each of the state's education systems provide the
most promise for student success and ensure future competitiveness of
California's economy and workforce.
   (k) A 2009 survey by the Legislative Analyst's Office found that
for kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, categorical
flexibility has had a positive impact on many school districts'
ability to implement their strategic plan, and made it easier to
develop and balance a budget, dedicate resources to local education
priorities, make staffing decisions, and fund programs for struggling
students.
   (l) The state's ongoing economic crisis necessitates providing
flexibility to educational institutions that agree to partner in
order to effectively utilize resources, improve student academic
successes, and provide a seamless bridge to college for all pupils.
   (m) The Long Beach College Promise will allow the public education
institutions in Long Beach, which have a proven track record of
success in improving outcomes for all students, to move their
partnership to a new level and to help create a model through which
California can begin to increase completions at a scale and pace to
meet President Obama's 2020 completion goals.
  SEC. 2.  Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 48810) is added to
Chapter 5 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 1.5.  College Promise Partnership Act


   48810.  This article shall be known and may be cited as the
College Promise Partnership Act.
   48810.5.  The Long Beach Community College District and the Long
Beach Unified School District may enter into a partnership to provide
participating pupils with an aligned sequence of rigorous high
school  and college  coursework leading to capstone college
courses, with consistent and jointly established eligibility for
college courses. As used in this article, "capstone college course"
means a community college course described in subparagraph (A) or (B)
of paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 48800.
   48811.  (a) The purpose of the partnership authorized by Section
48810.5 shall be to provide a seamless bridge to college for pupils
not already college bound and to reduce the time needed for advanced
students to complete programs.
   (b) A pupil who elects to participate in the partnership
authorized by Section 48810.5 shall complete the augmented California
Standards Test in grade 11 to determine readiness for college-level
coursework, and shall enroll in coursework during grade 12 to remedy
any deficiencies diagnosed by the augmented test. The consent of a
parent or guardian of a pupil shall be required prior to a 
pupils'   pupil's  participation in the
partnership.
   (c) Article 1 (commencing with Section 48800) does not apply to
pupils enrolled in a partnership operating pursuant to this article.
   48812.  (a) The Long Beach Community College District and the Long
Beach Unified School District shall design  the partnership to
include  focused curricular pathways leading to credit in
general education or a career technical certificate or degree,
including at least one capstone college course.
   (b) The partnership shall coordinate the delivery of student
support services, including counseling, to participating pupils.
   (c) The Long Beach Community College District shall not be
eligible to enter into  a   the 
partnership unless it participates in the Early Assessment Program
(EAP) as described in Section 99301.
   48813.  (a) For purposes of allowances and apportionments from
Section B of the State School Fund, the Long Beach Community College
District shall be credited with additional units of full-time
equivalent students (FTES) attributable to the attendance of
partnership pupils at the Long Beach City College.
   (b) Pupils of the Long Beach Unified School District who attend
Long Beach City College pursuant to this article shall, for purposes
of allowances and apportionments from Section A of the State School
Fund, continue to receive credit for attendance by those pupils
computed in the manner prescribed by law, and a pupil's attendance at
school for the minimum schoolday shall be deemed a day of attendance
for purposes of making the computation.
   (c) The Long Beach Community College District shall not receive an
allowance or an apportionment for an instructional activity for
which a school district has been, or shall be, paid an allowance or
an apportionment.
   (d) The Long Beach Community College District shall implement this
article and Sections 76001.5, 76002.1, 76003, and 76004 in a manner
that does not result in increased allocations  , which are above
the regularly funded FTES enrollment cap,  from the General Fund
for the Long Beach Community College District.
   48813.5.  (a) If the Long Beach Community College District decides
to enter into a partnership pursuant to Section 48810.5, the
district shall provide for an independent evaluation of the
partnership funded with resources provided by the participating
entities, which shall be presented to the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges and the Legislature. The evaluation
shall, at a minimum, provide recommendations for the improvement of,
and issues related to, the establishment of admittance, enrollment,
and course registration priority provided to pupils participating in
the College Promise Partnership Act in accordance with this article,
and a review and analysis on whether the partnership met the
following objectives:
   (1) An increase in the percentage of students who attended the
school district who attend college directly from high school.
   (2) An increase in the percentage of students who attended the
school district who are determined, by assessment or other means, to
be prepared for college-level English and mathematics by the
commencement of their first regular semester at the college.
   (3) An increase in the average number of college units completed
prior to first semester enrollment by entering freshmen from the
school district.
   (4) An increase in the number of students who attended the school
district who successfully complete college-level English and
mathematics in their first year.
   (5) An increase in the number of students who attended the school
district who complete 25 transferable units in their first year.
   (6) An increase in the number of students who attended the school
district who earn a degree or certificate at the college, or
successfully transfer to a four-year university, within four years of
graduating from high school.
   (b) The evaluation shall be submitted to the Legislature on or
before December 30, 2016.
   (1) The evaluation to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision
shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government
Code.
   (2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this
section is repealed on December 30, 2019.
   48814.  This article shall become inoperative on June 30, 2018,
and, as of January 1, 2019, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2019, deletes
or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is
repealed. 
  SEC. 3.    Section 76001.5 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
   76001.5.  (a) The governing board of a community college district
may admit to any community college under its jurisdiction as a
special part-time or full-time student, in any session or term, any
student who is eligible to attend community college pursuant to
Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 48810) of Chapter 5 of Part 27
of Division 4 of Title 2.
   (b) The attendance of a student at a community college pursuant to
this section is authorized attendance, for which the community
college shall be credited or reimbursed pursuant to Sections 48802
and 76002, provided that no school district has received
reimbursement for the same instructional activity. Credit for courses
completed shall be at the level determined to be appropriate by the
school district and community college district governing boards.
    (c) This section shall only apply to the Long Beach Community
College District.
   (d) This section shall become inoperative on June 30, 2018, and,
as of January 1, 2019, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2019, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
 
  SEC. 4.    Section 76002.1 is added to the
Education Code, to read:
   76002.1.  (a) For the purposes of receiving state apportionments
pursuant to Section 76002, the Long Beach Community College District
may include high school students who attend a community college
within the district that participate in a partnership pursuant to the
College Promise Partnership Act (Article 1.5 (commencing with
Section 48810) of Chapter 5 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2).
   (b) This section shall become inoperative on June 30, 2018, and,
as of January 1, 2019, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2019, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
 
  SEC. 5.    Section 76003 is added to the Education
Code, to read:
   76003.  (a) The Long Beach Community College District shall report
to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges the moneys
utilized for the partnership pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with
Section 48810) of Chapter 5 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 by
no later than November 1 of each year the partnership is in
operation.
   (b) This section shall become inoperative on June 30, 2018, and,
as of January 1, 2019, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2019, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
 
  SEC. 6.    Section 76004 is added to the Education
Code, to read:
   76004.  (a)  
  SEC. 3.    Section 76003 is added to the Education Code,
to read: 
    76003.   (a) Notwithstanding Section 76001, the
governing board of the Long Beach Community College District may
admit to any community college under its jurisdiction, as a special
part-time or full-time student, in any session or term, any student
who is participating in the partnership established pursuant to
Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 48810) of Chapter 5 of Part 27
of Division 4 of Title 2.  
   (b) (1) For the purpose of receiving state apportionments pursuant
to Section 76002, the Long Beach Community College District may
include high school pupils who attend a community college within the
district and participate in the College Promise Partnership Act
pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 48810) of Chapter 5
of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2, provided that no school district
has received reimbursement for the same instructional activity.
 
   (2) The Long Beach Community College District shall report to the
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges the moneys utilized
for the partnership pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section
48810) of Chapter 5 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 by no later
than November 1 of each year the partnership is in operation. 

   (c) Credit for partnership courses completed shall be at the level
determined to be appropriate by the governing boards of the Long
Beach Unified School District and the Long Beach Community College
District pursuant to the terms of the partnership established
pursuant to Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 48810) of Chapter 5
of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2. 
    (d)    The Long Beach Community College
District may assign priority for enrollment and course registration
to any of the following:
   (1) Students pursuing and making satisfactory academic progress
toward a degree, certificate, transfer, or basic skills objective
that is declared or reaffirmed upon enrollment in each academic term.

   (2) Students pursuing and making satisfactory academic progress
pursuant to an approved individual education plan toward a career
development objective that is declared or reaffirmed upon enrollment
in each academic term. 
   (3) Students registering for precollegiate basic skills courses in
which they have been placed based upon the diagnostic results of the
Early Assessment Program (EAP) described in Section 99301 or the
equivalent in accordance with Article 1.5 (commencing with Section
48810) of Chapter 5 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2. 

   (3) Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 76001, students
participating in a partnership in accordance with Article 1.5
(commencing with Section 48810) of Chapter 5 of Part 27 of Division 4
of Title 2.  
   (b) 
    (e)  This section shall become inoperative on June 30,
2018, and, as of January 1, 2019, is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2019,
deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is
repealed.
   SEC. 7.   SEC. 4.   The Legislature
finds and declares that a special law is necessary and that a general
law cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of
Article IV of the California Constitution because the Long Beach
College Promise partnership has been successful in providing quality
education for pupils from the Long Beach Unified School District and
there is a need to continue this partnership into the future with the
Long Beach Community College District.