Bill Text: CA AB1741 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: California College Promise Innovation Grant Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-09-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 434, Statutes of 2016. [AB1741 Detail]
Download: California-2015-AB1741-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1741 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 434
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 17, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 2, 2016
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 22, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 27, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 14, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 15, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Rodriguez and O'Donnell
(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Medina and Santiago)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chiu and Low)
(Coauthor: Senator Hancock)
FEBRUARY 1, 2016
An act to add and repeal Part 54.7 (commencing with Section 88900)
of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to
community colleges.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1741, Rodriguez. California College Promise Innovation Grant
Program.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary
education in this state. The board appoints a chief executive officer
known as the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. Under
existing law, community college districts are authorized, among other
things, to maintain and operate campuses, employ faculty and other
employees, and provide instruction to students.
This bill would establish the California College Promise
Innovation Grant Program, under the administration of the Office of
the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, which would
require the chancellor's office to distribute grants, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, to the governing boards of
community college districts, who meet certain requirements, to
support the establishment of regional programs with the goals of
increasing college preparation, college access, and college success.
These provisions would be repealed on January 1, 2021.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Part 54.7 (commencing with Section 88900) is added to
Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
PART 54.7. California College Promise Innovation Grant Program
88900. This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the
California College Promise Innovation Grant Program.
88901. (a) The California College Promise Innovation Grant
Program is hereby established, to be administered by the chancellor's
office. The chancellor's office shall distribute grants, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, to the governing boards of
community college districts pursuant to applications that satisfy the
requirements of this part.
(b) For purposes of this part, "chancellor's office" means the
Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
88902. The goals of the California College Promise Innovation
Grant Program awards are to support community college districts in
establishing or expanding regional California College Promise
programs in partnership with school districts and public
postsecondary universities in California to accomplish all of the
following:
(a) Increase the number and percentage of high school students
within the region who are prepared for and attend college directly
from high school.
(b) Increase the percentage of high school graduates within the
region who are placed in college-level math and English at a public
postsecondary university in California.
(c) Increase the percentage of students from the region who earn
associate degrees or career technical education certificates.
(d) Increase the percentage of students from the region who
successfully transfer from a community college to a public
postsecondary university in California.
(e) Increase the percentage of students from the region who
graduate with a bachelor's degree.
(f) Reduce and eliminate achievement gaps for students from groups
that are underrepresented in postsecondary education, such as
underrepresented minority students, low-income students, students who
are current or former foster youth, students with disabilities, and
students who are veterans.
(g) Leverage existing sources of local and state funding to better
align efforts to improve student success.
88903. (a) In order to receive a grant, the governing board of a
community college district shall demonstrate in its application for
funding that the community college will partner with one or more
school districts and one or more California State University or
University of California campuses, if appropriate, to establish or
expand a California College Promise program that includes all of the
following practices and principles:
(1) Partnering with one or more school districts to establish an
Early Commitment to College Program that is consistent with the
intent of Article 6.3 (commencing with Section 54710) of Chapter 9 of
Part 29 of Division 4 of Title 2 to provide K-12 students and
families assistance that includes, but is not limited to, learning
about college opportunities, visiting campuses, taking and completing
college preparatory courses, and applying for college and financial
aid.
(2) Partnering with one or more school districts to support and
improve high school student preparation for college and reduce
postsecondary remediation through practices that may include, but are
not limited to, small learning communities, concurrent enrollment,
and other evidence-based practices.
(3) Utilizing evidence-based placement and student assessment
indicators at the community college district that include multiple
measures of student performance, including grades in high school
courses, overall grade point averages, results from common
assessments, and input from counselors.
(4) Providing students who are enrolled at the community college
district with access to courses, including, but not limited to,
priority registration, and allowing them to register for a full
academic year of courses at once, in order to keep them on track to
graduate, transfer to a public postsecondary university, or earn a
career technical education certificate in California.
(5) Providing outreach to students who are enrolled at a community
college within the community college district regarding the
Associate Degrees for Transfer and the California Community College
Transfer Entitlement Cal Grant program.
(b) (1) The chancellor's office in its application criteria shall
encourage the governing board of a community college district
applying to receive a California College Promise Innovation Grant
Program award to identify local public and private sources of funding
to develop sustainable California College Promise programs within
the community college district.
(2) The chancellor's office in its application criteria shall
encourage the governing board of a community college district
applying to receive a California College Promise Innovation Grant
Program award to leverage new or existing sources of local and state
funding to better align efforts to improve student success.
(c) The chancellor's office shall post on its Internet Web site,
for ease of access, all applications that receive funding under the
grant program, and shall encourage each community college district
that does not receive a grant to identify local public and private
sources of funding to develop sustainable California College Promise
programs within the district.
(d) (1) The chancellor's office shall be responsible for
developing application criteria, administrative guidelines, and other
requirements for purposes of administering the grant program.
(2) An application that demonstrates one or both of the following
shall receive first priority:
(A) Identifies local public and private sources of funding to
develop sustainable California College Promise programs within the
community college district.
(B) Leverages new or existing sources of local and state funding
to better align efforts to improve student success.
(3) An application that demonstrates one or more of the following
shall receive secondary priority:
(A) Develops partnerships pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision
(a) with school districts located predominantly within the community
college district's residential boundaries.
(B) Provides services to a greater proportion of students.
(C) Develops at least one partnership with a California State
University campus with the goal of guaranteeing admission and
seamless transfer to the California State University campus for the
district's students who have successfully completed transfer
requirements.
88904. (a) The Legislature encourages school districts, the
University of California, the California State University, the
Student Aid Commission, independent colleges and universities, local
and regional government agencies, and nonprofit, business, or other
community organizations to provide support services as needed in
coordination with community college districts for purposes of this
part.
(b) The Legislature further encourages the chancellor's office to
coordinate implementation of this part with other funded college
readiness and pathways programs.
88905. The governing board of a community college district that
receives a grant is encouraged to enter into a memorandum of
understanding with a partnering school district or public
postsecondary university to coordinate the programs and activities
proposed in the district's application in order to meet the goals of
this part.
88906. This part shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2021, deletes or extends
that date.
