Bill Text: CA AB2681 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Public education: California College Promise Grant

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From committee without further action. [AB2681 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2681-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2681	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 18, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member O'Donnell

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act  to add and repeal Section 76004.5 of the Education
Code,   relating to public  postsecondary education.
  education, and making an appropriation therefor. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2681, as amended, O'Donnell. Public  postsecondary
education.   education: California College Promise Grant
Program.  
   Existing law authorizes the governing board of a community college
district to enter into a College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP)
partnership with the governing board of a school district with the
goal of developing seamless pathways from high school to community
college for career technical education or preparation for transfer,
improving high school graduation rates, or helping high school pupils
achieve college and career readiness. Existing law requires the
partnership agreement to outline the terms of the partnership, as
specified, and to establish protocols for information sharing, joint
facilities use, and parental consent for high school pupils to enroll
in community college courses. These provisions are repealed on
January 1, 2022.  
   This bill would establish the California College Promise Grant
Program, until January 1, 2022, to be administered by the
Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges, to provide planning grants to eligible
school districts and community college districts to establish CCAP
partnerships. The bill would authorize the Superintendent and the
chancellor to establish the grant application process and the
criteria for determining the amount of each grant. The bill would set
the maximum grant amount under this program at $25,000.  
   The bill would appropriate $1,000,000 from the General Fund to the
Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation, without regard
to fiscal years, for purposes of this program. Funds appropriated by
this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements
for school districts and community college districts imposed by
Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, as
specified.  
   Under existing law, the University of California, under the
administration of the Regents of the University of California, the
California State University, under the administration of the Trustees
of the California State University, and the California Community
Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges, are the 3 segments of public
postsecondary education in this state. 
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation relating to public postsecondary education in this state.

   Vote: majority. Appropriation:  no   yes
 . Fiscal committee:  no   yes  .
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 76004.5 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   76004.5.  (a) The California College Promise Grant Program is
hereby established to provide planning grants to school districts and
community college districts to establish a College and Career Access
Pathways (CCAP) partnership pursuant to Section 76004. A grant may
be awarded under this section to a school district or community
college district that has met the requirements of subdivision (b) of
Section 76004 and that has certified its intention to establish a
CCAP partnership no later than the fiscal year following the fiscal
year in which the grant is received. A grant awarded under this
section may be used to cover costs incurred pursuant to subdivision
(c) of Section 76004 and to inform parents and students about
opportunities that are available through the CCAP partnership.
   (b) The grant program established by this section shall be
administered by the Superintendent and the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges. The Superintendent and the chancellor
shall establish the grant application process and the criteria for
determining the amount of each grant. The maximum amount of a grant
awarded under this section shall be twenty-five thousand dollars
($25,000) per CCAP partnership.
   (c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2022, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2022, deletes or extends
that date. 
   SEC. 2.    (a)     The sum of one
million dollars ($1,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General
Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation,
without regard to fiscal years, for purposes of Section 76004.5 of
the Education Code.  
   (b) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8
of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the funds appropriated
pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be "General Fund
revenues appropriated for school districts and community college
districts, respectively," as defined in subdivision (f) of Section
41202 of the Education Code, for the fiscal year in which they are
expended, and included within the "  t]otal allocations to school
districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds
of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B," as defined in
subdivision (e) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, for the
fiscal year in which they are expended.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation relating to public postsecondary education in
this state.