BILL NUMBER: SB 1303 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Runner
FEBRUARY 16, 2006
An act to amend Section 48800 of the Education Code, relating to
pupils.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1303, as introduced, Runner Pupils: concurrent enrollment:
high school: community college.
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,
upon recommendation of the principal of a pupil's school of
attendance, and with parental consent, to authorize a pupil who would
benefit from advanced scholastic or vocational work to attend
community college as special part-time students to undertake one or
more courses of instruction at the community college level in order
to provide educational enrichment opportunities for a limited number
of eligible pupils.
Existing law prohibits a principal from recommending, for any
particular grade level, for community college summer session
attendance, more than 5% of the total number of pupils who completed
that grade immediately prior to the time of recommendation. Existing
law exempts from the specified 5% a pupil recommended by his or her
principal for enrollment in a college-level advanced scholastic
summer session course, or in a vocational community college summer
session course, if all of specified criteria are met.
This bill, instead, would exempt from the specified 5% a pupil
recommended by his or her principal for enrollment in a college-level
advanced scholastic summer session course, or in a vocational
community college summer session course, if any one or more of the
specified criteria are met.
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. Section 48800 of the Education Code is amended to read:
48800. (a) The governing board of a school district may determine
which pupils would benefit from advanced scholastic or vocational
work. The intent of this section is to provide educational enrichment
opportunities for a limited number of eligible pupils, rather than
to reduce current course requirements of elementary and secondary
schools, and also to help ensure a smoother transition from high
school to college for pupils by providing them with greater exposure
to the collegiate atmosphere. The governing board may authorize those
pupils, upon recommendation of the principal of the pupil's school
of attendance, and with parental consent, to attend a community
college during any session or term as special part-time or full-time
students and to undertake one or more courses of instruction offered
at the community college level.
(b) If the governing board denies a request for a special
part-time or full-time enrollment at a community college for any
session or term for a pupil who is identified as highly gifted, the
board shall issue its written recommendation and the reasons for the
denial within 60 days. The written recommendation and denial shall be
issued at the next regularly scheduled board meeting that falls at
least 30 days after the request has been submitted.
(c) The students pupil shall receive
credit for community college courses that they complete at the level
determined appropriate by the school district and community college
district governing boards.
(d) (1) The principal of a school may recommend a pupil for
community college summer session only if that pupil meets all of the
following criteria:
(A) Demonstrates adequate preparation in the discipline to be
studied.
(B) Exhausts all opportunities to enroll in an equivalent course,
if any, at his or her school of attendance.
(2) For any particular grade level, a principal may not recommend
for community college summer session attendance more than 5 percent
of the total number of pupils who completed that grade immediately
prior to the time of recommendation.
(3) A pupil recommended by his or her principal for enrollment in
a college-level advanced scholastic summer session course or in a
vocational community college summer session course shall not be
included in determining the 5 percent of pupils recommended if
if all any one of the following
criteria are is met:
(A) The course is offered by a middle college high school or an
early college high school, as defined by paragraph (4).
(B) The high school principal who makes the recommendation
provides data to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges
at the request of that office for purposes of preparing the annual
report pursuant to paragraph (5).
(C) The course meets one of the following criteria:
(i) It is a for credit, lower division, college-level course that
is designated as part of the Intersegmental General Education
Transfer Curriculum or applies toward the general education breadth
requirements of the California State University.
(ii) The course is a for credit, college-level, occupational
course assigned a Priority code of "A," "B," or "C," pursuant to the
Student Accountability Model, as defined by the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges and reported in the management
information system, and the course is part of a sequence of
vocational or career technical education courses leading to a degree
or certificate in the subject area covered by the sequence.
(4) For purposes of this section, a "middle college high school"
or an "early college high school" means a high school that meets all
of the following criteria:
(A) The school has an enrollment of 400 or fewer pupils, and is
recognized by the department and by the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges as a district school that has been assigned a
County-District-School code by the department.
(B) The school's program is sponsored by a legally binding
memorandum of understanding or similar formal agreement between a
sponsoring local educational agency and a community college district
that establishes cogovernance and resource allocation policies and
procedures for the cosponsored school.
(C) The school serves cohorts of pupils in a coherent high school
and community college program of study that includes, as a clearly
identified outcome for each pupil, a high school diploma and
achievement of, or preparation for, completion of an associate
degree, eligibility for transfer to a four-year college or
university, or completion of a community college certificate program
in a vocational, technical, or business occupation.
(5) On or before January 1, 2007, and on or before January 1 of
each year thereafter, the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges shall report to the Department of Finance the number of
pupils recommended pursuant to paragraph (3) who enroll in community
college summer session courses.
(6) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges
may not include enrollment growth attributable to paragraph (3) as
part of its annual budget request for the California Community
Colleges.
(7) Notwithstanding Article 3 (commencing with Section 33050) of
Chapter 1 of Part 20, compliance with this subdivision may not be
waived.
(e) Paragraphs (3), (4), (5), and (6) of subdivision (d) shall
become inoperative on January 1, 2011.