BILL NUMBER: AB 32 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 1, 2007
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 17, 2007
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 26, 2007
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Fuller
( Coauthors: Assembly Members
DeVore, Garrick, Horton, Huff,
Jeffries, Silva, and Smyth
)
( Coauthors: Senators
Ashburn, Cogdill, Denham, and Wyland
)
DECEMBER 4, 2006
An act to amend Section 48800 of, and to add Section 48800.1 to,
the Education Code, relating to career technical education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 32, as amended, Fuller. Career technical education: work
certification training.
(1) Existing law requires school districts to adopt a course of
study for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, that includes, among other
things, career technical education.
Existing law authorizes the
The governing board of a school district is
permitted to authorize pupils, with parental permission, 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 provides for the establishment of partnership
academies by participating school districts as "schools within a
school" and as state-school-private sector partnerships that provide
combined academic and occupational training to high school pupils who
present a high risk of dropping out of school.
Existing law authorizes the
The county superintendent of schools of each county,
with the consent of the State Board of Education, is
authorized to establish and maintain at least one regional
occupational center, or regional occupational program, in the county
to provide education and training in career technical courses.
Existing law requires the The governing
board of a regional occupational center or program is required
to ensure that at least 90% of all state-funded courses offered
by the center or program are part of occupational course sequences
that target high-skill occupations that are in demand and to
establish and maintain an employer advisory board or boards.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to provide,
within the public school system, work certification training options
to pupils who are between the ages of 16 and 18 years, have passed
the high school exit examination, and have the consent of their
parents or guardians, with particular emphasis on job specific
skilled labor and technical training.
The bill would authorize a pupil enrolled in at least 3 high
school courses to enroll also in a community college for the purpose
of taking career and technical education classes leading to work
certification if the class is not offered
available at the pupil's high school of attendance or a
regional occupational center or program in which the pupil is
eligible to enroll and the pupil has parental permission. To the
extent that this authorization would require school districts and
community colleges to assume new duties, the bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide, within
the public school system, work certification training options to
pupils who are between the ages of 16 and 18 years, have passed the
high school exit examination, and have the consent of their parents
or guardians, with particular emphasis on job specific skilled labor
and technical training.
SEC. 2. 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 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
available 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) A pupil shall receive credit for community college courses
that he or she completes 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
shall 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 high school pupil recommended by his or her principal for
enrollment in a course shall not be included in the 5-percent
limitation of pupils allowed to be recommended pursuant to paragraph
(2) if the course in which the pupil is enrolled meets one of the
criterion listed in subparagraphs (A) and (B) and the high school
principal who recommends the pupil for enrollment provides the
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, upon the request of
that office, with the data required for purposes of paragraph (4).
(A) The course is a lower division, college-level course for
credit 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.
(B) The course is necessary to assist a pupil who has not passed
the Californiahigh school exit examination (CAHSEE), does not offer
college credit in English language arts or mathematics, and the pupil
meets both of the following requirements:
(i) The pupil is in his or her senior year.
(ii) The pupil has completed all other graduation requirements
prior to the end of his or her senior year, or will complete all
remaining graduation requirements during a community college summer
session, which he or she is recommended to enroll in, following his
or her senior year of high school.
(4) On or before November 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 and who receive a passing grade.
(5) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges
may shall not include enrollment growth
attributable to paragraph (3) as part of its annual budget request
for the California Community Colleges.
(6) Notwithstanding Article 3 (commencing with Section 33050) of
Chapter 1 of Part 20, compliance with this subdivision may
shall not be waived.
(e) Paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of subdivision (d) shall become
inoperative on January 1, 2009.
SEC. 3. Section 48800.1 is added to the Education Code, to read:
48800.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 48800, a pupil enrolled in
at least three high school courses may also enroll in a community
college for the purpose of taking career and technical education
classes leading to work certification if the following requirements
are met:
(1) The career technical education class is not offered
available at the pupil's high school of
attendance or a regional occupational center or program in which the
pupil is eligible to enroll.
(2) The pupil has parental permission.
(b) The community college shall give enrollment priority to high
school pupils who wish to attend career technical courses
offered available in the afternoon.
(c) A pupil shall receive high school credit for community college
courses that he or she completes at the level determined appropriate
by the school district and community college district governing
boards.
(d) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges
may shall not include enrollment growth
attributable to a high school pupil enrolled pursuant to this
section as part of its annual budget request for the California
Community Colleges.
(e) Notwithstanding Article 3 (commencing with Section 33050) of
Chapter 1 of Part 20, compliance with this section may
shall not be waived.
SEC. 4. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.