BILL NUMBER: AB 230	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Carter

                        FEBRUARY 2, 2011

   An act to amend Section 11301 of the Education Code, relating to
joint educational programs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 230, as introduced, Carter. Joint educational programs: middle
college high schools.
   Existing law authorizes the establishment of middle college high
schools, which are alternative high schools located on community
college campuses, and structured as broad-based, comprehensive
instructional programs focusing on college preparatory and
school-to-work curricula, career education, work experience,
community service, and support and motivational activities. Existing
law provides for the California Community Colleges and the State
Department of Education to collaborate with each other and with their
respective local community colleges and local school districts to
ensure the continued success of existing middle college high schools
and to promote the establishment of new middle college high schools.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in a
provision related to the establishment and maintenance of middle
college high schools.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 11301 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   11301.  (a) The California Community Colleges and the State
Department of Education shall collaborate with each other  ,
 and with their respective local community colleges and local
school districts  ,  to ensure the continued success of
existing middle college high schools and to promote the establishment
of new middle college high schools.
   (b) The responsibilities of the California Community Colleges and
the State Department of Education pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
include, but need not be limited to,  both of  the
following:
   (1) With respect to existing middle college high schools, 
monitor   monitoring  the ongoing viability of the
programs,  assist   assisting  with the
resolution of policy or financial issues that may arise, and 
track   tracking  specific outcomes for students
and schools, including attendance rates, graduation rates, college
entrance and attendance rates, and employment rates for those
students who do not attend college.
   (2) With respect to the promotion of new middle college high
schools,  respond   responding  to
inquiries from school districts and community colleges about the
establishment of middle college high schools,  advise
  advising  local entities on startup costs and
ongoing funding mechanisms for the program,  consult
  consulting  with local entities on the
organizational structure of, and curriculum development for, the
middle college high schools,  facilitate  
facilitating  the completion of any necessary facilities
improvements,  communicate   and communicating
 with local entities at least biannually about the existence of
middle college high schools and the availability of State Department
of Education and California Community Colleges resources, if any, to
assist with the establishment of middle college high schools.