BILL NUMBER: AB 230	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 11, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 5, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 14, 2011
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Carter
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Dickinson, Portantino, and Solorio)
   (Coauthor: Senator Wolk)

                        FEBRUARY 2, 2011

   An act to amend Section 76001 of the Education Code, relating to
joint educational programs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 230, Carter. Joint educational programs: middle college high
school students: enrollment priority.
   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. Existing law establishes community college
districts, administered by a governing board, throughout the state,
and authorizes these districts to provide instruction to students at
the community college campuses maintained by the districts.
   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 requires the governing board of a community college district to
assign a low enrollment priority to specified special part-time or
full-time students, which includes middle college high school
students, in order to ensure that these students do not displace
regularly admitted students.
   This bill would provide that the low enrollment priority
provisions do not apply to a student attending a middle college high
school, if the student is seeking to enroll in a community college
course that is required for the student's middle college high school
program.



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

  SECTION 1.  Section 76001 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   76001.  (a) The governing board of a community college district
may admit to any community college under its jurisdiction as a
special part-time or full-time student in any session or term any
student who is eligible to attend community college pursuant to
Section 48800 or 48800.5.
   (b) If the governing board denies a request for a special
part-time or full-time enrollment at a community college for a pupil
who is identified as highly gifted, the board shall record its
findings and the reasons for denial of the request in writing 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 attendance of a pupil at a community college as a special
part-time or full-time student pursuant to this section is authorized
attendance, for which the community college shall be credited or
reimbursed pursuant to Sections 48802 and 76002. Credit for courses
completed shall be at the level determined to be appropriate by the
school district and community college district governing boards.
   (d) For purposes of this section, a special part-time student may
enroll in up to, and including, 11 units per semester, or the
equivalent thereof, at the community college.
   (e) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the governing board
of a community college district shall assign a low enrollment
priority to special part-time or full-time students described in
subdivision (a) in order to ensure that these students do not
displace regularly admitted students.
   (2) This subdivision does not apply to a student attending a
middle college high school as described in Section 11300, if the
student is seeking to enroll in a community college course that is
required for the student's middle college high school program.