BILL ANALYSIS Ó ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 650| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 445-6614 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ UNFINISHED BUSINESS Bill No: SB 650 Author: Lowenthal (D) Amended: 7/13/11 Vote: 21 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 9-0, 4/13/11 AYES: Lowenthal, Runner, Alquist, Hancock, Huff, Liu, Price, Simitian, Vargas NO VOTE RECORDED: Blakeslee, Vacancy SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 9-0, 5/16/11 AYES: Kehoe, Walters, Alquist, Emmerson, Lieu, Pavley, Price, Runner, Steinberg SENATE FLOOR : 39-0, 5/23/11 (Consent) AYES: Alquist, Anderson, Berryhill, Blakeslee, Calderon, Cannella, Corbett, Correa, De León, DeSaulnier, Dutton, Emmerson, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Hancock, Hernandez, Huff, Kehoe, La Malfa, Leno, Lieu, Liu, Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod, Padilla, Pavley, Price, Rubio, Runner, Simitian, Steinberg, Strickland, Vargas, Walters, Wolk, Wright, Wyland, Yee NO VOTE RECORDED: Harman ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 8/25/11 (Consent) - See last page for vote SUBJECT : Postsecondary education: College Promise Partnership Act SOURCE : Author CONTINUED SB 650 Page 2 DIGEST : This bill permits Long Beach Community College District to admit students who are participants in the College Promise Partnership, to any community college under its jurisdiction as a special part-time or full-time student and to permit assigned priority for enrollment and course registration for these pupils. Assembly Amendments make clarifying changes and revise and recast Section 3 of the bill ANALYSIS : Existing Law 1.Authorizes the governing board of a school district to authorize pupils, with parental permission, who would benefit from advanced scholastic or vocational work to attend community college as special part-time or full time students to undertake one or more courses of instruction at the community college level. 2.Authorizes a parent or guardian of a pupil to petition the governing board of a school district to authorize the attendance of the pupil at a community college as a special part-time or full-time student on the ground that the pupil would benefit from advanced scholastic or vocational work. 3.Authorizes the governing board of a community college district to admit those students to any community college under its jurisdiction and to include those students in the district's report of full-time equivalent students if they are enrolled in community college classes that are open to the general public. 2.Provides that, for purposes of receiving state apportionments, California community college districts may only include high school students within the community college district's report on full-time equivalent students if the students are enrolled in courses that are open to the general public, as CONTINUED SB 650 Page 3 specified. 3.Allows the governing board of a community college to restrict enrollment of K-12 school district students based on age, completion of a specified grade level, and demonstrated eligibility. 4.Requires the Chancellor's Office of the California Community Colleges (CCC) to report to the Department of Finance annually on the amount of full-time equivalent students claimed by each community college district for high school students enrolled in non-credit, non-degree applicable, degree applicable (excluding physical education), and degree-applicable physical education, pursuant to the aforementioned provisions. This bill: 1. Permits the Long Beach Community College District (LBCCD) and the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) enter into a partnership, under the College Promise Partnership Act, to provide pupils with an aligned sequence of high school and college coursework that leads to college courses, with consistent and jointly established eligibility for college courses. 2. Specifies the purpose of the partnership is to provide a bridge to college for pupils not already college bound and to reduce the time for advanced student to complete programs. 3. Requires pupils participating in the partnership to complete the augmented California Standards Tests in grade 11 and enroll in coursework in grade 12 to remedy any deficiencies diagnosed. 4 Requires the consent of a parent or guardian of a pupil prior to a pupil's participation in the partnership. 5. Requires LBCCD and LBUSD to design the partnership to include focused curricular pathways for a participating pupil to obtaining credit in general education courses or a career technical certificate or degree. CONTINUED SB 650 Page 4 6. Requires the partnership to coordinate the delivery of student support services including counseling to participating pupils. 7. Authorizes LBCCD to include high school pupils who attend a community college within the district who participate in a partnership to receive state apportionments, provided that no school district has received reimbursement for the same instructional activity. 8. Requires the LBCCD to implement the partnership in a manner that does not result in increased allocations, which are above the regularly funded full-time equivalent students enrollment cap, from the General Fund for the LBCCD. 9. Requires the LBCCD, if it enters into a partnership, to provide for an independent evaluation of the partnership funded with resources provided by the participating entities, which shall be presented to the Chancellor of the CCC and the Legislature. 10. Requires the evaluation, at a minimum, to provide recommendations for the improvement of, and issues related to the establishment of admittance, enrollment, course registration priority provided to pupils participating in the partnership and a review and analysis of whether the partnership met the following objectives: A. An increase in the percentage of students who attended the school district who attend college directly from high school. B. An increase in the percentage of students who attended the school district who are determined, by assessment or other means, to be prepared for college-level English and mathematics by the commencement of their first regular semester of college. C. An increase in the average number of college CONTINUED SB 650 Page 5 units completed prior to first semester enrollment by entering freshmen from the school district. D. An increase in the number of students who attended the school district who successfully complete college-level English and mathematics in their first year. E. An increase in the number of students who attended the school district who complete 25 transferable units in their first year. F. An increase in the number of students who attended the school district who earn a degree or certificate at the college, or successfully transfer to a four-year university, within four years of graduating from high school. G. The evaluation is submitted to the Legislature on or before December 30, 2016. 11.Allows the LBCCD to include high school pupils who attend a community college within the district, provided that no school district has received reimbursement for the same instructional activity. 12.Requires the LBCCD to report to the Chancellor of the CCC the monies utilized for the partnership by no later than November 1 of each year the partnership is in operation. 13.Provides that credit for partnership courses completed shall be at the level determined to be appropriate by the governing boards of the LBUSD and the LBCCD. 14.Allows the LBCCD to assign priority enrollment and course registration to any of the following: A. Students pursuing and making satisfactory academic progress toward a degree, certificate, transfer, or basic skills objective that is declared for reaffirmed upon enrollment in each academic term. B. Students pursuing and making satisfactory CONTINUED SB 650 Page 6 academic progress pursuant to an approved individual education plan toward a career development objective that is declared or reaffirmed upon enrollment in each academic term. 15. Sunsets as of June 30, 2018, as specified. Comment Need for the Bill . The Long Beach "College Promise" is a nationally recognized program that provides early and sustained outreach to students and families through college transition, academic support and guidance, guaranteed admission to California State University, Long Beach, and a tuition-free first semester at LBCCD. This bill takes the "College Promise" to the next level by authorizing collaboration between Long Beach's three premier educational institutions to provide participating pupils with: 1.Concurrent enrollment, so that LBUSD students can earn college credit while they simultaneously meet high school graduation requirements. 2.Priority for enrollment and course registration to certain students, as specified. 3.Measurable results that are clearly defined with metrics that must be achieved, or else the Act sunsets in 2019. Additional Background . Current law does not outline a comprehensive strategy for concurrent enrollment. As a result of past improper concurrent enrollment practices, inadvertent barriers that inhibit the creation and growth of more comprehensive practices have been the result. The basic underlying concern is that concurrent enrollment allows both the K-12 district and the CCC district to claim apportionments for the same student (double-dipping\ Prioritizing Enrollment and Displacement Issues . As the state continues to go through a significant downturn in available funding for adult education and community colleges, adult education (offered by K-12) funding for this has been reduced by over 20 percent and the remaining CONTINUED SB 650 Page 7 funding put into the "flexibility" category meaning the funding has become discretionary, with most K-12 school districts using these funds to maintain the core K-12 programs within a district. In addition, community colleges are suffering from budgetary shortfalls combined with increased student demand, in part due to unemployment and the overall economic slowdown, leaving the community colleges unable to provide course offerings to fully meet student needs. According to Chancellor Jack Scott, the proposed 2011Budget translates into approximately 400,000 students losing access to classes (200,000 students already in the system for which the colleges are receiving no state remuneration and roughly 200,000 additional students). When implementing budget cuts in prior years, community college CEOs were directed by state chancellor Jack Scott to retain courses that lead to job retraining, degrees, certificates, transfer, and that help increase basic English and math skills. This bill includes an additional priority for enrollment and registration to include students that are participating in the "College Promise." The sunset of "College Promise Partnership" is conditional and contingent upon the certification by the State Board of Education and the Chancellor of the CCC that at least four out of six measureable objectives are met. FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes Local: No Fiscal Impact (in thousands) Major Provisions 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 Fund Authorizes partner- Likely minor, non-reimbursable costs Local/ ship General* *Counts toward meeting the Proposition 98 minimum funding guarantee CONTINUED SB 650 Page 8 SUPPORT : (Verified 8/25/11) Community College League of California Long Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Long Beach City College Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation Long Beach Unified School District ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office, existing law restricts LBCCD from admitting additional high school students to take college courses. This bill would allow LBCCD, upon entering into a Partnership with LBUSD, to accept more high school seniors who are participating in the Promise to take LBCCD courses. Through providing LBCCD additional flexibility to accept Promise students, this bill aims to create a model program for increasing college attendance and completion rates. ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 78-0, 8/25/11 (Consent) AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez NO VOTE RECORDED: Bonilla, Gorell CPM:cm 8/26/11 Senate Floor Analyses SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE **** END **** CONTINUED SB 650 Page 9 CONTINUED