BILL NUMBER: AB 388	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 29, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chesbro

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2013

   An act to amend Section 78211.5 of the Education Code, relating to
community colleges.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 388, as amended, Chesbro. Community colleges: Seymour-Campbell
Student Success Act of 2012.
   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, known as the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of
2012, was enacted for the purpose of increasing California community
college access and success by providing effective core matriculation
services of orientation, assessment and placement, counseling, and
other education planning services, and academic interventions.
 The   Existing law provides that the 
focus of the act is on the entering students' transition into college
in order to provide a foundation for student achievement and
successful completion of students' educational goals, with a priority
toward serving students who enroll to earn degrees, career technical
certificates, transfer preparation, or career advancement.
   This bill would specify that  career advancement, for
purposes of   nothing in  the Seymour-Campbell
Student Success Act of 2012,  includes, but  is 
intended to preclude colleges from providing courses and programs
including, but  not limited to, professional development,
 development of job skills,  development of language
skills, and job services for individuals with developmental
disabilities  , to the extent resources are available for those
  purposes  .
   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 78211.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   78211.5.  (a) The purpose of the Seymour-Campbell Student Success
Act of 2012 is to increase California community college student
access and success by providing effective core matriculation
services, including orientation, assessment and placement,
counseling, and other education planning services, and academic
interventions. The focus of the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act
of 2012 is on the entering students' transition into college in order
to provide a foundation for student achievement and successful
completion of students' educational goals, with a priority toward
serving students who enroll to earn degrees, career technical
certificates, transfer preparation, or career advancement. The
Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 targets state resources
on core matriculation services that research has shown to be critical
in increasing the ability of students to reach their academic and
career goals. By focusing funding in these core areas and leveraging
the use of technology to more efficiently and effectively serve a
greater number of students, the goal of the Seymour-Campbell Student
Success Act of 2012 is to provide students with a solid foundation
and opportunity for success in the California Community Colleges.
   (b) Any  community  college or  community college
 district receiving funding under this article shall agree to
carry out its provisions as specified, but shall be bound to that
agreement only for the period during which funding is received
pursuant to this article. The obligations of the  community 
college or  community college  district under the agreement
shall include, but not be limited to, the expenditure of funds
received pursuant to this article for only those services approved by
the board of governors and the contribution toward the purposes of
this article of matching funds as the board of governors may require
pursuant to Section 78216.
   (c)  For purposes of   Nothing in  this
article  is intended to preclude colleges from providing courses
and programs including  ,  career advancement includes,
 but is not limited to, professional development, 
development of job skills,  development of language skills,
and job services for individuals with developmental disabilities 
to the extent resources are available for those purposes  .