BILL NUMBER: AB 1146 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 8, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 21, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Morrell
FEBRUARY 22, 2013
An act to amend Section 48800 of the Education Code, relating to
pupils.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1146, as amended, Morrell. Pupils: concurrent enrollment in
secondary school and community college.
Existing law authorizes the principal of a school to recommend a
pupil for community college summer session if the pupil meets certain
criteria and requires, for any particular grade level, the principal
to not recommend for community college summer session more than 5%
of the total number of pupils who completed that grade immediately
before the time of recommendation. Existing law, until January
1, 2014, requires a high school pupil recommended for enrollment in a
community college course to not be included in the 5% limit if the
course meets certain criteria and the principal provides the
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges with specific data
that is included in a report submitted to the Department of Finance.
Existing law also, until January 1, 2014, requires the Board of
Governors of the California Community Colleges to not
include enrollment growth attributable to pupils not included in
the 5% limit as part of its annual budget request for the
California Community Colleges.
This bill would increase the limit on the total number of
pupils for any particular grade level who may be recommended for
community college summer session to 10% extend the
provisions related to high school pupils not included in the 5%
limit, as described above, until January 1, 2019 .
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
yes . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. 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 or vocational
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 of the school
district 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 at the community college level.
(b) If the governing board of the school district 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 governing board of the school district 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
governing boards of the school district and community college
district.
(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 shall not
recommend for community college summer session attendance more than
10 5 percent of the total number of
pupils who completed that grade immediately before 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
10-percent 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) to (C), inclusive, and the high school principal
who recommends the pupil for enrollment provides the Chancellor of
the California Community Colleges, upon the request of the chancellor'
s 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 a college-level, occupational course for credit
assigned a priority code of "A," "B," or "C," pursuant to the Student
Accountability Model, as defined by the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges and reported in the management information
system, and the course is part of a sequence of vocational or career
technical education courses leading to a degree or certificate in the
subject area covered by the sequence.
(C) The course is necessary to assist a pupil who has not passed
the California High 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 of high school.
(ii) The pupil has completed all other graduation requirements
before 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 March 1 of each year, 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. The information in this report may be
submitted with the report required by subdivision (c) of Section
76002.
(5) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges
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 of Division 2 of Title 2, compliance with this
subdivision shall not be waived.
(e) Paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) of subdivision (d) shall become
inoperative on January 1, 2014 2019 .