BILL ANALYSIS �
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Date of Hearing: May 8, 2013
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Mike Gatto, Chair
AB 1146 (Morrell) - As Amended: April 8, 2013
Policy Committee: EducationVote:7-0
Higher Education 12-0
Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program:
No Reimbursable: No
SUMMARY
This bill extends the January 1, 2014 sunset on statute that
exempts high school pupils from being counted toward the five
percent enrollment cap for attending summer school at a
California Community College (CCC) from January 1, 2014 to
January 1, 2019.
FISCAL EFFECT
Annual GF/98 costs, in excess of $1 million, to exempt high
school pupils from the five percent enrollment cap for attending
CCC summer school, as specified. According to the CCC, 16,403
high school students passed a CCC summer session course in 2012.
This represents a 22% decrease from 2011.
COMMENTS
1)Background . Concurrent enrollment provides pupils the
opportunity to enroll in college courses and earn college
credit while still enrolled in high school. Currently, a pupil
is allowed to concurrently enroll in a CCC as a special admit
while still attending high school, if the pupil's school
district determines that the pupil would benefit from
"advanced scholastic or vocational work." Special-admit
students have typically been advanced pupils wanting to take
more challenging coursework or pupils who come from high
schools where Advanced Placement or honors courses are not
widely available. Additionally, programs such as middle
college high schools and early college high schools use
concurrent enrollment to offer instructional programs for
at-risk pupils that focus on college preparatory curricula.
2)Purpose . Existing law authorizes pupils, upon recommendation
of the pupil's principal or with parental consent, to attend a
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CC during any session or term as a special part-time or
full-time student, as specified. A principal is restricted,
however, from authorizing more than five percent of his or her
pupils to attend a CCC summer session, as specified. Statute
does provide an exemption from this cap if the course the
pupil enrolls in meets specified criteria (i.e., it is a
general education course that applies toward four-year college
requirements and a course necessary to pass the high school
exit examination) and the principal provides the CCC with
specified data.
3)Prior legislation . SB 1437 (Padilla), Chapter 718, extended
the sunset of the concurrent enrollment provisions from
January 1, 2009 to January 1, 2014.
Analysis Prepared by : Kimberly Rodriguez / APPR. / (916)
319-2081