BILL ANALYSIS �
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ASSEMBLY THIRD READING
AB 1146 (Morrell)
As Amended April 8, 2013
Majority vote
Education 7-0 Higher Education 12-0
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|Ayes:|Buchanan, Olsen, Gomez, |Ayes:|Williams, Ch�vez, Bloom, |
| |Ch�vez, Nazarian, | |Fong, Fox, Jones-Sawyer, |
| |Ammiano, Williams | |Levine, Medina, Olsen, |
| | | |Quirk-Silva, Weber, Wilk |
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AppRopriations 17-0
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|Ayes:|Gatto, Harkey, Bigelow, | | |
| |Bocanegra, Bradford, Ian | | |
| |Calderon, Campos, | | |
| |Donnelly, Eggman, Gomez, | | |
| |Hall, Ammiano, Linder, | | |
| |Pan, Quirk, Wagner, Weber | | |
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SUMMARY : Extends to January 1, 2019, the sunset date for
exemptions to the cap on the percentage of pupils that K-12
school principals may recommend for enrollment at the California
Community Colleges (CCC) during summer sessions.
FISCAL EFFECT : According to the Assembly Appropriations
Committee, General Fund/ Proposition 98 costs, in excess of $1
million annually, 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 : Concurrent enrollment includes all CCC coursework,
both credit and non-credit, undertaken by students who are
concurrently enrolled in high school, including summer terms
prior to high school graduation. These students are also known
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as "special admits" because they are granted admission to the
CCC under special rules. School districts may determine which
pupils would benefit from advanced scholastic or vocational work
and may recommend and authorize those pupils to attend and take
courses at the CCC level. The CCC districts may then admit such
students.
Students receive credit toward high school graduation and/or
college degrees depending upon the nature of the course and the
academic policies of the granting institutions. For example, a
student who completes the equivalent of Advanced Placement
Calculus at a CCC might be provided credit by the high school
for one of the years of mathematics required for graduation.
According to the author's office, funding flexibility has
severely diminished career technical education in California's
secondary schools. Extending opportunities for students through
CCC summer sessions will help to mitigate the loss of options at
the high school level. The author contends that serving the
needs of students should be the primary focus of all of the
state's educational institutions, and therefore the state should
seek to reduce limits on concurrent enrollment opportunities.
The author states, "understanding that most CCCs are at or near
enrollment capacity, this bill, by extending the exemption
sunset, only allows a minor increase in concurrent enrollment
during the summer session for specific students."
General Fund reductions combined with increased student demand
has left the CCC unable to provide course offerings to fully
meet student needs. Funding for the CCC has been cut $809
million, or 12%, over the past three years. According to a
March 2013 report by the Public Policy Institute of California
(PPIC), course offerings have declined from 420,000 to 334,000
since 2008-86,000 or 21% of course offerings-and most were
credit courses necessary to transfer or obtain a degree or
certificate. PPIC estimates that since 2008, 600,000 students
have not been able to enroll in classes, and another 500,000
students were on waiting lists for Fall 2012 courses. When
there is greater demand than there are course offerings, course
registration priorities play an important role in managing
enrollment by determining which groups of students are enrolled
in needed courses and which students get turned away.
Prior Legislation :
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SB 1437 (Padilla), Chapter 718, Statutes of 2008, established
California Virtual Campus and deemed the CCC to be qualifying
schools for the California Teleconnect Fund program
administered by the Public Utilities Commission. This bill also
revised the sunset date of this section from January 1, 2009
until January 1, 2014.
AB 967 (Canciamilla), Chapter 399, Statutes of 2005, exempted
from an enrollment cap on concurrent enrollment at the CCC a
student recommended by his/her principal for enrollment in a
college level advanced scholastic summer session course, or in a
vocational CCC summer session course.
SB 338 (Scott), Chapter 786, Statutes of 2003, changed the
statutes governing concurrent enrollment in the CCC, including
the specification of eligible courses, the determination of
academic credit for courses completed, appropriate claiming of
per student funding for courses offered, and the disclosure of
course availability.
Analysis Prepared by : Jill Rice / ED. / (916) 319-2087
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