Amended in Assembly June 19, 2013

Amended in Senate April 17, 2013

Senate Bill No. 379

Introduced by Senator Hancock

February 20, 2013

An act to amend Section 46146.5 of begin insert , to amend the heading of Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 11300) of Part 7 of Division 1 of Title 1 of, and to add Section 11302 to, end insert the Education Code, relating to school attendance.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 379, as amended, Hancock. School attendance: early and middle college high schools.

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(1) Under existing law, the Legislature finds and declares that middle college high schools have proven to be a highly effective collaborative effort between local school districts and community colleges.

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This bill would provide that the Legislature finds and declares that early college high schools are innovative partnerships between charter or noncharter public secondary schools and a community college, the California State University, or the University of California that allow pupils to earn a high school diploma and up to 2 years of college credit in 4 years or less.

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Existing

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begin insert (2) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert Existing end insert law provides that a day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in grades 11 and 12 at an early college high school or middle college high school is 180 minutes of attendance if the pupil is also enrolled in a community college, classes of the California State University, or classes of the University of California, as specified. Existing law, the Charter Schools Act of 1992, requires, as a condition of apportionment, among other things, a charter school to offer 64,800 minutes of instruction in a fiscal year for pupils in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, and, for classroom-based instruction, as defined, to have at least 80% of the instructional time offered to be at the schoolsite.

This bill would begin delete authorize end delete begin insert require end insert a charter school that operates begin insert as end insert an early college high school or middle college high begin delete school to claim a day of attendance based on 180 minutes of attendance for end delete begin insert school, for purposes of calculating classroom-based average daily attendance for classroom-based instruction apportionments, to offer at least 80% of the instructional time at the charter school schoolsite, and to require end insert a pupil enrolled in grade 11 or 12 who is also enrolled in begin delete a community college, end delete classes of the California State University, or classes of the University of California, as specified, begin delete without changing the minimum number of minutes of instruction a charter school is required to offer in a fiscal year. The bill would require a day of attendance to be 240 minutes of attendance for (A) a pupil enrolled in grade 9 or 10 who is also a special part-time student enrolled in community college, and (B) a pupil enrolled in a charter school that is an early college high school or middle college high school if the pupil does not satisfy certain requirements. end delete begin insert or a pupil enrolled who is also enrolled as a special part-time student in a community college, as specified, to attend the charter school for a minimum of 50% of the minimum number of minutes of instruction the charter school is required to offer in a fiscal year. The bill would require a pupil enrolled in a charter school that operates as an early college high school or middle college high school who is not enrolled in classes of the California State University or the University of California, or who is not a special part-time student in a community college, to attend the charter school for a minimum of 67% of the minimum number of minutes of instruction the charter school is required to offer in a fiscal year. end insert

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert The heading of Chapter 14 (commencing with
Section 11300) of Part 7 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the end insert begin insert Education
Code end insert begin insert is amended to read: end insert

 

Chapter  14. begin insert Early College High Schools and end insert
Middle College High Schools

 

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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begin insert Section 11302 is added to the end insert begin insert Education Code end insert begin insert , to read: end insert

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begin insert 11302. end insert   

The Legislature finds and declares that early college
high schools are innovative partnerships between charter or
noncharter public secondary schools and a local community
college, the California State University, or the University of
California that allow pupils to earn a high school diploma and up
to two years of college credit in four years or less. Early college
high schools are small, autonomous schools that blend high school
and college into a coherent educational program. In early college
high schools, pupils begin taking college courses as soon as they
demonstrate readiness and the college credit earned may be
applied toward completing an associate or bachelor’s degree,
transfer to a four-year university, or obtaining a skills certificate.

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Section 46146.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:

46146.5.  

(a) A day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in grade
11 or 12 at an early college high school or middle college high
school is 180 minutes of attendance if the pupil is also enrolled
part time in classes of the California State University or the
University of California for which academic credit will be provided
upon satisfactory completion of enrolled courses.

(b) A day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in an early college
high school or middle college high school, who is also a special
part-time student enrolled in a community college under Article
1 (commencing with Section 48800) of Chapter 5 of Part 27, and
who will receive academic credit upon satisfactory completion of
enrolled courses, is 180 minutes of attendance.

(c) A day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in an early college
high school or middle college high school who does not satisfy
subdivision (a) or (b) is 240 minutes of attendance.

(d) For a charter school that is an early college high school or
middle college high begin delete school eligible to claim classroom-based
instruction apportionments in accordance with subdivision (e) of
Section 47612.5, a day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in grade
11 or 12 is 180 minutes of attendance end delete begin insert school, for purposes of
calculating classroom-based average daily attendance for
classroom-based instruction apportionments, at least 80 percent
of the instructional time offered by the charter school shall be at
the schoolsite, and the charter school shall require the attendance
of a pupil enrolled in grade 11 or 12 for a minimum of 50 percent
of the minimum instructional time required to be offered pursuant
to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 47612.5 end insert if the pupil
is also enrolled part time in classes of the begin delete California Community
Colleges, end delete California State begin delete University, end delete begin insert University end insert or the University
of California for which academic credit will be provided upon
satisfactory completion of enrolled courses.

(e) For a charter school that is an early college high school or
middle college high begin delete school eligible to claim classroom-based
instruction apportionments in accordance with subdivision (e) of
Section 47612.5, a day of attendance for a pupil who end delete begin insert school, for
purposes of calculating classroom-based average daily attendance
for classroom-based instruction apportionments, at least 80 percent
of the instructional time offered by the charter school shall be at
the schoolsite, and the charter school shall require the attendance
of a pupil for a minimum of 50 percent of the minimum
instructional time required to be offered pursuant to paragraph
(1) of subdivision (a) of Section 47612.5 if the pupil end insert is also a special
part-time student enrolled in a community college under Article
1 (commencing with Section 48800) of Chapter 5 of Part 27, and
who will receive academic credit upon satisfactory completion of
enrolled begin delete courses, is 180 minutes of attendance for a pupil enrolled
in grade 11 or 12, and 240 minutes of attendance for a pupil
enrolled in grade 9 or 10. end delete begin insert courses. end insert

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(f) A day of attendance for a pupil enrolled in a charter school
that is an early college high school or middle college high school
who does not satisfy subdivision (d) or (e) is 240 minutes of
attendance.

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(g) Subdivisions (d) and (e) shall not change the requirement
for charter schools to offer the minimum number of annual
instructional minutes pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a)
of Section 47612.5.

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(h) For a pupil enrolled in a charter school that is an early
college high school or middle college high school who does not
satisfy the attendance and enrollment requirements in subdivision
(d) or (e), attendance shall be claimed by the charter school
pursuant to Section 47612.5.

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(f) For a pupil enrolled in a charter school that is an early
college high school or middle college high school and who does
not satisfy the attendance and enrollment requirements of
subdivision (d) or (e), for purposes of calculating classroom-based
average daily attendance for classroom-based instruction
apportionments, at least 80 percent of the instructional time offered
by the charter school shall be at the schoolsite, and the charter
school shall require the attendance of the pupil for a minimum of
67 percent of the minimum instructional time required to be offered
pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 47612.5.

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(g) For purposes of this section, middle college high school is
described in Section 11300 and early college high school is
described in Section 11302.

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