BILL NUMBER: SB 379 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 4, 2013
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 3, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 30, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 6, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 19, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 17, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Senator Hancock
FEBRUARY 20, 2013
An act to amend Section 46146.5 of, 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, the Education Code,
relating to school attendance.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 379, Hancock. School attendance: early and middle college high
schools.
(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.
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 local 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.
(2) Existing 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 require a charter school that operates as an early
college high school or middle college high 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 a pupil enrolled in grade 11 or 12 who is also enrolled in
courses of the California State University, or courses of the
University of California, as specified, 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 courses
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. The bill would subject these requirements to annual
audits, as specified.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. The heading of Chapter 14 (commencing with Section
11300) of Part 7 of Division 1 of Title 1 of the Education Code is
amended to read:
CHAPTER 14. EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS AND MIDDLE COLLEGE HIGH
SCHOOLS
SEC. 2. Section 11302 is added to the Education Code, to read:
11302. 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.
SEC. 3. 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 courses 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 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 if the pupil is also enrolled
part time in courses of the California State University 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 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 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.
(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.
(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.
(h) The requirements of this section shall be subject to annual
audits, which shall be conducted pursuant to Section 41020.