BILL NUMBER: SB 490	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Jackson

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to amend Section 99301 of the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 490, as introduced, Jackson. Early Assessment Program: common
core academic content standards.
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges and the
California State University as 2 of the 3 segments of public
postsecondary education in the state. Existing law recognizes the
establishment of the Early Assessment Program (EAP) at the California
State University to enable pupils to learn about their readiness for
college-level English and mathematics before their senior year of
high school. Existing law states the intent of the Legislature that
the EAP be expanded to include the California Community Colleges.
   Existing law encourages community college districts participating
in the EAP to consult with the Academic Senate for the California
Community Colleges to work toward sequencing their precollegiate
level courses and transfer-level courses in English and mathematics
to the elementary and secondary education academic content standards
adopted pursuant to specified law.
   This bill would instead encourage those courses to be sequenced to
the common core academic content standards for language arts and
mathematics.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 99301 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   99301.  (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 78213, the
individual results of the California Standards Test (CST) and the
augmented CST, as referenced in Section 60641, in addition to any
other purposes may be used by community college districts to provide
diagnostic advice to, or for the placement of, prospective community
college students participating in the EAP.
   (b) (1) As authorized pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph
(3) of subdivision (a) of Section 60641, the individual results of
the CST and the augmented CST, as referenced in Section 60641, shall
be provided to the office of the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges.
   (2) The office of the Chancellor of the California Community
Colleges shall coordinate with community college districts that
choose to voluntarily participate in the EAP as follows, and, to the
extent possible, shall accomplish all of the following activities
using existing resources:
   (A) Encourage community college districts to choose to voluntarily
participate in the EAP and notify them of the requirements of
subdivision (c), including the requirements that the standards
utilized by CSU to assess readiness for college-level English and
mathematics courses, as expressed in the CST as augmented by CSU,
shall also be used for the purposes of the EAP.
   (B) Coordinate the progress of the program, provide technical
assistance to participating community college districts pursuant to
subdivision (c) as needed, identify additional reporting and program
criteria as needed, and provide a report to the Legislature and
Governor on or before February 15, 2015, on the implementation and
results of the EAP for community college students.
   (C) Provide access to the individual test results of the CST and
the augmented CST, as referenced in Section 60641, to participating
community college districts.
   (c) For those community college districts that choose to work
directly with high school pupils within their respective district
boundaries who took the augmented CST, as referenced in Section
60641, and choose to offer assistance to these pupils in
strengthening their college readiness skills, all of the following
provisions apply:
   (1) The individual results of the CST and the augmented CST, as
referenced in Section 60641, shall be released by the office of the
Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, as authorized
pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of
Section 60641, to participating community college districts upon
their request for this information and may be used to provide
diagnostic advice to prospective community college students
participating in the EAP.
   (2) Pursuant to subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) of subdivision
(b), the same standards utilized by CSU to assess readiness shall
also be used for purposes of this section.
   (3) The augmented CST as referenced in Section 60641, and
currently utilized by CSU for purposes of early assessment, shall be
used to assess the college readiness of pupils in the EAP.
   (4) Participating community college districts are encouraged to
consult with the Academic Senate for the California Community
Colleges to work toward sequencing their precollegiate level courses
and transfer-level courses in English and mathematics to the 
elementary and secondary education   common core 
academic content standards adopted pursuant to Section  60605
  60605.8  .
   (5) Participating community college districts shall identify an
EAP coordinator and shall coordinate with CSU campuses and schools
offering instruction in kindergarten and any of grades 1 to 12,
inclusive, in their respective district boundaries on EAP-related
activities that assist pupils in making decisions that increase their
college readiness skills and likelihood of pursuing a postsecondary
education.
   (6) In order to provide high school pupils with an indicator of
their college readiness, a community college district participating
in the EAP shall use individual test results provided to that college
pursuant to paragraph (1) of, and subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2)
of, subdivision (b) to provide diagnostic advice to prospective
community college students participating in the EAP.
   (7) The individual results of the augmented CST, as referenced in
Section 60641 for purposes of the EAP, shall not be used by a
community college as a criterion for admission.
   (8) Participating community college districts shall utilize the
existing infrastructure of academic opportunities, as developed by
CSU, to provide additional preparation in grade 12 for prospective
community college students participating in the EAP.
   (d) Both of the following provisions apply to CSU:
   (1) The individual results of the CST and the augmented CST, as
referenced in Section 60641, as authorized pursuant to subparagraph
(B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 60641, shall be
released to, and in addition to any other purposes may be used by,
CSU to provide diagnostic advice to, or for the placement of
prospective CSU students participating in the EAP.
   (2) The individual results of the augmented CST, as referenced in
Section 60641 for purposes of the EAP, shall not be used by CSU as a
criterion for admission.