Amended in Assembly March 26, 2015

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 490


Introduced by Assembly Members Alejo and Gatto

February 23, 2015


An actbegin delete to amend Section 69642 of the Education Code,end delete relating to communitybegin delete colleges.end deletebegin insert colleges, and making an appropriation therefor.end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 490, as amended, Alejo. begin insertCommunity Colleges: end insertCommunity College Extended Opportunity Programs andbegin delete Services.end deletebegin insert Services and the Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education program.end insert

Existing law establishes the Community College Extended Opportunity Programs and Services to encourage local community colleges to establish and implement programs directed to identifying those students affected by language, social, and economic handicaps, and to assist those students to achieve their educational objectives and goals, including, but not limited to, obtaining job skills, occupational certificates, or associate degrees, and transferring to 4-year institutions.begin delete Existing law defines extended opportunity services for these purposes.end delete

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This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to that definition.

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Existing law authorizes the Chancellor’s office of the California Community Colleges, in cooperation with the State Department of Social Services and the State Employment Development Department, to enter into agreements with community college districts, which, prior to July 1, 1984, established cooperative agencies resources for education programs, for the purpose of providing additional funds for support services for those programs.

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This bill would appropriate, for the 2015-16 fiscal year, $40,000,000 from an unspecified source to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to be allocated, as specified, for Extended Opportunity Programs and Services and for the administration of the Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education, thereby making an appropriation.

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Funds appropriated by this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert. Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert. State-mandated local program: no.

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

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The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:

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3(a) The Extended Opportunity Programs and Services program
4(EOPS) was established in 1969 through Senate Bill 164 of the
51969-70 Regular Session (Chapter 1579 of the Statutes of 1969),
6which was authored by the Honorable Alfred E. Alquist to extend
7the opportunity for community college enrollment to all who may
8 profit from that education regardless of economic, social, and
9educational status.

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10(b) EOPS was established to provide academic and resource
11support to community college students whose educational and
12socioeconomic backgrounds might prevent them from successfully
13completing college.

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14(c) EOPS was specifically designed for students with a multitude
15of educational needs who are first-generation, English language
16learner, underprepared, reentry, or at-risk college students, or
17students who may fall into more than one of these categories.

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18(d) EOPS provides essential services that are specifically
19designed to supplement community colleges’ academic and student
20services and vocational programs, and to help eligible students
21complete their educational goals.

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22(e) EOPS serves as the first social and education justice
23program which addresses the issues of access, equity, and
24completion.

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25(f) EOPS strategically conducts outreach and recruitment that
26targets high-risk students who demonstrate educational and
P3    1financial need, and celebrates the racial, ethnic, and gender
2diversity of our community college system and state.

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3(g) EOPS student support services include intensive directive
4counseling and guidance to help students with educational planning
5and career assessment, monitoring of academic progress,
6peer-to-peer advising, basic skills instruction, tutoring, child care,
7work study, book grants, and emergency student loans.

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8(h) EOPS was the first state-funded program to recognize the
9unique educational needs of welfare-dependent single parents.

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10(i) The Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education (CARE)
11program was established under the auspices of EOPS through the
12enactment of Assembly Bill 3103 of the 1981-82 Regular Session
13(Chapter 1029 of the Statutes of 1982), which was authored by
14 the Honorable Teresa P. Hughes, to help single parent
15EOPS-eligible community college students break the
16welfare-dependency cycle.

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17(j) Through the CARE program, EOPS students receive personal
18counseling and academic advising, social service referrals and
19advocacy, specialized courses and workshops on parenting,
20personal development, self-esteem, and college survival skills, and
21educational grants for child care, textbooks, supplies, and
22transportation.

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23(k) The EOPS and CARE programs have successfully assisted
24over 1,000,000 community college students since 1969 to fulfill
25those students’ educational and personal aspirations.

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26(l) Inadequate state funding in recent years has caused many
27EOPS and CARE programs to reduce the amount of financial aid,
28textbook support, and child care grants provided to eligible
29students in need, to prematurely close the application deadline for
30acceptance to the program, to deny program services to eligible
31EOPS and CARE students, or to do a combination of these.

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32(m) EOPS has achieved well-established outcomes, including
33increasing access, equity, and completion.

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Notwithstanding any other law, for the 2015-16 fiscal
35year, forty million dollars ($40,000,000) shall be appropriated
36from ____ to the Board of Governors of the California Community
37Colleges to be allocated in accordance with the following schedule:

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38(a) Thirty-two million dollars ($32,000,000) for Extended
39Opportunity Programs and Services.

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P4    1(b) Eight million dollars ($8,000,000) for the administration of
2the Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education program.

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SECTION 1.  

Section 69642 of the Education Code is amended
4to read:

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69642.  

Definitions:

6(a)  “Extended opportunity program” means a special program
7or method of instruction designed to facilitate the language,
8educational, or social development of a student and increase his
9or her potential for success in the college.

10(b) “Extended opportunity services” means a program of
11assistance designed to aid a student with socioeconomic handicaps
12to permit him or her to enroll in and participate in the educational
13activities of the college, and to progress toward completing his or
14her educational goals and objectives, including, but not limited to,
15graduation from college.

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