BILL NUMBER: AB 1741 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 27, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 14, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 15, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Rodriguez
(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Medina and Santiago)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Chiu and Low)
FEBRUARY 1, 2016
An act to add Part 54.1 (commencing with Section 88900) to
Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, relating to community
colleges, and making an appropriation therefor.
colleges.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1741, as amended, Rodriguez. California College Promise
Innovation Grant Program.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary
education in this state. The board appoints a chief executive officer
known as the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. Under
existing law, community college districts are authorized, among other
things, to maintain and operate campuses, employ faculty and other
employees, and provide instruction to students.
This bill would establish the California College Promise
Innovation Grant Program, under the administration of the chancellor,
which would require the chancellor to distribute multiyear grants,
upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the governing boards of
community college districts, who meet certain requirements, to
support the establishment of regional programs with the goals of
increasing college preparation, college access, and college success.
The bill would require the chancellor to annually submit to
the Legislature a specified report on the status of the program.
This bill would appropriate $25,000,000 from the General Fund to
the chancellor for allocation to community college districts in order
to establish the regional programs.
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, as specified.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes no
. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Part 54.1 (commencing with Section 88900) is added to
Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
PART 54.1. California College Promise Innovation Grant Program
88900. This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the
California College Promise Innovation Grant Program.
88901. The California College Promise Innovation Grant Program is
hereby established, to be administered by the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges. The chancellor shall distribute
multiyear grants, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the
governing boards of community college districts pursuant to
applications that satisfy the requirements of this part.
88902. The goals of California College Promise Innovation Grant
Program awards are to support community college districts in
establishing regional California College Promise programs in
partnership with K-12 school districts, California State University
campuses, and University of California campuses to accomplish all of
the following:
(a) Increase the number and percentage of high school students
within the region who are prepared for and attend college directly
from high school.
(b) Increase the percentage of high school graduates within the
region who are placed in college level
college-level math and English at a community college,
California State University, or University of California campus.
(c) Increase the percentage of students from the region who earn
degrees or career technical education certificates.
(d) Increase the percentage of students who successfully transfer
from a community college to the California State University, the
University of California, or an independent institution of higher
education as defined in Section 66010.
(e) Increase the percentage of students who graduate with a
bachelor's degree.
(f) Reduce and eliminate achievement gaps.
88903. In order to receive a grant, the governing board of a
community college district shall demonstrate in its application for
funding that the community college will partner with one or more
school districts and one or more California State University or
University of California campuses to establish a California College
Promise program that includes all of the following practices and
principles:
(a) Partnering with one or more school districts to establish an
Early Commitment to College Program pursuant to Article 6.3
(commencing with Section 54710) of Chapter 9 of Part 29 of Division 4
of Title 2 to provide students and families assistance that
includes, but is not limited to, learning about college
opportunities, visiting campuses, taking and completing college
preparatory courses, and applying for college and financial aid.
(b) Partnering with one or more school districts to support and
improve high school student preparation for college through practices
that may include, but are not limited to, small learning
communities, concurrent enrollment, and other evidence-based
practices.
(c) Utilizing placement and student assessment indicators that
include multiple measures of student performance, including grades in
high school courses, overall grade point averages, results from
common assessments, and input from counselors.
(d) Providing students with access to full-time course schedules
that include math, reading, and English courses.
(e) Providing outreach to students regarding the Associate Degrees
for Transfer and the California Community College Transfer
Entitlement Cal Grant program.
(f) Partnering with regional California State University campuses
with the goal of guaranteed admission and seamless transfer for
students who have successfully completed transfer requirements. This
subdivision does not apply to a community college district located in
a region where the California State University campus in that region
has declared campuswide impaction.
88904. The Legislature encourages school districts, the
University of California, the California State University, the
Student Aid Commission, independent colleges and universities, local
and regional government agencies, and nonprofit, business, or other
community organizations to provide support services as needed in
coordination with community college districts for purposes of this
part.
88905. (a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges
shall annually submit to the Legislature a report on the status of
the program, including, but not limited to, the number of community
college districts participating in the program and relevant outcome
data reported by community college districts to the chancellor.
(b) A report pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted to the
Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
SEC. 2. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature
to encourage California Community Colleges to establish regional
California College Promise programs with the goals of increasing
college preparation, college access, and college success.
(b) (1) The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) is
hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges for allocation to community college
districts upon the submission and approval of district applications
detailing the strategy for establishing a regional California College
Promise program pursuant to Part 54.1 (commencing with Section
88900) of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code.
(2) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8
of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the funds appropriated
pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be "General Fund
revenues appropriated for community college districts," as defined in
subdivision (d) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, for the
2016-17 fiscal year, and included within the "total allocations to
school districts and community college districts from General Fund
proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B," as
defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202 of the Education Code,
for the 2016-17 fiscal year.