Amended in Senate June 22, 2016

Amended in Assembly May 27, 2016

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Amended in Assembly March 15, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1741

Introduced by Assembly begin delete Member end delete begin insert Members end insert Rodriguez begin insert and O'Donnell end insert

(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.

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 begin delete chancellor, end delete begin insert Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, end insert which would require the begin delete chancellor end delete begin insert chancellor’s office end insert to distribute begin delete multiyear end delete 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.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: 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.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert The California College Promise Innovation Grant
Program is hereby established, to be administered by the begin delete Chancellor
of the California Community Colleges. end delete begin insert chancellor’s office. end insert The
begin delete chancellor end delete begin insert chancellor’s office end insert shall distribute begin delete multiyear end delete grants,
upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the governing boards of
community college districts pursuant to applications that satisfy
the requirements of this part.

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(b) For purposes of this part, “chancellor’s office” means the
Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.

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88902.  

The goals of begin insert the end insert California College Promise Innovation
Grant Program awards are to support community college districts
in establishing begin insert or expanding end insert regional California College Promise
programs in partnership with begin delete K-12 school districts, California
State University campuses, and University of California campuses end delete
begin insert school districts and public post end insert begin insert secondary universities in California end insert
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 math and English at a

begin delete community college, California State University, or University of
California campus. end delete begin insert public postsecondary university in California. end insert

(c) Increase the percentage of students from the region who earn
begin insert associate end insert degrees or career technical education certificates.

(d) Increase the percentage of students begin insert from the region end insert who
successfully transfer from a community college to begin delete the California
State University, the University of California, or an independent
institution of higher education as defined in Section 66010. end delete begin insert a public
postsecondary university in California. end insert

(e) Increase the percentage of students begin insert from the region end insert who
graduate with a bachelor’s degree.

(f) Reduce and eliminate achievement begin delete gaps. end delete begin insert gaps for students
from groups that are underrepresented in postsecondary education,
such as underrepresented minority students, low-income students,
students who are current or former foster youth, students with
disabilities, and students who are veterans. end insert

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(g) Leverage existing sources of local and state funding to better
align efforts to improve student success.

end insert

88903.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert 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 begin delete campuses end delete begin insert campuses, if appropriate, end insert to
establish begin insert or expand end insert a California College Promise program that
includes all of the following practices and principles:

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(a)

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begin insert ( end insert begin insert 1) end insert  Partnering with one or more school districts to establish an
Early Commitment to College Program begin delete pursuant to end delete begin insert that is
consistent with the intent of end insert Article 6.3 (commencing with Section
54710) of Chapter 9 of Part 29 of Division 4 of Title 2 to provide
begin insert K- end insert begin insert 12 end insert 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.

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(b)

end delete

begin insert ( end insert begin insert 2) end insert  Partnering with one or more school districts to support and
improve high school student preparation for college begin insert and reduce
postsecondary remediation end insert through practices that may include,
but are not limited to, small learning communities, concurrent
enrollment, and other evidence-based practices.

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(c)

end delete

begin insert ( end insert begin insert 3) end insert  Utilizing begin insert evidence-based end insert placement and student assessment
indicators begin insert at the community college district end insert 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.

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(d)

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begin insert ( end insert begin insert 4) end insert  Providing students begin insert who are enrolled at the community
college district end insert with access to begin delete full-time course schedules that
include math, reading, and English courses. end delete begin insert courses, including,
but not limited to, priority registration, and allowing them to
register for a full academic year of courses at once, in order to
keep them on track to graduate, transfer to a public postsecondary
university, or earn a career technical education certificate in
California. end insert

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(e)

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begin insert ( end insert begin insert 5) end insert  Providing outreach to students begin insert who are enrolled at a
community college within the community college district end insert regarding
the Associate Degrees for Transfer and the California Community
College Transfer Entitlement Cal Grant program.

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(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.

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(b) (1) The chancellor’s office in its application criteria shall
encourage the governing board of a community college district
applying to receive a California College Promise Innovation Grant
Program award to identify local public and private sources of
funding to develop sustainable California College Promise
programs within the community college district.

end insert begin insert

(2) The chancellor’s office in its application criteria shall
encourage the governing board of a community college district
applying to receive a California College Promise Innovation Grant
Program award to leverage new or existing sources of local and
state funding to better align efforts to improve student success.

end insert begin insert

(c) The chancellor’s office shall post on its Internet Web site,
for ease of access, all applications that receive funding under the
grant program and shall encourage each community college
district that does not receive a grant to identify local public and
private sources of funding to develop sustainable California
College Promise programs within the district.

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(d) (1) The chancellor’s office shall be responsible for
developing application criteria, administrative guidelines, and
other requirements for purposes of administering the grant
program.

end insert begin insert

(2) An application that demonstrates one or both of the following
shall receive first priority:

end insert begin insert

(A) Identifies local public and private sources of funding to
develop sustainable California College Promise programs within
the community college district.

end insert begin insert

(B) Leverages new or existing sources of local and state funding
to better align efforts to improve student success.

end insert begin insert

(3) An application that demonstrates one or more of the
following shall receive secondary priority:

end insert begin insert

(A) Develops partnerships pursuant to paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) with school districts located predominately within
the community college district’s residential boundaries.

end insert begin insert

(B) Provides services to a greater proportion of students.

end insert begin insert

(C) Develops at least one partnership with a California State
University campus with the goal of guaranteeing admission and
seamless transfer to the California State University campus for
the district’s students who have successfully completed transfer
requirements.

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88904.  

begin insert (a) end insert begin insert   end insert 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.

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(b) The Legislature further encourages the chancellor’s office
to coordinate implementation of this part with other funded college
readiness and pathways programs.

end insert

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begin insert 88905. end insert   

The governing board of a community college district
that receives a grant is encouraged to enter into a memorandum
of understanding with a partnering school district or public
postsecondary university to coordinate the programs and activities
proposed in the district’s application in order to meet the goals
of this part.

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