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          ASSEMBLY THIRD READING


          AB  
          1741 (Rodriguez)


          As Amended  May 27, 2016


          Majority vote


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          |Committee       |Votes|Ayes                  |Noes                |
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          |Higher          |13-0 |Medina, Baker, Bloom, |                    |
          |Education       |     |Chávez, Irwin,        |                    |
          |                |     |Jones-Sawyer, Levine, |                    |
          |                |     |Linder, Low, Olsen,   |                    |
          |                |     |Santiago, Weber,      |                    |
          |                |     |Williams              |                    |
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          |Appropriations  |20-0 |Gonzalez, Bigelow,    |                    |
          |                |     |Bloom, Bonilla,       |                    |
          |                |     |Bonta, Calderon,      |                    |
          |                |     |Chang, Daly, Eggman,  |                    |
          |                |     |Gallagher, Eduardo    |                    |
          |                |     |Garcia, Roger         |                    |
          |                |     |Hernández, Holden,    |                    |
          |                |     |Jones, Obernolte,     |                    |
          |                |     |Quirk, Santiago,      |                    |
          |                |     |Wagner, Weber, Wood   |                    |
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          SUMMARY:  Establishes the California College Promise Innovation  
          Grant Program (Promise Grant) to provide funds to California  
          Community College (CCC) districts for the purpose of  
          establishing regional California College Promise (Promise)  
          programs.  Specifically, this bill: 


          1)Establishes the Promise Grant program, administered by the CCC  
            Chancellor's Office (CCCCO).  Requires the CCCCO to distribute  
            multiyear grants, upon appropriation from the Legislature, to  
            CCC Districts (CCD).


          2)Establishes the goals of the Promise Grant program as  
            supporting CCD in establishing Promise programs in partnership  
            with K-12 school districts, California State University (CSU)  
            campuses, and University of California (UC) campuses, to  
            accomplish:


             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 CCC, CSU, or UC 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 CCC to CSU, UC, or an independent  








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               institution of higher education;


             e)   Increase the percentage of students who graduate with a  
               bachelor's degree; and,


             f)   Reduce and eliminate achievement gaps.


          3)Provides that, in order to receive a Promise Grant, the  
            governing board of a CCD must demonstrate in its application  
            that the CCC will partner with one or more school districts  
            and one or more CSU or UC campus to establish a Promise  
            program to do all of the following:


             a)   Partner with one or more school districts to establish  
               an Early Commitment to College Program (ECCP) 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)   Partner 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)   Utilize 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;










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             d)   Provide students with access to full-time course  
               schedules that include math, reading, and English courses;


             e)   Provide outreach to students regarding the Associate  
               Degrees for Transfer and the California Community College  
               Transfer Entitlement Cal Grant program; and,


             f)   Partner with regional CSU campuses, to the degree  
               possible, to ensure guaranteed admission and seamless  
               transfer for students who have successfully completed  
               transfer requirements.


          4)Encourages school districts, UC, CSU, 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 CCD Promise programs.


          EXISTING LAW establishes the ECCP, with voluntary participation  
          by pupils and school districts, for the purposes increasing  
          college attendance and success rates among low-income students.   
          Requires participating school districts to provide specified  
          information on college attendance and to participate in the  
          "Save Me a Spot in College" pledge.  Requires the Superintended  
          of Public Instruction to administer the voluntary program and  
          report on participation rates.  Sunsets on January 1, 2019.   
          (Education Code Section 54710 et. seq.)


          FISCAL EFFECT:  According to the Assembly Appropriations  
          Committee, this bill would be contingent upon a budget  
          appropriation.  The Assembly version of the 2016-17 budget  
          includes a $15 million one-time allocation for this program.   
          The administrative costs for one position at the Chancellor's  
          Office would be about $120,000 annually, for at least two years.  








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          COMMENTS:  Purpose of this bill.  According to the author, this  
          bill models on the success of the Long Beach College Promise and  
          creates the California College Promise Innovation Grant Program,  
          to be administered by the CCCCO, with an initial appropriation  
          of $25 million.  The Chancellor will distribute multi-year  
          grants to incentivize community college districts to establish  
          Regional College Partnership Programs that integrate the local  
          K-12 sector, California State University and University of  
          California with the goals of increasing the number of students  
          who graduate high school prepared to attend college; increase  
          the number of local high school graduates placed directly in  
          college level math and English; increase the percentage of  
          students who earn degrees or career technical education  
          certificates; increase the percentage of students who  
          successfully transfer from a CCC to a four-year institution;  
          increase the percentage of students who graduate with a  
          bachelor's degree; and reduce and eliminate achievement gaps.


          Background on ECCP.  SB 890 (Scott), Chapter 472, Statutes of  
          2008, established the ECCP with the goal of renewing the 1960  
          Master Plan (that any California student with interest in  
          attending college, could pursue a college education in  
          California), and for the first time, making college directly  
          accessible to students and their families beginning in middle  
          school.  The ECCP was launched in 2009 by the California  
          Department of Education (CDE); lack of financial resources  
          provided to support the program may have resulted in low  
          participation rates among school districts.




          Analysis Prepared by:                                             
                          Laura Metune / HIGHER ED. / (916) 319-3960  FN:  
          0003106








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