BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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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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