BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB
1741 (Rodriguez and O'Donnell)
As Amended August 2, 2016
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |80-0 |(June 1, 2016) |SENATE: |39-0 |(August 17, |
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Original Committee Reference: HIGHER ED.
SUMMARY: Establishes the California College Promise Innovation
Grant Program (Program) to be administered by the California
Community Colleges (CCC) Chancellor's Office until January 1,
2021. The Program would support CCC in establishing or
expanding regional programs to address college preparedness,
attendance, and graduation in partnership with school districts
and public postsecondary universities in California.
The Senate amendments revise and recast the provisions of this
bill to implement the Program, which was provided $15 million in
funding in the 2016-17 Budget Act. As amended in the Senate,
this bill:
1)Establishes the Program, administered by the CCC Chancellor,
to distribute grants to CCC districts, as specified.
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2)Establishes a series of college readiness and attendance goals
of the Program, including to increase the number of high
school students within the region who are prepared for and
attend college directly from high school, to increase the
percentage of students from the region who successfully
graduate from college, to reduce and eliminate achievement
gaps, and to leverage existing local and state funding to
align efforts to improve student success.
3)Require, for a CCC governing board to receive a grant, it must
demonstrate in its application that it will partner with one
or more school districts or California State University or
University of California campuses to expand a Program. The
program must include all of the following practices:
a) Partnering with one or more school districts to
establish an ECCP;
b) Partnering with one or more school districts to improve
college preparedness and reduce postsecondary remediation;
c) Utilizing evidence-based placement and student
assessment indicators at the CCC district that include
multiple measures of performance;
d) Providing students who are enrolled at the CCC district
with access to courses to keep on track to graduate,
transfer to a public postsecondary university, or earn a
career technical education certificate;
e) Provide outreach to students who are enrolled at a CCC
regarding the Associate Degrees for Transfer and the CCC
Transfer Entitlement Cal Grant program.
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4)The CCC Chancellor is required to post on its Internet Web
site all applications that receive funding under the grant
program and shall encourage each CCC district that does not
receive a grant to identify local public and private sources
of funding to develop sustainable Programs within the
district.
5)The CCC Chancellor is required to develop application
criteria; and, applications that identify local public and
private sources of funding to develop sustainable programs or
leverages new or existing local and state funding are to be
provided first priority for funding. Second priority for
funding goes to applications that demonstrate at least one of
the following: a) the development of partnerships with school
districts located predominately within the district's
residential boundaries; b) provides services to a greater
proportion of students; and c) develops at least one
partnership with a California State University campus with the
goal of guaranteeing admission and seamless transfer to the
campus.
6)Establishes that 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 CCC
districts for purposes of this Program.
7)Establishes that the Legislature further encourages the CCC
Chancellor's office to coordinate implementation of this
Program with other funded college readiness and pathways
programs.
8)Provides that a CCC 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
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district's application in order to meet the goals of this
part.
EXISTING LAW establishes the Early Commitment to College Program
(ECCP), with voluntary participation by pupils and school
districts, for the purposes of increasing college attendance and
success rates among low-income students. ECCP requires
participating school districts to provide specified information
on college attendance and to participate in the "Save Me a Spot
in College" pledge. Additionally, the ECCP requires the
Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer the voluntary
program and report on participation rates. The ECCP will sunset
on January 1, 2019. (Education Code (EC) Section 54710 et.
seq.).
Existing law also establishes the College Promise Partnership
Act until June 30, 2017, which authorizers the Long Beach
Community College District and Long Beach Unified School
District to enter into a partnership, as specified, to provide
participating pupils with an aligned sequence of rigorous high
school and college coursework, as specified. The purpose of the
program is required to be the provision of a seamless bridge to
college for students not already college bound and a reduction
of the time for advanced students to complete programs.
Existing law also provides for the crediting of additional units
of full-time equivalent students attributable to the attendance
of partnership students at the community college, as specified.
An evaluation of the program is due to the Legislature, by
December 30, 2016. (EC Section 48810-48814)
FISCAL EFFECT: According to the Senate Appropriations
Committee, the CCC Chancellor's Office indicates that $120,000
General Fund would be needed for staff to administer this
program. This bill requires that the Chancellor's Office
distribute grants, upon an appropriation by the Legislature.
The Budget Act of 2016 (SB 826 (Leno), Chapter 23, Statutes of
2016) provides $15 million one-time Proposition 98 for
California College Promise Innovation Grants to be allocated and
spent pursuant to pending legislation. This bill provides the
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implementing legislation.
COMMENTS: Purpose of this bill. According to the author, AB
1741 models on the success of the Long Beach College Promise and
creates the California College Promise Innovation Grant Program.
This bill will incentivize CCC districts to enter into similar
partnerships with their local school districts and community
organizations. It will also permit already existing
partnerships to apply for grant funding to expand their
programs. According to the author, funding provided in the
budget and the awards program created by AB 1741 will enable
these successful programs to be replicated across the state and
encourage students to pursue higher education.
Analysis Prepared by:
Laura Metune / HIGHER ED. / (916) 319-3960 FN:
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