AB 2681,
as amended, O'Donnell. Publicbegin delete postsecondary education.end deletebegin insert education: California College Promise Grant Program.end insert
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a community college district to enter into a College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) partnership with the governing board of a school district with the goal of developing seamless pathways from high school to community college for career technical education or preparation for transfer, improving high school graduation rates, or helping high school pupils achieve college and career readiness. Existing law requires the partnership agreement to outline the terms of the partnership, as specified, and to establish protocols for information sharing, joint facilities use, and parental consent for high school pupils to enroll in community college courses. These provisions are repealed on January 1, 2022.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would establish the California College Promise Grant Program, until January 1, 2022, to be administered by the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to provide planning grants to eligible school districts and community college districts to establish CCAP partnerships. The bill would authorize the Superintendent and the chancellor to establish the grant application process and the criteria for determining the amount of each grant. The bill would set the maximum grant amount under this program at $25,000.
end insertbegin insertThe bill would appropriate $1,000,000 from the General Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation, without regard to fiscal years, for purposes of this program. 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.
end insertUnder existing law, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, are the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.
end deleteThis bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to public postsecondary education in this state.
end deleteVote: majority.
Appropriation: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
Fiscal committee: begin deleteno end deletebegin insertyesend insert.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertSection 76004.5 is added to the end insertbegin insertEducation Codeend insertbegin insert,
2to read:end insert
(a) The California College Promise Grant Program
4is hereby established to provide planning grants to school districts
5and community college districts to establish a College and Career
6Access Pathways (CCAP) partnership pursuant to Section 76004.
7A grant may be awarded under this section to a school district or
8community college district that has met the requirements of
9subdivision (b) of Section 76004 and that has certified its intention
10to establish a CCAP partnership no later than the fiscal year
11following the fiscal year in which the grant is received. A grant
12awarded under this section may be used to cover costs incurred
13pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 76004 and to inform parents
14and students about opportunities that are available through the
15CCAP partnership.
16(b) The grant program established by this section shall be
17administered by the Superintendent and the Chancellor of the
P3 1California Community Colleges. The Superintendent and the
2chancellor shall establish the grant application process and the
3criteria for determining the amount of each grant. The maximum
4amount of a grant awarded under this section shall be twenty-five
5thousand dollars ($25,000) per CCAP partnership.
6(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2022,
7and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that
8is enacted before January 1, 2022, deletes or extends that date.
begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertThe sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) is
10hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Superintendent
11of Public Instruction for allocation, without regard to fiscal years,
12for purposes of Section 76004.5 of the Education Code.end insert
13(b) For purposes of making the computations required by
14Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the funds
15appropriated pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be
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“General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts and
17community college districts, respectively,” as defined in subdivision
18(f) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, for the fiscal year in
19which they are expended, and included within the “[t]otal
20allocations to school districts and community college districts
21from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to
22Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202 of
23the Education Code, for the fiscal year in which they are expended.
It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
25legislation relating to public postsecondary education in this state.
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