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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 906
Author: Beall (D), et al.
Amended: 5/19/16
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 8-0, 3/9/16
AYES: Liu, Block, Hancock, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan, Vidak
NO VOTE RECORDED: Runner
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
SENATE FLOOR: 38-0, 4/14/16
AYES: Allen, Anderson, Bates, Beall, Berryhill, Block,
Cannella, De León, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Glazer, Hall,
Hancock, Hernandez, Hertzberg, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson,
Lara, Leno, Leyva, Liu, Mendoza, Mitchell, Monning, Moorlach,
Morrell, Nguyen, Nielsen, Pan, Pavley, Roth, Stone, Vidak,
Wieckowski, Wolk
NO VOTE RECORDED: McGuire, Runner
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 78-0, 8/11/16 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT: Public postsecondary education: priority enrollment
systems
SOURCE: John Burton Foundation
DIGEST: This bill conforms the definition of foster youth or
former foster youth," for the purposes of priority registration
at the University of California (UC), the California State
University (CSU), and the California Community Colleges (CCC),
to existing state higher education program definitions, deletes
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the sunset on the extension of priority registration to foster
youth or former foster youth, and deletes the sunset on the
extension of priority registration to Extended Opportunity
Programs and Services (EOPS) students and Disabled Student
Programs and Services (DSPS) students at the California
Community Colleges.
Assembly Amendments make a technical change relative to a
cross-reference.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Requires, if the institution administers a priority enrollment
system for registration, that the CSU and each CCC district,
and requests that the UC, grant priority enrollment, to any
current or former foster youth, and repeals these provisions
on January 1, 2017. (EC § 66025.9)
2)Establishes the Community College EOPS to extend opportunities
for community college education to all who may profit
regardless of economic, social and educational status, and to
encourage local community colleges to identify students
affected by economic, language, and social disadvantages and
encourage their enrollment and achievement of their
educational objectives and goals. The Board of Governors is
required to adopt regulations with the objective that the EOPS
programs include qualified counseling staff, facilitation of
transfer, and enrollment in courses necessary to develop
successful study skills, as specified. Current law also
authorizes local community college governing boards to provide
services that may include loans or grants for living costs,
student fees, and transportation costs and also scholarships,
work-experience and job placement programs. (EC § 69640 - §
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69656)
3)Requires each CCC district that administers a priority
enrollment system for registration to grant priority
registration for enrollment to students in the EOPS program
and to disabled students, as specified, and repeals these
provisions on January 1, 2017. (EC § 66025.91)
This bill:
1)Redefines "foster youth or former foster youth," for purposes
of priority registration at California's public higher
education segments, to conform to definitions consistent with
the California Chaffee Foster Youth Grant program and the
community colleges Cooperating Agencies Foster Youth
Educational Support Program. More specifically, these
students are defined as those who meet both the following
criteria:
a) Dependency was established or continued by the court on
or after the youth's 16th birthday.
b) Are no older than 25 years of age at the commencement of
the academic year.
2)Deletes the sunset on the requirement (and in the case of the
UC, the request) that the CSU and each CCC district grant
priority registration for enrollment to a foster youth or
former foster youth, thereby permanently extending this
priority for these students.
3)Deletes the sunset on the extension of priority registration
to Extended Opportunity Programs and Services students and
disabled students at the California Community Colleges,
thereby permanently extending registration priority to these
students.
Comments
Existing community college enrollment priority categories.
Existing law extends registration priority to foster youth and
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to EOPS students and DSPS students at the community colleges
until January 1, 2017. In addition, existing law grants
priority enrollment registration to any member or former member
of the Armed Forces, as specified.
Enrollment policies related to the implementation of the
system's Student Success Initiative have also been implemented.
The Legislature has provided significant funding for the Student
Services Support Program established by SB 1425 (Lowenthal,
Chapter 624, Statutes of 2013) to provide targeted services such
as orientation, assessment, and counseling and advising to
assist students with the development of education plans. The
Board of Governors have implemented a number of related
regulatory and administrative changes, including the provision
of higher enrollment priority to students who have participated
in these targeted services. Districts are also now required to
notify students that accumulating 100 degree applicable units or
being on academic or progress probation for two consecutive
terms will result in the loss of enrollment priority.
AB 595 (Gomez, Chapter 704 Statutes of 2013), among other
things, established the Legislature's intent that any student
who receives priority registration for enrollment (which would
include veterans, EOPS students, foster youth, and DSPS
students) shall comply with the requirements of the Student
Success Initiative. These provisions were adopted in order to
ensure that the enrollment priorities supported, and did not
undermine, statutory and regulatory efforts to ensure the
development of statewide strategies and to incentivize student
behaviors that result in student success.
According to the sponsor, it is the expectation that students
granted priority enrollment by the provisions of this bill will
comply with EC §66602.95 which clarifies that any student who
receives priority registration shall participate in SSSP
programs and services including orientation, assessment,
counseling, and the development of an education plan, among
other things.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: Yes
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According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, any costs
for the segments to continue offering priority registration to
the specified student cohorts will be minor and absorbable. Of
the 2.3 million students enrolled in the CCC for
2014-15, about 76,000 were EOPS students, 121,000 were DSPS
students, and 15,000 were foster youth or former foster youth.
SUPPORT: (Verified8/11/16)
John Burton Foundation (source)
Imperial Valley Regional Occupational Program
OPPOSITION: (Verified8/11/16)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 78-0, 8/11/16
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke,
Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley,
Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth
Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto,
Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper,
Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine,
Linder, Lopez, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina,
Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen,
Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago,
Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon
NO VOTE RECORDED: Roger Hernández, Low
Prepared by:Lynn Lorber / ED. / (916) 651-4105
8/12/16 13:23:58
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