BILL NUMBER: SB 405 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 31, 2007
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 20, 2007
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 18, 2007
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 4, 2007
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 15, 2007
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 2, 2007
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 10, 2007
INTRODUCED BY Senator Steinberg
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Nunez)
FEBRUARY 21, 2007
An act to amend Sections 51224, 51228, 52336, 52378, and
66204 of, to add and repeal Chapter 18 (commencing with Section
53100) of Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of, and to repeal Section
52336.1 of, An act to amend Section 52378 of the
Education Code, relating to school curriculum.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 405, as amended, Steinberg. Schools: curriculum: opportunities
for pupils.
(1) Existing law requires a school district maintaining any of
grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to offer to all otherwise qualified pupils
in those grades a course of study fulfilling the requirements and
prerequisites for admission to the California public institutions of
postsecondary education and to provide a timely opportunity to each
of those pupils to enroll within a 4-year period in each course
necessary to fulfill those requirements and prerequisites prior to
graduation from high school. Each school district maintaining any of
grades 7 to 12, inclusive, also is required to offer to all otherwise
qualified pupils in those grades a course of study that provides an
opportunity for those pupils to attain entry-level employment skills
in business or industry upon graduation from high school, and is
encouraged to provide all pupils with a rigorous academic curriculum
that integrates academic and career skills, incorporates applied
learning in all disciplines, and prepares all pupils for high school
graduation and career entry.
This bill would establish, until January 1, 2014, the College and
Career Opportunity Program, to be administered by the Superintendent
of Public Instruction. The Superintendent would be required to invite
high schools, based on specified criteria, to apply for the program
and to select up to 100 schools for participation in the program.
Schools participating in the program would receive grants of $100 per
pupil to be used to provide academic assistance and services to
pupils necessary to prepare them for the rigors of college
preparatory and career technical education courses; increase access
of pupils to, and success of pupils in, those courses; and inform
pupils of the benefits of, and requirements for, enrollment in those
courses. The Superintendent would be required to contract for an
independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the program and to
report the findings to the Governor and the Legislature on or before
August 1, 2010.
(2) Existing law requires the governing board of a school district
maintaining a high school to prescribe separate college preparatory
and career technical education courses of study. Each school district
maintaining any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, is required to offer
to all otherwise qualified pupils those courses of study. A pupil who
has successfully completed his or her education, through grade 10,
with written parental consent, may choose to follow either course of
study.
The bill would require a school district maintaining any of grades
7 to 12, inclusive, to offer the career technical education course
of study to all otherwise qualified pupils in those grades at each
school in the district. The governing board of a school district
would be required to prescribe courses of study that include study
for college admission preparation and career technical education,
rather than requiring 2 separate courses of study to be prescribed.
Specific ways in which a school district may, but is not required to,
satisfy the requirement to offer a college preparatory course of
study would be added. The provision authorizing a pupil who has
completed grade 10 to choose between a separate college preparatory
course of study and a separate career technical education course of
study would be repealed.
(3) Existing law authorizes a business, trade or professional
association, union, or state or local governmental agency operating
within the state to establish and operate, through the local school
district, a career preparatory program within the state pursuant to
specified requirements, including that the entity operating the
program develop and implement for all enrolled pupils a course of
instruction that satisfies the curricular requirements for graduation
from high school.
The bill, instead, would require that the course of instruction be
one that is aligned with the career technical education curriculum
framework adopted by the State Board of Education.
(4)
(1) Under existing law, the Middle and High School
Supplemental Counseling Program is established to provide additional
counseling services to pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive. As a
condition of receiving funds, the governing board of each school
district maintaining any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, is required to
hold a public meeting to adopt the program, which is required to
include specified provisions. A school district also is
required to submit an annual report related to the program
requirements and pupil achievement to the Superintendent.
This bill would expand the program requirements to include
provisions for individualized review of the career goals of the pupil
and academic and career-related opportunities available to the pupil
and for explanation of the coursework and academic progress required
for eligibility for admission to a 4-year college. School districts,
as a condition of the program, also would be required to perform
additional duties related to identifying and monitoring pupils who
are not on track to satisfy the curricular requirements for admission
to the University of California or and
the California State University and to mandate each school perform
additional duties related to that subject. The annual
report, rather than including the number of pupils who participated
in the required conferences and passed the high school exit
examination, would include the number of pupils who did both of those
items and also satisfied the requirements for admission to the
University of California and the California State University.
(5) Existing law requires the Superintendent to assist school
districts to ensure that all public high school pupils have access to
a core curriculum that meets the requirements for admission to the
University of California and the California State University.
This bill would require the Superintendent to submit to the state
board an annual report, if funds are appropriated for this purpose,
regarding compliance of school districts in which middle and high
schools are ranked in deciles 1 to 3, inclusive, of the 2003 base
Academic Performance Index, with the requirements that all otherwise
qualified pupils have access to courses of college preparatory and
career technical education courses of study.
(6) To the extent that additional duties would be required of
local educational agencies or officials, the bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
(2) This bill also would incorporate additional changes in Section
52378 of the Education Code, proposed by AB 347, to be operative if
AB 347 and this bill are both enacted and become effective on or
before January 1, 2008, and this bill is enacted last.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes
no . State-mandated local program: yes
no .
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be
cited, as the College and Career Opportunity Act.
SEC. 2. Section 51224 of the Education Code is
amended to read:
51224. The governing board of a school district maintaining a
high school shall prescribe courses of study designed to provide the
skills and knowledge required for adult life for pupils attending the
schools within its school district. The governing board shall
prescribe courses of study, including, but not limited to, study
designed to prepare prospective pupils for admission to state
colleges and universities and study designed to prepare a pupil for
work through career technical education training.
SEC. 3. Section 51228 of the Education Code is
amended to read:
51228. (a) (1) A school district maintaining any of grades 7 to
12, inclusive, shall offer to all otherwise qualified pupils in those
grades a course of study fulfilling the requirements and
prerequisites for admission to the California public institutions of
postsecondary education and shall provide a timely opportunity to
each of those pupils to enroll within a four-year period in each
course necessary to fulfill those requirements and prerequisites
prior to graduation from high school.
(2) A school district satisfies, for its high schools, its
responsibilities pursuant to paragraph (1) if it, at each high school
in the district, fulfills both of the following requirements:
(A) Offers sufficient courses that are certified by the University
of California as meeting the requirements for admission to the
University of California and the California State University and are
taught by teachers who hold credentials in the subject matter of the
courses that they teach in numbers and at times that allow all pupils
to take those courses in the sequence of introductory and then
advanced courses recommended by the University of California and the
California State University, as applicable, except if pupils have not
completed, with a passing grade or better, any prerequisite
coursework.
(B) Offers instructional support for pupils who struggle to, or
are at risk of failing to, complete courses that are certified by the
University of California as meeting the requirements for admission
to the University of California and the California State University
in the sequence of introductory and then advanced courses recommended
by the University of California and the California State University,
as applicable.
(b) (1) A school district maintaining any of grades 7 to 12,
inclusive, shall offer to all otherwise qualified pupils in those
grades at each school in the district a course of study that provides
an opportunity for those pupils to attain entry-level employment
skills in business or industry upon graduation from high school.
School districts are encouraged to provide all pupils with a rigorous
academic curriculum that integrates academic and career skills,
incorporates applied learning in all disciplines, and prepares all
pupils for high school graduation and career entry.
(2) A school district satisfies, for its high schools, its
responsibilities pursuant to paragraph (1) if it, at each high school
in the district, fulfills both of the following requirements:
(A) Offers a sufficient number and variety of career technical
education courses of study in high schools that meet the curriculum
content standards for career technical education adopted by the state
board pursuant to Section 51226 in numbers and at times that allow
all pupils to take those courses in a sequence of introductory and
then advanced courses within career pathways prior to graduation from
high school, except if pupils have not completed, with a passing
grade or better, any prerequisite career technical education
coursework. Advanced career technical education coursework may
include regional occupational program courses in grades 11 and 12, as
applicable, that are available to high school pupils in the school
district.
(B) Offers pupils instructional support, such as participation in
national affiliated career technical education pupil leadership and
skill associations, supervised work-based learning experiences, and
other activities integral to instruction, as referenced in the
curriculum content standards for career technical education adopted
by the state board pursuant to Section 51226.
(c) A school district that adopts a required curriculum that meets
or exceeds the model standards developed by the state board pursuant
to Section 51226, or that adopts alternative means for pupils to
complete the prescribed course of study pursuant to subdivision (b)
of Section 51225.3, may substitute pupil demonstration of competence
in the prescribed subjects through a practical demonstration of these
skills in a regional occupational center or program, work
experience, interdisciplinary study, independent study, credit earned
at a postsecondary institution, or other outside school experience,
as prescribed by subdivision (b) of Section 51225.3.
SEC. 4. Section 52336 of the Education Code is
amended to read:
52336. (a) Any business, trade or professional association,
union, or state or local governmental agency operating within this
state may establish and operate, under the auspices of the local
school district, a career preparatory program within this state that
meets the requirements of this article.
(b) As part of a career preparatory program, an entity
establishing and operating the program shall develop and implement a
course of instruction for all pupils enrolled in the program that is
aligned with the career technical education curriculum framework
adopted by the state board.
(c) Subject to the development of the course of instruction
delineated in subdivision (b) and to continuing certification by the
department, an entity establishing and operating a career preparatory
program may propose and implement a program that is designed to
provide on-the-job training and instruction in specific career
technical skills to prepare pupils for future employment.
(d) An entity establishing and operating a career preparatory
program shall present pupils who have successfully completed all
aspects of the program with a certificate of completion that shall
supplement a high school diploma.
SEC. 5. Section 52336.1 of the Education Code
is repealed.
SEC. 6. SECTION 1. Section 52378 of
the Education Code is amended to read:
52378. The Middle and High School Supplemental Counseling Program
is hereby established for the purpose of providing additional
counseling services to pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive. As a
condition of receiving funds, the governing board of each school
district maintaining any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, shall do all
of the following:
(a) The program shall be adopted at a public meeting of the
governing board of a school district and shall include all of the
following:
(1) A provision for individualized review of the academic and
deportment records of the pupil.
(2) A provision for individualized review of the career goals of,
and the available academic and career technical education
opportunities and community and workplace experiences available to,
the pupil that may support the pursuit of the goals of the pupil.
(3) A provision for a counselor to meet with each pupil and, if
practicable, the parents or legal guardian of the pupil to explain
the academic and deportment records of the pupil, his or her
educational options, the coursework and academic progress needed for
satisfactory completion of middle or high school, passage of the high
school exit examination, and eligibility for admission to a
four-year institution of postsecondary education, including the
University of California and the California State University, as well
as the availability of career technical education. The educational
options explained at the meeting, if services are available, shall
include the college preparatory program and career technical
education programs, including regional occupational centers and
programs and any other alternatives available to pupils within the
school district.
(b) In addition to the counseling services described in
subdivision (a), school districts shall identify pupils who are at
risk of not graduating with the rest of their class or are
at risk of not being eligible for admission to the University of
California and the California State University , are not
earning credits at a rate that will enable them to pass the high
school exit examination, or do not have sufficient training to allow
them to fully engage in their chosen career, and shall do all of the
following:
(1) Require each school within its jurisdiction that enrolls
pupils in grades 10 and 12 to develop a list of coursework and
experience necessary to assist each pupil in his or her respective
grade that has not passed one or both parts of the high school exit
examination or has not satisfied, or is not on track to satisfy, the
curricular requirements for admission to the University of California
and the California State University, and to successfully transition
to postsecondary education or employment.
(2) Require each school within its jurisdiction that enrolls
pupils in grade 7 to develop a list of coursework and experience
necessary to assist each pupil in grade 7 who is deemed to be at the
far below basic level in English language arts or mathematics
pursuant to California Standards Tests administered to pupils in
grade 6 to successfully transition to high school and meet all
graduation requirements, including passing the high school exit
examination.
(3) Require each school within its jurisdiction that enrolls
pupils in grade 7 to develop a list of coursework and experience
necessary to assist each pupil in grade 7 to begin to satisfy the
curricular requirements for admission to the University of
California and the California State University
systems .
(4) A Require each school within its
jurisdiction to provide a copy of the lists developed pursuant
to paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be provided to the
pupil and his or her parent or legal guardian. The school district
shall ensure that the list of coursework and experience is part of
the cumulative records of the pupil.
(c) (1) In addition to the items identified in subdivision (b),
the list of coursework and experience for a pupil enrolled in grade
12 shall include options for continuing his or her education if he or
she fails to meet graduation requirements. These options shall
include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(A) Enrolling in an adult education program.
(B) Enrolling in a community college.
(C) Continuing enrollment in the school district of the pupil.
(2) A copy of the list of coursework and experience necessary
shall be provided to the pupil and his or her parent or legal
guardian. The school district shall ensure that the list of
coursework and experience is part of the cumulative records of the
pupil.
(d) As a condition of receipt of funds pursuant to this article, a
school district shall require each school within its jurisdiction to
offer and schedule an individual conference with each pupil,
identified in paragraphs (1) , (2), and (3)
and (2) of subdivision (b), and his or her parent or legal
guardian, and a school counselor. The individual conference shall be
scheduled, to the extent feasible, according to the following
requirements:
(1) For a pupil enrolled in grade 7, the conference shall occur
before January of that school year in which the pupil is enrolled in
grade 7.
(2) For a pupil enrolled in grade 10, the conference shall occur
between the spring of that school year in which the pupil is enrolled
in grade 10 and the fall of the following school year in which the
pupil would be enrolled in grade 11. For a school operating on a
multitrack, year-round calendar, the conference for a pupil enrolled
in grade 10 shall occur in the timeframe that is equivalent to that
specified timeframe for a school operating on a traditional calendar.
(3) For a pupil enrolled in grade 12, the conference shall occur
after November of that school year in which the pupil is enrolled in
grade 12, but before March of the same school year. For a school
operating on a multitrack, year-round calendar, the conference for a
pupil enrolled in grade 12 shall occur in the timeframe that is
equivalent to that specified timeframe for a school operating on a
traditional calendar.
(e) During the individual conference described in subdivision (d),
the school counselor shall apprise the pupil identified in
paragraphs (1) , (2), and (3) and (2)
of subdivision (b), and his or her parent or legal guardian of the
following:
(1) Consequences of not passing the high school exit examination.
(2) Programs, courses, and career technical education options
available for pupils needed for satisfactory completion of middle or
high school.
(3) Cumulative records and transcripts of the pupil.
(4) Performance on standardized and diagnostic assessments of the
pupil.
(5) Remediation strategies, high school courses, and alternative
education options available to the pupil.
(6) Information on postsecondary education and training.
(7) The score of the pupil on the English language arts or
mathematics portion of the California Standards Test administered in
grade 6, as applicable.
(8) Eligibility requirements, including coursework and test
requirements, and the progress of the pupil toward satisfaction of
those requirements for admission to four-year institutions of
postsecondary education, including, at least, the University of
California and the California State University.
(9) The availability of financial aid for postsecondary education.
SEC. 7. Chapter 18 (commencing with Section
53100) is added to Part 28 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Education
Code, to read:
CHAPTER 18. COLLEGE AND CAREER OPPORTUNITY PILOT PROGRAM
53100. The College and Career Opportunity Pilot Program is hereby
established and shall be administered by the Superintendent.
53101. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the
following meaning, unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) "Career technical education courses" means those sequences of
career technical education courses that are aligned to the career
technical education curriculum framework adopted by the state board.
(b) "College preparatory courses" means those courses that satisfy
the curricular requirements for admission to the University of
California and the California State University.
(c) "Program" means the College and Career Opportunity Pilot
Program established pursuant to this chapter.
53102. (a) The Superintendent shall identify high schools in
deciles 1 to 5, inclusive, of the Academic Performance Index (API)
that enroll 400 or more pupils and that meet both of the following
criteria:
(1) Fewer than 67 percent of the total courses offered by the
school qualify as college preparatory courses.
(2) Fewer than 80 percent of the college preparatory and career
technical education courses of the school are taught by teachers who
hold a credential or subject matter certification in the subject
matter of the course or courses they teach.
(b) By January 15, 2008, the Superintendent shall invite schools
identified pursuant to subdivision (a) to apply to participate in the
program.
53103. (a) A school invited to apply to participate in the
program pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 53102 may apply to
participate in the program by submitting a five-year program
participation plan and budget to the Superintendent no later than
September 2, 2008.
(b) The five-year plan of the school should reflect a set of
strategies and benchmarks specific to that high school.
(c) (1) The Superintendent shall select no more than 100 high
schools for participation in, and funding pursuant to, the program
after the approval of the five-year plan and budget for each of those
schools.
(2) Priority for selection of the schools to participate in the
program shall be given to high schools based upon the quality of the
five-year plan of the school submitted to the Superintendent.
(3) A high quality five-year plan, in addition to addressing other
school-identified needs, addresses plans for all of the following,
where applicable:
(A) Providing additional college preparatory courses or career
technical education courses, or both.
(B) Offering professional development to teachers.
(C) Establishing a support system for college preparatory and
career technical education course teachers at individual high schools
to ensure the implementation of engaging, quality curriculum and
instructional methods. The support system may include use of a mentor
teacher, time away from teaching duties for a mentor or lead teacher
to observe and consult with other teachers, and ongoing staff
development for teams of teachers.
(D) Establishing incentives to recruit and support highly trained
teachers.
(E) Providing career exploration activities, career guidance,
mentoring, and work-based learning opportunities to help pupils
consider their postsecondary education and career goals.
(F) Partnering with feeder middle schools to ensure that they
provide prealgebra and algebra classes to all interested grade 8
pupils, first-year foreign language courses to all interested grade 7
pupils, career exploration courses to all interested pupils, and
career technical education courses aligned with the curriculum
content standards for career technical education adopted by the state
board pursuant to Section 51226 to all interested pupils in grades 7
and 8.
53104. (a) From funds made available for purposes of this part,
the Superintendent shall allocate a total of one hundred dollars
($100) per pupil, to each school selected for participation in the
program pursuant to Section 53103 for implementation of the five-year
plan of the school. However, it is the intent of the Legislature
that no more than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) be
appropriated for purposes of these grants during a fiscal year.
(b) Funds awarded pursuant to this chapter shall be used by the
recipient school at its schoolsite to provide academic assistance and
services to pupils necessary to do any of the following:
(1) Prepare pupils for the rigors of college preparatory and
career technical education courses, including by providing relevant
professional development for teachers and additional instructional
time.
(2) Increase the access of pupils to college preparatory and
career technical education courses, including by offering greater
numbers of these courses, and the success of pupils in those courses.
To the extent feasible, new course offerings shall include the
application of coursework to career settings in order to engage and
motivate pupils with relevant learning experiences.
(3) Inform pupils about the benefits of, and requirements for,
enrollment in college preparatory and career technical education
courses.
(c) Funds awarded pursuant to this part shall not be used as a
required local contribution for any other state-funded outreach,
academic achievement, or college preparation program.
(d) (1) The office of the Secretary for Education shall seek
private partners to match state funding. The College and Career
Opportunity Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury to
receive these funds. The Superintendent shall be responsible for the
administration of the fund and the distribution of the funds to
program participants consistent with the purposes of this program.
(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that schools and school
districts also will seek private partners to assist in the
implementation of school and district efforts pursuant to
participation in the program.
53105. A participating school that achieves the annual
improvement targets contained in its five-year plan shall publish, in
paper and online, an annual report on its best practices to aid
other grant recipient schools and inform the general public. This
report shall include the goals, implementation plan, strategies, and
results of the participation of the school in the program.
53106. (a) The governing board of the school district of a school
that fails to meet its annual growth targets, as defined in the
five-year plan of the school, within 12 months following receipt of
funding pursuant to this chapter shall invite public comment at a
regularly scheduled board meeting to inform members of the school
community of the lack of progress in terms of any of the following
that apply:
(1) The percentage of course offerings that are career technical
education courses and the percentage of course offerings that are
college preparatory courses.
(2) The percentage of teachers with the appropriate credentials
and subject matter certification assigned to those courses described
in paragraph (1).
(3) The percentage of pupils who entered the school in grade 9 and
later graduated having completed the college preparatory and career
technical course sequences with a C average or better.
(4) Any reasons for the lack of progress.
(b) The governing board of the school district shall, upon
consultation with an external evaluator and schoolsite and community
team, choose from a range of interventions for the school, including
reassignment of school personnel to the extent authorized by law, or
other changes deemed appropriate, in order to continue implementing
the action plan of the school and to make progress toward meeting the
improvement targets of the school established in its five-year plan.
53107. (a) The Superintendent shall contract for an independent
evaluation of the effectiveness of the program and report the
findings to the Governor and the Legislature on or before August 1,
2010.
(b) This report shall detail, by individual participating high
school, all of the following:
(1) The percentage of course offerings that are college
preparatory courses.
(2) The percentage of course offerings that are career technical
education courses.
(3) The percentage of teachers who hold the proper credentials and
subject matter certifications for the college preparatory or career
technical education courses, or both, that they teach.
(4) The percentage of pupils who entered the school in grade 9 and
graduated four years later having completed the college preparatory
and career technical course sequences with a C average or better.
(5) The number of pupils who satisfied the requirements for
admission to the University of California and the California State
University.
(6) The number of pupils who successfully completed a sequence of
career technical education coursework.
(7) The number of pupils who entered the school in grade 9 and
later matriculated to a two- or four-year university or college or
apprenticeship program.
(8) The number of graduates who plan to pursue immediately after
high school each of the following:
(A) A four-year college degree without being employed at the same
time.
(B) A four-year college degree and employment.
(C) Community college without being employed at the same time.
(D) Community college and employment.
(E) Technical training resulting in a certificate or an
apprenticeship without additional employment at the same time.
(F) Technical training resulting in a certificate and employment.
(G) Employment.
(9) Reasons for progress, or lack thereof, as stated by the
principal of each participating high school or a member of the
governing board of the school district of a participating high
school.
(c) The Legislature shall use this report to determine the
advisability of extending the program or increasing funding for this
program to include new schools and continue funding for existing
pilot schools.
53108. This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 8.
Section 66204 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
66204. (a) The Superintendent shall assist all school districts
to ensure that all public high school pupils have access to a core
curriculum that meets the admission requirements of the University of
California and the California State University. The Superintendent
shall advise school districts that maintain high schools about the
importance of making readily available to each high school pupil the
current list of courses offered by the school attended by that pupil
that are certified by the University of California as meeting
admission requirements. It is the intent of the Legislature that each
public high school shall provide the full college preparatory
program, provide adequate course sections in college preparatory
programs to accommodate all its pupils, and regularly counsel pupils
to enter those programs and courses. There shall be no policy or
practice in a public elementary or secondary school of directing,
especially for cultural or linguistic reasons, a pupil in
kindergarten or any of grades 1 to 12, inclusive, away from choosing
programs that prepare that pupil academically for college.
(b) To the extent that funds are appropriated for purposes of this
paragraph, the Superintendent shall annually present a report to the
state board describing the status of compliance with Section 51228
for all school districts that offer middle or high school instruction
in which any middle or high schools are ranked in deciles 1 to 3,
inclusive, of the 2003 base Academic Performance Index, as defined in
subdivision (b) of Section 17592.70.
(c) For a school district the Superintendent identifies as having
failed to ensure that all eligible high school pupils have access to
a core curriculum that meets the requirements for admission to the
California public institutions of postsecondary education and career
preparation needs, as defined in Section 51228, the Superintendent
shall prepare an annual report for the Legislature by July 1 of each
year that specifically defines and documents the areas of
noncompliance.
(d) The University of California is requested to assist each
school district that maintains a high school in order to ensure all
of the following:
(1) School districts understand the process by which courses are
submitted to the University of California to be reviewed and
certified as meeting the requirements for admission.
(2) School districts have an internal process for developing
courses and submitting courses for review and certification by the
University of California in order to meet admission requirement
criteria.
(3) School districts maintain accurate lists of courses that are
currently offered by the high schools and are certified by the
University of California as meeting admission requirement criteria.
(4) Updated lists described in paragraph (3) are readily made
available by the school districts to each high school pupil and a
copy of that list is annually provided to each high school pupil.
(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that the public and
independent institutions of higher education participate in programs
that assist those in elementary and secondary education in meeting
their responsibilities in preparing pupils for college.
SEC. 9. If the Commission on State Mandates
determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs
shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of
Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
SEC. 1.5. Section 52378 of the
Education Code is amended to read:
52378. The Middle and High School Supplemental Counseling Program
is hereby established for the purpose of providing additional
counseling services to pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive. As a
condition of receiving funds, the governing board of each school
district maintaining any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, shall do all
of the following:
(a) The program shall be adopted at a public meeting of the
governing board of a school district and shall include all
of the following:
(1) A provision for individualized review of the pupil's
academic and deportment records of the pupil .
(2) A provision for individualized review of the career goals
of, and the available academic and career technical education
opportunities and community and workplace ex periences
available to, the pupil that may support the pursuit of the goals of
the pupil.
(3) A provision for a counselor
to meet with each pupil and if practicable, the parents or legal
guardian of the pupil , to explain the
academic and deportment records of the pupil, his or her educational
options, the coursework and academic progress needed for satisfactory
completion of middle or high school, passage of the high school exit
examination and , and eligibility for
admission to a four-year institution of postsecondary education,
including the University of California and the California State
University, as well as the availability of intensive instruction and
services options, including those described in paragraph (3) of
subdivision (c) of Section 37254, for up to two consecutive academic
years after the completion of grade 12 or until the pupil has passed
both parts of the high school exit examination, whichever comes
first, for those pupils who have not passed one or both parts of the
high school exit examination by the end of grade 12, and
the availability of career technical education. The educational
options explained at the meeting shall , if
services are available, shall include the
college preparatory program and vocational
career technical education programs, including regional
occupational centers and programs and any other alternatives
available to pupils within the school district.
(b) In addition to the counseling services described in
subdivision (a), school districts shall identify pupils who are at
risk of not graduating with the rest of their class, are not earning
credits at a rate that will enable them to pass the high school exit
examination, or do not have sufficient training to allow them to
fully engage in their chosen career, and shall do all of the
following:
(1) Require each school within its jurisdiction that enrolls
pupils in grades 10 and 12 to develop a list of coursework and
experience necessary to assist each pupil in their
his or her respective grade that has not passed one or
both parts of the high school exit examination or has not
satisfied, or is not on track to satisfy, the curricular requirements
for admission to the University of California and the California
State University, and to successfully transition to
postsecondary education or employment.
(2) Require each school within its jurisdiction that enrolls
pupils in grade 7 to develop a list of coursework and experience
necessary to assist each pupil in grade 7 who is deemed to be at the
far below basic level in English language arts or mathematics
pursuant to California Standards Tests administered to pupils in
grade 6 to successfully transition to high school and meet all
graduation requirements, including passing the high school exit
examination.
(3) A copy of the Require each
school within its jurisdiction that enrolls pupils in grade 7 to
develop a list of coursework and experience necessary
shall be provided to assist each pupil in grade 7 to
begin to satisfy the curricular requirements for admission to the
University of California and the California State University
.
(4) Require each school within its
jurisdiction to provide a copy of the lists developed pursuant to
paragraphs (2) and (3) to the pupil and his or her parent or
legal guardian. The school district shall ensure that the list of
coursework and experience is part of the cumulative records of the
pupil.
(5) Inform the pupil who has not passed one or both parts of the
high school exit examination of the option of intensive instruction
and services.
(c) (1) In addition to the items identified in subdivision (b),
the list of coursework and experience for a pupil enrolled in grade
12 shall include options for continuing his or her education if he or
she fails to meet graduation requirements. These options shall
include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(A) Enrolling in an adult education program.
(B) Enrolling in a community college.
(C) Continuing enrollment in the pupil's school
district of the pupil .
(D) Continuing to receive intensive instruction and services for
up to two consecutive academic years after completion of grade 12 or
until the pupil has passed both parts of the high school exit
examination, whichever comes first.
(2) A copy of the list of coursework and experience necessary
shall be provided to the pupil and his or her parent or legal
guardian. The school district shall ensure that the list of
coursework and experience is part of the cumulative records of the
pupil.
(d) As a condition of receipt of funds pursuant to this article, a
school district shall require each school within its jurisdiction to
offer and schedule an individual conference with each pupil,
identified in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b), and his or
her parent or legal guardian, and a school counselor. The individual
conference shall be scheduled, to the extent feasible, according to
the following requirements:
(1) For a pupil enrolled in grade 7, the conference shall occur
before January of that school year in which the pupil is enrolled in
grade 7.
(2) For a pupil enrolled in grade 10, the conference shall occur
between the spring of that school year in which the pupil is enrolled
in grade 10 and the fall of the following school year in which the
pupil would be enrolled in grade 11. For the 2006-07
a school year operating
on a multitrack, year-round calendar , the conference
shall occur on or before December 31, 2006 for a pupil
enrolled in grade 10 shall occur in the timeframe that is equivalent
to that specified timeframe for a school operating on a traditional
calendar .
(3) For a pupil enrolled in grade 12, the conference shall occur
after November of that school year in which the pupil is enrolled in
grade 12, but before March of the same school year. For a school
operating on a multitrack, year-round calendar, the conference for a
pupil enrolled in grade 12 shall occur in the timeframe that is
equivalent to that specified timeframe for a school operating on a
traditional calendar.
(e) During the individual conference described in subdivision (d),
the school counselor shall apprise the pupil identified in
paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (b), and his or her parent or
legal guardian of the following:
(1) Consequences of not passing the high school exit examination.
(2) Programs, courses, and career technical education options
available for pupils needed for satisfactory completion of middle or
high school.
(3) Cumulative records and transcripts of the pupil.
(4) Performance on standardized and diagnostic assessments of the
pupil.
(5) Remediation strategies, high school courses, and alternative
education options available to the pupil , including, but not
limited to, informing pupils of the option to receive intensive
instruction and services for up to two consecutive academic years
after completion of grade 12 or until the pupil has passed both parts
of the high school exit examination, whichever comes first .
(6) Information on postsecondary education and training.
(7) The pupil's score of the pupil
on the English language arts or mathematics portion of the California
Standards Test administered in grade 6, as applicable.
(8) Eligibility requirements, including coursework and test
requirements, and the progress of the pupil toward satisfaction of
those requirements for admission to four-year institutions of
postsecondary education, including, at least, the University of
California and the California State University.
(9) The availability of financial aid for postsecondary education.
SEC. 2. Section 1.5 of this bill incorporates
amendments to Section 52378 of the Education Code proposed by this
bill and AB 347. It shall become operative if (1) both bills are
enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2008, (2) both
bills amend Section 52378 of the Education Code, and (3) this bill is
enacted after AB 347, in which case Section 52378 of the Education
Code, as amended by AB 347, shall remain operative only until the
operative date of this bill, at which time Section 1.5 of this bill
shall become operative, and Section 1 of this bill shall not become
operative.