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Bill No: SB 405
Author: Steinberg (D)
Amended: 9/6/07
Vote: 21
SENATE VOTES NOT RELEVANT
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 49-29, 9/10/07 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Schools: curriculum: opportunities for pupils
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill expands the requirements of the Middle
and High School Supplemental Counseling program.
Assembly Amendments delete the prior version. As it left
the Senate, the bill created the College and Career
Opportunity Act.
ANALYSIS :
Existing Law
1.Establishes the Middle and High School Supplemental
Counseling (MHSSC) program to provide additional
counseling services to pupils in grades 7 to 12,
inclusive.
2.Provides that as a condition of receiving funds, the
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governing board of each school district maintaining any
of grades seven to 12, inclusive, shall meet specified
requirements and shall submit an annual report as
determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
3.Requires districts maintaining any of grades 7-12,
inclusive, to offer to all otherwise qualified pupils in
those grade levels a course of study that fulfills the
requirements and prerequisites for admission to
California's public institutions of postsecondary
education.
4.Requires districts maintaining any of grades 7-12,
inclusive to offer to all otherwise qualified pupils a
course of study that provides an opportunity for pupils
to attain entry-level employment skills in business or
industry upon graduation from high school.
This bill expands the requirements of the MHSSC program to
include a review of a pupil's career goals and the
availability of academic and career technical education
opportunities, and to provide pupils and their parents
information on eligibility for admission to a four-year
institution of postsecondary education. Specifically, this
bill:
1.Provides that a school district participating in the
MHSSC program shall require each school within its
jurisdiction that enrolls pupils in grades 10 and 12 to
develop a list of coursework and experience necessary in
order to assist pupils that have not satisfied or who are
not on track to satisfy the curricular requirements for
admission to the University of California (UC) and the
California State University (CSU).
2.States that participating districts shall require each
school within its jurisdiction that enrolls pupils in
grade 7 to develop a list of coursework and experience
necessary to assist pupils in grade 7 to begin to satisfy
the curricular requirements for admission to the UC and
the CSU and requires this list to be provided to the
pupil and his or her parent.
3.Includes language to resolve chaptering out conflicts
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with AB 347 (Nava) in the case both bills are enacted.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: No
Local: No
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, General
Fund/Proposition 98 cost pressure, likely between $1
million and $2 million, to require additional duties for
high school counselors under the MHSSC program. The
2007-08 Budget Conference Committee report provides $208
million for this program.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Arambula, Bass, Beall, Berg, Brownley, Caballero,
Charles Calderon, Carter, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De
Leon, DeSaulnier, Dymally, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fuentes,
Fuller, Galgiani, Hancock, Hayashi, Hernandez, Huffman,
Jones, Karnette, Keene, Krekorian, Laird, Leno, Levine,
Lieber, Lieu, Ma, Mendoza, Mullin, Nava, Parra,
Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Solorio, Soto,
Swanson, Torrico, Wolk, Nunez
NOES: Adams, Aghazarian, Anderson, Benoit, Berryhill,
Blakeslee, Cook, DeVore, Duvall, Emmerson, Gaines,
Garcia, Garrick, Horton, Houston, Huff, Jeffries, La
Malfa, Maze, Nakanishi, Niello, Plescia, Sharon Runner,
Silva, Smyth, Spitzer, Tran, Villines, Walters
NO VOTE RECORDED: Strickland, Vacancy
NC:do 9/11/07 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
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