BILL NUMBER: AB 230	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Carter

                        FEBRUARY 2, 2011

   An act to amend Section  11301   76001 
of the Education Code, relating to joint educational programs.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 230, as amended, Carter. Joint educational programs: middle
college high  schools.   school student 
 s   : enrollment priority.  
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary
education in this state. Existing law establishes community college
districts, administered by a governing board, throughout the state,
and authorizes these districts to provide instruction to students at
the community college campuses maintained by the districts. 
   Existing law authorizes the establishment of middle college high
schools, which are alternative high schools located on community
college campuses, and structured as broad-based, comprehensive
instructional programs focusing on college preparatory and
school-to-work curricula, career education, work experience,
community service, and support and motivational activities. 
Existing law provides for the California Community Colleges and the
State Department of Education to collaborate with each other and with
their respective local community colleges and local school districts
to ensure the continued success of existing middle college high
schools and to promote the establishment of new middle college high
schools.   Existing law requires the governing board of
a community college   district to assign a low enrollment
priority to specified special part-time or full-time students, which
include   s   middle college high school students,
in order to ensure that these students do not displace regularly
admitted students.  
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes in a
provision related to the establishment and maintenance of middle
college high schools.  
   This bill would provide that the low enrollment priority
provisions do not apply to students attending a middle college high
school. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 76001 of the  
Education Code   is amended to read: 
   76001.  (a) The governing board of a community college district
may admit to any community college under its jurisdiction as a
special part-time or full-time student in any session or term any
student who is eligible to attend community college pursuant to
Section 48800 or 48800.5.
   (b) If the governing board denies a request for a special
part-time or full-time enrollment at a community college for a pupil
who is identified as highly gifted, the board shall record its
findings and the reasons for denial of the request in writing within
60 days. The written recommendation and denial shall be issued at the
next regularly scheduled board meeting that falls at least 30 days
after the request has been submitted.
   (c) The attendance of a pupil at a community college as a special
part-time or full-time student pursuant to this section is authorized
attendance, for which the community college shall be credited or
reimbursed pursuant to Sections 48802 and 76002. Credit for courses
completed shall be at the level determined to be appropriate by the
school district and community college district governing boards.
   (d) For purposes of this section, a special part-time student may
enroll in up to, and including, 11 units per semester, or the
equivalent thereof, at the community college.
   (e)  The   (1)     Except
as provided for in paragraph (2), the  governing board of a
community college district shall assign a low enrollment priority to
special part-time or full-time students described in subdivision (a)
in order to ensure that these students do not displace regularly
admitted students. 
   (2) This subdivision shall not apply to students attending a
middle college high school as described in Section 11300. 

  SECTION 1.    Section 11301 of the Education Code
is amended to read:
   11301.  (a) The California Community Colleges and the State
Department of Education shall collaborate with each other, and with
their respective local community colleges and local school districts,
to ensure the continued success of existing middle college high
schools and to promote the establishment of new middle college high
schools.
   (b) The responsibilities of the California Community Colleges and
the State Department of Education pursuant to subdivision (a) shall
include, but need not be limited to, both of the following:
   (1) With respect to existing middle college high schools,
monitoring the ongoing viability of the programs, assisting with the
resolution of policy or financial issues that may arise, and tracking
specific outcomes for students and schools, including attendance
rates, graduation rates, college entrance and attendance rates, and
employment rates for those students who do not attend college.
   (2) With respect to the promotion of new middle college high
schools, responding to inquiries from school districts and community
colleges about the establishment of middle college high schools,
advising local entities on startup costs and ongoing funding
mechanisms for the program, consulting with local entities on the
organizational structure of, and curriculum development for, the
middle college high schools, facilitating the completion of any
necessary facilities improvements, and communicating with local
entities at least biannually about the existence of middle college
high schools and the availability of State Department of Education
and California Community Colleges resources, if any, to assist with
the establishment of middle college high schools.