BILL NUMBER: AB 1741	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 25, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 20, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Fong

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2012

   An act to add Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 78220) to
Chapter 2 of Part 48 of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
relating to the California Community Colleges.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1741, as amended, Fong.  The  California Community
Colleges  :  Student Success  Infrastructure
  and Support Program  Act of 2012.
   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, known as the Seymour-Campbell Matriculation Act of
1986, defines "matriculation" as a process that brings a college and
a student who enrolls for credit into an agreement for the purpose of
realizing the student's educational objectives. The act specifies
the matriculation services that community colleges are required to
provide, including the processing of the application for admission,
orientation and preorientation services, assessment and counseling
upon enrollment, and postenrollment evaluation of a student's
progress.
   This bill would establish the  California Community Colleges
 Student Success  Infrastructure   and
Support Program  Act of 2012 to provide the necessary faculty
counseling and instructional infrastructure at the California
Community Colleges to ensure that students have the necessary access
to support services and classroom instructors to increase their
opportunities for success.  The bill would establish the
Student Success Infrastructure Fund for the purpose of funding
specified goals of the act.  The bill would require the
board of governors each fiscal year to develop a plan for supporting
the goals of the act and another related act that  are
  is  consistent with the needs of individual
districts and statewide policies regarding student success. The bill
would  specify that, in the 2012-13 fiscal year and each
fiscal year thereafter, the act would be operative only if funds are
specifically appropriated for its purposes   require the
board of governors to incorporate those elements that contribute to
increasing student success as part of the implementation of another
related act, and to ensure that submitted budget requests propose
sufficient funding to support both this act and the related act 
.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Article 1.5 (commencing with Section 78220) is added to
Chapter 2 of Part 48 of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code,
to read:

      Article 1.5.   California Community Colleges  Student
Success  Infrastructure  and Support Program
 Act of 2012


   78220.  (a) This article shall be known and may be cited as the
 California Community Colleges  Student Success 
Infrastructure   and Support Program  Act of 2012.
   (b) The purpose of this act is to provide the necessary faculty
counseling and instructional infrastructure at the California
Community Colleges to ensure that students have the necessary access
to support services and classroom instructors to increase their
opportunities for success.
   (c) This act is intended to complement the Seymour-Campbell
Student Success Act of 2012 in its purpose of providing improved
orientation and counseling services to students and greater access to
instructional faculty. 
   78220.5.  (a) The Student Success Infrastructure Fund is hereby
established in the State Treasury for the purpose of funding the
goals of the Student Success Infrastructure Act of 2012 listed in
subparagraph (b).


   (b)  
    78220.5.   The goals of the  California Community
Colleges  Student Success  Infrastructure  
and Support Program  Act of 2012 shall be as follows: 
   (1) 
    (a)  Increasing the ratio of  faculty 
counselors to students. 
   (2) Restoring 
    (b)     Increasing funding for 
categorical programs that provide student support services. 
   (3) 
    (c)  Increasing the percentage of hours of credit
instruction that are taught by full-time instructors consistent with
Section 87482.6. 
   (4) Improving the professionalization of part-time faculty,
including, but not limited to, expanding 
    (d)     Expanding  part-time faculty
office hours consistent with student needs.
   78221.  Each fiscal year the board of governors shall develop a
plan for supporting the goals of the Seymour-Campbell Student Success
Act of 2012 and the  California Community Colleges  Student
Success  Infrastructure   and Support Program
 Act of 2012 that  are   is 
consistent with the needs of individual districts and statewide
policies regarding student success. 
   78221.5.  In the 2012-13 fiscal year, and each fiscal year
thereafter, this article shall be operative only if funds are
specifically appropriated for the purposes of this article. 

    78221.5.    As part of the implementation of the
Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012, the board of governors
shall incorporate those elements that contribute to increasing
student success, including, but not limited to, those contained in
Section 78220.5, and shall ensure that all budget requests submitted
to the Governor and the Legislature propose sufficient funding to
support both the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012 and the
California Community Colleges Student Success and Support Program
Act of 2012.