AB 1940,
as amended, Holden. Advanced placement program:begin delete pilotend delete grant program: STEMbegin delete courses.end deletebegin insert curriculuend insertbegin insertm.end insert
Existing law contains legislative findings and declarations stating that advanced placement courses, among other things, help to improve the overall curriculum at schools where they are provided and provide a cost-effective means for high school pupils to obtain college-level coursework experience. Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to annually update the information on advanced placement available on the Internet Web site of the State Department of Education to include current information on the various means available to school districts to offer or access advanced placement courses, and to annually communicate with high schools that offer advanced placement courses in fewer than 5 subjects and inform them of the various options for making advanced placement courses and other rigorous courses available to pupils who may benefit from them.
This bill, until July 1,begin delete 2017end deletebegin insert 2021end insert, would establish abegin delete pilotend delete grant program overseen by the department for purposes of awarding grants to cover the costs associated with a high school establishing or expanding its advanced placementbegin insert STEMend insert curriculumbegin delete in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, as specifiedend deletebegin insert, as definedend insert. The bill would require the Superintendentbegin delete and the College Boardend delete
to submit no later than July 1,begin delete 2017end deletebegin insert 2021end insert, a specified report to the Legislature describing the effectiveness of thebegin delete pilotend delete grant program.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 52245 is added to the Education Code,
2to read:
(a) begin deleteThere end deletebegin insertFor purposes of this section, “STEM
4curriculum” means courses in any of the following subject areas:end insert
5(1) Biology.
end insertbegin insert6(2) Calculus.
end insertbegin insert7(3) Chemistry.
end insertbegin insert8(4) Computer science.
end insertbegin insert9(5) Environmental science.
end insertbegin insert10(6) Physics.
end insertbegin insert11(7) Statistics.
end insert
12begin insert(b)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertThereend insert is hereby established abegin delete pilotend delete grant program for the
13purpose of awardingbegin delete grantsend deletebegin insert moneysend insert to cover the costs associated
14with a high school establishing or expanding its advanced
15placementbegin delete
curriculum in science, technology, engineering, and
16mathematicsend delete
17(b)
end delete
18begin insert(c)end insert A high school may apply to the department for grant funding
19pursuant to this section if all of the following conditions are met:
20(1) The high school meets either of the following criteria:
21(A) Does not offer advanced placement courses inbegin delete mathematics begin insert
the STEM curriculumend insert.
22or scienceend delete
23(B) Offers advanced placement courses inbegin delete mathematics or begin insert the STEM curriculumend insert, but those courses are sufficiently
24scienceend delete
25oversubscribed.
26(2) The high school has identified pupils who have demonstrated
27begin delete through their scores on the preliminary SAT thatend delete they have high
28potential to be successful in one or more advanced placement
29courses inbegin delete science, technology, engineering, or mathematicsend deletebegin insert
the
30STEM curriculum. The high school may identify pupils using any
P3 1means it deems appropriate, including, but not limited to, a pupil’s
2score on the preliminary SATend insert.
3(c)
end delete
4begin insert(d)end insert (1) No later than July 1,begin delete 2017end deletebegin insert
2021end insert, the Superintendentbegin delete and shall submit a report to the Legislature
5the College Boardend delete
6describing the effectiveness of thebegin delete pilotend delete grant program established
7pursuant to this section.begin insert The Superintendent is encouraged to
8consult with the College Board in preparing the report pursuant
9to this subdivision.end insert The report shall include both of the following:
10(A) Number of pupils who have access to advanced placement
11courses inbegin delete science, technology, engineering, and mathematicsend deletebegin insert
the
12STEM curriculumend insert.
13(B) Success rates in the advanced placement courses inbegin delete science,
14technology,
engineering, and mathematicsend delete
15 that include core demographics, including, but not limited to,
16gender and race.
17(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be
18submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government
19Code.
20(e) The department shall implement this section only to the
21extent that moneys are available to the department and the
22Superintendent for the purposes of this section. The moneys may
23be derived from any source, including, but not limited to, state
24funding, federal funding, and nonstate funding sources.
25(d)
end delete
26begin insert(f)end insert This section shall become inoperative on July 1,begin delete 2017end deletebegin insert 2021end insert,
27and, as of January 1,begin delete 2018end deletebegin insert 2022end insert, is repealed, unless a later enacted
28statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1,begin delete 2018end deletebegin insert 2022end insert,
29deletes or extends the dates on which it
becomes inoperative and
30is repealed.
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