BILL NUMBER: SB 730	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Hancock

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2013

   An act to add Section 11302 to the Education Code, relating to
school districts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 730, as introduced, Hancock. School districts: middle college
high schools.
   Under existing law, the Legislature declares that the goal of the
middle college high school is to select at-risk high school pupils
who are performing below their academic potential and place them in
an alternative high school located on a community college campus in
order to reduce the likelihood that the pupils will drop out of
school before graduation. Existing law requires the California
Community Colleges and the State Department of Education to
collaborate with each other and 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.
   This bill would, as a condition of participation in the middle
college high school program, require the governing board of a
community college district to enter into a formal partnership with a
school district or school districts located within the service area
of the community college district in order to provide high school
pupils with specified academic opportunities. The bill would require
the partnership agreement to outline the terms of the partnership and
authorize the partnership agreement to include other terms. The bill
would authorize the governing board of a community college district
participating in a middle college high school partnership to exempt
pupils from fees for services, and to assign a higher enrollment
priority to middle college high school pupils. The bill would require
a community college district and school district that enter into a
partnership agreement to provide for an independent evaluation of the
partnership and would require the evaluation, which would include
specified information, to be presented to the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges and the State Department of Education,
on or before January 1, 2017. By requiring a district that
participates in the middle college high school program on the
effective date of this act to either enter into a partnership
agreement or unwind an ongoing program, this 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.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 11302 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   11302.  (a) The governing board of a community college district
may enter into a formal partnership agreement with a school district
or school districts located within the service area of the community
college district in order to provide high school pupils with the
opportunity to benefit from all of the following:
   (1) Advanced scholastic courses.
   (2) Career-technical pathway courses.
   (3) Vocational courses.
   (4) Basic skills remediation courses.
   (5) High school exit examination preparation.
   (6) College preparation.
   (7) English as a second language courses.
   (8) Courses designed to prevent pupils from dropping out of
school, including an alternative high school pursuant to this
chapter.
   (b) (1) As a condition of participation in the middle college high
school program, a community college district shall enter into a
partnership agreement with each school district partner.
   (2) The partnership agreement shall outline the terms of the
partnership and may include, but is not necessarily limited to, all
of the following:
   (A) The scope and nature of the partnership as a fully established
middle college high school or contract education program.
   (B) The funding mechanisms and transfer of apportionments from the
school district to the community college district for additional
pupil services.
   (C) Enrollment fees.
   (D) Fee waivers.
   (E) Processes for sharing information, including information
related to pupils.
   (c) (1) The governing board of a community college district that
is a party to a partnership agreement may, in whole or in part,
exempt pupils from fees for services, including, but not limited to,
fees charged pursuant to Section 66060, 76060.5, 76223, or 79121, or
Article 2 (commencing with Section 76350) of Chapter 2 of Part 47 of
Division 7 of Title 3.
   (2) Pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (e) of Section 76001,
the governing board of a community college district that is a party
to a partnership agreement may assign a higher enrollment priority to
pupils attending a middle college high school as described in this
chapter.
   (3) A pupil participating in a cohort pursuant to this chapter may
attend and earn college course credit and precollegiate credit
either at his or her middle college high school or at the
participating community college.
   (d) If a community college district enters into a partnership
agreement with a school district pursuant to this section, the
community college district and school district shall provide for an
independent evaluation of the partnership. On or before January 1,
2017, the independent evaluation shall be provided to the Chancellor
of the California Community Colleges and the department. The
independent evaluation shall include, but is not limited to, all of
the following:
   (1) Recommendations for the improvement of, and issues related to,
admitting middle college high school pupils, enrolling middle
college high school pupils, and course priority provided to middle
college high school pupils.
   (2) A review and analysis of the partnership, including, but not
limited to, the number of pupils participating in each cohort, the
number of pupils who continue in the middle college high school
program in the following school year, and other indicators of pupil
success.
  SEC. 2.  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.