BILL ANALYSIS Ó ----------------------------------------------------------------- |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | SB 906| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ----------------------------------------------------------------- UNFINISHED BUSINESS Bill No: SB 906 Author: Beall (D), et al. Amended: 5/19/16 Vote: 21 SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 8-0, 3/9/16 AYES: Liu, Block, Hancock, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan, Vidak NO VOTE RECORDED: Runner SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8 SENATE FLOOR: 38-0, 4/14/16 AYES: Allen, Anderson, Bates, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Cannella, De León, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani, Glazer, Hall, Hancock, Hernandez, Hertzberg, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Lara, Leno, Leyva, Liu, Mendoza, Mitchell, Monning, Moorlach, Morrell, Nguyen, Nielsen, Pan, Pavley, Roth, Stone, Vidak, Wieckowski, Wolk NO VOTE RECORDED: McGuire, Runner ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 78-0, 8/11/16 (Consent) - See last page for vote SUBJECT: Public postsecondary education: priority enrollment systems SOURCE: John Burton Foundation DIGEST: This bill conforms the definition of foster youth or former foster youth," for the purposes of priority registration at the University of California (UC), the California State University (CSU), and the California Community Colleges (CCC), to existing state higher education program definitions, deletes SB 906 Page 2 the sunset on the extension of priority registration to foster youth or former foster youth, and deletes the sunset on the extension of priority registration to Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) students and Disabled Student Programs and Services (DSPS) students at the California Community Colleges. Assembly Amendments make a technical change relative to a cross-reference. ANALYSIS: Existing law: 1)Requires, if the institution administers a priority enrollment system for registration, that the CSU and each CCC district, and requests that the UC, grant priority enrollment, to any current or former foster youth, and repeals these provisions on January 1, 2017. (EC § 66025.9) 2)Establishes the Community College EOPS to extend opportunities for community college education to all who may profit regardless of economic, social and educational status, and to encourage local community colleges to identify students affected by economic, language, and social disadvantages and encourage their enrollment and achievement of their educational objectives and goals. The Board of Governors is required to adopt regulations with the objective that the EOPS programs include qualified counseling staff, facilitation of transfer, and enrollment in courses necessary to develop successful study skills, as specified. Current law also authorizes local community college governing boards to provide services that may include loans or grants for living costs, student fees, and transportation costs and also scholarships, work-experience and job placement programs. (EC § 69640 - § SB 906 Page 3 69656) 3)Requires each CCC district that administers a priority enrollment system for registration to grant priority registration for enrollment to students in the EOPS program and to disabled students, as specified, and repeals these provisions on January 1, 2017. (EC § 66025.91) This bill: 1)Redefines "foster youth or former foster youth," for purposes of priority registration at California's public higher education segments, to conform to definitions consistent with the California Chaffee Foster Youth Grant program and the community colleges Cooperating Agencies Foster Youth Educational Support Program. More specifically, these students are defined as those who meet both the following criteria: a) Dependency was established or continued by the court on or after the youth's 16th birthday. b) Are no older than 25 years of age at the commencement of the academic year. 2)Deletes the sunset on the requirement (and in the case of the UC, the request) that the CSU and each CCC district grant priority registration for enrollment to a foster youth or former foster youth, thereby permanently extending this priority for these students. 3)Deletes the sunset on the extension of priority registration to Extended Opportunity Programs and Services students and disabled students at the California Community Colleges, thereby permanently extending registration priority to these students. Comments Existing community college enrollment priority categories. Existing law extends registration priority to foster youth and SB 906 Page 4 to EOPS students and DSPS students at the community colleges until January 1, 2017. In addition, existing law grants priority enrollment registration to any member or former member of the Armed Forces, as specified. Enrollment policies related to the implementation of the system's Student Success Initiative have also been implemented. The Legislature has provided significant funding for the Student Services Support Program established by SB 1425 (Lowenthal, Chapter 624, Statutes of 2013) to provide targeted services such as orientation, assessment, and counseling and advising to assist students with the development of education plans. The Board of Governors have implemented a number of related regulatory and administrative changes, including the provision of higher enrollment priority to students who have participated in these targeted services. Districts are also now required to notify students that accumulating 100 degree applicable units or being on academic or progress probation for two consecutive terms will result in the loss of enrollment priority. AB 595 (Gomez, Chapter 704 Statutes of 2013), among other things, established the Legislature's intent that any student who receives priority registration for enrollment (which would include veterans, EOPS students, foster youth, and DSPS students) shall comply with the requirements of the Student Success Initiative. These provisions were adopted in order to ensure that the enrollment priorities supported, and did not undermine, statutory and regulatory efforts to ensure the development of statewide strategies and to incentivize student behaviors that result in student success. According to the sponsor, it is the expectation that students granted priority enrollment by the provisions of this bill will comply with EC §66602.95 which clarifies that any student who receives priority registration shall participate in SSSP programs and services including orientation, assessment, counseling, and the development of an education plan, among other things. FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.:YesLocal: Yes SB 906 Page 5 According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee, any costs for the segments to continue offering priority registration to the specified student cohorts will be minor and absorbable. Of the 2.3 million students enrolled in the CCC for 2014-15, about 76,000 were EOPS students, 121,000 were DSPS students, and 15,000 were foster youth or former foster youth. SUPPORT: (Verified8/12/16) John Burton Foundation (source) Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges California Community Colleges Extended Opportunity Program and Services Association Faculty Association of California Community Colleges Imperial Valley Regional Occupational Program OPPOSITION: (Verified8/12/16) None received ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 78-0, 8/11/16 AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker, Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen, Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon NO VOTE RECORDED: Roger Hernández, Low SB 906 Page 6 Prepared by:Lynn Lorber / ED. / (916) 651-4105 8/13/16 13:31:22 **** END ****