Article 1.5. College Promise Partnership Act of California Education Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 27. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.5.

This article shall be known and may be cited as the College Promise Partnership Act.

The Long Beach Community College District and the Long Beach Unified School District may enter into a partnership to provide participating pupils with an aligned sequence of rigorous high school and college coursework leading to capstone college courses, with consistent and jointly established eligibility for college courses. As used in this article, "capstone college course" means a community college course described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 48800.

(a) The purpose of the partnership authorized by Section 48810.5 shall be to provide a seamless bridge to college for pupils not already college bound and to reduce the time needed for advanced students to complete programs.
  (b) A pupil who elects to participate in the partnership authorized by Section 48810.5 shall complete the augmented California Standards Test in grade 11 to determine readiness for college-level coursework, and shall enroll in coursework during grade 12 to remedy any deficiencies diagnosed by the augmented test. The consent of a parent or guardian of a pupil shall be required prior to a pupil's participation in the partnership.
  (c) Article 1 (commencing with Section 48800) does not apply to pupils enrolled in a partnership operating pursuant to this article.

(a) The Long Beach Community College District and the Long Beach Unified School District shall design the partnership to include focused curricular pathways leading to credit in at least one of the following: general education, a career technical certificate, or a degree, including at least one capstone college course.
  (b) The partnership shall coordinate the delivery of student support services, including counseling, to participating pupils.
  (c) The Long Beach Community College District shall not be eligible to enter into the partnership unless it participates in the Early Assessment Program (EAP) as described in Section 99301.

(a) For purposes of allowances and apportionments from Section B of the State School Fund, the Long Beach Community College District shall be credited with additional units of full-time equivalent students (FTES) attributable to the attendance of partnership pupils at the Long Beach City College.
  (b) Pupils of the Long Beach Unified School District who attend Long Beach City College pursuant to this article shall, for purposes of allowances and apportionments from Section A of the State School Fund, continue to receive credit for attendance by those pupils computed in the manner prescribed by law, and a pupil's attendance at school for the minimum schoolday shall be deemed a day of attendance for purposes of making the computation.
  (c) The Long Beach Community College District shall not receive an allowance or an apportionment for an instructional activity for which the Long Beach Unified School District has been, or shall be, paid an allowance or an apportionment.
  (d) The Long Beach Community College District shall implement this article and Sections 76001.5, 76002.1, 76003, and 76004 in a manner that does not result in increased allocations, which are above the regularly funded FTES enrollment cap, from the General Fund for the Long Beach Community College District.

(a) If the Long Beach Community College District decides to enter into a partnership pursuant to Section 48810.5, the district shall provide for an independent evaluation of the partnership funded with resources provided by the participating entities, which shall be presented to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Legislature. The evaluation shall, at a minimum, provide recommendations for the improvement of, and issues related to, the establishment of admittance, enrollment, and course registration priority provided to pupils participating in the College Promise Partnership Act in accordance with this article, and a review and analysis on whether the partnership met the following objectives:
  (1) An increase in the percentage of students who attended the school district who attend college directly from high school.
  (2) An increase in the percentage of students who attended the school district who are determined, by assessment or other means, to be prepared for college-level English and mathematics by the commencement of their first regular semester at the college.
  (3) An increase in the average number of college units completed prior to first semester enrollment by entering freshmen from the school district.
  (4) An increase in the number of students who attended the school district who successfully complete college-level English and mathematics in their first year.
  (5) An increase in the number of students who attended the school district who complete 25 transferable units in their first year.
  (6) An increase in the number of students who attended the school district who earn a degree or certificate at the college, or successfully transfer to a four-year university, within four years of graduating from high school.
  (b) The evaluation shall be submitted to the Legislature on or before December 30, 2016.
  (1) The evaluation to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
  (2) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2018.

This article shall become inoperative on June 30, 2017, and, as of January 1, 2018, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.