Community colleges: attendance by secondary school pupils: partnerships.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and requires the board to appoint an executive officer, known as the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes the establishment of community college districts under the administration of community college governing boards, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at community college campuses throughout the state. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to authorize pupils, with parental permission, who would benefit from advanced scholastic or vocational work, to attend community college as special part-time students to undertake one or more courses of instruction at the community college level, in order to provide educational enrichment opportunities for a limited number of eligible pupils. This bill would authorize the Kern, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Los Rios, and San Jose-Evergreen community college districts to enter into partnerships with school districts to provide secondary school pupils who have exhausted all opportunities to enroll in an equivalent course at the high school of attendance, adult education program, continuation school, regional occupational center or program, or any other program offered by the local governing board with the opportunity to benefit from advanced scholastic, career-technical, or vocational coursework. The bill would require, for each partnership entered into pursuant to the bill, the affected community college district and school district to submit an annual report containing prescribed data. The bill would require the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to conduct an evaluation of the pilot project and submit it to the Legislature, the Director of Finance, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction by December 1, 2013. These provisions would be repealed on January 1, 2015.