College readiness programs: study.

Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish procedures within the State Department of Education to, among other things, coordinate the identification and development of effective programs and practices with, among others, appropriate offices in the department, schools, school districts, and the Legislature. Existing law requires the department to annually disseminate to each school district, county office of education, resource agency or consortium, and other public educational entity, as appropriate, information regarding effective educational projects and programs, as specified. This bill would require the department to annually conduct a study regarding participation, performance, and outcomes of college readiness programs, as specified. The bill would require the department to complete the study by April 1 of 2028 and 2029, and to submit the completed study to the appropriate budget and policy committees of the Legislature and the Department of Finance by April 30 of those years. This bill would make these provisions inoperative on April 30, 2029, and would repeal it as of January 1, 2030.