California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly

AB 542 — Community colleges: early and middle college high schools.

Last action — In committee: Held under submission.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Assembly
  4. 4
    Passed Senate
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Summary

Existing law authorizes the governing board of a community college district to admit to any community college under its jurisdiction as a special part-time or full-time student in any session or term any student who is eligible to attend community college pursuant to authorization given by the governing board of a school district, as specified. Existing law requires the governing board of the community college district to assign a low enrollment priority to the special part-time or full-time students, except for a student attending a middle college high school if the student is seeking to enroll in a community college course that is required for the student's middle college high school program. This bill would also except from the low enrollment priority requirement a student attending an early college high school if the student is seeking to enroll in a community college course that is required for the student's early college high school program. Existing law, for purposes of receiving state apportionments, authorizes a community college district to include high school pupils who attend a community college as special part-time or full-time students in its report of full-time equivalent students only if those pupils are enrolled in community college classes that meet certain criteria, including that if the class is a physical education class, no more than 10% of its enrollment may be comprised of special part-time or full-time students. Existing law prohibits a community college district from receiving state apportionments for special part-time and full-time students enrolled in physical education courses in excess of 5% of the community college district's total reported full-time equivalent enrollment of special part-time and full-time students. This bill would, until January 1, 2021, provide that a student attending a middle college high school or early college high school, who is enrolled in a community college physical education course that is required for the student's middle college or early college high school program, is not to be considered as a special part-time or full-time student for purposes of the 10% and 5% limits described above. Existing law requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to prepare and submit to the Department of Finance and the Legislature, on or before March 1 of each year, a report on the amount of full-time equivalent students (FTES) claimed by each community college district for special part-time and special full-time students for the preceding academic year in specified class categories. This bill would, until January 1, 2021, additionally require that report to include the amount of FTES claimed by each community college district for students attending a middle college high school or early college high school for the preceding academic year in degree-applicable physical education courses.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. In committee: Held under submission.

  2. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  3. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  4. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 1).

  5. Referred to Com. on ED.

  6. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1712.)

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 28).

  10. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  12. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  13. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.

  14. Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  15. From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.

  16. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Wilk · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Wilk

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

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Votes

Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Nielsen — Yea

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AB 542 WILK Assembly Third Reading

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 70000
Democratic 4000
Republican 6000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Kim — Yea
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Salas — Yea
Wood — Yea
Ting — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Burke — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Yea
Campos — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Low — Yea
Gray — Yea
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Medina — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

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Do pass.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 2000
Unaffiliated 13000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Chang — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 542 do?
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a community college district to admit to any community college under its jurisdiction as a special part-time or full-time student in any session or term any student who is eligible to attend community college pursuant to authorization given by the governing board of a school district, as specified. Existing law requires the governing board of the community college district to assign a low enrollment priority to the special part-time or full-time students, except for a student attending a middle college high school if the student is seeking to enroll in a community college course that is required for the student's middle college high school program. This bill would also except from the low enrollment priority requirement a student attending an early college high school if the student is seeking to enroll in a community college course that is required for the student's early college high school program. Existing law, for purposes of receiving state apportionments, authorizes a community college district to include high school pupils who attend a community college as special part-time or full-time students in its report of full-time equivalent students only if those pupils are enrolled in community college classes that meet certain criteria, including that if the class is a physical education class, no more than 10% of its enrollment may be comprised of special part-time or full-time students. Existing law prohibits a community college district from receiving state apportionments for special part-time and full-time students enrolled in physical education courses in excess of 5% of the community college district's total reported full-time equivalent enrollment of special part-time and full-time students. This bill would, until January 1, 2021, provide that a student attending a middle college high school or early college high school, who is enrolled in a community college physical education course that is required for the student's middle college or early college high school program, is not to be considered as a special part-time or full-time student for purposes of the 10% and 5% limits described above. Existing law requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to prepare and submit to the Department of Finance and the Legislature, on or before March 1 of each year, a report on the amount of full-time equivalent students (FTES) claimed by each community college district for special part-time and special full-time students for the preceding academic year in specified class categories. This bill would, until January 1, 2021, additionally require that report to include the amount of FTES claimed by each community college district for students attending a middle college high school or early college high school for the preceding academic year in degree-applicable physical education courses.
Who sponsors AB 542?
AB 542 is sponsored by Wilk.
What is the current status of AB 542?
This bill died with 2015-2016 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
Where can I track AB 542?
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