Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to authorize a pupil who meets specified criteria to attend community college. Existing law limits the number of pupils a principal is authorized to recommend for community college summer session pursuant to those provisions to 5% of the total number of pupils in any grade level, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2020, exempts from the 5% limitation pupils who meet specified requirements, including the requirement that the course is part of a College and Career Access Pathways program, and who enroll in certain community college courses, and prohibits the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges from including enrollment growth attributable to pupils enrolled pursuant to these provisions as part of its annual budget request for the California Community Colleges. Existing law, until January 1, 2020, requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to annually report to the Department of Finance the number of pupils who enrolled and received a passing grade in a community college summer session course as part of a College and Career Access Pathways program.
California AB 1729 (20192020) — Pupils: attendance at community college.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to authorize a pupil who meets specified criteria to attend community college. Existing law limits the number of pupils a principal is authorized to recommend for community college summer session pursuant to those provisions to 5% of the total number of pupils in any grade level, as specified. Existing law, until January 1, 2020, exempts from the 5% limitation pupils who meet specified requirements, including the requirement that the course is part of a College and Career Access Pathways program, and who enroll in certain community college courses, and prohibits the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges from including enrollment growth attributable to pupils enrolled pursuant to these provisions as part of its annual budget request for the California Community Colleges. Existing law, until January 1, 2020, requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to annually report to the Department of Finance the number of pupils who enrolled and received a passing grade in a community college summer session course as part of a College and Career Access Pathways program.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1729 Smith Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Special Consent AB1729 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Smith — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
2019-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2019-03-18 Referred to Coms. on ED. and HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2019-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-05-01 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2019-05-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2019-05-16 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2104.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2019-06-12 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2019-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-08 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2019-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-04 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2019-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2715.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-09 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2019-09-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2019-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 784, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5a48c978-3f33-41fc-b866-7a3a5474b561. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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