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(a) (1) The governing board of a community college district may enter into a partnership with the governing board of a school district located within its service area with the goal of developing seamless pathways from high school to community college for career technical education or preparation for transfer.(2) A participating community college district may adopt a partnership agreement with a school district partner that is approved by the governing boards of both districts. As a condition of, and before adopting, a partnership agreement, the governing board of each district, at an open public meeting of that board, shall present the concurrent enrollment partnership agreement as an informational item. The governing board of each district, at a subsequent open public meeting of that board, shall take testimony from the public and shall approve or disapprove the agreement.
(3) (A) The partnership agreement shall outline the terms of the partnership and shall include, but not be limited to, the scope, nature, and listing of community college courses to be offered, and criteria to assess the ability of pupils to benefit from those courses. The partnership agreement may establish protocols for information sharing, joint facilities use, and parental consent for pupils to enroll in community college courses.
(B) The partnership agreement shall identify a point of contact for the participating community college district and school district partner.
(C) A copy of the partnership agreement shall be filed with the chancellor and the Superintendent before the start of a program or course authorized by this article.
(D) The concurrent enrollment partnership agreement shall include a certification by the participating community college district that any community college instructor teaching a course on a high school campus, pursuant to this section, has not been convicted of any sex offense, as defined in Section 87010, or any controlled substance offense, as defined in Section 87011.
(E) A community college district shall include in the concurrent enrollment partnership agreement a self-certification that participation in the concurrent enrollment partnership program is in compliance with the core mission of community colleges pursuant to Section 66010.4 and that pupils participating in the concurrent enrollment partnership program will not lead to enrollment displacement of otherwise eligible adults in the community college.
(4) A community college district shall not provide physical education course opportunities to secondary school pupils pursuant to this section or any other course opportunities that do not assist in the attainment of the goals listed in paragraph (1).
(5) A pupil may receive community college and high school credit for community college courses that he or she completes as determined to be appropriate by the governing boards of the community college district and the school district, and in accordance with other state and federal laws.
(6) A pupil shall not be assessed any fees prohibited by Section 49011 for community college courses that he or she completes that are offered through a partnership agreement.
(7) (A) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 76002 or any other open course provision in statute, or regulations adopted by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, a community college district may limit enrollment in a community college course to solely high school pupils if the course is offered at a high school campus, is not otherwise offered at the high school, and one or more of the following circumstances are satisfied:
(i) The community college course is offered by a middle college high school as defined in Section 11300.
(ii) The community college course is offered by an early college high school as defined in Section 11302.
(iii) The community college course is offered pursuant to a partnership agreement established pursuant to this article.
(B) For purposes of allowances and apportionments from Section B of the State School Fund, a community college district conducting a closed course on a high school campus shall be credited with additional units of FTES attributable to the attendance of eligible high school pupils.
(8) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 76001 and subdivision (f) of Section 76300, the governing board of a community college district participating in a concurrent enrollment partnership agreement established pursuant to this section may, in whole or in part, exempt special part-time or full-time pupils taking up to a maximum of 15 units per term from the fee requirements in Sections 76060.5, 76140, 76223, 76300, 76350, and 79121.
(b) A community college district shall not receive a state allowance or apportionment for an instructional activity for which a school district has been, or shall be, paid an allowance or apportionment.
(c) (1) For each partnership entered into pursuant to this section, the affected community college district and school district shall report annually to the chancellor all of the following information:
(A) The total number of secondary school pupils enrolled in each partnership.
(B) The total number of community college courses enrolled in by partnership participants.
(C) The total number and percentage of successful course completions, by course category and type, of partnership participants.
(2) The annual report required by this subdivision shall also be transmitted to all of the following:
(A) The Legislature, in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(B) The Director of Finance.
(C) The Superintendent.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2020, deletes or extends that date.