Beginning in 2005-06, funding for the Tenth Grade Pupil Progress Review and Counseling program is included in the Pupil Retention Block Grant, established by Assembly Bill (AB) 825. The California Education Code (EC) sections that govern the Tenth Grade Pupil Progress Review and Counseling program have been repealed.
The Tenth Grade Counseling Program, in operation since 1983, requires a systematic review of each student's academic progress and counseling regarding educational options available during the final two years of high school.
Tenth Grade Counseling was established by the Hughes-Hart Educational Reform Act of 1983 (Senate Bill 813) and sections 48431.6 and 48431.7 of the EC, as sections 84 and 85 of Chapter 498/83, Tenth Grade Student Progress Review and Counseling.
Virtually every school district in California with a high school now receives state funding to provide a tenth grade counseling program to students. This funding currently amounts to $11,443,000, an average of $25.28 per student enrolled in grade 10. Funding has been relatively static since 1983, with limited cost of living allowances to improve or expand the system.
The purpose of the existing program is to ensure that every student, upon reaching age 16 or prior to the end of the tenth grade, receives a review of academic progress and counseling related to educational options. In November 1984, the California Department of Education ruled that program funds could be used at the eighth or ninth grade, "as long as each student receives the services prior to the end of the tenth grade." The intent of the Legislature was to provide a checkpoint for assessing student progress toward meeting graduation requirements and to broaden the educational and career options for students. It was also intended that students who are not progressing satisfactorily toward graduation or not motivated toward education and career goals appropriate to their ability should receive priority for counseling.
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For fiscal information, contact:
Nancy Cook
School Fiscal Service Division
916-324-4549
E-mail: ncook@cde.ca.gov
