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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Community College Partnership Act of
2005''.

SEC. 2. COMMUNITY COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY; COLLEGE PREPARATION PROGRAMS
AUTHORIZED.

Subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1070a-11 et seq.) is amended--
(1) by redesignating section 407E as section 406E; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:

''CHAPTER 4--COMMUNITY COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY

''SEC. 407A. PURPOSE.

''It is the purpose of this chapter to enhance--
''(1) the retention of students at community or technical
colleges;
''(2) the opportunities for students to transfer to 4-year
institutions of higher education and complete baccalaureate
degrees; and
''(3) the preparation of students for high-quality and
high-demand emerging and established occupations.

''SEC. 407B. ACTIVITIES.

''(a) Definitions.--In this chapter:
''(1) Community or technical college.--The term 'community
or technical college' means an institution of higher
education--
''(A) that admits as regular students, individuals
who are beyond the age of compulsory school attendance
in the State in which the institution is located and
who have the ability to benefit from the training
offered by the institution;
''(B) that predominately does not provide an
educational program for which it awards a baccalaureate
degree (or an equivalent degree);
''(C) that--
''(i) provides an educational program of
not less than 2 years that is acceptable for
full credit toward a baccalaureate degree; or
''(ii) offers a 2-year program in
engineering, mathematics, or the physical or
biological sciences, designed to prepare a
student to work as a technician or at the
semiprofessional level in engineering,
scientific, or other technological fields
requiring the understanding and application of
basic engineering, scientific, or mathematical
principles of knowledge; and
''(D) that is accredited by a regional accrediting
agency or association recognized by the Secretary under
section 496.
''(2) Eligible entity.--The term 'eligible entity' means--
''(A) a statewide governance or coordinating board
with jurisdiction over community or technical colleges
and institutions of higher education that offer a
baccalaureate or postbaccalaureate degree;
''(B) a partnership between--
''(i) a statewide governance or
coordinating board with jurisdiction over
community or technical colleges; and
''(ii) a statewide governance or
coordinating board with jurisdiction over
institutions of higher education that offer a
baccalaureate or postbaccalaureate degree; or
''(C) a partnership between--
''(i) 1 or more community or technical
colleges; and
''(ii) 1 or more institutions of higher
education that offer a baccalaureate or
postbaccalaureate degree which is not awarded
by a college described in clause (i) with which
the institution is partnered.
''(b) Grants Authorized.--From the amounts appropriated under
section 407C, the Secretary shall award not less than 6 and not more
than 12 grants to eligible entities.
''(c) Applications.--Any eligible entity that desires to obtain a
grant under this chapter shall submit to the Secretary an application
at such time, in such manner, and containing such information or
assurances as the Secretary may require.
''(d) Awarding of Grants.--
''(1) Criteria.--The Secretary shall establish criteria for
awarding grants under this chapter.
''(2) Priority.--In awarding grants under this chapter, the
Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities that
demonstrate the capacity to identify and address systemic
problems related to college retention and the transfer of
community or technical college students to institutions of
higher education that offer a baccalaureate or
postbaccalaureate degree.
''(e) Duration.--A grant under this chapter shall be awarded for a
period of 5 or 6 years, which period shall include a planning and
implementation phase.
''(f) Use of Funds.--Grants funds awarded under this chapter shall
be used for--
''(1) the development of policies to expand opportunities
for community or technical college students to earn
baccalaureate degrees, including promoting the transfer of
academic credits between institutions and expanding
articulation and guaranteed transfer agreements;
''(2) support services for students participating in the
program, such as tutoring, mentoring, and academic and personal
counseling, as well as any service that facilitates the
transition of students from a community or technical college to
an institution of higher education that offers a baccalaureate
or postbaccalaureate degree;
''(3) academic program enhancements at a community or
technical college that result in increasing--
''(A) the quality of the program offered;
''(B) the connection to high-quality and high-
demand emerging and established occupations; and
''(C) the number of student participants in a dual
degree program offered in conjunction with an
institution of higher education that offers a
baccalaureate or postbaccalaureate degree; and
''(4) programs to identify barriers that inhibit student
transfers.
''(g) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe such regulations
as may be necessary to carry out this chapter.

''SEC. 407C. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

''There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter
$70,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for
each of the 3 succeeding fiscal years.''.
Community College Partnership Act of 2005 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a community college opportunity program to help students at community or technical colleges to transfer to four-year institutions and complete bachelor's degrees.

Directs the Secretary of Education to award program grants to eligible partnerships that include one or more community or technical colleges that award associate's degrees and one or more institutions of higher education that offer a baccalaureate or postbaccalaureate degree not awarded by the partner colleges (or to statewide boards or partnerships with jurisdiction over such educational entities).

Requires funds from such grants to be used for: (1) development of policies to expand opportunities for community or technical college students to earn bachelor's degrees, including transfer of academic credits between institutions and expanded articulation and guaranteed transfer agreements; (2) support services to students participating in the program, including tutoring, mentoring, academic and personal counseling, and transition facilitation; (3) academic program enhancements at the community or technical college that increase program quality and the number of student participants in the dual degree program offered in conjunction with a baccalaureate degree-granting institution; and (4) programs to identify barriers that inhibit student transfers.