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SB-895 Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program: multidistrict projects.(2007-2008)

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Amended  IN  Senate  August 01, 2007

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2007–2008 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 895

Introduced  by  Senator Florez

February 23, 2007

An act to add Sections 66745 and 84750.6 to the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education. An act to amend Section 44286 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 895, as amended, Florez. Postsecondary education: transfer of community college students. Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program: multidistrict projects.
Existing law gives to the State Air Resources Board the primary responsibility for the control of emissions from motor vehicles. The state board is required to administer the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program to provide grants to offset the incremental cost of projects that reduce covered emissions from covered sources. The state board is authorized to reserve up to 10% of program funds available each year to directly fund any project that is multidistrict in nature.
This bill would increase this reserve amount to up to 20% of program funds. The bill would require a scoring system to be used to determine which multidistrict projects to fund and projects that achieve the lowest cost per ton of emission reductions would be assigned more points for priority.

(1)Existing law establishes the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. These segments include the California State University, the campuses of which are administered by the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, and the California Community Colleges, which is administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law establishes community college districts, which operate campuses that provide instruction to students throughout the state. Existing law, known as the Donahoe Higher Education Act, requires the regents, the trustees, and the board of governors to have as a fundamental policy the maintenance of a healthy and expanded program to increase transfer students from community colleges.

This bill would require the trustees and request the regents to report to the Department of Finance, by November 30 of each year, the total number of undergraduate students and the total number of transfer students from community colleges, that enroll in each academic year. The department would be required to take this data and calculate the amount of state support per student that the California State University and University of California receive in the current fiscal year. The department would be required to take half of this amount of state support, multiply it by the number of transfer students, and report these numbers to the Legislature by March 15 of each year. The bill would express the intent of the Legislature that this amount be appropriated in the annual Budget Act each year and be allocated to the California State University and University of California.

(2)Existing law establishes a system for the apportionment of state funding to community college districts. This system is generally based on calculations related to the number of full-time equivalent students (FTES) in attendance at each district.

This bill would require the chancellor to calculate the amount of state support per student that the California Community Colleges receive in the current fiscal year. The chancellor would be required to take half of this calculated amount and allocate it to community college districts for each FTES in a transfer agreement program. The bill would express the intent of the Legislature that this amount be appropriated in the annual Budget Act each year.

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 44286 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

44286.
 (a) The responsibilities of the state board include management of program funds and program oversight. The state board is responsible for producing guidelines, protocols, and criteria for covered vehicle projects and developing methodologies for evaluating project cost-effectiveness in accordance with this chapter. The state board shall have primary responsibility for the reporting aspects of the program.
(b) The responsibilities of a district include local administration of project funds, monitoring funded projects, and reporting results to the state board, in accordance with this chapter. Any project funds awarded to a successful applicant shall be disbursed by the district.
(c) Relative to the allocation of funds in the south coast district, for purposes of this program, Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee funds shall only be used as matching funds upon approval, by minute action, of the Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee.
(d) The state board may reserve up to 10 20 percent of the program funds available each year to directly fund any project that is multidistrict in nature. A project that is multidistrict in nature shall be funded by the state board in coordination with the appropriate districts. A priority scoring system shall be used to determine which multidistrict projects to fund, and projects that achieve the lowest cost per ton of emission reductions shall be assigned more points for priority. The state board shall coordinate outreach efforts with a participating district to ensure that any parallel availability of a district grant and a grant from the state board is clear to an eligible applicant. Reserved funds not committed to a project funded directly by the state board by the end of the fiscal year shall be made available to the districts in the following year.
(e) The commission, in consultation with the state board, shall manage the Advanced Technology Account and the Infrastructure Demonstration Program in accordance with this chapter.
(f) The state board shall work closely with the commission and the districts for the duration of this program to maximize the ability of the program to achieve its goals.
(g) The state board and the districts shall take all appropriate and necessary actions to ensure that emissions reductions achieved through the program are credited by the United States Environmental Protection Agency to the appropriate emission reduction objectives in the State Implementation Plan.

SECTION 1.Section 66745 is added to the Education Code, to read:
66745.

(a)The Trustees of the California State University and the Regents of the University of California are requested, to report to the Department of Finance, by November 30 of each year, the total number of undergraduate students and the total number of transfer students from community colleges that enrolled in the academic year, beginning with the fall term of that year.

(b)The Department of Finance shall take the data from subdivision (a) and calculate the amount of state support per student that the California State University and University of California receive, respectively, in the current fiscal year.

(c)The Department of Finance shall take half of the amount calculated in subdivision (b), and for each system, multiply it by the number of transfer students from community colleges at each system. The department shall report these amounts to the Legislature by March 15 of each year.

(d)It is the intent of the Legislature that the amounts specified in subdivision (c) be appropriated in the annual Budget Act each year and be allocated to the California State University and University of California.

SEC. 2.Section 84750.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:
84750.6.

(a)Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for each community college district, the chancellor shall calculate the amount of state support per student that the California Community Colleges receive in the current fiscal year.

(b)The chancellor shall take half of the amount calculated in subdivision (a) and allocate this amount to community college districts for each FTES in a transfer agreement program, as established pursuant to Section 66730.

(c)It is the intent of the Legislature that the amount specified in subdivision (b) be appropriated in the annual Budget Act each year.