Amended
IN
Senate
July 08, 2015 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 05, 2015 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 15, 2015 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 26, 2015 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Ting (Coauthors: Assembly Members Gipson and Mullin) (Coauthors: Senators Beall and Nielsen) |
February 27, 2015 |
(a)The accrediting agency shall not impose a special assessment on community colleges for the accrediting agency’s legal fees for any lawsuit, unless there has been an affirmative vote of the majority of the chief executive officers, or their designees, of all of the community colleges. Each community college, as represented by its chief executive officer, or his or her designee, shall be eligible to cast a vote on the assessment.
(b)This section does not apply to the accrediting agency’s activities that are related to private educational institutions in the state or educational institutions outside of the state.
(c)This section does not affect the authority of the United States Department of Education regarding educational institutions.
(d)Compliance with this section shall be excused if the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges determines that federal criteria for recognition of an accrediting agency by the United States Department of Education prohibit the accrediting agency from complying with this section.