(1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state.
Existing law authorizes the board of governors, to the extent that funds are available, to establish certain internship training programs and to actively support apprenticeship training programs in collaboration with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to allocate funds for approved apprenticeship programs in good standing and, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to allocate funds solely for the
purposes of reimbursing community colleges.
This bill would authorize, if reimbursement is not claimed pursuant to the above provision relating to apprenticeship program reimbursement, the attendance of apprentices enrolled in any class offered for community college credit by a community college in collaboration with an apprenticeship program sponsor to be reimbursed, as prescribed, as part of a specified budget formula developed by the board of governors. The bill would require, for each community college receiving reimbursement for apprenticeship hours pursuant to this provision, the affected community college district to report to the chancellor specified information for each apportionment period. To the extent that this provision would impose additional duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The bill would require the chancellor to report specified information
relating to apprenticeship program reimbursements to the California Apprenticeship Council and to consult with the council in annually reviewing reimbursement funding. The bill would require the chancellor and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations, in consultation with the council and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, to develop standard reporting protocols applicable to participating community colleges and local educational agencies contracting with apprenticeship program sponsors that include metrics to measure program efficiency and success.
(2) Existing law provides, until January 1, 2019, that the board of trustees, common council, or other legislative body of a city or the board of trustees of a library district in which a withdrawal from the county free library system becomes effective on or after January 1, 2012, shall comply with specified requirements before entering into a contract
to operate the city’s or library district’s library or libraries with a private contractor that will employ library staff to achieve cost savings, subject to specified exceptions.
This bill would delete the repeal date for these provisions, thereby extending operation of these provisions indefinitely.
(3) Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary schools in this state and authorizes local educational agencies throughout the state to operate schools and provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law establishes in the State Department of Education a division known as the California State Library.
This bill would create the California Student Author Project as a grant program for the benefit of public school age children from extremely low-income communities. The bill would require the
California State Library to provide grant awards to nonprofit organizations, public libraries, and local educational entities, as specified. The bill would require a grant recipient, during the 2019–20 and 2020–21 school years, to establish a literacy program for public school age children who are eligible for free and reduced cost lunch. The bill would require a grant recipient to establish a student author program to provide the participants an opportunity to write, edit, and promote a short story or other forms of literature, and would require a grant recipient to provide regular, sequential student author workshops that parallel or complement school calendars with specified components. The bill would require grant recipients to collect and provide information to the California State Library and require the California State Library, not later than January 1, 2022, to report to the Legislature on the outcomes of the California Student Author Program.
(4) Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Board of Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requires the California State University, and requests the University of California, to annually report to the Legislature on their respective institutional financial aid programs and to provide preliminary reports on or before January 10 of each year and the final reports on or before March 31 of each year. Existing law requires the preliminary reports to include, among other things, the average and 90th percentile parental income level, expected family contribution, and the financial need of undergraduate need-based student institutional gift aid recipients for the prior 2 academic years.
This bill would delete those preliminary reports and would instead require that the reports due on or before March 31 of each year include the data and information required in those preliminary reports, except for the average and 90th percentile parental income level, expected family contribution, and financial need data, which the bill would delete. The bill would require the reports to include additional information, as specified.
(5) Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and independent institutions of higher education as the 4 segments of postsecondary education
in this state. Existing provisions of the Donahoe Higher Education Act set forth the missions and functions of these 4 postsecondary educational segments. The Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act encourages community colleges to facilitate the acceptance of credits earned at other community colleges toward the associate degree for transfer. The act also requires the California State University to guarantee admission with junior status to a community college student who meets the requirements for the associate degree for transfer, and provides that admission to the California State University under these provisions does not guarantee admission for specific majors or campuses. Existing law recognizes that the University of California has been working with the California Community Colleges to seek improvements to the transfer process and states the intent of the Legislature that the University of California consider various viable pathways to transfer, including the development of an associate degree for
transfer granted by community college districts, as part of this endeavor.
This bill would add provisions to the Student Transfer Achievement Reform Act that apply to a private nonprofit postsecondary education institution that chooses to accept students with an associate degree for transfer. The bill would require the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges and the private nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions that choose to commit to accept a student with an associate degree for transfer, in consultation with specified parties, to develop a student-centered communication and marketing strategy in order to increase the visibility of the associate degree for transfer pathway for all students in California. To the extent that this provision would create new duties for community college districts, it would constitute a state-mandated local program.
(6) Existing law establishes
the maximum tuition award amount for each Cal Grant A and B award for new recipient students attending private nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions at $9,084 for the 2015–16, 2016–17, and 2017–18 award years and $8,056 for the 2018–19 award year and each award year thereafter.
This bill would retain the maximum tuition award amount for each Cal Grant A and B award for new recipient students attending private nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions at $9,084 for the 2018–19 award year. Beginning with the 2019–20 award year, the maximum tuition award would either be $9,084 or $8,056, depending upon whether the number of new unduplicated transfer students accepted by private nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions who have been given associate degree for transfer commitments, as defined, in the prior award year meet or exceed specified targets.
(7) Existing law states the
intent of the Legislature that private nonprofit and for-profit postsecondary educational institutions with students receiving Cal Grant awards make good faith efforts to (1) increase the number of low-income resident students enrolled, (2) make the process for transferring from the California Community Colleges easier for resident students, and (3) expand high-quality online education for resident students, as specified.
This bill would instead state the intent of the Legislature that a private nonprofit postsecondary educational institution make a good faith effort to make the process for transferring from the California Community Colleges easier for resident students and a decision determining the maximum award amounts made pursuant to the program for students attending a private nonprofit postsecondary educational institution will be made with consideration of the effort of the institution to make that process easier.
(8) Existing law establishes the California State University, the California Community Colleges, and the University of California as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law exempts students who have been granted special immigrant visas pursuant to a specified federal statute, or are refugees admitted to the United States under a specified federal statute, and who, upon entering the United States, settled in California, from paying nonresident tuition at the California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes a community college district to report a student, who is exempt from nonresident tuition under this provision and who is enrolled as a student of that district, as a full-time equivalent student for apportionment purposes.
This bill would exempt students granted special immigrant visas pursuant to an additional federal statute from paying nonresident tuition at the
California Community Colleges. To the extent that this bill would place additional requirements on community college districts to exempt those students from nonresident tuition, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(9) Existing law establishes the maximum tuition award amounts for each Cal Grant A and B award for new recipients attending private for-profit postsecondary educational institutions beginning with the 2013–14 award year at $4,000.
Beginning with the 2018–19 award year, the bill would establish a maximum tuition award of $9,084 for attending private for-profit postsecondary educational institutions accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, unless otherwise specified in the Budget Act of 2018.
(10) Existing law provides that any California resident is entitled to a Cal Grant B Entitlement
award, and requires the commission to allocate that award, if certain criteria are met, including that the student submit a complete financial aid application, submitted or postmarked no later than March 2 of the academic year of high school graduation or its equivalent for the award year immediately following the academic year of high school graduation or its equivalent, or no later than March 2 of the academic year following high school graduation or its equivalent for the 2nd award year following the year of high school graduation or its equivalent.
This bill would provide alternative deadlines for submitting a complete financial aid application for a student who is a current or former foster youth, who is attending a qualifying institution that offers baccalaureate degrees or is attending a California community college, and has not yet reached 26 years of age as of July 1 of the initial award year.
Existing law
authorizes the renewal of Cal Grant B awards for a total of the equivalent of 4 years of full-time attendance in an undergraduate program, provided that minimum financial need, as defined, continues to exist, subject to certain exceptions.
This bill would authorize the renewal of Cal Grant B awards, for a current or former foster youth, for a total of the equivalent of 8 years of full-time attendance in an undergraduate program, provided that minimum financial need continues to exist.
(11) Under existing law, the Middle Class Scholarship Program provides that an undergraduate student enrolled at the University of California or the California State University, or enrolled in upper division coursework in a community college baccalaureate program, and meeting certain requirements, is eligible for a scholarship award that, combined with other federal, state, and institutionally
administered grants and fee waivers, totals up to 40% of the systemwide tuition and fees.
Existing law transfers $74,000,000 from the General Fund to the Middle Class Scholarship Fund for the 2016–17 fiscal year, $96,000,000 from the General Fund to the Middle Class Scholarship Fund for the 2017–18 fiscal year, $117,000,000 from the General Fund to the Middle Class Scholarship Fund for the 2018–19 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, and appropriates those sums to the Student Aid Commission for purposes of the scholarship program.
The bill would decrease the existing appropriation for the 2016–17 fiscal year from $74,000,000 to $71,244,000, would increase the existing appropriation for the 2017–18 fiscal year from $96,000,000 to $99,797,000, would decrease the existing appropriation for the 2018–19 fiscal year from $117,000,000 to $101,380,000, and would maintain the existing appropriation for the 2019–20 fiscal
year and each fiscal year thereafter at $117,000,000.
(12) Existing law authorizes the governing board of a community college district to enter into a College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) partnership with the governing board of a school district with the goal of developing seamless pathways from high school to community college for career technical education or preparation for transfer, improving high school graduation rates, or helping high school pupils achieve college and career readiness. Existing law requires the partnership agreement to outline the terms of the partnership, as specified, and to establish protocols for information sharing, joint facilities use, and parental consent for high school pupils to enroll in community college courses. These provisions are repealed on January 1, 2022.
This bill would authorize the governing body of a charter school to enter into a CCAP partnership
agreement with the governing board of a community college district pursuant to these provisions.
Existing law authorizes a community college district to limit enrollment in a community college course solely to eligible high school pupils if the course is offered at a high school campus, as provided.
This bill would authorize a community college district to limit enrollment in a community college course solely to eligible high school pupils if the course is offered at a high school campus, either in person or using an online platform, as provided.
Existing law requires each CCAP partnership affected community college district and school district to annually report specified information to the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
This bill would require this report to include the total number of full-time equivalent
students served online generated by CCAP partnership community college district participants.
Existing law provides that attendance of a high school pupil at a community college as a special part-time or full-time student pursuant to a CCAP is authorized attendance for which the community college shall be credited or reimbursed, as provided. Existing law requires a charter school to offer, at minimum, a specified number of minutes to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive.
This bill would provide that, for purposes of calculating classroom-based average daily attendance for classroom-based instruction apportionments, at least 80% of the instructional time offered by a charter school pursuant to an authorized CCAP partnership agreement shall be at the schoolsite, and the charter school shall require the attendance of a pupil for a minimum of 50% of the minimum instructional time required to be offered, as
specified, if the pupil is also a special part-time student enrolled in a community college pursuant to the partnership agreement and the pupil will receive academic credit upon satisfactory completion of enrolled courses.
(13) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law requires the board of governors to appoint a chief executive officer, to be known as the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. Existing law establishes community college districts, administered by governing boards, throughout the state, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction to students at the community college campuses maintained by the districts.
Upon appropriation by the
Legislature for its purposes, this bill would establish a grant program, under the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to create new and innovative apprenticeship opportunities in priority and emerging industry sectors or areas in which apprenticeship training is not fully established or does not exist.
(14) Existing law requires, except where provided, the governing board of a community college district to grant without charge the use of any college facility or grounds under its control, when an alternative location is not available, to nonprofit organizations and clubs and associations organized for general character building or welfare purposes. Existing law requires, for entertainment or a meeting where an admission fee is charged or a contribution is solicited and the net receipts of the admission fees or contributions are not expended for the welfare of the students of the
district or for charitable purposes, a charge of equal to fair rental value for the use of the college facilities, property, and grounds, as determined by the governing board of the district.
This bill would instead require that, for entertainment or a meeting where an admission fee is charged or a contribution is solicited and the net receipts of the admission fees or contributions are not expended for the welfare of the students of the district or for charitable purposes, a charge of not less than fair rental value is to be levied for the use of the college facilities, property, and grounds as determined by the governing board of the district.
(15) Existing law requires that the accounting system used to record the financial affairs of a community college district be in accord with the definitions, instructions, and procedures published in the California Community Colleges Budget
and Accounting Manual as approved and furnished by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law requires the governing board of each community college district to provide for an annual audit of all funds, books, and accounts of the district in accordance with regulations of the board of governors. Existing law requires the board of governors, in cooperation with, and upon approval by, the Department of Finance, to prescribe the statements and other information to be included in the audit reports filed with the state and to develop audit procedures relative to specified formal actions taken by community college districts with respect to encouraging the retirement of academic employees and the granting of service credits.
This bill would strike the requirement that the Department of Finance cooperate and provide approval when the board of governors prescribes the statements and other information to be included in audit reports and develops
audit procedures.
(16) Existing law requires that adult schools and evening high schools consist of classes for adults. Existing law authorizes minors to be admitted into those classes pursuant to policies adopted by the governing board of the school district if those minors meet certain eligibility requirements.
Existing law creates the Adult Education Block Grant Program under the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Under this program, the chancellor and Superintendent, with the advice of the executive director of the State Board of Education, are required to divide the state into adult education regions and approve one adult education consortium in each adult education region. Existing law also requires, as a condition of receipt of an apportionment of funds from this program for a fiscal year, that
members of a consortium approve an adult education plan, as specified.
This bill instead would require, commencing with the 2019–20 fiscal year, as a condition of receipt of an apportionment of funds from the program for a fiscal year, that members of a consortium approve a consortium-approved 3-year adult education plan that addresses a 3-year fiscal planning cycle. The bill would require the plan to be updated at least once each year, as specified. The bill also would also provide, for the 2018–19 fiscal year, as a condition of receipt of an apportionment of funds from the program, the members of a consortium to have a consortium-approved adult education plan that meets specified requirements.
(17) Existing law establishes the Adult Education Block Grant Program under the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Superintendent of Public
Instruction. Under this program, the chancellor and Superintendent, with the advice of the executive director of the State Board of Education, are required to divide the state into adult education regions and approve one adult education consortium in each adult education region. Existing law requires funds apportioned for the program to be used only for the support of specified programs, including, among others, programs in elementary and secondary basic skills and programs for adults that are primarily related to the entry or reentry into the workforce.
This bill would additionally include the indirect costs of the program’s consortium members, as specified, among the purposes that funds apportioned for the program may be used.
(18) Existing law establishes a system of public elementary and secondary education in this state. Under this system, local educational agencies throughout
the state provide instruction to pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive. Existing law also establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law authorizes the California Community Colleges to grant associate degrees.
This bill would establish a grant program as a public-private partnership between school districts, community college districts, and private businesses for purposes of preparing California students for high-skill jobs of the future in the STEM field. The bill would specify the core benefits of the program for participating students in grades 9 to 14, including an opportunity to earn an associate of science degree in a high-tech field or an associate degree for transfer in a STEM field.
This bill would appropriate $10,000,000 from
the General Fund to the chancellor’s office for this program.
(19) Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Board of Trustees of the California State University, as one of the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in California. Existing law requires the trustees to appoint a chief executive officer, known as the Chancellor of the California State University.
This bill would require the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University to require each California State University campus to prepare an annual report on student admissions and impaction policies, as specified. The bill would require the chancellor’s office to compile each of these reports and submit a systemwide report to the Legislature and the Department of Finance on or before May 1, 2020, and each May 1 annually thereafter. The bill would make its
provisions inoperative on July 1, 2023.
(20) Existing law establishes the University of California as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust administered by the regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes.
This bill would request the University of California, by April 1 of each year, to report to the Legislature on the systemwide and presidential initiatives of the university, including a description of each initiative and a justification for the initiative that explains how it furthers the mission of the university, and the total expenditures and revenue sources for each initiative.
(21) Existing law requires a test sponsor or test agency, as defined, to provide data and information, with respect to the administration of standardized tests for purposes of postsecondary education, to the California Postsecondary Education Commission.
This bill would instead require the test sponsor or test agency to provide that data and information to the appropriate state agency or make that data or information available on the test sponsor or test agency’s Internet Web site.
(22) Existing law requires, as a condition of receiving federal funds provided under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1998, or a successor of that act, and to the extent permitted under federal law, that school districts, regional occupational centers or programs, and community college districts comply with specified
requirements relating to the development of course sequences.
This bill would authorize the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to distribute funds provided by the federal Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act, the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act Amendments of 1990, and any acts amending or succeeding those acts, to community college districts using the principal apportionment payment schedule.
(23) The Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act authorizes an employee or annuitant, as those terms are defined, of the state to enroll in a health benefit plan approved or maintained by the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System. The act generally requires the state and each employee or annuitant to contribute a portion of the cost of providing the benefit coverage afforded under the approved
health benefit plan in which the employee or annuitant is enrolled. The act prohibits specified employees from receiving an employer contribution for these benefits for annuitants unless the person is credited with 10 or more years, or 15 or more years, of state service, depending on date of first hire.
The State Employees’ Dental Care Act authorizes the state, through the Department of Human Resources, the Trustees of the California State University, or the Regents of the University of California, to contract with carriers for dental care plans for employees, annuitants, and eligible family members, as provided. The act generally authorizes a person who was enrolled in a dental care plan at the time he or she became an annuitant under state or federal provisions to continue his or her enrollment. The act prohibits specified employees from receiving an employer contribution for these benefits for annuitants unless the person is credited with 10 or more years, or 15
or more years, of state service, depending on date of first hire.
This bill, with respect to both the Public Employees’ Medical and Hospital Care Act and the State Employees’ Dental Care Act, would additionally prohibit an employee of the California State University who is first employed by the California State University and becomes a member of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System on or after July 1, 2018, and who is represented by California State University Bargaining Unit 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, or 10, from receiving any portion of the employer contribution for these benefits for annuitants unless the employee has 10 years of credited state service at the time of retirement. The bill would limit its application to employees of the California State University who retire for service. The operation of these provisions would be contingent upon their adoption by regulation of the trustees or, if required, in a memorandum of understanding reached pursuant
to specified law.
(24) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The board appoints a chief executive officer known as the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. Under existing law, community college districts are authorized, among other things, to maintain and operate campuses, employ faculty and other employees, and provide instruction to students.
Existing law establishes the Community College Completion Grant Program, which, commencing with the 2017–18 academic year, requires participating community colleges to award grants to their students who meet specified requirements. Existing law requires the chancellor to report to the Legislature, on or before April 1, 2019, regarding grant award
recipients for the 2017–18 award year, as specified.
This bill would repeal the existing Community College Completion Grant Program and instead, commencing with the 2018–19 academic year, would establish a new grant program, which would require participating community colleges to award grants to their students who meet specified requirements, contingent on funding being made available. The bill would require the chancellor to report to the Legislature, on or before April 1, 2020, regarding grant award recipients for the 2018–19 award year, as specified. The bill would make other conforming changes.
(25) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law, known as the Seymour-Campbell Student Success
Act of 2012, establishes and provides for the funding of the Student Success and Support Program. Existing law requires, as a condition for receiving Student Success and Support Program funding, that the governing board of each community college district maintain a student equity plan, as specified.
Existing law requires the student equity plan to include, for each community college in the community college district, campus-based research as to the extent of student equity by gender and for each of several specified categories of students. Existing law also requires the student equity plan to include whether significant underrepresentation of any of these categories of students is found to exist in terms of access to, and completion of, basic skills, career technical education and workforce training, and transfer courses. Existing law requires a community college district to update the plan every 3 academic years.
This bill would establish the Student Equity and Achievement Program and would state the intent of the Legislature that funds for the program support the California Community Colleges in implementing activities and practices pursuant to the California Community College Guided Pathways Grant Program and activities and practices that advance the systemwide goal to eliminate achievement gaps for students from traditionally underrepresented groups. The bill would require a district, as a condition of the receipt of funds under the Student Equity and Achievement Program, to comply with specified requirements, including maintain a student equity plan to ensure equal educational opportunities and promote student success for all students, regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or economic circumstances.
(26) This bill would establish the California Online Community College, under the
administration of the board of governors, for purposes of creating an organized system of accessible, flexible, and high-quality online content. The bill would specify the guiding principles of the California Online Community College, and would specify the arrangements and procedures for governance of the online college, including the appointment, by the board of governors, of a chief executive officer of the college. The bill would authorize the college to establish an affordable fee structure, as specified. The bill would identify various milestones that the college is expected to meet by specified dates. The bill would enact other related provisions.
(27) Existing law prohibits adult education programs, courses, and classes from being used to supplant the regular high school curriculum for high school pupils enrolled in adult education programs, courses, and classes.
This bill
would require an adult school to assign an enrolled student a statewide student identifier consistent with the identifiers assigned to pupils in K–12 education programs, if the student is not already identified, as specified, and to share the assigned identifier with the California Community Colleges for inclusion in the student data system.
Existing law authorizes the governing board of any community college to establish and maintain classes for adults for the purpose of providing instruction in civic, vocational, literacy, health, homemaking, technical, and general education.
This bill would, commencing with the 2019–20 fiscal year, require the chancellor’s office and the State Department of Education to coordinate so that an adult enrolled in the specified classes is assigned a student identifier consistent with the identifiers assigned to pupils in K–12 education programs, if
the student is not already identified, as specified, and for the chancellor’s office to include these students in the Adult Education Program data system.
Existing law establishes the Adult Education Block Grant Program under the administration of the chancellor and the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
This bill would change the name of the program to the Adult Education Program. This bill would also require an entity receiving funds for specified programs or from specified allocations, commencing with the 2019–20 fiscal year, to be a member of a consortium program, as specified, and would require a consortium to use fiscal year 2018–19 as a planning year to engage with members and participants located within the boundaries of the adult education region that receive funding from designated sources, and to include those entities in planning activities related to the consortium’s 3-year plan, as specified.
To the extent that the bill would impose additional duties on community college districts, it would constitute a state-mandated local program.
(28)Proposition 30, known as the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012, was approved by the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election and, among other things, increases personal income tax and sales and use tax rates and provides revenue for public elementary and secondary schools and community colleges. Proposition 55, was approved by the voters at the November 8, 2016, statewide general election, and, among other things, extends the increases to personal income tax rates and continues to provide revenue for elementary and secondary schools and community colleges through the 2030–31 fiscal year.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes the establishment of community college districts under the administration of community college governing boards, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at community college campuses throughout the state. Existing law requires the board of governors to develop criteria and standards, in accordance with specified statewide minimum requirements, for the purposes of making the annual budget request for the California Community Colleges to the Governor and the Legislature, and allocating state general apportionment revenues. Those statewide minimum requirements include, among other things, a requirement that the calculations of each community college district’s revenue level for each fiscal year be based on specified criteria, with revenue adjustments being made for increases or decreases in full-time equivalent students and for other specified purposes.
This bill would revise and recast those
provisions providing for allocating state general apportionment revenues, except for allocating revenues provided pursuant to Proposition 55 and computing allocations for noncredit instruction and career development and college preparation full-time equivalent students (FTES), to community college districts by, among other things, (1) setting new rates for the base allocations, (2) providing supplemental allocations based on the number of students served that receive Board of Governor fee waivers, are exempt from nonresident tuition pursuant to specified provisions, or receive financial aid under the Federal Pell Grant program, (3) providing student success allocations, as prescribed, and (4) establishing hold harmless provisions to ensure a minimum level of funding to community college districts, as provided, including provisions to allocate different apportionments to the San Francisco Community College District and the Compton Community College District through the 2023–24 fiscal year. The bill would
require the governing board of each community college district to certify it will, no later than January 1, 2019, (A) adopt goals for the community college district that meet specified requirements, (B) include in the written agenda, for the meeting when the goals are considered for adoption, an explanation of how the goals are consistent and aligned with the systemwide goals, and (C) submit the written item and summary of action to the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. The bill would require each community college district to align its comprehensive plan with the adopted local goals and align its budget with the comprehensive plan. By imposing additional duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the chancellor’s office, on or before October 15, 2019, and each year thereafter, to report to the Legislature on the course sections and FTES added at each community college that received apportionment growth
funding in the prior fiscal year, including the number of course sections and if any course sections and FTES were added that are within the primary missions of the segment, as defined, and those that are not within the primary missions of the segment. The bill would require the chancellor’s office, on or before July 1, 2022, to report to the Legislature and the Department of Finance a description on how community college districts are making progress on advancing the goals outlined in the system’s strategic vision plan. The bill would establish the Community Colleges Student Success Funding Formula Oversight Committee for the purpose of continuously evaluating and reviewing the implementation of the student success funding formula described above. The bill would provide that the committee is composed of fifteen unspecified members, and would express the intent of the Legislature to further define the membership, duties, and the responsibilities of the oversight committee before the end of the 2018–19
Regular Session.
For the 2018–19 fiscal year, this bill would appropriate $35,000,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for allocation to community colleges districts in support of apportionments to community college districts pursuant to the provisions described above. The bill would provide that funds appropriated by the bill for these purposes would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution for the 2017–18 fiscal year.
This bill also would make nonsubstantive and conforming changes.
(29) Existing law requires the trustees and the governing board of participating community college districts, and encourages the regents, to designate as a “hunger free campus” each of its respective
campuses that meet specified criteria. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, existing law, commencing with the 2018–19 academic year, provides that each campus that receives the designation shall receive a funding incentive. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2022.
This bill would require each campus that receives the “hunger free campus” designation and the funding incentive to submit a report to the Office of the President of the University of California, the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, or the Office of the Chancellor of the California State University, as applicable, and would require these offices to compile each of their respective campus-based reports, prepare a systemwide report, and submit the report to the budget committees of the Legislature no later than February 15, 2019. The bill would require the State Department of Social Services to consult with specified stakeholders with the goals of improving
coordination between the segments of public postsecondary education and CalFresh administering agencies and improving access to CalFresh for low-income public postsecondary students.
(30) Existing law establishes the Office of Planning and Research in the Governor’s Office that constitutes the comprehensive state planning agency and serves the Governor and his or her Cabinet as staff for long-range planning or research.
This bill would establish the California Education Learning Laboratory, to be administered by the Office of Planning and Research, to increase learning outcomes and to close equity and achievement gaps, using technologies involving learning science and adaptive learning, as defined, in online or hybrid college-level lower division courses in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) and other disciplines. The bill would authorize the office to receive
nonstate funds for purposes of the learning lab. The bill would require the office to issue calls for, evaluate, and annually award funds to, competitive grant proposals from intersegmental faculty teams that apply principles of learning science and adaptive learning technologies in online or hybrid course series in STEM and other disciplines, as specified.
The bill would require the office to recruit an expert selection committee to score proposals and to recommend proposals to the office. The bill would authorize the office, beginning January 1, 2020, to also award funds for professional development to faculty interested in adopting a successful course or course series developed or redesigned through the learning lab, and to curate a “best of” learning science library of online and hybrid courses and course series. The bill would require the office to annually submit a report to the Legislature that provides a summary of awarded funds and to submit evaluations of
completed proposal projects to the Legislature.
(31) This bill would appropriate $13,500,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to support technology advancements and innovations in financial aid processing and management systems at the community colleges in order to streamline financial aid verification and to enable the community colleges to more efficiently process state and federal financial aid grants. The bill would provide that funds appropriated by the bill for these purposes would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(32) This bill would appropriate $10,000,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for allocation to
community college districts. The bill would provide that at least $9,750,000 of this appropriation be used to provide a funding incentive to each community college district that is designated as a “hunger free campus” pursuant to existing law and up to $250,000 of the appropriation be used for a systemwide study related to student hunger, housing, and basic needs issues. The bill would provide that funds appropriated by the bill for these purposes would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(33) Existing law requires the governing board of a community college district to establish rules for the examination of students within the district to ensure proper care of the students, as specified.
This bill would appropriate $10,000,000 from the General Fund to the Board of
Governors of the California Community Colleges to support mental health services and training. The bill would authorize the board of governors to allocate grants to community colleges to support various activities relating to mental health and would also authorize the board of governors to allocate funds to a community college district to provide training to community colleges throughout the state on specified matters relating to mental health. The bill would provide that funds appropriated pursuant to those provisions would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(34) Existing law appropriates $5 million from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to support a one-time Veterans Resource Center grant program for the purpose of establishing or enhancing
on-campus veterans resource centers that provide support services for students who are current or former members of the Armed Forces of the United States who are enrolled, or are attempting to enroll, at a community college. Existing law requires the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges to administer the one-time grant program and distribute grants to applicant California community colleges that satisfy certain requirements. Existing law provides that these appropriated funds would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
This bill would appropriate $6,244,000 from the General Fund to the board of governors to support the Veterans Resource Center grant program. The bill also would provide that funds appropriated by the bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community
college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(35) A specified item of the Budget Act of 2017 appropriated $4,143,737,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for local assistance.
This bill would decrease that appropriation to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to $4,019,619,000.
(36) This bill would appropriate $5,000,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to provide support for a one-time reentry grant program for the 2018–19 fiscal year. Under the bill, the board of governors would allocate grants, on a competitive basis, to community colleges to provide support for currently and
formerly incarcerated students. The bill would specify the activities and services that could be supported by the reentry grants. The bill would require the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges to report to the Legislature and the Department of Finance on the use of these funds on or before July 31, 2022. The funds allocated to community college districts pursuant to the bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(37) This bill would appropriate $6,000,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for the 2018–19 fiscal year for allocation to the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges to support the development of, and the expansion of the use of, open educational resources for the California Community
Colleges. The bill would require the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges to submit a report to the Legislature and the Department of Finance on or before February 1, 2022, including specified data related to the progress of supporting and expanding the use of open educational resources pursuant to the bill. The bill would specify that the funds allocated to community college districts pursuant to this bill for the above specified purposes would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(38) This bill would appropriate $10,000,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for allocation to a community college district to contract with the State Department of Social Services in order to contract with specified organizations to provide
immigrant legal services and support to persons on California community college campuses, as specified. The bill would provide that these funds shall be available for encumbrance until June 30, 2020, and liquidation until June 30, 2024, and that use of these funds shall be included in updates provided to the Legislature on the State Department of Social Service’s immigration programs. Funds appropriated by this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(39) This bill would appropriate $15,000,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for allocation to the community college district operating the Online Education Initiative for the Online Education Initiative to provide competitive grants to community college districts to develop online
programs and courses that either lead to short-term, industry-valued certificates, credentials, or programs or enable a student in a pathway developed by the California Online Community College to continue his or her education in a career pathway offered by an existing community college. The bill would require the Online Education Initiative to submit a report, containing specified information relating to these grants, to the Legislature on or before April 1, 2020. The funds allocated to community college districts pursuant to the bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(40) This bill would appropriate, for the 2018–19 fiscal year, and in accordance with a prescribed schedule, the sum of $36,455,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges
to reimburse local educational agencies for unfunded related and supplemental instruction hours with respect to designated apprenticeship programs for the 2013–14 fiscal year to the 2017–18 fiscal year, inclusive. The funds allocated to local educational agencies pursuant to the bill would be applied, as specified, toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(41) This bill would appropriate $30,000,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for allocation to community college districts in support of the Community College Part-Time Faculty Office Hours Program. Funds appropriated by this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California
Constitution.
(42) This bill would appropriate $5,000,000 from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for allocation to a community college district or districts participating in a Strong Workforce Program regional consortium to provide one-time grants in support of refugee career pathways. The bill would provide that the chancellor’s office would allocate grants to community college districts that partner with eligible organizations, as defined, and that provide career readiness training to eligible participants, as defined, pursuant to specified federal statutes, to include persons with special immigrant visas and persons who are refugees admitted to the United States.
The funds allocated to community college districts pursuant to the bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts
and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(43) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
(44) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.