Bill Text: CA SB1391 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Community colleges: inmate education programs: computation of apportionments.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2014-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 695, Statutes of 2014. [SB1391 Detail]
Download: California-2013-SB1391-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: SB 1391 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 695
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 27, 2014
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 28, 2014
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 27, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 18, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 4, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 30, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 19, 2014
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 10, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Senators Hancock and Wyland
(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta and Chávez)
FEBRUARY 21, 2014
An act to amend Section 84810.5 of, and to add Section 84810.7 to,
the Education Code, relating to community colleges.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1391, Hancock. Community colleges: inmate education programs:
computation of apportionments.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges. 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 provides that, notwithstanding open course provisions
in statute or regulations of the board of governors, the governing
board of a community college district that provides classes for
inmates of certain facilities may include the units of full-time
equivalent students generated in those classes for purposes of state
apportionments.
This bill would instead waive the open course provisions in
statute or regulations of the board of governors for any governing
board of a community college district for classes the district
provides to inmates of those facilities and state correctional
facilities, and would authorize the board of governors to include the
units of full-time equivalent students generated in those classes
for purposes of state apportionments.
Existing law provides for the method of computing apportionments
for purposes of these inmate education programs.
This bill would make revisions to that method of computation.
The bill would prohibit a community college district from
claiming, for purposes of apportionments for these inmate education
programs, any class for which a district receives full compensation
for its direct education costs for the conduct of the class from any
public or private agency, individual, or group of individuals, or any
class offered pursuant to a contract or instructional agreement
entered into between the district and a public or private agency,
individual, or group of individuals that has received from another
source full compensation for the costs the district incurs under that
contract or instructional agreement, as prescribed.
This bill would require the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation and the Office of the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges, on or before March 1, 2015, to enter into an
interagency agreement to expand access to community college courses
that lead to degrees or certificates that result in enhanced
workforce skills or transfer to a 4-year university. This bill would
require that courses for inmates in a state correctional facility
developed as a result of this agreement supplement, but not duplicate
or supplant, any adult education course opportunities offered at
that facility by the Office of Correctional Education of the
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. This bill would require
the department, in collaboration with the Office of the Chancellor
of the California Community Colleges, to develop metrics for
evaluations of the efficacy and success of the programs developed
through the interagency agreement, conduct the evaluations, and, on
or before July 31, 2018, report findings from the evaluations to the
Legislature and the Governor.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 84810.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
84810.5. (a) (1) Open course provisions in statute or regulations
of the board of governors shall be waived for any governing board of
a community college district for classes the district provides to
inmates of any city, county, or city and county jail, road camp, farm
for adults, or state or federal correctional facility. This section
does not authorize the waiver of open course provisions in any
context or situation other than those that are specifically
authorized by this section. Subject to limitations set forth in
subdivision (b), the board of governors may include the units of
full-time equivalent students (FTES) generated in those classes for
purposes of state apportionments.
(2) The attendance hours generated by credit courses shall be
funded at the marginal credit rate determined pursuant to paragraph
(2) of subdivision (d) of Section 84750.5. The attendance hours
generated by noncredit courses shall be funded at the noncredit rate
pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section 84750.5. The
attendance hours generated by instruction in career development and
college preparation shall be funded at the rate determined pursuant
to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 84750.5.
(b) (1) A community college district shall not claim, for purposes
of state apportionments under this section, any class to which
either of the following applies:
(A) The district receives full compensation for its direct
education costs for the conduct of the class from any public or
private agency, individual, or group of individuals.
(B) The district has a contract or instructional agreement, or
both, for the conduct of the class with a public or private agency,
individual, or group of individuals that has received from another
source full compensation for the costs the district incurs under that
contract or instructional agreement.
(2) In reporting a claim for apportionment to the Chancellor of
the California Community Colleges under this section, the district
shall report any partial compensation it receives from the sources
described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) during the
period for which the claim is made. The chancellor shall subtract the
amount of any partial compensation received from the total
apportionment to be paid.
(c) This section does not provide a source of funds to shift,
supplant, or reduce the costs incurred by the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation in providing inmate education
programs.
SEC. 2. Section 84810.7 is added to the Education Code, to read:
84810.7. (a) On or before March 1, 2015, the Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Office of the Chancellor of
the California Community Colleges shall enter into an interagency
agreement to expand access to community college courses that lead to
degrees or certificates that result in enhanced workforce skills or
transfer to a four-year university. The courses for inmates in a
state correctional facility developed as a result of this agreement
will serve to supplement, but not duplicate or supplant, any adult
education course opportunities offered at that facility by the Office
of Correctional Education of the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation.
(b) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in
collaboration with the Office of the Chancellor of the California
Community Colleges, shall develop metrics for evaluations of the
efficacy and success of the programs developed through the
interagency agreement established pursuant to this section, conduct
the evaluations, and report findings from the evaluations to the
Legislature and the Governor on or before July 31, 2018.
(c) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under
subdivision (b) is inoperative on July 31, 2022, pursuant to Section
10231.5 of the Government Code.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be
submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
