Bill Text: CA AB1284 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2017-10-04 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 475, Statutes of 2017. [AB1284 Detail]

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Amended  IN  Assembly  March 21, 2017

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1284

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Introduced by Assembly Member Calderon

February 17, 2017

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An act to amend Section 33534 of Sections 66025.91, 66450, 67300, 67310, 67311, 67312, 67313, 78212, 78230, 78907, 84750.5, 84850, 87003, 87356, 89037, and 99156 of, and to amend the heading of Article 6 (commencing with Section 84850) of Chapter 5 of Part 50 of Division 7 of Title 3 of, the Education Code, relating to elementary and secondary education. postsecondary education.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1284, as amended, Calderon. School curriculum: Instructional Quality Commission: Superintendent of Public Instruction. Postsecondary education: students with disabilities.

Existing law provides for various programs and services for students with disabilities in higher education.

This bill would change “disabled student” to “student with disabilities” and would make similar changes with regard to specific disabilities throughout the provisions governing postsecondary education.

Existing law establishes the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, who serves as the director of the State Department of Education and has numerous other duties. Under existing law, the Superintendent or his or her representative serves as executive secretary to the Instructional Quality Commission.

This bill would make nonsubstantive changes in the provision that provides for the Superintendent or his or her representative to serve in this capacity.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that using people first language when referring to students with disabilities helps to eliminate generalizations and stereotypes by focusing on and acknowledging the person rather than the disability.

(b) It is therefore the intent of the Legislature to replace those references with people first language in the provisions governing postsecondary education.

SEC. 2.

 Section 66025.91 of the Education Code is amended to read:

66025.91.

 Each community college district, with respect to each campus in its jurisdiction that administers a priority enrollment system, shall grant priority registration for enrollment to students in the Community College Extended Opportunity Programs and Services program, pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 69640) of Chapter 2 of Part 42, and disabled students, students with disabilities, within the meaning of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.), who are determined to be eligible for disabled student programs for students with disabilities and services pursuant to Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 67300) and Section 84850.

SEC. 3.

 Section 66450 of the Education Code is amended to read:

66450.

 (a) Except as authorized by policies developed in accordance with subdivision (a) of Section 66452, no a business, agency, or person, including, but not necessarily limited to, an enrolled student, shall not prepare, cause to be prepared, give, sell, transfer, or otherwise distribute or publish, for any a commercial purpose, any contemporaneous recording of an academic presentation in a classroom or equivalent site of instruction by an instructor of record. This prohibition applies to a recording made in any medium, including, but not necessarily limited to, handwritten or typewritten class notes.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to interfere with the rights of disabled students with disabilities under law.

(c) As used in this section:

(1) “Academic presentation” means any a lecture, speech, performance, exhibit, or other form of academic or aesthetic presentation, made by an instructor of record as part of an authorized course of instruction that is not fixed in a tangible medium of expression.

(2) “Commercial purpose” means any a purpose that has financial or economic gain as an objective.

(3) “Instructor of record” means any a teacher or staff member employed to teach courses and authorize credit for the successful completion of courses.

SEC. 4.

 Section 67300 of the Education Code is amended to read:

67300.

 (a) Services for disabled students with disabilities provided by the California Community Colleges and the California State University shall, and services provided for the University of California may, at a minimum, conform to the level and quality of those services provided by the Department of Rehabilitation to its clients prior to July 1, 1981. However, nothing in this chapter requires the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California to provide the services for disabled students with disabilities in the same manner as those services were provided by the Department of Rehabilitation.

The

(b) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and the Trustees of the California State University shall, for their respective systems, and the Regents of the University of California may may, adopt regulations to implement this chapter.

Notwithstanding

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section or Section 67305, blind students who are blind and are attending California Community Colleges under the sponsorship of the Department of Rehabilitation shall have all reader services provided directly by the Department of Rehabilitation. Reader services provided by the Department of Rehabilitation pursuant to this section shall be furnished in accordance with federal and state law. The Department of Rehabilitation shall seek federal funds for the provision of readers to blind students who are blind pursuant to this section.

SEC. 5.

 Section 67310 of the Education Code is amended to read:

67310.

 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that equal access to public postsecondary education is essential for the full integration of persons with disabilities into the social, political, and economic mainstream of California. The Legislature recognizes the historic underrepresentation of disabled students with disabilities in postsecondary programs and the need for equitable efforts that enhance the enrollment and retention of disabled students with disabilities in public colleges and universities in California.

(b) The Legislature recognizes its responsibility to provide and adequately fund postsecondary programs and services for disabled students with disabilities attending a public postsecondary institution.

(c) To meet this responsibility, the Legislature sets forth the following principles for public postsecondary institutions and budgetary control agencies to observe in providing postsecondary programs and services for students with disabilities:

(1) The state funded activity shall be consistent with the stated purpose of programs and services for disabled students with disabilities provided by the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California, as governed by the statutes, regulations, and guidelines of the community colleges, state university, or the University of California.

(2) The state funded activity shall not duplicate services or instruction that are available to all students, either on campus or in the community.

(3) The state funded activity shall be directly related to the functional limitations of the verifiable disabilities of the students to be served.

(4) The state funded activity shall be directly related to these students’ full access to and participation in the educational process.

(5) The state funded activity shall have as its goals the independence of disabled students with disabilities and the maximum integration of these students with other students.

(6) The state funded activity shall be provided in the most integrated setting possible, consistent with state and federal law, state policy and funding requirements, and missions and policies of the postsecondary segment, and shall be based on identified student needs.

(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that, through the state budget process, the public postsecondary institutions request, and the state provide, funds to cover the actual cost of providing services and instruction, consistent with the principles set forth in subdivision (c), to disabled students with disabilities in their respective postsecondary institutions.

(e) All public postsecondary education institutions shall continue to utilize other available resources to support programs and services for disabled students with disabilities as well as maintain their current level of funding from other sources whenever possible.

(f) Pursuant to Section 67312, postsecondary institutions shall demonstrate institutional accountability and clear program effectiveness evaluations for services to students with disabilities.

SEC. 6.

 Section 67311 of the Education Code is amended to read:

67311.

 It is the desire and intent of the Legislature that, as appropriate for each postsecondary segment, funds for disabled student programs and services for students with disabilities be based on the following three categories of costs:

(a) Fixed costs associated with the ongoing administration and operation of the services and programs. These fixed costs are basic ongoing administrative and operational costs of campus programs that are relatively consistent in frequency from year-to-year, such as:

(1) Access to, and arrangements for, adaptive educational equipment, materials, and supplies required by disabled students. students with disabilities.

(2) Job placement and development services related to the transition from school to employment.

(3) Liaisons with campus and community agencies, including referral and followup services to these agencies on behalf of disabled students. students with disabilities.

(4) On-campus and off-campus registration assistance, including priority enrollment, applications for financial aid, and related college services.

(5) Special parking, including on-campus parking registration, temporary parking permit arrangements, and application assistance for students who do not have state handicapped placards or license plates.

(6) Supplemental specialized orientation to acquaint students with the campus environment.

(7) Activities to coordinate and administer specialized services and instruction.

(8) (A) Activities to assess the planning, implementation, and effectiveness of disabled student services and programs. programs for students with disabilities.

The

(B) The baseline cost of these services shall be determined by the respective system and fully funded with annual adjustments for inflation and salary range changes, to the extent funds are provided.

(b) Continuing variable costs that fluctuate with changes in the number of students or the unit load of students. These continuing variable costs are costs for services that vary in frequency depending on the needs of students, such as the following:

(1) Diagnostic assessment, including both individual and group assessment not otherwise provided by the institution to determine functional, educational, or employment levels or to certify specific disabilities.

(2) On-campus mobility assistance, including mobility training and orientation and manual or automatic transportation assistance to and from college courses and related educational activities.

(3) Off-campus transportation assistance, including transporting students with disabilities to and from the campus in areas where accessible public transportation is unavailable, inadequate, or both.

(4) Disability-related counseling and advising, including specialized academic, vocational, personal, and peer counseling, that is developed specifically for disabled students with disabilities and not duplicated by regular counseling and advising services available to all students.

(5) Interpreter services, including manual and oral interpreting for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. students who are deaf or hard-of-hearing.

(6) Reader services to coordinate and provide access to information required for equitable academic participation if this access is unavailable in other suitable modes.

(7) Services to facilitate the repair of equipment and learning assistance devices.

(8) Special class instruction that does not duplicate existing college courses but is necessary to meet the unique educational needs of particular groups of disabled students. students with disabilities.

(9) Speech services, provided by licensed speech or language pathologists for students with verified speech disabilities.

(10) Test taking facilitation, including adapting tests for and proctoring test taking by, disabled students. students with disabilities.

(11) Transcription services, including, but not limited to, the provision of Braille and print materials.

(12) Specialized tutoring services not otherwise provided by the institution.

(13) (A) Notetaker services for writing, notetaking, and manual manipulation for classroom and related academic activities.

State

(B) State funds may be provided annually for the cost of these services on an actual-cost basis, including wages for the individuals providing these services and expenses for attendant supplies. Each institution shall be responsible for documenting its costs to the appropriate state agencies.

(c) One-time variable costs associated with the purchase or replacement of equipment. One-time variable costs are one-time expenditures for the purchase of supplies or the repair of equipment, such as adapted educational materials and vehicles. State funds shall be provided for these expenses on an actual cost basis as documented by each institution.

SEC. 7.

 Section 67312 of the Education Code is amended to read:

67312.

 (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and the Trustees of the California State University shall, for their respective systems, and the Regents of the University of California may, do the following:

(1) Work with the California Postsecondary Education Commission and the Department of Finance to develop formulas or procedures for allocating funds authorized under this chapter.

(2) Adopt rules and regulations necessary to the operation of programs funded pursuant to this chapter.

(3) Maintain the present intersegmental efforts to work with the California Postsecondary Education Commission and other interested parties, to coordinate the planning and development of programs for students with disabilities, including, but not necessarily limited to, the establishment of common definitions for students with disabilities and uniform formats for reports required under this chapter.

(4) Develop and implement, in consultation with students and staff, a system for evaluating state-funded programs and services for disabled students with disabilities on each campus at least every five years. At a minimum, these systems shall provide for the gathering of outcome data, staff and student perceptions of program effectiveness, and data on the implementation of the program and physical accessibility requirements of Section 794 of Title 29 of the Federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973.

(b) Commencing in January 1990, and every two years thereafter, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall submit a report to the Governor, the education policy committees of the Legislature, and the California Postsecondary Education Commission describing its efforts to serve students with disabilities. These biennial reports shall also include a review on a campus-by-campus basis of the enrollment, retention, transition, and graduation rates of disabled students, students with disabilities, including categorical funding of those programs.

SEC. 8.

 Section 67313 of the Education Code is amended to read:

67313.

 Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to be directing any student, or students, toward a particular program or service for students with disabilities nor shall anything in this chapter be used to deny any student an education because he or she does not wish to receive state funded disabled student state-funded programs and services. services for students with disabilities.

SEC. 9.

 Section 78212 of the Education Code is amended to read:

78212.

 (a) (1) For purposes of this article, “matriculation” means a process that brings a college and a student into an agreement for the purpose of achieving the student’s educational goals and completing the student’s course of study. The agreement involves the responsibilities of both parties to attain those objectives through the college’s established programs, policies, and requirements including those established by the board of governors pursuant to Section 78215.

(2) The institution’s responsibility under the agreement includes the provision of student services to provide a strong foundation and support for their academic success and ability to achieve their educational goals. The program of services funded through the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act of 2012, which shall be known and may be cited as the Student Success and Support Program, shall include, but are not necessarily limited to, all of the following:

(A) Orientation services designed to provide to students, on a timely basis, information concerning campus procedures, academic expectations, financial assistance, and any other matters the college or district finds appropriate.

(B) Assessment before course registration, as defined in Section 78213.

(C) Counseling and other education planning services, which shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, all of the following:

(i) Counseling and advising.

(ii) Assistance to students in the exploration of educational and career interests and aptitudes and identification of educational objectives, including, but not limited to, preparation for transfer, associate degrees, and career technical education certificates and licenses.

(iii) The provision of information, guided by sound counseling principles and practices, using a broad array of delivery mechanisms, including technology-based strategies to serve a continuum of student needs and abilities, that will enable students to make informed choices.

(iv) Development of an education plan leading to a course of study and guidance on course selection that is informed by, and related to, a student’s academic and career goals.

(D) Referral to specialized support services as needed and available, including, but not necessarily limited to, federal, state, and local financial assistance; health services; career services; veteran support services; foster youth services; extended opportunity programs and services provided pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 69640) of Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5; campus child care services provided pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 8225) of Chapter 2 of Part 6 of Division 1 of Title 1; programs that teach basic skills education and English as a second language; and disabled student services for students with disabilities provided pursuant to Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 67300) of Part 40 of Division 5.

(E) Evaluation of each student’s progress and referral to appropriate interventions for students who are enrolled in basic skills courses, who have not declared an educational goal as required, or who are on academic probation, as defined by standards adopted by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges and community college districts.

(3)  The student’s responsibilities under the agreement include, but are not necessarily limited to, the identification of an academic and career goal upon application, the declaration of a specific course of study after a specified time period or unit accumulation, as defined by the board of governors, diligence in class attendance and completion of assigned coursework, and the completion of courses and maintenance of academic progress toward an educational goal and course of study identified in the student’s education plan. To ensure that students are not unfairly impacted by the requirements of this chapter, the board of governors shall establish a reasonable implementation period that is phased in as resources are available to provide nonexempt students with the core services pursuant to this section.

(b) Funding for the Student Success and Support Program shall be targeted to fully implement orientation, assessment, counseling and advising, and other education planning services needed to assist a student in making an informed decision about his or her educational goal and course of study and in the development of an education plan.

SEC. 10.

 Section 78230 of the Education Code is amended to read:

78230.

 (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:

(1) “Eligible community college campus” means one of the following campuses:

(A) College of the Canyons.

(B) Crafton Hills College.

(C) Long Beach City College.

(D) Oxnard College.

(E) Pasadena City College.

(F) Solano Community College.

(2) “Eligible community college district” means a community college district with an eligible community college campus.

(b) (1) The Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall establish a voluntary pilot program through which an eligible community college campus may establish and maintain extension programs offering credit courses during summer and winter intersessions. The governing board of an eligible community college district may request to participate in the pilot program.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that at least one participating campus should begin implementation of the pilot program by January 2014, and that an additional five campuses should implement the pilot program by July 1, 2014.

(c) An extension program established pursuant to this section shall have all of the following characteristics:

(1) The program shall be self-supporting and all costs associated with the program shall be recovered.

(2) Enrollment in the pilot program shall not be reported for state apportionment funding, but program enrollment shall be open to the public pursuant to Section 51006 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.

(3) The program shall be developed in conformance with this code and Division 6 (commencing with Section 50001) of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations related to community college credit courses.

(4) The program shall be subject to community college district collective bargaining agreements.

(5) The program shall apply to all courses leading to certificates, degrees, or transfer preparation.

(d) (1) To participate in the pilot program, an eligible community college district shall satisfy all of the following criteria:

(A) The district shall have served a number of students equal to, or beyond, its funding limit for the two immediately prior academic years, as provided in the annual Budget Act and as reported by the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.

(B) The district shall not have received a stability adjustment to state apportionment funding pursuant to Section 58776 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations in the prior two years.

(C) All courses offered for credit that receive state apportionment funding shall meet basic skills, transfer, or workforce development objectives.

(D) The district shall prioritize enrollment of students in courses offered that receive state apportionment funding in conformance with the legal authority of the governing board of the community college district, Section 66025.8 of this code, and Section 58108 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, by promoting policies that prioritize enrollment in courses that receive state apportionment funding of students who are fully matriculated, as defined in Section 78212, and making satisfactory progress toward a basic skills, transfer, or workforce development goal.

(E) The district shall prioritize enrollment in the extension program courses as follows:

(i) First priority shall be given to current community college students who are eligible for resident tuition.

(ii) Second priority shall be given to students who are eligible for resident tuition.

(F) (i) The district shall limit the enrollment of students funded by the state in activity courses, as defined in Section 55041 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations. An applicant district shall not claim state apportionment funding for students who repeat either credit courses or noncredit physical education, or visual or performance arts courses that are part of the same sequence of courses, unless the student is doing so to meet degree or other local community college district requirements and is in compliance with Section 55041 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.

(ii) This subparagraph does not apply to disabled students with disabilities taking adaptive activity courses, students participating in intercollegiate athletics, or students with an approved educational plan majoring in physical education or the performing arts.

(2) The Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to the extent feasible, shall determine whether an eligible community college district meets the criteria outlined in paragraph (1) prior to its participation in the pilot program.

(e) For a student who is not categorically exempt from nonresident tuition, the community college district shall charge all statutorily authorized fees applicable to nonresident students, including, but not limited to, fees authorized pursuant to Section 76141 or 76142, for his or her enrollment in courses offered pursuant to the pilot program.

(f) The governing board of an eligible community college district shall not expend General Fund moneys to establish and maintain the extension program.

(g) An extension credit course shall not supplant any course funded with state apportionments and shall not be offered at times or in locations that supplant or limit the offering of programs that receive state funding or in conjunction with courses that receive state apportionment funding. An eligible community college district shall not reduce a state-funded course section needed by students to achieve basic skills, workforce training, or transfer goals, with the intent of reestablishing those course sections as part of the extension program. The governing board of an eligible community college district shall annually certify compliance with this subdivision by board action taken at a regular session of the board.

(h) A degree credit course offered as an extension course shall meet all of the requirements of subdivision (a) of Section 55002 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, as it exists on January 1, 2013.

(i) The governing board of an eligible community college district may charge students enrolled in an extension course a fee that covers the actual cost of the course and that is based upon the district’s nonresident fee rate for the year the course is offered. For purposes of this subdivision, “actual cost” includes the actual cost of instruction, necessary equipment and supplies, student services and institutional support, and other costs of the community college district used in calculating the costs of education for nonresident students, including the administrative costs incurred by the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges in providing oversight of the pilot program.

(j) In order to assist in providing access to extension courses for students eligible for the Board of Governors fee waiver, one-third of the revenue collected pursuant to subdivision (i) shall be used by the district to provide financial assistance to these students. In addition to the one-third of the revenues collected, a participating district shall supplement financial assistance with funds from campus foundations or any other nonstate funds.

(1) Each participating community college district shall develop a plan for collecting and disbursing financial assistance provided pursuant to this subdivision.

(2) Participating districts shall include a description of the financial assistance plan in their annual reports to the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges in accordance with subdivision (n). Participating districts shall report, at a minimum, all of the following:

(A) The number and percentage of participating students who are receiving financial assistance.

(B) The criteria used for determining eligibility for, and prioritizing awards of, financial assistance for students.

(C) Methods for communicating financial assistance information to students.

(D) Total amount of financial aid disbursed and the sources of the aid.

(E) Information on the proportion of students whose extension program fees are subsidized with financial assistance, the percentage of total fees that is paid by financial assistance for individual students, with this information aggregated in ways that assist in evaluating the consequence and equity of the financial assistance program, and the sources of the financial assistance.

(k) A community college district maintaining an extension program under this section shall make every effort to encourage broad participation in the program and support access for students eligible for Board of Governors fee waivers, including, but not limited to, providing students with information about financial aid programs, the American Opportunity Tax Credit, military benefits, scholarships, and other financial assistance that may be available to students, as well as working with campus foundations to provide financial assistance for students attending extension programs. In addition, the district shall adopt enrollment priority and student support policies ensuring that students who are eligible for state financial aid are not disproportionately shifted from courses that receive state apportionment funding to courses offered under the pilot program.

(l) (1) Each eligible community college district participating in the pilot program shall do both of the following:

(A) Collect and keep records that measure student participation, student demographics, and student outcomes in a manner consistent with records collected by community college districts in regular credit programs supported through state apportionments, including an analysis of program effects, if any, on district workload and district financial status. A community college district shall submit this information to the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges by October 1 of each year.

(B) Submit a schedule of fees established pursuant to subdivision (i) to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges by August 1 of each year.

(2) The chancellor shall submit all of the information provided by community college districts pursuant to paragraph (1) to the Legislative Analyst’s Office by November 1 of each year.

(3) (A) No later than January 1, 2017, the Legislative Analyst’s Office shall, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, provide to the Legislature a written report that evaluates the pilot program established by this article.

(B) The report shall include all of the following:

(i) Summary statistics relating to course offerings, student enrollment, including demographic data on the students enrolled in courses, if available, financing, student use of financial aid, funding, and course completion rates for the pilot program.

(ii) A determination of the extent to which the pilot program complies with statutory requirements and the extent to which the pilot program results in expanded access for students.

(iii) An assessment of the effect of the pilot program on the availability of, and enrollment in, courses that receive state apportionment funding, with particular attention to the demographic makeup and financial aid status of students enrolled in those courses.

(iv) Recommendations as to whether the pilot program should be extended, expanded, or modified. In making recommendations, the Legislative Analyst’s Office shall consider alternative approaches that might achieve the goal of expanded access without increasing state funding.

(m) Courses offered by the extension program established and maintained under this section may only be offered during summer and winter intersessions.

(n) (1) No later than March 31, 2014, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall adopt reporting requirements for the pilot program that conform with the requirements of Article 2 (commencing with Section 84030) of Chapter 1 of Part 50, and the information reported shall be included in the annual audit process.

(2) An eligible community college district that fails to comply with the requirements established by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for the pilot program pursuant to paragraph (1) or no longer meets the criteria set forth in subdivision (d) shall be ineligible for participation in the pilot program.

SEC. 11.

 Section 78907 of the Education Code is amended to read:

78907.

 (a) The use by any a person, including a student, of any an electronic listening or recording device in any a classroom without the prior consent of the instructor is prohibited, except as necessary to provide reasonable auxiliary aids and academic adjustments to disabled students. Any students with disabilities. A person, other than a student, who willfully violates this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.

Any

(b)  A student violating this section shall be subject to appropriate disciplinary action.

This

(c) This section shall not be construed as affecting the powers, rights, and liabilities arising from the use of electronic listening or recording devices as provided for by any other provision of law.

SEC. 12.

 Section 84750.5 of the Education Code is amended to read:

84750.5.

 (a) The board of governors, in accordance with the statewide requirements contained in paragraphs (1) to (9), inclusive, of subdivision (d), and in consultation with institutional representatives of the California Community Colleges and statewide faculty and staff organizations, so as to ensure their participation in the development and review of policy proposals, shall develop criteria and standards for the purpose of making the annual budget request for the California Community Colleges to the Governor and the Legislature, and for the purpose of allocating the state general apportionment revenues.

(b) In developing the criteria and standards, the board of governors shall use and strongly consider the recommendations and work product of the “System Office Recommendations Based on the Report of the Work Group on Community College Finance” that was adopted by the board at its meeting of March 7, 2005. The board of governors shall complete the development of these criteria and standards, accompanied by the necessary procedures, processes, and formulas for using its criteria and standards, by March 1, 2007, and shall submit on or before that date a report on these items to the Legislature and the Governor.

(c) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this section to improve the equity and predictability of general apportionment and growth funding for community college districts in order that the districts may more readily plan and implement instruction and related programs, more readily serve students according to the policies of the state’s master plan for higher education, and enhance the quality of instruction and related services for students.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature to determine the amounts to be appropriated for purposes of this section through the annual Budget Act. Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the authority either of the Governor to propose, or the Legislature to approve, appropriations for California Community Colleges programs or purposes.

(d) The board of governors shall develop the criteria and standards within the following statewide minimum requirements:

(1) The calculations of each community college district’s revenue level for each fiscal year shall be based on the level of general apportionment revenues, state and local, the community college district received for the prior year plus any amount attributed to a deficit from the adopted standards to be developed pursuant to this section, with revenue adjustments being made for increases or decreases in full-time equivalent students (FTES), for equalization of funding per credit FTES, for necessary alignment of funding per FTES between credit and noncredit programs, for inflation, and for other purposes authorized by law.

(2) Commencing with the 2006–07 fiscal year, the funding mechanism developed pursuant to this section shall recognize the need for community college districts to receive an annual allocation based on the number of colleges and comprehensive centers in the community college district. In addition to this basic allocation, the marginal amount of credit revenue allocated per FTES shall be funded at a rate not less than four thousand three hundred sixty-seven dollars ($4,367), as adjusted for the change in the cost-of-living in subsequent annual budget acts.

(A) To the extent that the Budget Act of 2006 contains an appropriation of one hundred fifty-nine million four hundred thirty-eight thousand dollars ($159,438,000) for community college equalization, the Legislature finds and declares that community college equalization for credit FTES has been effectively accomplished as of March 31, 2007.

(B) The chancellor shall develop criteria for the allocation of one-time grants for those community college districts that would have qualified for more equalization under prior law than pursuant to this section and the Budget Act of 2006, and for those community college districts that would have qualified for more funding under a proposed rural college access grant than pursuant to this section and the Budget Act of 2006, as determined by the chancellor. Appropriations for the one-time grants shall be provided pursuant to paragraph (24) of subdivision (a) of Section 43 of Chapter 79 of the Statutes of 2006.

(3) Noncredit instruction shall be funded at a uniform rate of two thousand six hundred twenty-six dollars ($2,626) per FTES, as adjusted for the change in the cost of living provided in subsequent annual budget acts.

(4) Funding for instruction in career development and college preparation, as authorized pursuant to Section 84760.5, shall be provided as follows:

(A) (i) Beginning in the 2006–07 fiscal year, career development and college preparation FTES may be funded at a rate of three thousand ninety-two dollars ($3,092) per FTES for courses in programs that conform to the requirements of Section 84760.5. This rate shall be adjusted for the change in the cost of living or as otherwise provided in subsequent annual budget acts.

(ii) Beginning in the 2015–16 fiscal year, career development and college preparation FTES shall be funded at the same level as the credit rate specified in paragraph (2). This rate shall be adjusted for the change in the cost of living or as otherwise provided in subsequent annual budget acts.

(iii) The Legislative Analyst shall report to the Legislature on or before March 1, 2017, regarding the change in funding specified in clause (ii), including whether community colleges offered additional classes or programs related to career development or college preparation, and whether there was any change in FTES.

(iv) (I) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under clause (iii) is inoperative on March 30, 2019, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.

(II) A report submitted pursuant to clause (iii) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(B) Changes in career development and college preparation FTES shall result in adjustments to revenues as follows:

(i) Increases in career development and college preparation FTES shall result in an increase in revenues in the year of the increase and at the average rate per career development and college preparation FTES, including any cost-of-living adjustment authorized by statute or by the annual Budget Act.

(ii) Decreases in career development and college preparation FTES shall result in a revenue reduction in the year following the decrease at the average rate per career development and college preparation FTES.

(5) Except as otherwise provided by statute, current categorical programs providing direct services to students, including extended opportunity programs and services, and disabled students programs and services, services for students with disabilities, shall continue to be funded separately through the annual Budget Act, and shall not be assumed under the budget formula otherwise specified by this section.

(6) For credit and noncredit instruction, changes in FTES shall result in adjustments in community college district revenues as follows:

(A) Increases in FTES shall result in an increase in revenues in the year of the increase and at the amount per FTES provided for in paragraph (2) or (3), as appropriate, including any cost-of-living adjustment authorized by statute or by the annual Budget Act.

(B) Decreases in FTES shall result in revenue reductions beginning in the year following the initial year of decrease in FTES, and at the district’s marginal funding per FTES.

(C) Community college districts shall be entitled to the restoration of any reductions in apportionment revenue due to decreases in FTES during the three years following the initial year of decrease in FTES if there is a subsequent increase in FTES.

(7) Revenue adjustments shall be made to reflect cost changes, using the same inflation adjustment as required for school districts pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 42238.02. These revenue adjustments shall be made to the college and center basic allocations, credit and noncredit FTES funding rates, and career development and college preparation FTES funding rates.

(8) The statewide requested increase in budgeted workload FTES shall be based, at a minimum, on the sum of the following computations:

(A) Determination of an equally weighted average of the rate of change in the state’s population of persons between the ages of 19 and 24 years of age and the rate of change in the state’s population of persons between the ages of 25 and 65, 65 years of age, both as determined by the Department of Finance’s Demographic Research Unit as determined for the preceding fiscal year.

(B) To the extent the state’s unemployment rate exceeds 5 percent for the most recently completed fiscal year, that positive difference shall be added to the rate computed in subparagraph (A). In no event shall that positive difference exceed 2 percent.

(C) The chancellor may also add to the amounts calculated pursuant to subparagraphs (A) and (B) the number of FTES in the areas of transfer, vocational education, and basic skills that were unfunded in the current fiscal year. For this purpose, the following computation shall be determined for each community college district, and a statewide total shall be calculated:

(i) Establish the base level of FTES earned in the prior fiscal year for transfer courses consisting of courses meeting the California State University breadth or Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum requirements or major course prerequisites accepted by the University of California or the California State University.

(ii) Establish the base level of FTES earned in the prior fiscal year for vocational education courses consisting of courses defined by the chancellor’s office Student Accountability Model codes A and B that are consistent with the courses used for measuring success in this program area under the accountability system established pursuant to Section 84754.5.

(iii) Establish the base level of FTES in the prior fiscal year for basic skills courses, both credit and noncredit.

(iv) Add the sum of FTES for clauses (i) to (iii), inclusive.

(v) Multiply the result of the calculation made under clause (iv) by one plus the community college district’s funded growth rate in the current fiscal year. This figure shall represent the maintenance of effort level for the budget year.

(vi) FTES in transfer, vocational education, and basic skills that are in excess of the total calculated pursuant to clause (v), shall be considered in excess of the maintenance of effort level, and shall be eligible for overcap growth funding if the community college district exceeds its overall funded FTES.

(vii) In no event shall the amount calculated pursuant to clause (vi) exceed the total unfunded FTES for that fiscal year. To the extent the computation specified in subdivision (c) requires the reporting of additional data by community college districts, that reporting shall be a condition of the receipt of apportionment for growth pursuant to this section and those funds shall be available to offset any and all costs of providing the data.

(9) Except as specifically provided in statute, regulations of the board of governors for determining and allocating the state general apportionment to the community college districts shall not require community college district governing boards to expend the allocated revenues in specified categories of operation or according to the workload measures developed by the board of governors.

(e) (1) The Chancellor of the Community Colleges shall develop, and the board of governors shall adopt, a revised apportionment growth formula for use commencing with the 2015–16 fiscal year. The chancellor shall allocate apportionments pursuant to the revised formula only after the revised formula, and any formulas for adjustment pursuant to paragraph (2), have been adopted by the board of governors. The revised apportionment growth formula shall support the primary missions of the segment, and shall be based on each community’s need for access to the community colleges, as determined by local demographics. In developing the revised formula, the chancellor shall consider multiple factors in determining need; however, the primary factors shall be:

(A) (i) The number of persons under 25 years of age without a college degree, within a community college district’s boundaries, and the number of persons 25 to 64 years of age, inclusive, without a college degree, within a community college district’s boundaries.

(ii) Notwithstanding clause (i), the chancellor may use alternative age ranges depending on the availability of data.

(B) The number of persons who are unemployed, have limited English skills, who are in poverty, or who exhibit other signs of being disadvantaged, as determined by the chancellor, within a community college district’s boundaries.

(2) Beginning with the 2016–17 fiscal year, the chancellor shall adjust upward the need determination based on each community college’s effectiveness in serving residents of neighborhoods, within or outside of the community college district’s boundaries, that exhibit the highest levels of need in the state.

(3) The chancellor shall calculate each community college district’s proportionate share of the statewide need for access to the community colleges based on the application of this formula described in paragraph (1), as adjusted pursuant to paragraph (2).

(4) The chancellor shall calculate the difference between each community college district’s proportionate share of the statewide need for access to the community colleges, as calculated pursuant to paragraph (3), and its current proportionate share of statewide enrollment in the community colleges.

(5) (A) Until a community college district reaches its highest level of apportionment revenues previously received, its apportionment revenues shall be eligible to increase by the lesser of 1 percent of its current apportionment base, or one-half of the statewide growth allocation on a proportionate basis, regardless of need.

(B) After a community college district reaches its highest level of apportionment revenues previously received, it is eligible to increase its apportionment revenues by the lesser of one-half of 1 percent of its current apportionment base, or one-quarter of the statewide growth allocation on a proportionate basis, regardless of its need.

(6) The remainder of the apportionment growth funding shall be allocated to allow each community college district to grow its apportionment revenues based on its relative share of the difference between the amounts calculated in paragraph (4), up to a maximum of its apportionment base for the preceding fiscal year appropriate to ensure that community college district is advancing the primary missions of the segment. The maximum established by the chancellor shall not be less than 5 percent nor greater than 10 percent of a community college district’s apportionment base for the preceding fiscal year.

(7) Unless otherwise agreed upon by the board of governors, apportionment reductions shall be allocated proportionally based on the most recent levels of apportionment revenues.

(8) (A) It is the intent of the Legislature, consistent with direction provided in the 2014–15 Budget Act, that apportionment growth funding be expended for purposes of increasing the number of FTES in courses or programs that support the primary missions of the segment.

(B) (i) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or before October 15, 2015, and each year thereafter, the chancellor shall 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 and those that are not within the primary missions of the segment.

(ii) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to clause (i) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

(C) For purposes of this section, “primary missions of the segment” means credit courses and those noncredit courses specified in paragraphs (2) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 84757.

(f) (1) It is the intent of the Legislature to allow for changes to the criteria and standards developed pursuant to subdivisions (a) to (d), inclusive, in order to recognize increased operating costs and to improve instruction.

(2) (A) If the annual budget act identifies funds appropriated specifically for the purposes of this subdivision, the chancellor shall adjust the budget request formula to allocate those funds without altering any of the adjustments described in subdivision (d). At least 30 days before allocating any state general apportionment revenues using a budget request formula revised pursuant to this subdivision, the chancellor shall submit to the Department of Finance and the Legislature a description of the specific adjustments made to the budget request formula.

(B) A report to the Legislature pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

SEC. 13.

 The heading of Article 6 (commencing with Section 84850) of Chapter 5 of Part 50 of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code is amended to read:

Article  6. Handicapped Students with Disabilities

SEC. 14.

 Section 84850 of the Education Code is amended to read:

84850.

 (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration and funding of educational programs and support services to be provided to disabled students with disabilities by community college districts pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 67310) of Chapter 14 of Part 40 of Division 5.

(b) As used in this section, “disabled students” are persons a “student with disabilities” is a person with exceptional needs who have has applied to or enrolled at a community college who, because of a verified disability, cannot fully benefit from classes, activities, and services regularly provided by the college without specific additional specialized services or educational programs.

(c) The regulations adopted by the board of governors shall provide for the apportionment of funds to each community college district to offset the direct excess cost of providing specialized support services or instruction, or both, to disabled students with disabilities enrolled in state-supported disabled student services programs or courses. services, programs, or courses for students with disabilities. Direct excess costs are those actual fixed, variable, and one-time costs, as defined in Section 67311, which that exceed the combined total of the following:

(1) The average cost to the district of providing services to nondisabled students without disabilities times the number of students served by disabled student programs and services. services for student with disabilities.

(2) The indirect cost to the district of providing facilities and support for the administration of disabled student programs and services. services for students with disabilities.

(3) The revenue derived from average daily attendance in special classes.

(4) Any other funds for serving disabled students which with disabilities that the district receives from federal, state, or local sources.

(d) As a condition of receiving funds pursuant to this section, each community college district shall certify that reasonable efforts have been made to utilize all funds from federal, state, or local sources which that are available for serving disabled students. students with disabilities. Districts shall also provide the programmatic and fiscal information concerning programs and services for disabled students with disabilities that the regulations of the board of governors require.

(e) The board of governors may authorize the chancellor, consistent with the requirements the board may impose, to designate up to 3 percent of the funds allocated pursuant to this section for program development and program accountability.

SEC. 15.

 Section 87003 of the Education Code is amended to read:

87003.

 (a) “Faculty” or “faculty member” means those employees of a community college district who are employed in academic positions that are not designated as supervisory or management for the purposes of Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 3540) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code and for which minimum qualifications for service have been established by the board of governors adopted pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 70901 or subdivision (a) of Section 87356. Faculty include, but are not limited to, instructors, librarians, counselors, community college health services professionals, handicapped student professionals who work in programs and services professionals, for students with disabilities, extended opportunity programs and services professionals, and individuals employed to perform a service that, before July 1, 1990, required nonsupervisorial, nonmanagement community college certification qualifications.

(b) Any employees An employee who are is employed in a faculty positions position, but who perform performs supervisory, management, or other duties related to college governance governance, shall not, because of the performance of those incidental duties, be deemed supervisors or managers, a supervisor or manager, as those terms are defined in Section 3540.1 of the Government Code. The incidental “supervisory” or “management” duties referred to in this subdivision include, but are not limited to, serving as a faculty member on hiring, selection, promotion, evaluation, budget development, or affirmative action committees, or making effective recommendations in connection with those activities.

SEC. 16.

 Section 87356 of the Education Code is amended to read:

87356.

 (a) The board of governors shall adopt regulations to establish and maintain the minimum qualifications for service as a faculty member teaching credit instruction, a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction, a librarian, a counselor, an educational administrator, an extended opportunity programs and services worker, a disabled students programs and services worker, worker in programs and services for students with disabilities, an apprenticeship instructor, and a supervisor of health.

(b) The Legislature finds and declares that this section does not create a state-mandated local program because compensation of faculty will continue to be determined through the collective bargaining process or meet and confer sessions.

SEC. 17.

 Section 89037 of the Education Code is amended to read:

89037.

 The trustees may establish facilities for training deaf persons who are deaf at the campus of the California State University University, which the trustees shall designate for such purpose. The trustees shall do all of the following:

(a) Request the Department of Rehabilitation to refer deaf students who are deaf to the designated state university.

(b) Recognize the designated campus of the California State University as a professional center for training deaf persons who are deaf and take all action necessary to facilitate the receipt by the campus of state and federal funds.

SEC. 18.

 Section 99156 of the Education Code is amended to read:

99156.

 A test agency shall prepare a clear, easily understandable written description of each standardized test it administers. A copy of the appropriate description shall be provided to the test subject or the test score recipient prior to the administration of the test or coinciding with the initial reporting of a test score. The description shall include all of the following information:

(a) The purposes for which the test is constructed and intended to be used.

(b) For those tests used to predict performance, the subject matter included on these tests and the knowledge and skills that the test purports to measure.

(c) Statements designed to provide information for interpreting the test scores, including the explanations of the test, the standard error of measurement, and for those tests used to predict performance, the correlation between test score and performance.

(d) Statements concerning the effects and uses of test scores, including both of the following:

(1) If the test score is used by itself or with other information to predict future grade point average, a summary of existing data on the extent to which the use of this test score will improve the accuracy of predicting future grade point average, over and above all other information used.

(2) A summary of existing data on the extent to which the improvement in test scores results from test preparation courses.

(e) A description of the form in which test scores will be reported, and whether the raw test scores will be altered in any way before being reported to the test subject.

(f) A complete description of any promises or covenants that the test agency makes to the test subject with regard to any of the following matters:

(1) The accuracy of scoring.

(2) The time period within which the test subject’s score will be reported to the test subject and to the test score recipients.

(3) The privacy of information relating to the test subject, including his or her test scores.

(g) The property interest in the test score held by the test subject, if any.

(h) The period of time the test agency will retain the test score, and the test agency’s policies regarding the storage, disposal, and future use of test scores.

(i) A description of all special services that will be provided at the location of the test administration to accommodate handicapped or disabled test subjects. test subjects who have handicaps or disabilities.

(j) The policies and procedures of the test agency when there is a delay in reporting the test scores pursuant to Section 99158.

(k) A representative set of sample test items.

(l) The fees to be charged by the test sponsor for various services made available to the test subject.

(m) Each test agency shall comply with the requirements of this section beginning with the start of its testing year that begins after January 1, 1985.

SECTION 1.Section 33534 of the Education Code is amended to read:

33534.

The Superintendent or his or her representative shall serve as executive secretary to the commission.