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(a) As used in this section, the following definitions apply:(1) “Chancellor’s office” means the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
(2) “College” means a community college maintained by a district.
(3) “District” means a community college district.
(b) (1) On or before January 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, the governing board of each district shall make available to the public in a manner most convenient to the public, including
public, by publishing on a college’s internet website and the district’s internet
website, all of the following information:
(A) The schedule of courses that must be completed to obtain each associate of arts degree offered by the college.
(B) The schedule of courses that must be completed to obtain each certificate offered by the college.
(C) The number of academic years, months, semesters, or terms that it takes to obtain each associate of arts degree offered by the college.
(D) The number of academic years, months, semesters, or terms that it takes to obtain each certificate
offered by the college.
(2) Information published pursuant to subparagraphs (C) and (D) of paragraph (1) shall be disaggregated by associate of arts degrees and certificates, and shall include associate of art degree and certificate completion rates for the prior year disaggregated by race, ethnicity, and economic status of the college’s students. status.
(3) On or before a date
determined by the chancellor’s office, but no later than ____
December 31, 2023, and ____ December 31 of each year thereafter, the governing board of each district shall submit a report to the chancellor’s office in the form determined by the chancellor’s office. Each report shall include the information and data collected from the district’s college or colleges pursuant to this subdivision for the prior year.
(4) On or before March 31, 2024, the chancellor’s office shall compile and submit the reports received by the governing boards pursuant to paragraph (3) to the Legislature. Reports submitted pursuant to this paragraph shall be submitted in
compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(c) On or before January 1, 2024, the governing board of each district shall within two academic years offer offer, at a minimum, each course required for the completion of each associate of arts degree offered by a college maintained by the district. To the extent that compliance with this subdivision is not practicable, the governing board shall
do all of the following: shall hold
(1)Hold a public hearing and make findings on the reasons why compliance with this subdivision is not practicable, and report these findings to the chancellor’s office. office by May 1, 2024.
(2)Develop, approve, and present to the chancellor’s office, for its review and approval, a plan to comply with this subdivision within the earliest timeframe possible, up to a maximum of six years. The plan shall provide benchmarks and other information for annual improvement to comply with this subdivision.
(3)Make available to the public in a manner most convenient to the public, including publishing on the college’s internet website and the district’s internet website, the governing board’s findings pursuant to paragraph (1) and the plan pursuant to paragraph (2) upon approval of the plan by the chancellor’s office.
(d) On or before January 1, 2024, the governing board of each district shall within ____ months offer offer, at a minimum, each course required for the completion of each certificate offered by a college college, at least once within the timeframe that a part-time student would complete the certificate maintained by the district. To the extent that compliance with this subdivision is not practicable, the governing board shall do all of the following:
shall hold
(1)Hold a public hearing on and make findings on the reasons why compliance with this subdivision is not practicable and report these findings to the chancellor’s office. office by May 1, 2024.
(2)Develop, approve, and present to the chancellor’s office, for its review and approval, a plan to comply with this subdivision within the earliest timeframe possible, up to a maximum of six years. The plan shall provide benchmarks and other information for annual improvement to comply with this subdivision.
(3)Make available to the public in a manner most convenient to the public, including publishing on the college’s internet website and the district’s internet website, the governing board’s findings pursuant to paragraph (1) and the plan pursuant to paragraph (2) upon approval of the plan by the chancellor’s office.
(e)The chancellor’s office shall review and develop standards for the approval of plans submitted by districts pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) and paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) to comply with subdivisions (c) and (d).
(e) On or before September 1, 2024, the chancellor’s office shall compile and submit the reports received by the governing boards pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d) to the Legislature. Reports submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.