BILL NUMBER: AB 87 CHAPTERED 10/05/01 CHAPTER 514 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE OCTOBER 5, 2001 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR OCTOBER 4, 2001 PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 12, 2001 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 12, 2001 AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 7, 2001 AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 28, 2001 AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 19, 2001 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 21, 2001 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 31, 2001 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Members Jackson and Thomson (Principal coauthor: Senator Poochigian) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Alquist, Aroner, Chu, Koretz, Liu, Negrete McLeod, Strom-Martin, Washington, and Wiggins) (Coauthors: Senators Margett, Monteith, Polanco, and Vasconcellos) JANUARY 8, 2001 An act to add Article 6 (commencing with Section 79210) to Chapter 9 of Part 48 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 87, Jackson. Community colleges: worksite-based training. Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to review and approve all educational programs offered by community college districts and all courses that are not offered as part of an educational program approved by the board of governors. Existing law requires the board to appoint a chief executive officer, to be known as the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, who is required to execute the duties and responsibilities delegated to him or her by the board. This bill would require the chancellor to award grants to community college districts for the purpose of developing curricula and pilot programs that provide training to licensed nurses, including training in the nursing specialty areas of critical care, emergency, obstetrics, pediatrics, neonatal intensive care, and operating room nursing. The bill would appropriate $1,000,000 from the General Fund to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for allocation as grants to community college districts for purposes of this bill and $4,000,000 to provide for enrollment growth in community college nursing programs. The amounts allocated under 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. Appropriation: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Article 6 (commencing with Section 79210) is added to Chapter 9 of Part 48 of the Education Code, to read: Article 6. Grants for Worksite-Based Training Programs 79210. (a) The office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall award grants to community college districts for the purpose of developing curricula and pilot programs that provide training to licensed nurses, including, but not necessarily limited to, training in the following nursing specialty areas: (1) Critical care. (2) Emergency. (3) Obstetrics. (4) Pediatrics. (5) Neonatal intensive care. (6) Operating room. (b) A grant application shall include all of the following: (1) Demonstration that a shortage of trained nurses in the areas listed in subdivision (a) exists in the region served by the applicant and a description of the manner in which the proposed program would reduce that shortage. (2) Identification of hospital partners that have agreed to participate in the development of curricula and pilot programs. Participation by hospital partners shall include a one-to-one match in the form of any one or combination of the following: (A) Direct financial support. (B) Tuition, fee, or other reimbursement of students. (C) Involvement of salaried nurse mentors, clinical nurse specialists, or other specialty prepared staff. (D) Provision of paid clinical experiences for program participants. (E) Use of equipment for training purposes. (c) The office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall verify the grant agreement between local community college districts and their hospital partners, including the specific form of the one-to-one matching contribution described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b). SEC. 2. (a) The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for allocation as follows: (1) One million dollars ($1,000,000) for grants to community college districts pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 79210) of Chapter 9 of Part 48 of the Education Code. If there are more programs eligible to receive grants than there is funding available for the grants, the chancellor shall prorate the funding per grant. Nothing in this paragraph precludes prioritizing the program proposals pursuant to the criteria specified in subdivision (b) of Section 79210. (2) Four million dollars ($4,000,000) in augmentation of Schedule (3) of Item 6870-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2001. These funds shall be used to provide for enrollment growth in community college nursing programs. (b) For the purpose of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the amounts allocated pursuant to this section shall be deemed to be "General Fund revenues appropriated to community college districts," as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, and shall be included within the "total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIIIB," as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, for the fiscal year for which they are allocated.