BILL NUMBER: SB 361 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 631
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 29, 2006
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 23, 2006
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 21, 2006
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY AUGUST 10, 2006
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 15, 2006
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 13, 2005
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JUNE 29, 2005
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 5, 2005
INTRODUCED BY Senator Scott
(Principal coauthor: Senator Runner)
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Laird)
FEBRUARY 17, 2005
An act to amend and repeal Sections 84750 and 84760 of, and to add
Sections 84750.5 and 84760.5 to, the Education Code, relating to
community colleges, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 361, Scott Community colleges: funding.
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 establishes a system for the apportionment of state
funding to community college districts. This system is generally
based on calculations related to the number of full-time equivalent
students (FTES) in attendance at each district.
This bill would delete, as of October 1, 2006, the provision that
establishes the current community college funding system for
allocating state general apportionment revenues and the provision
that governs the allocation of equalization funds to community
college districts.
The bill would establish, as of October 1, 2006, a new community
college funding system. The bill would require the board of governors
to develop criteria and standards to effectuate this system in
accordance with prescribed statewide minimum requirements. These
statewide minimum requirements would include an acknowledgment of the
need for community college districts to receive an annual allocation
based on the number of colleges and comprehensive centers in the
district, plus funding received based on the number of credit and
noncredit FTES.
The bill would specify that, commencing with the 2006-07 fiscal
year, the marginal amount of credit revenue allocated per credit FTES
would be not less than $4,367, as adjusted by subsequent
cost-of-living adjustments funded through the annual Budget Act. The
bill would further specify that, beginning in the 2006-07 fiscal
year, noncredit instruction would be funded at a uniform rate of
$2,626 per FTES, adjusted for the change in cost-of-living provided
in the annual Budget Act for subsequent fiscal years. The bill would
specify that, beginning in the 2006-07 fiscal year, career
development and college preparation would be funded at a rate of
$3,092 per FTES, as specified.
The bill would specify the calculations required to determine the
minimum statewide requested increase in budgeted workload FTES.
The bill would specify the career development and college
preparation courses and classes for which no credit is given, and
which are offered in a sequence of courses leading to a certificate
of completion, leading to improved employability or job placement
opportunities, leading to a certificate of competency in a recognized
career field by articulating with college-level coursework,
completion of an associate of arts degree, or for transfer to a
4-year degree program, that are eligible for funding under the bill.
The bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an
urgency statute.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 84750 of the Education Code is amended to read:
84750. The board of governors, in accordance with the statewide
requirements contained in subdivisions (a) to (j), inclusive, 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
purposes 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.
In developing the criteria and standards, the board of governors
shall utilize and strongly consider the guidelines and work products
of the Task Force on Community College Financing as established
pursuant to Chapter 1465 of the Statutes of 1986, and shall complete
the development of these criteria and standards, accompanied by the
necessary procedures, processes, and formulas for utilizing its
criteria and standards, by March 1, 1990, and shall submit on or
before that date a report on these items to the Legislature and the
Governor.
The board of governors shall develop the criteria and standards
within the following statewide minimum requirements:
(a) 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 district received for
the prior year plus any amount attributed to a deficit of minimum
workload growth, with revenue adjustments being made for increases or
decreases in workload, for program improvement as authorized by this
section or by any other provision of law, for inflation, and for
other purposes authorized by law.
(b) (1) For credit instruction, the funding mechanism developed
pursuant to this section shall recognize the needs among the major
categories of operation of community colleges, with categories
established for instruction, instructional services and libraries,
student services, maintenance and operations, and institutional
support.
(2) The board of governors may propose to the Legislature, for
enactment by statute, other cost categories when adequate data exist.
(3) Funding for noncredit classes shall be determined as follows:
(A) The preliminary amount per noncredit full-time equivalent
student (FTES) for 1991-92 shall be equal to the comparable amount
for 1990-91 with increases corresponding to the cost-of-living
adjustment (COLA) specified in subdivision (e) and corresponding to
any program improvement provided to the maintenance and operations
category for 1991-92.
(B) Funds for maintenance and operations shall be included in the
funds derived under paragraph (4) of subdivision (c).
(C) Funds for institutional support will be derived as part of the
computation under paragraph (5) of subdivision (c).
(D) From the preliminary amount described in subparagraph (A), a
deduction shall be made corresponding to the amounts derived in
subparagraphs (B) and (C), and the remainder shall be the funded
amount per noncredit FTES for 1991 -92.
(E) Changes in noncredit FTES shall result in adjustments to
revenues as follows:
(i) Increases in noncredit FTES shall result in an increase in
revenues in the year of the increase and at the average rate per
noncredit FTES.
(ii) Decreases in noncredit FTES shall result in a revenue
reduction in the year following the decrease and at the average rate
per noncredit FTES.
(iii) Districts shall be entitled to restore any reductions in
apportionment revenue due to decrease in noncredit FTES during the
three years following the initial year of decrease in noncredit FTES
if there is a subsequent increase in FTES.
(4) 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, shall continue to be funded separately through the annual
Budget Act, and shall not be assumed under budget formulas of
program-based funding.
(5) District revenues shall be determined based on systemwide
funding standards within the categories, and revenue adjustments
shall occur based on distinct measures of workload applicable to each
category.
(c) Workload measures applicable to each category shall be
established with the following measures to be provided:
(1) For credit instruction, the workload measure shall be the
credit FTES. Changes in credit FTES shall result in adjustments in
revenues as follows:
(A) Increases in FTES shall result in an increase in revenues in
the year of the increase and at the statewide average per FTES.
(B) Decreases in FTES shall result in a revenue reduction in the
year following the decrease and at the district's average FTES.
(C) Districts shall be entitled to restore any reductions in
apportionment revenue due to decrease in FTES during the three years
following the initial year of decrease in FTES if there is a
subsequent increase in FTES.
(2) For instructional services and libraries, the workload measure
shall be the credit FTES. Changes in credit FTES with respect to
instructional services and libraries shall result in adjustments to
revenues as follows:
(A) Increases in FTES shall result in an increase in revenues in
the year of the increase and at the statewide average rate per FTES.
(B) Decreases in FTES shall result in a revenue reduction in the
year following the decrease and at the district's average per FTES.
(C) Districts shall be entitled to restore any reductions in
apportionment revenue due to decreases in FTES during the three years
following the initial year of decreases in FTES if there is a
subsequent increase in FTES.
(3) For student services, the workload measure shall be based on
the numbers of credit students enrolled (headcount).
Changes in headcount shall result in adjustments to revenues as
follows:
(A) Increases in headcount shall result in an increase in revenues
in the year of the increase at the statewide average per headcount.
(B) Decreases in headcount shall result in a revenue reduction in
the year following the decrease at the district's average per
headcount.
(C) Districts shall be entitled to restore any reductions in
apportionment revenue due to decrease in headcount during the three
years following the initial year of decrease in headcount if there is
a subsequent increase in headcount.
(4) For maintenance and operations, the workload measure shall be
based on the number of square feet of owned or leased facilities.
Changes in the number of square feet shall be adjusted as follows:
(A) Increases in the number of square feet shall result in an
increase in revenue in the year that the increase occurs and at the
average per square foot.
(B) Decreases in the number of square feet shall result in a
decrease in revenue beginning July 1 of the first full year in which
the square feet are no longer owned or leased and at the average rate
per square foot.
(5) For institutional support, a single fixed percentage which
shall apply to all districts shall be established based on the
pattern from the most recent data. The percentage shall be obtained
from statewide data by comparing expenditures for this category with
the total revenue for all five categories.
(d) Funding standards, subject to the conditions and criteria of
this section, shall be established by the board for the various
categories of operation established pursuant to subdivision (b). In
consultation as required by subdivision (e) of Section 70901, the
board of governors shall annually request program improvement moneys
to assist districts in meeting these standards.
(e) To the extent that funding is provided in the annual budget,
revenue adjustments shall be made to reflect cost changes, using the
same inflation adjustment as required for school districts pursuant
to subdivision (b) of Section 42238.1.
(f) An adjustment for economies of scale for districts and
colleges shall be provided.
(g) The statewide increase in workload of FTES and headcount shall
be, at a minimum, the rate of change of the adult population as
determined by the Department of Finance, and may be increased through
the budget process to reflect other factors, including statewide
priorities, the unemployment rate, and the number of students
graduating from California high schools. The allocation of changes on
a district-by-district basis shall be determined by the board of
governors.
(h) For fiscal year 1991-92 or on the date Section 84750 is
implemented by the board of governors in accordance with Section 70
of Chapter 973 of the Statutes of 1988, whichever is later, all
districts shall receive at least the amount of revenue to which they
would have been entitled pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with
Section 84700) of Chapter 5 of Part 50. Thereafter, allocations shall
be made pursuant to this section, as implemented by the board of
governors pursuant to the annual State Budget.
(i) Except as specifically provided by statute, regulations of the
board of governors for determining and allocating the state general
apportionment to the community colleges may not require 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.
(j) As used in this section:
(1) "Criteria" means the definitions of elements of institutional
practice or activity to be included in the categories of operation of
community college districts.
(2) "Program improvement" means an increase in revenue which is
allocated to all districts to fund standards adopted pursuant to
subdivision (d). Program improvement also means an increase in
revenue allocated to low revenue districts to bring them closer to
the statewide average.
(3) "Standard" means the appropriate level of service in a
category of operation of the community college districts.
(k) This section shall remain in effect only until October 1,
2006, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before October 1, 2006, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 2. Section 84750.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:
84750.5. (a) The board of governors, in accordance with the
statewide requirements contained in paragraphs (1) to (11),
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 purposes 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 utilize 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 shall
complete the development of these criteria and standards,
accompanied by the necessary procedures, processes, and formulas for
utilizing 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 the 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 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 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 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 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) 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.
(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 and 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, 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 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) 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 subdivision (b) of Section 42238.1. 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 California population of persons between the ages of 19
and 24 and the rate of change in the California population of
persons between the ages of 25 and 65, both as determined by the
Department of Finance's Demographic Research Unit as determined for
the preceding fiscal year.
(B) To the extent the California 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 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 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 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 provided in subparagraph (B) of paragraph (6), for
the 2006-07 fiscal year or for the first fiscal year for which this
section is implemented by the board of governors, whichever is later,
all districts shall receive at least the amount of revenue received
for the prior fiscal year, adjusted for the cost-of-living adjustment
specified in subdivision (b) of Section 42238.1 and adjusted for the
actual increase in FTES not to exceed the district's funded growth
cap. Thereafter, allocations shall be made pursuant to this section,
as implemented by the board of governors pursuant to the annual
Budget Act.
(10) 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 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) This section shall become operative on October 1, 2006.
SEC. 3. Section 84760 of the Education Code is amended to read:
84760. Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
(a) (1) Equalization funds appropriated in the annual Budget Act
shall be allocated to districts in accordance with this section.
These funds shall not be allocated to any district whose total local
property taxes and student fee revenues exceed the revenue limit for
that district under program-based funding, unless the district's
funded per-credit full-time equivalent students (FTES) revenue
derived from these revenue sources falls below the 90th percentile in
funding per-credit FTES for comparably sized districts, as defined
in subdivision (b).
(2) Funds shall be allocated by the chancellor within 30 days of
enactment of the annual Budget Act.
(b) For purposes of distributing funds, the chancellor shall
define districts as either large, medium, or small, in accordance
with all of the following:
(1) A district is large if its total of funded credit FTES exceeds
6,250, based on the 2003-04 second principal apportionment, as
modified for any subsequent growth adjustments.
(2) A district is medium if its total of funded credit FTES
exceeds 4,000 but does not exceed 6,250, based on the 2003-04 second
principal apportionment, as modified for any subsequent growth
adjustments.
(3) A district is small if its total of funded credit FTES does
not exceed 4,000 FTES, based on the 2003-04 second principal
apportionment, as modified for any subsequent growth adjustments.
(c) (1) The chancellor shall compute an equalization adjustment
for each applicable large community college district, so that no
district's 2003-04 fiscal year base funding per credit FTES is less
than the 2003-04 fiscal year base funding per credit FTES above which
fall not less than 10 percent of the total statewide funded credit
FTES for large districts.
(2) The chancellor shall compute an equalization adjustment for
each applicable medium district, so that base funding per credit FTES
is not less than the base funding per credit FTES equalization
target determined for large districts under paragraph (1), multiplied
by 1.03. This 3-percent adjustment for the medium district
equalization target is intended to reasonably recognize diseconomies
of scale for these districts.
(3) The chancellor shall compute an equalization adjustment for
each applicable small community college district, so that base
funding per credit FTES is not less than the base funding per credit
FTES equalization target determined for large districts in paragraph
(1), multiplied by 1.10. This 10 percent adjustment for the small
district equalization target is intended to reasonably recognize
diseconomies of scale for small districts, and approximates the
difference in targets utilized by the state for elementary and
secondary unified school district equalization allocations.
(d) The chancellor shall calculate the total equalization funding
necessary to bring all districts up to the target funding per FTES
levels determined pursuant to subdivision (c), and shall prepare a
simulation of the allocations to each eligible district in this
situation.
(e) If the amount appropriated for equalization in the annual
Budget Act is less than the amount identified pursuant to subdivision
(d), the chancellor shall prorate available equalization funding for
each eligible district in proportion to the amount of funds
necessary to fully fund those districts.
(f) The chancellor may promulgate regulations on an emergency
basis to the extent necessary to complete the adoption of regulations
to implement this section within the 2004-05 fiscal year.
(g) The chancellor shall provide a report by October 1, 2004, to
the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the appropriate policy and
fiscal committees in each house of the Legislature, the Department of
Finance, and the Legislative Analyst specifying the total calculated
equalization cost for each eligible district as well as the prorated
allocation provided to each eligible district in the 2004-05 fiscal
year. The report shall include an evaluation of options and
recommendations for revising allocation practices for funds available
in subsequent years through restorations in workload, growth
funding, and cost-of-living adjustments that further the objective of
equalizing funding, consistent with the methodology in this section.
The report shall also specify any regulatory and statutory changes
necessary to effect the recommendations in future fiscal years.
(h) This section shall remain in effect only until October 1,
2006, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before October 1, 2006, deletes or extends
that date.
SEC. 4. Section 84760.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:
84760.5. (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following career
development and college preparation courses and classes for which no
credit is given, and that are offered in a sequence of courses
leading to a certificate of completion, that lead to improved
employability or job
placement opportunities, or to a certificate of competency in a
recognized career field by articulating with college-level
coursework, completion of an associate of arts degree, or for
transfer to a four-year degree program, shall be eligible for funding
subject to subdivision (b):
(1) Classes and courses in elementary and secondary basic skills.
(2) Classes and courses for students, eligible for educational
services in workforce preparation classes, in the basic skills of
speaking, listening, reading, writing, mathematics, decisionmaking,
and problem solving skills that are necessary to participate in
job-specific technical training.
(3) Short-term vocational programs with high employment potential,
as determined by the chancellor in consultation with the Employment
Development Department utilizing job demand data provided by that
department.
(4) Classes and courses in English as a second language and
vocational English as a second language.
(b) The board of governors shall adopt criteria and standards for
the identification of career development and college preparation
courses and the eligibility of these courses for funding, including
the definition of courses eligible for funding pursuant to
subdivision (a). The criteria and standards shall be based on
recommendations from the chancellor, the statewide academic senate,
and the statewide association of chief instructional officers. The
career and college preparation courses to be identified for this
higher rate of funding should include suitable courses that meet one
or more of the qualifications described in subdivision (a).
(c) A district that offers courses described in subdivision (a),
but that is not eligible for funding under subdivision (b), shall be
eligible for funding under Section 84757.
(d) The chancellor, in consultation with the Department of Finance
and the Office of the Legislative Analyst, shall develop specific
outcome measures for career development and college preparation
courses for incorporation into the annual report required by
subdivision (b) of Section 84754.5.
(e) The chancellor shall prepare and submit to the Department of
Finance and the Legislature, on or before March 1, 2007, and March 1
of each year thereafter, a report that details, at a minimum, the
following:
(1) The amount of FTES claimed by each community college district
for career development and college preparation courses and classes.
(2) The specific certificate programs and course titles of career
development and college preparation courses and classes receiving
additional funding pursuant to this section, as well as the number of
those courses and classes receiving additional funding.
SEC. 5. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
In order to allocate funds appropriated in the Budget Act of 2006
to community college districts for the 2006-07 academic year, which
has already commenced, in a manner that is consistent with the
community college funding reforms made by this act, and in order for
the districts to incorporate these allocations, as soon as is
feasible, into their operating budgets, it is necessary that this act
take effect immediately.