BILL NUMBER: AB 733	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Mansoor

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2013

   An act to add Section 78015.5 to the Education Code, relating to
community colleges, and making an appropriation therefor.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 733, as introduced, Mansoor. Community colleges: academic
credit for military training and experience.
   (1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges,
under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary
education in this state. Existing law establishes community college
districts throughout the state under the administration of local
governing boards, and authorizes them to provide instruction to
students at community college campuses.
   This bill would authorize community college district governing
boards to grant academic credit to students who are honorably
discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States, as defined, or
who are current members of a reserve component of the Armed Forces
of the United States, for their military training and experience that
is determined by the district to meet prescribed guidelines.
   (2) This bill would appropriate an unspecified amount from the
General Fund to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges
for allocation to community college districts that grant academic
credit to honorably discharged veterans and reservists pursuant to
the bill, in augmentation of their regular apportionments. The bill
would specify that the amounts of these allocations would reflect an
unspecified amount per semester unit approved pursuant to the bill,
as specified.
   (3) The funds appropriated by this 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.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 78015.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   78015.5.  (a) The governing board of a community college district
may grant academic credit to a student who is honorably discharged
from the Armed Forces of the United States, or who is a current
member of a reserve component of the Armed Forces of the United
States, for his or her military training and experience that the
community college district determines to meet the appropriate
guidelines of the American Council on Education.
   (b) As used in this section, "Armed Forces of the United States"
means the United States Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps,
or Navy, and the reserve components of each of those forces,
including the California National Guard and the Naval Militia.
  SEC. 2.  The amount of ________ dollars ($_________) is hereby
appropriated from the General Fund to the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges for allocation to community college
districts, in augmentation of their regular apportionments, that
grant academic credit to honorably discharged veterans and reservists
for their military training and experience in the United States
Armed Forces in accordance with Section 78015.5 of the Education
Code. The amounts of the allocations made by this section reflect an
amount of _______ dollars ($______) per semester unit approved
pursuant to Section 78015.5 of the Education Code. If insufficient
moneys are hereby appropriated for that level of payment per semester
unit, the payment per semester unit shall be reduced so that this
appropriation is entirely allocated to community college districts in
proportion to their awards of credits pursuant to Section 78015.5