Amended in Assembly April 29, 2013

Amended in Assembly April 11, 2013

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 806

Introduced by Assembly Member Wilk

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(Coauthor: Assembly Member Fox)

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February 21, 2013

An act to amend Section 84362 of, and to add Section 84363 to, the Education Code, relating to community colleges.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 806, as amended, Wilk. Community colleges: salaries of classroom instructors.

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, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at community college campuses. Existing law requires that 50% of each district’s current expense of education, as defined, be expended for payment of salaries of classroom instructors, as defined. Existing law requires the governing board of each district to provide for an internal audit in accordance with regulations of the board of governors.

This bill would define “salaries of classroom instructors,” commencing with the 2014-15 fiscal year, to include, by reference to the Budget and Accounting Manual for California Community Colleges, academic salaries, as defined, including the salaries of counselors; instructional aide salaries, as defined; and the health and welfare benefits paid to specified personnel. The bill would also authorize the board of governors, commencing with the 2014-15 fiscal year, to establish a committee to review the auditing procedures in order to ensure compliance with the requirement that 50% of each district’s current expense of education be paid for the salaries of classroom instructors.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 84362 of the Education Code is amended
to read:

84362.  

(a) As used in this section, “salaries of classroom
instructors” means: expenditures included in object-of-expenditure
classification 1000 for academic salaries, expenditures included
in object-of-expenditure classifications 2200 and 2400 for classified
salaries begin insert that are end insert paid to each instructional aide employed by the
district where any portion of their duties are required to be
performed under the supervision of an instructor, and the health
and welfare benefits provided to personnel identified in
object-of-expenditure classifications 1000, 2200, and 2400, of the
Budget and Accounting Manual for California Community
Colleges, except for educational begin delete administrators end delete begin insert administrators end insert begin insert ’ end insert
salaries and benefits as defined in subdivision (b).

(b) As used in this section, the following terms have the
following meanings:

(1) “Academic salaries” means expenditures for salaries of
employees in academic positions that require minimum
qualifications established by the board of governors.

(2) “Educational administrators salaries and benefits” means
expenditures for salaries and health and welfare benefits of
administrators who are employed in an academic position
designated by the governing board of the district as having direct
responsibility for supervising the operation of or formulating policy
regarding the instructional or student services program of the
college or district. Educational administrators include, but are not
limited to, chancellors, presidents, and other supervisory or
management employees designated by the governing board as
educational administrators.

(3) “Instructional aide salaries” means expenditures for salaries
of classified employees where any portion of their duties is required
to be performed under the supervision of an academic employee
providing classroom instruction.

(c) As used in this section, “current expense of education” means
the gross total expended (not reduced by estimated income or
estimated federal and state apportionments) for the purposes
classified in the final budget of a district (except one which, during
the preceding fiscal year, had less than 101 units of full-time
equivalent students) for academic salaries other than academic
salaries for student transportation, food services, and community
services; classified salaries other than classified salaries for student
transportation, food services, and community services; employee
benefits other than employee benefits for student transportation
personnel, food services personnel, and community services
personnel; books, supplies, and equipment replacement other than
for student transportation and food services; and community
services, contracted services, and other operating expenses other
than for student transportation, food services, and community
services. “Current expense of education,” for purposes of this
section, shall not include those expenditures classified as sites,
buildings, books, and media and new equipment
(object-of-expenditure classification 6000 of the Budget and
Accounting Manual for California Community Colleges), the
amount expended from categorical aid received from the federal
or state government which funds were granted for expenditures in
a program not incurring any instructor salary expenditures or
requiring disbursement of the funds without regard to the
requirements of this section, or expenditures for facility acquisition
and construction; and shall not include the amount expended
pursuant to any lease agreement for plant and equipment or the
amount expended from funds received from the federal government
pursuant to the “Economic Opportunity Act of 1964” or any
extension of that act of Congress or the amount expended by a
community college from state or federal funds received by the
community college for grants to community college students or
for the employment of community college students.

(d) There shall be expended during each fiscal year for payment
of salaries of classroom instructors by a community college district,
50 percent of the district’s current expense of education.

(e) If the board of governors determines that a district has not
expended the applicable percentage of current expense of education
for the payment of salaries of classroom instructors during the
preceding fiscal year, the board shall, in apportionments made to
the district from the State School Fund after April 15 of the current
fiscal year, designate an amount of the apportionment or
apportionments equal to the apparent deficiency in district
expenditures. Any amount so designated by the board of governors
shall be deposited in the county treasury to the credit of the
community college district, but shall be unavailable for expenditure
by the district pending the determination to be made by the board
of governors on any application for exemption which may be
submitted to the board of governors. In the event it appears to the
governing board of a community college district that the application
of the preceding subdivisions during a fiscal year results in serious
hardship to the district, or in the payment of salaries of classroom
instructors in excess of the salaries of classroom instructors paid
by other districts of comparable type and functioning under
comparable conditions, the governing board may apply to the board
of governors, in writing, not later than September 15 of the
immediately succeeding fiscal year for exemption from the
requirements of this section.

(f) Immediately upon applying for the exemption described in
subdivision (e), the governing board shall provide the exclusive
representative of the district’s academic employees or, if none
exists, the district or college academic senate, and all academic
employee organizations eligible for payroll dues deduction, with
a copy of the application. The exclusive representative, or the
district or college academic senate, and all academic employee
organizations eligible for payroll dues deduction, within 30 days
of its receipt of the application, may transmit to the board of
governors a written statement opposing the application, setting
forth reasons for its opposition.

(g) Upon receipt of the application described in subdivision (f),
duly approved, and of the statement of opposition, if any, the board
of governors shall grant the district exemption for any amount that
is less than one thousand dollars ($1,000). If the amount is one
thousand dollars ($1,000) or more, the board of governors may
grant the district exemption from the requirement for the fiscal
year for which the application is made if a majority of all the
members of the board of governors finds, in writing, that the district
will in fact suffer serious hardship or will have to pay salaries of
classroom instructors in excess of those paid by other districts of
comparable type and functioning under comparable conditions
unless the district is granted an exemption. If the exemption is
granted, the designated moneys shall be immediately available for
expenditure by the community college district governing board.
If no application for exemption is made or exemption is denied,
the board of governors shall order the designated amount or amount
not exempted to be added to the amounts to be expended for
salaries of classroom instructors during the next fiscal year.

(h) The board of governors shall enforce the requirements
prescribed by this section, and may adopt necessary rules and
regulations to that end. It may require the submission during the
college year, by community college district governing boards and
county superintendents of schools, of the reports and information
as may be necessary to carry out this section.

(i) The board of governors, no later than the 10th calendar day
of each year of the Legislature, shall submit to the Legislature a
written report on the operation, effect, and the extent of compliance
with this section by community college districts in the state during
the two most recently ended fiscal years. The report shall describe
the activities of the board of governors and the chancellor’s office,
undertaken to ensure compliance with this section, and may contain
recommendations for legislation pertaining to that subject.

SEC. 2.  

Section 84363 is added to the Education Code, to read:

84363.  

(a) The board of governors may establish a committee
to review the auditing procedures adopted pursuant to Article 2
(commencing with Section 84030) to develop ways to ensure
compliance with the requirement of subdivision (d) of Section
84362 that 50 percent of each district’s current expense of
education be paid for the salaries of classroom instructors. The
membership of the committee shall be as follows:

(1) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.

(2) One certified public accountant, to be selected by the board,
who is licensed by the California Board of Accountants and has
prepared an annual audit pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
84040.

(3) One exclusive representative of classified employees of a
district, to be selected by the board.

(4) One district administrator, to be selected by the board.

(b) The committee shall review local district auditing procedures
and recommend to the board any changes to the procedures
published in the California Community Colleges Budget and
Accounting Manual that may be necessary to achieve the current
expense of education requirements contained in subdivision (d)
of Section 84362.

SEC. 3.  

Sections 1 and 2 of this act shall become operative on
July 1, 2014.