AB 1199, as introduced, Fong. 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 requires the board of governors to develop criteria and standards, in accordance with specified statewide minimum requirements, for the purposes of making the annual budget request for the California Community Colleges to the Governor and the Legislature and allocating state general apportionment revenues. Those statewide minimum requirements include, among other things, a requirement that the calculations of each community college district’s revenue level for each fiscal year be based on specified criteria, with revenue adjustments being made for increases or decreases in full-time equivalent students for specified purposes.
This bill would require the board of governors to adopt a stabilization formula for making the calculations of a community college district’s revenue level for each fiscal year, which would provide for revenue adjustments if certain conditions are met, including that the community college district or a campus of the district is subject to a probation or a “show cause” accreditation sanction and the district develops an improvement plan certified by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 84750.9 is added to the Education Code,
2to read:
The board of governors shall adopt a stabilization
4formula for making the calculations of a qualifying community
5college district’s revenue level for a qualifying fiscal year. This
6formula shall provide for revenue adjustments if all of the following
7conditions are met:
8(a) The community college district or a campus of the district
9is subject to a probation or a “show cause” accreditation sanction.
10(b) The community college district has identified a new funding
11source sufficient for the full payment of any fund liability in equal
12installments over the next two years.
13(c) The community college district develops an improvement
14plan
certified by the Chancellor of the California Community
15Colleges that complies with all of the following:
16(1) The plan requires a six-month accreditation compliance
17report from the board of trustees of the community college district.
18(2) The accreditation compliance report is signed by the
19chancellor of the community college district and passed by the
20board of trustees of the community college district.
21(3) The accreditation compliance report details the progress the
22community college district has made prior to the date of the report
23and includes a timetable for the completion of a full and
24satisfactory accreditation response.
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