BILL ANALYSIS Ó
SENATE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
Carol Liu, Chair
2013-2014 Regular Session
BILL NO: AB 2445
AUTHOR: Chau
INTRODUCED: February 21, 2014
FISCAL COMM: No HEARING DATE: June 4, 2014
URGENCY: No CONSULTANT:Kathleen Chavira
SUBJECT : Community College Transportation Fees.
SUMMARY
This bill clarifies that a community college district
governing board may enter into, or extend, a contract for
transportation services funded by the proceeds of a fee
levied upon all students of a campus upon a favorable vote
of the majority of the students of that campus.
BACKGROUND
Current law authorizes California Community College (CCC)
districts to charge a fee to students or to students and
employees in order to fund transportation services for
purposes of partially or fully recovering the district's
transportation costs or for reducing fares for services
provided by municipally owned transit services to these
students and employees.
Current law authorizes fees for transportation services to
be required to be paid only by students and employees using
the services or, alternatively:
Upon a favorable vote of a majority of the students
and majority of employees at a campus of the district,
the fees may be required to be paid by all students
and all employees.
Upon a favorable vote of a majority of the students
at a campus of the district, the fees may be required
to be paid by all students.
Current law requires a pro-rata fee for part-time students,
provides for an optional exemption for low-income students
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and limits a contract for transportation services to no
more than 10 years.
Current law prohibits the transportation fee from exceeding
the amount necessary to reimburse districts for
transportation costs/services and caps the amount which may
be charged for these services. Specifically, combined
transportation and parking services fees cannot exceed $70
per semester or $35 per intersession, or the proportionate
equivalent for part-time enrollment. These fee limits may
be increased annually by the same percentage increase as
the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government
Purchases of Goods and Services. (Education Code § 76360)
ANALYSIS
This bill clarifies that the governing board of a community
college district may enter into, or extend, a contract for
transportation services, funded by the proceeds of a fee
paid by all students of a campus, upon a favorable vote of
the majority of the students of that campus.
STAFF COMMENTS
Clarification . Current law already provides that a
transportation services fee may be required to be paid by
all students at a campus upon the favorable vote of a
majority of students at the campus. This bill makes a
clarifying and conforming change within existing law to
ensure that a contract for transportation services entered
into or extended under this authority is subject to a
majority vote of students of the district, or campus of the
district , as appropriate.
SUPPORT
California Association for Coordinated Transportation
Community College League of California
Foothill Transit
Los Angeles Community College District
Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board
Rio Hondo Community College District
San Mateo County Transit District
San Mateo County Transportation Authority
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South Orange County Community College District
Yosemite Community College District
Yuba Community College District
OPPOSITION
None received.