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                   Senate Appropriations Committee Fiscal Summary
                            Senator Kevin de Le�n, Chair


          SB 705 (Block) - California Community Colleges (CCC):  
          Appropriation
          
          Amended: April 15, 2013         Policy Vote: Education 7-0
          Urgency: No                     Mandate: No
          Hearing Date: May 13, 2013      Consultant: Jacqueline  
          Wong-Hernandez
          
          This bill meets the criteria for referral to the Suspense File. 

          
          Bill Summary: SB 705 appropriates $50 million from an  
          unspecified source, to the Board of Governors of the CCC, to be  
          allocated equally to Disabled Students Programs and Services and  
          Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS).

          Fiscal Impact: This bill appropriates $50 million from an  
          unnamed source to the CCC. Absent the designation of the funding  
          source, the true fiscal impact is unclear.

          Background: Existing law specifies the intent of the Legislature  
          in establishing EOPS to encourage CCCs to establish and  
          implement programs directed to identifying those students  
          affected by language, social, and economic hardships. The EOPS  
          program's primary goal is to supplement the CCCs' regular  
          educational programs, by encouraging the enrollment, retention  
          and transfer of students handicapped by language, social,  
          economic and educational disadvantages, and to facilitate the  
          successful completion of their goals and objectives in college.  
          EOPS offers academic and support counseling, financial aid and  
          other support services.  (Education Code � 69640 et. seq.)

          

          Existing law also states that the Legislature recognizes its  
          responsibility to provide and adequately fund postsecondary  
          programs and services for disabled students attending a public  
          postsecondary institution, and sets forth the principles for  
          public postsecondary institutions and budgetary control agencies  
          to observe in providing postsecondary programs and services for  
          students with disabilities. (EC � 67310-67312)









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          Proposed Law: SB 705 appropriates $25 million to the CCC to be  
          allocated for Disabled Students Programs and Services, and $25  
          million to the CCC to be allocated for EOPS. 

          Staff Comments: This bill appropriates $50 million to the Board  
          of Governors of the CCC, to be used for specified purposes. It  
          does not yet, however, identify a funding source. The bill  
          leaves the source blank, implying that one will be identified in  
          the future. Without understanding from where the funding will be  
          appropriated, it is impossible to analyze the fiscal impact on  
          the state.