BILL NUMBER: SB 965	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 13, 2014

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Leno

                        FEBRUARY 10, 2014

   An act to add Section 84750.6 to the Education Code, relating to
community colleges, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 965, as amended, Leno. Community colleges: funding: San
Francisco Community College District.
   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 and for other specified purposes.
   This bill, for the 2014-15 fiscal year to the 2017-18 fiscal year,
inclusive, would require the board of governors to provide the San
Francisco Community College District with revenues, as specified, if
the community college district or a campus of the community college
district is in imminent jeopardy of losing its accreditation 
and the board of governors has appointed a special trustee to manage
the community college district  .
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute for the San Francisco Community
College District.
   This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 84750.6 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   84750.6.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 84750.5, the board of
governors shall provide the San Francisco Community College District
with revenues, as specified in subdivision (b), if  both of
the following conditions are satisfied:   the community
college district or a campus of the community college district is in
imminent jeopardy of losing its accreditation.  
   (1) The community college district or a campus of the community
college district is in imminent jeopardy of losing its accreditation.
 
   (2) The board of governors has appointed a special trustee to
manage the community college district. 
   (b) If the number of full-time equivalent students (FTES) of the
community college district decreases from the number in the 2013-14
fiscal year, the board of governors  should  
shall  provide revenues to the community college district, as
follows:
   (1) For the 2014-15 fiscal year, an amount not less than the total
amount that was received by the community college district for the
attendance of FTES in the 2013-14 fiscal year.
   (2) For the 2015-16 fiscal year, an amount not less than 95
percent of the total amount that was received by the community
college district for the attendance of FTES in the 2013-14 fiscal
year.
   (3) For the 2016-17 fiscal year, an amount not less than 90
percent of the total amount that was received by the community
college district for the attendance of FTES in the 2013-14 fiscal
year.
   (4) For the 2017-18 fiscal year, an amount not less than 85
percent of the total amount that was received by the community
college district for the attendance of FTES in the 2013-14 fiscal
year.
   (c) The amounts calculated in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of
subdivision (b) shall be adjusted by the chancellor to reflect
cost-of-living adjustments, deficits in apportionments, or both, as
appropriate for the applicable fiscal years.
   (d) Subdivision (b) shall only be used to determine the
apportionment funding to be allocated to the San Francisco Community
College District. In computing statewide entitlements to funding
based upon the attendance of FTES, the San Francisco Community
College District shall not be credited with more FTES than were
actually enrolled and in attendance.
   (e) It is the intent of the Legislature that any amounts necessary
to make the apportionments required pursuant to subdivision (b) be
drawn from the state general apportionment revenues for community
college districts.
  SEC. 2.  The Legislature finds and declares that a special law is
necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable within the
meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution
because of the unique accreditation and fiscal challenges facing the
San Francisco Community College District.
  SEC. 3.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   The accreditation and fiscal problems facing the San Francisco
Community College District threaten its ability to preserve the
health and safety of its students and require an immediate response.