Amended in Senate April 10, 2014

Senate BillNo. 1391


Introduced by Senator Hancock

February 21, 2014


An act to amend Section 84810.5 of, and to add Section 84810.7 to, the Education Code, relating to community colleges.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1391, as amended, Hancock. Community colleges: inmate education programs: computation of apportionments.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law requires the board of governors to appoint a chief executive officer, to be known as the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.

Existing law provides that, notwithstanding open course provisions in statute or regulations of the board of governors, the governing board of a community college district that provides classes for inmates of certain facilitiesbegin delete, including a federal correctional facility,end delete may include the units of full-time equivalent students generated in those classes for purposes of state apportionments.

This bill would insteadbegin delete requireend deletebegin insert waiveend insert the open course provisions in statute or regulations of the board of governorsbegin delete to be waivedend delete for any governing board of a community college district that providesbegin delete thoseend delete classes for inmatesbegin delete, including inmates ofend deletebegin insert of those facilities andend insert state correctional facilities, and would authorize the board of governors to include the units of full-time equivalent students generated in those classes for purposes of state apportionments.

Existing law provides for the method of computing apportionments for purposes of these inmate education programs.

This bill would make revisions to that method of computation.

The bill would prohibit a community college district from claimingbegin delete, under the billend delete, for purposes of apportionments, any class for which a district receives full compensation for its direct education costs for the conduct of the class from any public or private agency, individual, or group of individuals, or any class offered pursuant to a contract or instructional agreement entered into between the district and a public or private agency, individual, or group of individuals that has received from another source full compensation for the costs the district incurs under that contract or instructional agreement, as prescribed.

This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in collaboration with the chancellor, to establish the Innovative Career Technical Education Grant Program to provide grants for inmatesbegin delete and parolees recently released fromend deletebegin insert inend insert state correctional facilities to attend career technical education community college classesbegin delete for purposes of accomplishing specified objectivesend deletebegin insert to be offered at these facilities. The bill would require that the general educational and workforce development goals and details regarding the administration of the grant program be included in an interagency agreement entered between the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the chancellor’s office. The bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to develop, in collaboration with the chancellor’s office, metrics for evaluations of the efficacy and success of the grant program, and require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to report findings from conducting these evaluations to the Legislature and the Governor, as specified. The bill would specify details of the career technical education programs to be developed and provided by community colleges with these grantsend insert. The bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in administering the program, to transfer an unspecified amount from funds made available in the 2014-15 Budget Act, and each fiscal year thereafter, for purposes of the program. The bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to providebegin delete for up to 4end deletebegin insert an unspecified number ofend insert grants to community college career technical education programs that are provided for inmates inside state correctional facilities, require thatbegin delete at least one ofend deletebegin insert an unspecified number ofend insert these grants be awarded for programs offered at a women’s correctional facility, and determine the amount of these grant awards.

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

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

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SECTION 1.  

Section 84810.5 of the Education Code is
2amended to read:

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84810.5.  

(a) (1) Open course provisions in statute or
4regulations of the board of governors shall be waived for any
5governing board of a community college district that provides
6classes for inmates of any city, county, or city and county jail, road
7camp, farm for adults, or state or federal correctional facility. This
8section does not authorize the waiver of open course provisions
9in any context or situation other than those that are specifically
10authorized by this section. Subject to limitations set forth in
11subdivision (b), the board of governors may include the units of
12full-time equivalent students (FTES) generated in those classes
13for purposes of state apportionments.

14(2) The attendance hours generated by credit courses shall be
15funded at the marginal credit rate determined pursuant to paragraph
16(2) of subdivision (d) of Section 84750.5. The attendance hours
17generated by noncredit courses shall be funded at the noncredit
18rate.

19(b) (1) A community college district shall not claim, for
20purposes of state apportionments under this section, any class to
21which either of the following applies:

22(A) The district receives full compensation for its direct
23education costs for the conduct of the class from any public or
24private agency, individual, or group of individuals.

25(B) The district has a contract or instructional agreement, or
26both, for the conduct of the class with a public or private agency,
27individual, or group of individuals that has received from another
28source full compensation for the costs the district incurs under that
29contract or instructional agreement.

30(2) In reporting a claim for apportionment to the Chancellor of
31the California Community Colleges under this section, the district
32shall report any partial compensation it receives from the sources
33described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) during
34the period for which the claim is made. The chancellor shall
P4    1subtract the amount of any partial compensation received from the
2total apportionment to be paid.

3(c) This section does not provide a source of funds to shift,
4supplant, or reduce the costs incurred by the Department of
5Corrections and Rehabilitation in providing inmate education
6programs.

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SEC. 2.  

Section 84810.7 is added to the Education Code, to
8read:

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84810.7.  

(a) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
10shall, in collaboration with the Chancellor of the California
11Community Colleges establish the Innovative Career Technical
12Education Grantbegin delete Program to provide grants for inmates and for
13parolees recently released from state correctional facilities to attend
14career technical education community college classes for purposes
15of accomplishing both of the following:end delete
begin insert Program.end insert

16begin insert(b)end insertbegin insertend insertbegin insertThe general educational and workforce development goals
17and details regarding the administration of the Innovative Career
18Technical Education Grant Program shall be included in an
19interagency agreement entered between the Department of
20Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Office of the Chancellor
21of the California Community Colleges. The Department of
22Corrections and Rehabilitation shall, in collaboration with the
23Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges
24develop metrics for evaluations of the efficacy and success of the
25grant program. Beginning in July of 2017, and every three years
26thereafter, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall
27report findings from conducting these evaluations to the Legislature
28and the Governor.end insert

begin insert

29(c) Grants shall be awarded to community colleges to offer
30career technical education and workforce development programs
31for inmates in state correctional facilities. The grants shall include
32funds for the equipment and instructional materials necessary for
33the instruction of these career technical education and workforce
34development programs.

end insert
begin insert

35(d) Innovative career technical education programs developed
36and provided by community colleges pursuant to this section shall
37provide all of the following:

end insert

38(1) begin deleteProviding inmates with skills end deletebegin insertCareer technical education
39and experiential educational courses and trainingend insert
necessary to
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2programs upon release from prison.

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3(2) Reducing recidivism by providing inmates and parolees
4recently released from state correctional facilities with hands on
5 learning experience available in community college career technical
6education classes, including classes within state correctional
7facilities.

end delete
begin insert

8(2) Sequences of courses leading to industry, business, or state
9certification.

end insert
begin insert

10(3) Community college courses that offer units transferable to
11the University of California and the California State University.

end insert
begin insert

12(4) Information on reentry programs with job search assistance,
13and, where possible, information about employers with a record
14of hiring participants of the program with similar skills education
15upon their release from prison.

end insert
begin insert

16(5) If applicable, information about preapprentice and
17state-certified apprenticeship programs with a record of hiring
18participants of the program with similar skills education upon
19their release from prison.

end insert
begin delete

20(b)

end delete

21begin insert(e)end insert (1) From funds made available to the Department of
22Corrections and Rehabilitation in the 2014-15 Budget Act, and
23each fiscal year thereafter, the Department of Corrections and
24Rehabilitation shall, in administering the Innovative Career
25Technical Education Grant Program, transfer the amount of ____
26dollars ($____)begin insert to the Office of the Chancellor of the California
27Community Collegesend insert
for purposes of the program.

28(2) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall
29provide for up tobegin delete fourend deletebegin insert _____end insert grants to community college career
30technical education programs provided for inmates inside state
31correctional facilities. The Department of Corrections and
32Rehabilitationbegin insert in collaboration with the Office of the Chancellor
33of the California Community Collegesend insert
shallbegin delete awardend deletebegin insert ensureend insert at least
34begin delete oneend deletebegin insert _____end insert of these grantsbegin insert are awardedend insert for programs offered at a
35women’s correctional facility.

36(3) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation shall, in
37consultation with the chancellor, determine the amount of the
38begin delete grantsend deletebegin insert grantend insert awards pursuant to paragraph (2).



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