BILL NUMBER: AB 1385	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act to add Section 72218 to the Education Code, relating to
community colleges.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1385, as amended, Ting. Community colleges: accreditation.
   Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under
the administration of the Board of Governors of the California
Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary
education in this state. Existing law specifies the duties of the
board of governors, including, among other duties, establishing
minimum standards for the formation of community colleges and
districts. Under existing regulatory authority, the board of
governors requires each community college to be accredited.
   This bill would  require the accrediting agency designated
by the board of governors to notify the board of governors before
increasing membership fees, special assessments, or other payments
charged to a community college or community college district, and
state in the notification the reasons for, and the amount of, the
increase.   prohibit the accrediting agency from
imposing a special assessment on community colleges to pay for the
accrediting agency's legal fees for any lawsuit unless there has been
an affirmative vote of the majority of the chief executive officers,
or their designees, of all of the community colleges. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 72218 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   72218.  (a) The accrediting agency shall  notify the Board
of Governors of the California Community Colleges before increasing
membership fees, special assessments, or other payments charged to a
community college or community college district, and state in the
notification the reasons for, and the amount of, the increase
  not impose a special assessment on community colleges
for the accrediting agency's legal fees for any lawsuit, unless there
has been an affirmative vote of the majority of the chief executive
officers, or their designees, of all of the community colleges. Each
community college, as   represented by its chief executive
officer, or his or her designee, shall be eligible to cast a vote on
the assessment  .
   (b) This section does not apply to the accrediting agency's
activities that are related to private educational institutions in
the state or educational institutions outside of the state.
   (c) This section does not affect the authority of the United
States Department of Education regarding educational institutions.