AB 1995, as amended, Williams. Community colleges: homeless students: access to shower facilities.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and authorizes the governing board of a community college district to grant the use of college facilities or grounds for specified purposes.
This bill would require a community college campus that has shower facilities for student use to grantbegin delete accessend deletebegin insert access, as specified,end insert to those facilities to any homeless student who is enrolled in coursework, has paid enrollment fees, and is in good standing with the community college district, and would require the community college to determine a plan of action to
implement this requirement. By imposing additional duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 76011 is added to the Education Code,
2to read:
(a) If a community college campus has shower facilities
4for student use on campus, the governing board of the community
5college district shall grant access to those facilities to any homeless
6student who is enrolled in coursework, has paid enrollment fees,
7and is in good standing with the community college district without
8requiring the student to enroll in additional courses.
9(b) The governing board shall determine a plan of action to
10implement subdivision (a) that includes, but is not limited to, all
11of the following:
12(1) Hours of operation for the shower facilities, consistent with
13subdivision (c).
14(2) The minimum number of units a student must be enrolled
15in to use the facilities.
16(3) A plan of action if hours of operation conflict with an
17intercollegiate athletic program.
18(4) A definition of homeless student that is based on the
19definition of homeless youth specified in the McKinney-Vento
20Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a(2)), but also
21reflects the age of the homeless student population at the
22community college campus.
23(c) Hours of operation shall be consistent with hours of operation
24of the facilities in which the showers arebegin delete locatedend deletebegin insert
located, shall be
25set at a minimum of two hours per weekday,end insert and shall not conflict
P3 1with thebegin delete campus’end delete intercollegiate athleticbegin delete program.end deletebegin insert program of the
2campus.end insert
If the Commission on State Mandates determines that
4this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to
5local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
6pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
74 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
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