BILL NUMBER: AB 1995	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 1, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 29, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 14, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Williams and Gonzalez
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chiu, Cristina Garcia, and Weber)

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2016

   An act to add Section 76011 to the Education Code, relating to
community colleges.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   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 grant  access  
access, as specified,  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 1.  Section 76011 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   76011.  (a) If a community college campus has shower facilities
for student use on campus, the governing board of the community
college district shall grant access 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
without requiring the student to enroll in additional courses.
   (b) The governing board shall determine a plan of action to
implement subdivision (a) that includes, but is not limited to, all
of the following:
   (1) Hours of operation for the shower facilities, consistent with
subdivision (c).
   (2) The minimum number of units a student must be enrolled in to
use the facilities.
   (3) A plan of action if hours of operation conflict with an
intercollegiate athletic program.
   (4) A definition of homeless student that is based on the
definition of homeless youth specified in the McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a(2)), but also reflects the age
of the homeless student population at the community college campus.
   (c) Hours of operation shall be consistent with hours of operation
of the facilities in which the showers are  located
  located, shall be set at a minimum of two hours per
weekday,  and shall not conflict with the  campus'
 intercollegiate athletic  program.  
program of the campus. 
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.