BILL NUMBER: AB 2791	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Medina

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 84850 of the Education Code, relating to
community colleges.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2791, as introduced, Medina. Community colleges: Disability
Services Program.
   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 states the intent of the
Legislature that the public postsecondary institutions request, and
the state provide, through the state budget process, funds to cover
the actual cost of providing services and instruction, consistent
with specified principles, to disabled students in their respective
postsecondary institutions.
   Existing law requires the board of governors to adopt rules and
regulations for the administration and funding of educational
programs and support services provided to disabled students by
community college districts. Existing law defines "disabled students,"
for these purposes, as persons with exceptional needs enrolled at a
community college who meet specified criteria.
   This bill would expand that definition of "disabled students," for
these purposes, to include persons with exceptional needs who have
applied to, but are not enrolled at, a community college and meet
that criteria.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 84850 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   84850.  (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration and
funding of educational programs and support services to be provided
to disabled students by community college districts pursuant to
Chapter 14.2 (commencing with Section 67310) of Part 40.
   (b) As used in this section, "disabled students" are persons with
exceptional needs  who have applied to or  enrolled at a
community college who, because of a verified disability, cannot fully
benefit from classes, activities, and services regularly provided by
the college without specific additional specialized services or
educational programs.
   (c) The regulations adopted by the board of governors shall
provide for the apportionment of funds to each community college
district to offset the direct excess cost of providing specialized
support services or instruction, or both, to disabled students
enrolled in state-supported educational programs or courses. Direct
excess costs are those actual fixed, variable, and one-time costs, as
defined in Section 67312, which exceed the combined total of the
following:
   (1) The average cost to the district of providing services to
nondisabled students times the number of students served by disabled
student programs and services.
   (2) The indirect cost to the district of providing facilities and
support for the administration of disabled student programs and
services.
   (3) The revenue derived from average daily attendance in special
classes.
   (4) Any other funds for serving disabled students which the
district receives from federal, state, or local sources.
   (d) As a condition of receiving funds pursuant to this section,
each community college district shall certify that reasonable efforts
have been made to utilize all funds from federal, state, or local
sources which are available for serving disabled students. Districts
shall also provide the programmatic and fiscal information concerning
programs and services for disabled students that the regulations of
the board of governors require.
   (e) The board of governors may authorize the chancellor,
consistent with the requirements the board may impose, to designate
up to 3 percent of the funds allocated pursuant to this section for
program development and program accountability.