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          Date of Hearing:   April 9, 2014

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                 AB 1906 (Wilk) - As Introduced:  February 19, 2014 

          Policy Committee:                              Higher  
          EducationVote:13-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill:

          1)Authorizes the governing board of a community college district  
            (CCD), until January 1, 2022, to charge an entity for using  
            college facilities or grounds an amount for maintenance,  
            repair, restoration, and refurbishment that is proportional to  
            the entity's use of the college facilities or grounds.

          2)Requires the California Community Colleges (CCC) Chancellor's  
            Office, by December 31, 2015, to develop regulations to be  
            used by CCDs in determining the proportionate share and the  
            specific allowable costs that a CCD may include as direct  
            costs for the use of its college facilities or grounds.

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Minor absorbable one-time costs to the Chancellor's Office to  
          adopt the regulations, which will be modeled on regulations  
          pertaining to similar legislation previously enacted for K-12  
          schools.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Background  . The Civic Center Act requires CCDs to authorize  
            the use of any college facilities or grounds to school-related  
            and community organizations for various purposes, and  
            authorizes the CCD to charge a fee for such use. The law  
            defines "direct costs" as the costs of supplies, utilities,  
            janitorial services, and salaries of CCD employees required to  
            facilitate an organization's use of the facilities or grounds.








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            According to the author's office, since the Civic Center Act  
            allows community members to rent community college facilities  
            and grounds at "direct costs" only, the cost does not include  
            any share of wear of the community college facility or  
            grounds.  The author contends that this leaves the CCD with  
            the entire cost of the upkeep of the facilities.

           2)Purpose  . This bill, until January 1, 2022, authorizes a CCD to  
            charge a proportional amount for the maintenance, repair,  
            restoration and refurbishment for the use of non-classroom  
            space and school grounds, defined as playing fields, athletic  
            fields, track and field venues, tennis courts, and outdoor  
            basketball courts. Classroom-based after school programs,  
            including, but not limited to, tutoring programs or child care  
            programs, and organizations serving student populations during  
            the core school day will be exempt from the maintenance fee.

           3)Prior Legislation  . Pursuant to SB 1404 (Hancock)/Statutes of  
            2012, school districts are able to charge an entity for using  
            school facilities or grounds, an amount for maintenance,  
            repair, restoration, and refurbishment, proportional to the  
            use of the entity's use of the school facilities or grounds.   
            AB 1906 establishes parity between the school districts and  
            the CCDs in this regard.

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081