SB 965, as amended, Leno. Community colleges: funding: San Francisco Community College District.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes the establishment of community college districts under the administration of community college governing boards, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at community college campuses throughout the state.
Existing law requires the board of governors to develop criteria and standards, in accordance with specified statewide minimum requirements, for the purposes of making the annual budget request for the California Community Colleges to the Governor and the Legislature and allocating state general apportionment revenues. Those statewide minimum requirements include, among other things, a requirement that the calculations of each community college district’s revenue level for each fiscal year be based on specified criteria, with revenue adjustments being made for increases or decreases in full-time equivalent students and for other specified purposes.
This bill, for the 2014-15 fiscal year to the 2017-18 fiscal year, inclusive, would require the board of governors to provide the San Francisco Community College District with revenues, as specified, ifbegin insert, on the effective date of this bill,end insert the community college district or a campus of the community college districtbegin delete isend deletebegin insert wasend insert in imminent jeopardy of losing its accreditationbegin insert and the board of governors
has exercised its authority pursuant to specified provisionsend insert.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the San Francisco Community College District.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Vote: 2⁄3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 84750.6 is added to the Education Code,
2to read:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 84750.5, the board of
4governors shall provide the San Francisco Community College
5District with revenues, as specified in subdivision (b),begin delete if the begin insert if, on
6community college district or a campus of the community college
7district is in imminent jeopardy of losing its accreditation.end delete
8the effective date of this section, both of the following conditions
9are satisfied:end insert
10(1) The community college district or
a campus of the community
11college district was in imminent jeopardy of losing its
12accreditation.
13(2) The board of governors has exercised its authority pursuant
14to Section 84040 of this code and Section 58312 of Title 5 of the
15California Code of Regulations.
16(b) If the number of full-time equivalent students (FTES) of the
17community college district decreases from the number in the
182013-14 fiscal year, the board of governors shall provide revenues
19to the community college district, as follows:
20(1) For the 2014-15 fiscal year, an amount not less than the
21total amount that was received by the community college district
22for the
attendance of FTES in the 2013-14 fiscal year.
P3 1(2) For the 2015-16 fiscal year, an amount not less than 95
2percent of the total amount that was received by the community
3college district for the attendance of FTES in the 2013-14 fiscal
4year.
5(3) For the 2016-17 fiscal year, an amount not less than 90
6percent of the total amount that was received by the community
7college district for the attendance of FTES in the 2013-14 fiscal
8year.
9(4) For the 2017-18 fiscal year, an amount not less than 85
10percent of the total amount that was received by the community
11college district for the attendance of FTES in the 2013-14 fiscal
12year.
13(c) The amounts calculated in
paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive,
14of subdivision (b) shall be adjusted by the chancellor to reflect
15cost-of-living adjustments, deficits in apportionments, or both, as
16appropriate for the applicable fiscal years.
17(d) Subdivision (b) shall only be used to determine the
18apportionment funding to be allocated to the San Francisco
19Community College District. In computing statewide entitlements
20to funding based upon the attendance of FTES, the San Francisco
21Community College District shall not be credited with more FTES
22than were actually enrolled and in attendance.
23(e) It is the intent of the Legislature that any amounts necessary
24to make the apportionments required pursuant to subdivision (b)
25be drawn from the state general apportionment revenues for
26community college
districts.
The Legislature finds and declares that a special law
28is necessary and that a general law cannot be made applicable
29within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California
30Constitution because of the unique accreditation and fiscal
31challenges facing the San Francisco Community College District.
This act is an urgency statute necessary for the
33immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within
34the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
35immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
36The accreditation and fiscal problems facing the San Francisco
37Community College District threaten its ability to preserve the
38health and safety of its students and require an immediate response.
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