SB 1391, as amended, Hancock. Community colleges: inmate education programs: computation of apportionments.
Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law requires the board of governors to appoint a chief executive officer, to be known as the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
Existing law provides that, notwithstanding open course provisions in statute or regulations of the board of governors, the governing board of a community college district that provides classes for inmates of certain facilities may include the units of full-time equivalent students generated in those classes for purposes of state apportionments.
This bill would instead waive the open course provisions in statute or regulations of the board of governors for any governing board of a community college districtbegin delete that provides classesend delete
forbegin insert classes the district provides toend insert inmates of those facilities and state correctional facilities, and would authorize the board of governors to include the units of full-time equivalent students generated in those classes for purposes of state apportionments.
Existing law provides for the method of computing apportionments for purposes of these inmate education programs.
This bill would make revisions to that method of computation.
The bill would prohibit a community college district from claiming, for purposes ofbegin delete apportionments,end deletebegin insert apportionments for these inmate education programs,end insert
any class for which a district receives full compensation for its direct education costs for the conduct of the class from any public or private agency, individual, or group of individuals, or any class offered pursuant to a contract or instructional agreement entered into between the district and a public or private agency, individual, or group of individuals that has received from another source full compensation for the costs the district incurs under that contract or instructional agreement, as prescribed.
This bill would require the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, on or before March 1, 2015, to enter into an interagency agreement to expand access to community college courses that lead to degrees or certificates that result in enhanced workforce skills or transfer to a 4-year university. This bill would require that courses for inmates in a state correctional facility developed as a result of this agreement supplement, but not duplicate or supplant, any adult education course opportunities offered at that facility by the Office of Correctional Education of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. This bill would require the department, in collaboration with the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to develop metrics for evaluations of the efficacy and success of the programs developed through the interagency agreement, conduct the evaluations, and, on or before July 31, 2018, report findings from the evaluations to the Legislature and the Governor.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 84810.5 of the Education Code is
2amended to read:
(a) (1) Open course provisions in statute or
4regulations of the board of governors shall be waived for any
5governing board of a community college districtbegin delete that provides forbegin insert classes the district provides toend insert inmates of any city,
6classesend delete
7county, or city and county jail, road camp, farm for adults, or state
8or federal correctional facility. This section does not authorize the
9waiver of open course provisions in any context or situation other
10than those that are specifically authorized by this section. Subject
11to limitations
set forth in subdivision (b), the board of governors
12may include the units of full-time equivalent students (FTES)
13generated in those classes for purposes of state apportionments.
14(2) The attendance hours generated by credit courses shall be
15funded at the marginal credit rate determined pursuant to paragraph
16(2) of subdivision (d) of Section 84750.5. The attendance hours
17generated by noncredit courses shall be funded at the noncredit
18begin delete rate.end deletebegin insert rate pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (d) of Section
1984750.5. The attendance hours generated by instruction in career
20development and college preparation shall be funded at the rate
21determined pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section
2284750.5.end insert
23(b) (1) A community college district shall not claim, for
24purposes of state apportionments under this section, any class to
25which either of the following applies:
26(A) The district receives full compensation for its direct
27education costs for the conduct of the class from any public or
28private agency, individual, or group of individuals.
29(B) The district has a contract or instructional agreement, or
30both, for the conduct of the class with a public or private agency,
31individual, or group of individuals that has received from another
32source full compensation for the costs the district incurs under that
33contract or instructional agreement.
34(2) In reporting a claim for apportionment to the Chancellor of
35the California Community Colleges under this section, the district
36shall report any partial compensation it receives from the sources
37described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) during
38the period for which the claim is made. The chancellor shall
P4 1subtract the amount of any partial compensation received from the
2total apportionment to be paid.
3(c) This section does not provide a source of funds to shift,
4supplant, or reduce the costs incurred by the Department of
5Corrections and Rehabilitation in providing inmate education
6programs.
Section 84810.7 is added to the Education Code, to
8read:
(a) On or before March 1, 2015, the Department of
10Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Office of the Chancellor
11of the California Community Colleges shall enter into an
12interagency agreement to expand access to community college
13courses that lead to degrees or certificates that result in enhanced
14workforce skills or transfer to a four-year university. The courses
15for inmates in a state correctional facility developed as a result of
16this agreement will serve to supplement, but not duplicate or
17supplant, any adult education course opportunities offered at that
18facility by the Office of Correctional Education of the Department
19of Corrections and Rehabilitation.
20(b) The Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, in
21collaboration with the Office of the Chancellor of the California
22Community Colleges, shall develop metrics for evaluations of the
23efficacy and success of the programs developed through the
24interagency agreement established pursuant to this section, conduct
25the evaluations, and report findings from the evaluations to the
26Legislature and the Governor on or before July 31, 2018.
27(c) (1) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under
28subdivision (b) is inoperative on July 31, 2022, pursuant to Section
2910231.5 of the Government Code.
30(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall
31be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government
32Code.
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