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Bill No: SB 1391
Author: Hancock (D) and Wyland (R), et al.
Amended: 8/18/14
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 8-0, 4/24/14
AYES: Liu, Wyland, Block, Galgiani, Hancock, Hueso, Huff,
Monning
NO VOTE RECORDED: Correa
SENATE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE : 6-0, 4/29/14
AYES: Hancock, Anderson, Knight, Liu, Mitchell, Steinberg
NO VOTE RECORDED: De Le�n
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 5/23/14
AYES: De Le�n, Walters, Gaines, Hill, Lara, Padilla, Steinberg
SENATE FLOOR : 35-0, 5/27/14
AYES: Anderson, Beall, Berryhill, Block, Cannella, Corbett,
Correa, De Le�n, DeSaulnier, Evans, Fuller, Gaines, Galgiani,
Hancock, Hernandez, Hill, Hueso, Huff, Jackson, Knight, Lara,
Leno, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nielsen, Padilla, Pavley,
Roth, Steinberg, Torres, Vidak, Walters, Wolk, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Calderon, Lieu, Liu, Wright, Yee
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-1, 8/27/14 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Community colleges: inmate education programs:
computation of
apportionments
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SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill allows California Community Colleges (CCCs)
to receive full funding for credit-course instruction offered in
correctional institutions and seeks to expand the offering of
such courses.
Assembly Amendments require the California Department of
Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) and the CCC Chancellor's
Office, by March 1, 2015, to enter into an interagency agreement
to expand access to courses leading to degrees, certifications,
or transfer to four-year degrees, as specified; requires CDCR
and the CCC Chancellor's Office to develop metrics for
evaluating the success, as specified, and report their findings
to Legislature and the Governor by July 31, 2018; add Senator
Wyland as an author; add coauthors; and make technical changes.
ANALYSIS : Existing law authorizes a CCC district to claim
state apportionment (funding) for classes it provides to inmates
of any city, county, or city and county jail, road camp, farm
for adults, or federal correctional facility (not for inmates in
state correctional facilities). Under existing law the
attendance hours generated by these classes, whether credit or
noncredit, are counted as noncredit attendance hours for
apportionment purposes.
Classes provided to inmates of state correctional facilities are
not currently authorized for funding. In addition, no funds
provided for inmate education programs can be considered as part
of the base revenues for CCC districts in computing
apportionments.
Courses offered to state correctional inmates must be "distance
education" courses open to the public, as well. Under existing
law, CCC courses offered in local and federal correctional
facilities that are not open to the public are funded at a
"noncredit rate" (which is less than a "for credit rate"), even
if the courses are actually for credit.
This bill allows CCCs to receive full funding for credit-course
instruction offered in correctional institutions and seeks to
expand the offering of such courses. Specifically, this bill:
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1. Waives "open course" provisions for CCC courses offered in
state correctional facilities, thus conforming to current
allowances for CCC courses in local or federal correctional
facilities, for which the colleges receive funding even
though the courses are not open to the general public.
2. Allows attendance hours generated by credit courses at all
correctional facilities to be funded at the corresponding
rates for those types of courses rather than at the lower,
non-credit rate.
3. Prohibits districts from claiming state apportionments for
instruction in correctional facilities if the district is
fully compensated by another entity for the costs of direct
instructional services, and requires districts to deduct any
partial compensation for correctional facility education from
their apportionment.
4. Requires the CDCR and the CCC Chancellor's Office, by March
1, 2015, to enter into an interagency agreement to expand
access to courses leading to degrees, certifications, or
transfer to four-year degrees. Courses are to supplement,
not supplant adult education courses offered by CDCR's Office
of Correctional Education.
5. Requires CDCR and the CCC Chancellor's Office to develop
metrics for evaluating the success of #4) above, and report
their findings to Legislature and the Governor by July 31,
2018.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
According to the Assembly Appropriations Committee:
Ongoing General Fund (GF) (Proposition 98 of 1988) cost
pressure for converting qualified existing courses to the
full credit rate at local and federal institutions.
Currently, credit funding per full-time equivalent students
(FTES) is $4,636, career development and college preparation
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course funding is $3,283, and non-credit funding is $2,788.
According to the CCC Chancellor's Office, in 2006-07 (most
recent data available) districts provided credit courses for
1,769 FTES in local and federal correctional facilities. The
majority (1,588 FTES) already received full credit funding as
distance education courses open to the public. Under this
bill, the remaining FTES (181) will receive full credit
apportionment at a cost of $335,000.
In addition to the above costs for existing courses, the
higher funding rates could result in increased course
offerings at local and federal facilities, with resulting
state costs.
Additional costs depends on the number of FTEs taking
classes in state correctional facilities. For every 100
for-credit FTEs, annual GF (Proposition 98) costs increases
by $464,000. CCCs are limited to enrollment caps that
arguably makes this a zero sum change, but not all colleges
are at their caps, thus expanding access and funding rates
creates enrollment and funding pressure.
Costs for CDCR and the CCC to enter into the interagency
agreement should be absorbable. One-time costs to develop
metrics, conduct and evaluation and provide the required
report should not exceed $200,000.
To the extent this bill leads to increased education
programming for inmates, the state and local governments
could realize unquantifiable savings associated with
decreased recidivism.
SUPPORT : (Verified 5/27/14)
Alameda County Superintendent of Schools
Community College League of California
Friends Committee on Legislation of California
Kern County Community College District
Legal Services For Prisoners With Children
Los Angeles Community College District
Los Rios Community College District
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Men and Boys of Color
Peralta Community College District
Policylink
Rio Hondo Community College Districts
South Orange County Community College District
West Kern Community College District
Yosemite Community College District
Yuba Community College District
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
inmate education, both academic and career technical education
are key to giving inmates the skills and social support in
finding employment upon release from prison. While some higher
education and community organizations provide career skills
development opportunities to inmates, fewer collaborations to
date have resulted on hands-on sequences of courses leading to
industry or state certifications known to be important in
seeking subsequent employment.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 77-1, 8/27/14
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Bigelow, Bloom,
Bocanegra, Bonilla, Bonta, Bradford, Brown, Buchanan, Ian
Calderon, Campos, Chau, Ch�vez, Chesbro, Conway, Cooley,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dickinson, Donnelly, Eggman, Fong,
Frazier, Beth Gaines, Garcia, Gatto, Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon,
Gorell, Gray, Grove, Hagman, Hall, Roger Hern�ndez, Holden,
Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Levine, Linder, Logue, Lowenthal,
Maienschein, Mansoor, Medina, Melendez, Mullin, Muratsuchi,
Nazarian, Nestande, Olsen, Pan, Patterson, Perea, John A.
P�rez, V. Manuel P�rez, Quirk, Quirk-Silva, Rendon,
Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Skinner, Stone, Ting, Wagner,
Waldron, Weber, Wieckowski, Wilk, Williams, Yamada, Atkins
NOES: Fox
NO VOTE RECORDED: Harkey, Vacancy
PQ:d 8/27/14 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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