California

Education Code

11,521 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 8208 — (a) (1) A child is eligible for the part-day California state preschool program if both of the following requirements are met: (A) The child is one of the following: (i) A two-year-old child and the C
• § 8209 — (a) A physical examination and evaluation, including age-appropriate immunizations, shall be required before, or within six weeks of, enrollment in a preschool program.
• § 8210 — (a) Each applicant or contracting agency shall give priority for part-day programs according to the following: (1) The first priority for services shall be given to three-year-old or four-year-old chi
• § 8211 — (a) Each applicant or contracting agency shall give priority for full-day programs according to the following: (1) (A) The first priority for services shall be given to three-year-old or four-year-old
• § 8212 — (a) (1) A local educational agency exempt from licensing pursuant to subdivision (o) of Section 1596.
• § 8213 — (a) For purposes of establishing initial income eligibility for services under this chapter, “income eligible” means that a family’s adjusted monthly income is at or below 100 percent of the state med
• § 8213.5 — (a) For purposes of establishing eligibility for services under this chapter, “a member of the household who is certified to receive benefits from Medi-Cal, CalFresh, the California Food Assistance Pr
• § 8214 — If families have to be disenrolled from subsidized preschool services, families shall be disenrolled in reverse priority order for services, as specified in Sections 8210 and 8211, as applicable.
• § 8215 — The department shall annually monitor funding used in, and hours of service provided in, the California state preschool program, and shall annually report to the Department of Finance and to the Legis
• § 8216 — (a) The department and the State Department of Social Services shall promote full utilization of childcare and development funds and match available unused funds with identified service needs.
• § 8217 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a provider operating a state preschool program within the attendance boundary of a public school, except a charter or magnet school, where at least 80 percent of enr
• § 8220 — As a condition of receipt of funds pursuant to Section 8221, a participating part-day preschool program shall coordinate the provision of all of the following: (a) Opportunities for parents and legal
• § 8221 — (a) A family literacy supplemental grant shall be made available and distributed to qualifying California state preschool classrooms, as determined by the Superintendent, at a rate of two thousand fiv
• § 8222 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter to the contrary, the department shall do all of the following: (1) Provide prospective California state preschool program contractors an equitab
• § 8223 — (a) Contractors operating through a family childcare home education network shall do all of the following: (1) Recruit, enroll, and certify eligible families.
• § 8223.5 — (a) On or before March 1, 2024, a contractor operating a California state preschool program through a family childcare home education network shall develop, implement, and publish for access by family
• § 8224 — (a) The Superintendent shall ensure that eligible children with exceptional needs are given equal access to all California state preschool programs.
• § 8225 — A contractor providing California state preschool services is subject to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.
• § 8226 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the effectiveness of preschool programs can be increased through improved state administration, technical assistance to provider agencies, and monitoring.
• § 8227 — The department shall develop procedures for annually evaluating the monitoring processes and the training and technical assistance that is to be provided to the contracting agencies.
• § 8228 — The department shall do all of the following in administering the provisions of this chapter: (a) Apply sanctions against contracting agencies that have serious licensing violations, as defined and re
• § 8229 — (a) No person employed by the department in a policymaking position in the area of preschool programs shall serve as a member of the board of directors, advisory council, or advisory committee for any
• § 8230 — The department shall develop and coordinate resources, provide technical assistance, monitor program implementation, generate maximum federal reimbursement wherever possible for the federally eligible
• § 82305.6 — When the governing board of a community college district provides for the transportation of students to and from community colleges, the governing board of the district may require the parents and leg
• § 8231 — (a) The Superintendent shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to this chapter.
• § 8231.5 — (a) The Superintendent may require a contracting agency that employs a person who holds an assistant teacher permit pursuant to Section 8301.
• § 8232 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction is authorized to require the collection and submission of information from public and private agencies contracting with the department pursuant to this chapter
• § 82321 — A schoolbus is any motor vehicle designed, used, or maintained for the transportation of any school pupil at or below the 12th-grade level to or from a public or private school or to or from public or
• § 82322 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 82321, a motor vehicle is not a schoolbus if it is operated for the purpose of transporting any pupil to or from a community college or to or from activities at that colleg
• § 8233 — Notwithstanding any other law, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may enter into and execute local contractual agreements with any public or private entity or agency for the delivery of preschoo
• § 8234 — Contractors operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter may do both of the following: (a) (1) Maintain records electronically, in compliance with state and federal standards, as determine
• § 8235 — Contractors operating or providing services pursuant to this chapter may use digital forms to allow families to apply for services, if those forms comply with state and federal standards.
• § 8236 — On and after the date on which the Superintendent determines that the Financial Information System for California (Fi$Cal Project) has been implemented within the department, at the request of a contr
• § 8237 — (a) In contract transfer situations in programs funded pursuant to this chapter, the Superintendent of Public Instruction may grant a certificate of operation to preschool facilities pursuant to this
• § 8238 — The Superintendent may waive or modify California state preschool requirements in order to enable preschool programs to serve combinations of eligible children in areas of low population.
• § 8239 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction may provide outreach services and technical assistance to new contracting agencies and to those providing preschool services during nontraditional times, in un
• § 8240 — (a) The Superintendent shall establish rules and regulations for the staffing of all preschool programs under contract with the department.
• § 8241 — Until the Superintendent of Public Instruction promulgates regulations for center-based programs establishing staffing ratios, the following staffing ratios shall apply: (a) Infants, 0 to 2 years old—
• § 8241.5 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature for the state preschool contractors, teachers, and staff to better understand the language and developmental needs of dual language learners enrolled in publicl
• § 8242 — (a) The department, in collaboration with the State Department of Social Services, shall implement a reimbursement system plan that establishes reasonable standards and assigned reimbursement rates, w
• § 8243 — (a) (1) For purposes of this section, “early childhood mental health consultation service” means a service benefiting a child who is served in a California state preschool program.
• § 8244 — (a) In order to reflect the additional expense of serving full-day preschool children who meet any of the criteria outlined in subdivision (b), the contractor’s reported child days of enrollment for t
• § 8245 — (a) For each fiscal year, for the purposes of this chapter, reimbursement rates for full-day California state preschool shall be adjusted by the following reimbursement factors: (1) Prior to January 1
• § 8245.5 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, for the 2022–23 fiscal year only, contracting agencies operating a California state preschool program shall be reimbursed according to paragraph (2), if they mee
• § 8246 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Controller shall establish the necessary plans to advance preschool funds to contracting agencies.
• § 8247 — (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall adopt rules, regulations, and guidelines to facilitate the funding and reimbursement procedures required by this chapter.
• § 8248 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall support the coordination of resources available to state and local agencies serving preschool through grade 12 children and their families.
• § 8249 — In the event that operating agencies are unable to operate due to incomplete repairs and renovations authorized by administrating state agencies, or due to circumstances beyond the control of the oper
• § 8250 — (a) The rules, regulations, and guidelines adopted by the Superintendent of Public Instruction pursuant to Sections 8231 and 8247 shall permit reimbursement for interest paid by contractors on private
• § 8251 — An agency contracting with the department to provide California state preschool program services may schedule up to two days of staff training, per contract period, using state reimbursement funding o
• § 8252 — (a) The Superintendent shall use the fee schedule developed in conjunction with the State Department of Social Services for families using full-day preschool services pursuant to this chapter, includi
• § 8253 — (a) A family that receives services pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 8211 may be exempt from family fees for up to 12 months.
• § 82537 — (a) There is a civic center at each and every community college within the state and the governing board of a community college district may authorize the use, by the community and organizations, of a
• § 8254 — (a) The family fee schedule shall provide, among other things, that a contractor or provider may require parents to provide diapers.
• § 82542 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the governing board of a community college district may grant without charge the use of any college facilities or grounds under its control, pursuant to the
• § 82543 — Notwithstanding any other law, if the governing board of a community college district authorizes the use of any of the community college district’s facilities or grounds pursuant to this article, the
• § 82544 — Lighting, heating, janitor service, and the services of the person when needed, and other necessary expenses, in connection with the use of community college buildings and grounds pursuant to this art
• § 82548 — The governing board of a community college district may require a person, group, or organization granted the use of community college district property pursuant to this article to obtain a certificate
• § 8255 — (a) The Superintendent may approve and reimburse startup costs for contracts under this chapter or facilities in an amount not to exceed 15 percent of the expansion or increase of each agency’s total
• § 8256 — (a) The department shall promote full utilization of California state preschool program funds and match available unused funds with identified service needs.
• § 8257 — (a) The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall develop a plan and procedures for the allocation of expansion funding balances resulting from the prorata allocation of expansion for the partial yea
• § 8258 — Unless specifically exempted by the Legislature, the administrative cost for all state-funded preschool programs and all federal programs administered by the state shall not exceed 15 percent of the f
• § 8260 — Each county shall, as a minimum, maintain the level of expenditure for child development services provided by the county during the 1970–71 fiscal year.
• § 8261 — (a) The Legislature recognizes that preschool programs have made valuable contributions towards ensuring that public assistance recipients will be able to accept and maintain employment or employment-
• § 8262 — The Superintendent of Public Instruction shall publish the methodology and data used, including county-specific data if such data is used, for the allocation of preschool funds.
• § 8263 — (a) The department shall disburse augmentations to the base allocation for the expansion of preschool programs to promote equal access to preschool services across the state.
• § 8264 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that the state makes a substantial, annual investment in preschool programs for eligible families.
• § 8265 — The governing board of any school district or a county superintendent of schools with the approval of the county board of education is authorized to establish and maintain preschool programs upon the
• § 8266 — (a) The county superintendent of schools in each county, with the approval of the county board of education and the Superintendent of Public Instruction, shall have the authority to establish and main
• § 8267 — The governing board of any school district or the county superintendent of schools may do the following: (a) Accommodate in a preschool facility maintained by it children residing in another district,
• § 8268 — The employees of school districts or community college districts, or county superintendents of schools in preschool services under this division shall have the same rights and privileges as are grante
• § 8269 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, a public or private agency, a school district, a community college district or a county superintendent of schools operating preschool facilities m
• § 8270 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the governing board of a school district or community college district, county superintendent of schools, or other unit of local general purpose go
• § 8271 — (a) The governing board of any school district or the county superintendent of schools shall establish in the county treasury a fund to be known as the “child development fund” into which shall be pai
• § 8272 — The governing board of any school district maintaining a preschool program may include in its budget the amount necessary to initiate, operate, and maintain a preschool program pursuant to this chapte
• § 8272.5 — Community college districts that levied child development permissive override taxes pursuant to Section 8272 and former Section 8330 in the 1977–78 fiscal year and received fiscal relief pursuant to C
• § 8281.5 — (a) The California Prekindergarten Planning and Implementation Grant Program is hereby established as a state early learning initiative with the goal of expanding access to classroom-based prekinderga
• § 8283 — The City and County of San Francisco may develop and implement an individualized county childcare subsidy plan.
• § 8284 — Before implementing the local subsidy plan, the City and County of San Francisco, in consultation with the department, shall develop an individualized county childcare subsidy plan for the city and co
• § 8285 — (a) The plan shall be submitted to the local planning council, as defined in subdivision (g) of Section 10480 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, for approval.
• § 8286 — (a) The City and County of San Francisco shall, at least once every three years, using the template developed by the department, prepare and submit to the Legislature, the State Department of Social S
• § 8287 — Any modifications to the plan shall be submitted in conformance with the procedures established in Article 9 (commencing with Section 8273).
• § 8288 — A participating contractor shall receive any increase or decrease in funding that the contractor would have received if the contractor had not participated in the local subsidy plan established by thi
• § 8288.5 — Commencing on the effective date of the act that added this section, the components of the plan relating to preschool shall be overseen by the department and the components of the plan addressing all
• § 8289 — On and after July 1, 2014, the individualized county childcare subsidy plan for the County of San Mateo that was developed as a pilot project pursuant to Article 15.
• § 8290 — For purposes of this article, “county” means the County of San Mateo.
• § 8291 — For purposes of this article, “plan” means an individualized county childcare subsidy plan developed and approved as described in Section 8289, which includes all of the following: (a) An assessment t
• § 8292 — (a) Except as provided in this section, any modifications to the plan shall be submitted in accordance with the modification procedures described in Article 9 (commencing with Section 8273).
• § 8293 — (a) The county shall at least once every three years, using the template developed by the department, prepare and submit to the Legislature, the State Department of Social Services, and the department
• § 8294 — A participating contractor shall receive any increase or decrease in funding that the contractor would have received if the contractor had not participated in the plan.
• § 8294.5 — Commencing on the effective date of the act that added this section, the components of the plan relating to preschool shall be overseen by the department and the components of the plan addressing all
• § 8295 — (a) (1) Preschool programs shall include a career ladder program for classroom staff.
• § 8297 — Not later than 95 days after the governing board of a public agency sets the date a person employed by that board shall begin service in a position requiring a children’s center instructional permit o
• § 8298 — (a) An entity operating preschool programs providing services to children at two or more sites, including through more than one contract or subcontract funded pursuant to this chapter, shall employ a
• § 8299 — Notwithstanding any other law, a high school student or any other adult shall be selected by the governing board of a public or private agency to serve as nonteaching personnel to perform noninstructi
• § 83 — A unified school district means a district maintaining grades kindergarten or 1 through 12.
• § 8300 — The same fee as that prescribed for a credential provided in Section 44235 shall be charged for either the issuance or renewal of each child development permit authorizing service in the supervision a
• § 8301 — The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall by rule or regulation establish the requirements for the following: (a) The issuance and the renewal of permits authorizing service in the care, developme
• § 8301.1 — (a) Notwithstanding Sections 8295 and 8301, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing may issue an assistant teacher permit that authorizes the permitholder to assist in the care, development, and instr
• § 8301.5 — Notwithstanding Section 8301 of this code or Section 80111 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, on or before April 30, 2025, the Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall, by rule or regu
• § 8302 — Each county board of education, city and county board of education, or community college governing board may issue temporary certificates for the purpose of authorizing salary payments to preschool em
• § 8303 — (a) Each person employed by a public or private agency in a position requiring a child development permit for the supervision and instruction of children, or for service as a physician, dentist, or nu
• § 8304 — Every employee of a child development program who before their employment in such program was employed by the agency maintaining such program in a position entitling the employee to membership in, and
• § 8305 — The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall establish standards for the issuance of the permits herein provided for.
• § 8306 — It is the intent of the Legislature to authorize an appeal process for the resolution of disputes between the department and local agencies which contract with the department pursuant to Section 8233
• § 8307 — (a) The department shall provide an internal appeal procedure to resolve a dispute between the department and a contracting agency providing preschool services pursuant to Section 8233 regarding the i
• § 8309 — (a) The department shall provide an independent appeal procedure to each contracting agency providing preschool services pursuant to Section 8233 that shall be conducted by the Office of Administrativ
• § 8310 — All hearings required by Section 8309 shall be conducted according to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11500) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 o
• § 8311 — The Office of Administrative Hearings shall, by June 30, 1982, adopt regulations governing the hearings, which shall include all of the following: (a) Deadlines for filing petitions, commencing hearin
• § 8312 — The determination of the hearing examiner shall be the final administrative determination to be afforded the local contracting agency.
• § 8313 — All actions by the department, as defined in subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive, of Section 8309 shall be preceded by a written notice of action to the local contracting agency which shall include the
• § 8314 — (a) The Superintendent shall establish a contract classification system for purposes of identifying, monitoring, and providing technical assistance to contractors as follows: (1) Clear contract.
• § 8315 — (a) A contracting agency that evidences any of the following acts or omissions may have its contract or contracts immediately terminated if there is documented evidence of the acts or omissions, and u
• § 8316 — (a) An agency that has in place or places a person in a position of fiscal responsibility or control who has been convicted of a crime involving misuse or misappropriation of state or federal funds, o
• § 8317 — Except for causes listed in Sections 8315 and 8316, termination of a California state preschool program contract shall not occur without good cause and without notice as described in Section 8313 at l
• § 8318 — Actions as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 8309 shall remain in effect during the appeal process.
• § 8319 — All contracts entered into by the department pursuant to Section 8233 shall contain a complete description of the appeal procedures provided in this article.
• § 8320 — (a) The California Universal Preschool Planning Grant Program is hereby established with the goal of expanding access universally to preschool programs for three- and four-year-old children across the
• § 8325 — The department shall develop an annual calendar identifying target dates for contract application deadlines, contract award announcements, contract approvals, and contract evaluations.
• § 8326 — The department shall develop and maintain a central distribution list for application announcements.
• § 8327 — Application announcements shall contain, but not be limited to, the following information: the goals and objectives of the program, identification of the specific minimum range of services to be purch
• § 8329 — (a) The department shall include all of the following in the application announcement: (1) The time estimated for each step.
• § 8330 — The department shall identify and transmit to all agencies awarded contracts forms required for contract payments, management information or reports required pursuant to contract objectives, and condi
• § 8331 — The department shall develop a grievance procedure for resolving disputes arising from the awarding or administering of contracts, in addition to the remedies provided under the Administrative Procedu
• § 8332 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that greater efficiencies may be achieved in the execution of state subsidized preschool program contracts with public and private agencies by the timely
• § 8333 — The department may execute a multiyear application process.
• § 8334 — (a) (1) The State Department of Education shall develop and implement a streamlined request for application process for existing California state preschool program contractors to be awarded new Califo
• § 8335 — As used in this article: (a) “Financial and compliance audit” means a systematic review or appraisal to determine each of the following: (1) Whether the financial statements of an audited organization
• § 8336 — (a) All contractors are encouraged to develop and maintain a reserve within the child development fund, derived from earned but unexpended funds.
• § 8337 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Early childhood inclusion embodies the values, policies, and practices that support the right of every infant and young child and their
• § 8340 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Congress has recognized the importance of the transfer from preschool to primary school.
• § 84 — “City school district” includes a school district lying wholly or partly within a city and county.
• § 84000 — No assessor, tax collector, city, city and county, or county treasurer shall charge or receive any fees or compensation for assessing, collecting, receiving, keeping, or disbursing any school moneys,
• § 84001 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the administration of the laws governing the financial support for the California Community Colleges be conducted within the purview of the following principle
• § 84030 — The accounting system including the uniform fund structure used to record the financial affairs of any community college district shall be in accordance with the definitions, instructions, and procedu
• § 84040 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage sound fiscal management practices among community college districts for the most efficient and effective use of public funds for the education of c
• § 84040.3 — Each organization that is described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 26 U.
• § 84040.5 — (a) The board of governors shall prescribe the statements and other information to be included in the audit reports filed with the state and shall develop audit procedures for carrying out the purpose
• § 84040.6 — On June 30, 1991, and each year thereafter, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall report to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee on (1) the number and nature of audit exce
• § 84041 — (a) The board of governors may request the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) established pursuant to Section 42127.
• § 84042 — Except as provided in this section, any election held for the purpose of permitting a community college district to exceed the expenditure of district funds fixed by the Constitution or by the statute
• § 84043 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, and unless otherwise prohibited under federal law, for the 2009–10 to 2014–15 fiscal years, inclusive, community college districts may use funding received, purs
• § 84044 — (a) No later than December 31 of each fiscal year, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall submit reports to the Department of Finance and the Legislature on the use of funds appropr
• § 8420 — This article shall be known and may be cited as the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens (High School ASSETs) program.
• § 84205.5 — For purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 2 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, the “full cash value” of all property in a community college district shall include the assessed valuatio
• § 84207 — On or before November 15 of each year, the county auditor of each county shall furnish to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges the actual previous year’s receipts, along with es
• § 8421 — There is hereby established the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens program.
• § 8421.5 — (a) (1) The department shall provide notice to all schools eligible for grants under this article of the availability of those grants as well as the application process.
• § 8422 — (a) Priority for funding pursuant to this article shall be given to programs that previously received funding pursuant to Section 8421, for expansion of existing grants up to the per site maximum esta
• § 8423 — (a) (1) The department shall select grantees to participate in the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens program from among applicants that apply on forms and in a mann
• § 8425 — (a) The department shall implement this program only to the extent that federal funds are appropriated by the Legislature for purposes of the program.
• § 8426 — (a) (1) A grantee that establishes a program pursuant to this chapter is eligible to receive a five-year grant of up to two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) per year per site in a program, su
• § 8426.5 — (a) (1) If there is a significant barrier to pupil participation in a program established pursuant to this article at the school of attendance, a grantee may request approval from the department to tr
• § 8427 — (a) A high school after school program established pursuant to this article shall submit to the department annual outcome-based data for evaluation.
• § 8428 — The department shall develop, and submit in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code, a biennial report to the Legislature related to the pupils attending, and the program quality of, expan
• § 84320 — The board of governors shall adopt regulations providing for the payment of apportionments to districts on a schedule to include an advance apportionment and a first and second principal apportionment
• § 84321 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for the 2003–04 fiscal year, warrants for the principal apportionments for the month of June, for general apportionments in the amount of one hundred fifty million d
• § 84321.62 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law that governs the regulations adopted by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to disburse funds, the payment of apportionments to community college dist
• § 84321.63 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, including any law that governs the regulations adopted by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to disburse funds, the payment of apportionments to
• § 84321.64 — (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law that governs the regulations adopted by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to disburse funds, the payment of apportionments to community college
• § 84321.65 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law that governs the regulations adopted by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to disburse funds, the payment of apportionments to community college dist
• § 84321.7 — (a) Commencing with the 2020–21 fiscal year, up to thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) of the amount of the warrants for the principal apportionments for any of the months of February, March, April,
• § 84322 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a community college district may recognize, for budgetary and financial reporting purposes, any amount of state appropriations deferred from the current fis
• § 84323 — Notwithstanding any other law, a community college district may recognize for budgetary and financial reporting purposes any amount of state allocations described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) o
• § 84328 — (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall certify each apportionment made by it to the Controller.
• § 84361 — If at the end of any fiscal year during which the schools of a community college district have been maintained for the period required or permitted by law, there is standing to the credit of the distr
• § 84362 — (a) As used in this section, “salaries of classroom instructors” means: (1) The salary paid to each instructor employed by the district whose duties require that the full time for which the instructor
• § 84500 — Attendance shall be recorded and kept according to rules and regulations prescribed by the board of governors, subject to this chapter.
• § 84501 — Commencing with the 1991–92 fiscal year, the term “community college average daily attendance” (ADA) means full-time equivalent student (FTES) as that term is defined by regulations adopted by the Boa
• § 84660 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interests of the people of the State of California to ensure that the facilities of the California Community Colleges are repaired and maintain
• § 84670 — The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interest of the people of the State of California to ensure the continuation of the quality of instructional programs in the California Community C
• § 84671 — The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall adopt rules and regulations for the allocation of funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter, for the acquisition, maintenanc
• § 84672 — Allocations shall not be based on specific projects identified by the districts, except as provided in Section 84673, but on a general allocation formula that, in the judgment of the board of governor
• § 84673 — (a) The board of governors may withhold up to 20 percent of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter, for allocation to specifically identified projects where the board finds that the f
• § 84674 — (a) The governing board of a community college district may expend funds allocated under the general allocation formula for any equipment acquisition, maintenance, or replacement necessary to the purp
• § 84750.4 — (a) (1) The board of governors, in accordance with this section, and in consultation with institutional representatives of the California Community Colleges and statewide faculty and staff organizatio
• § 84750.5 — (a) The board of governors, in accordance with the statewide requirements contained in paragraphs (1) to (9), inclusive, of subdivision (d), and in consultation with institutional representatives of t
• § 84750.6 — (a) Consistent with Sections 21 and Section 22 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the following amounts are hereby appropriated from the Public School System Stabilization Account and shal
• § 84750.7 — Consistent with Sections 21 and Section 22 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, for the 2025–26 fiscal year, forty-nine million seven hundred thirty-four thousand dollars ($49,734,000) is he
• § 84751 — (a) In calculating each community college district’s revenue level for each fiscal year pursuant to Section 84750.
• § 84751.6 — (a) (1) On or before June 30 of each fiscal year, an amount to be determined by the Director of Finance shall be appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Communit
• § 84751.7 — (a) (1) On or before June 30 of each fiscal year, an amount to be determined by the Director of Finance shall be appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Communit
• § 84752 — (a) No community college district shall receive full-time equivalent student (FTES) funding for activities that are fully funded through another source.
• § 84753 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purposes of this article, the revenue level, or full-time equivalent student (FTES) funding for the South Orange County Community College District f
• § 84754.5 — Pursuant to provisions of Chapter 581 of the Statutes of 2004, the board of governors provided the Governor and the Legislature recommendations regarding the design of a workable structure for the ann
• § 84754.6 — (a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, in coordination with community college stakeholder groups, the appropriate fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature, and the Department
• § 84755 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that program-based funding, once implemented, will more adequately and accountably fund the costs of providing quality community college education.
• § 84756 — It is the intent of the Legislature that community college districts with noncredit programs recognize the importance of noncredit programs and that they will continue to support these offerings.
• § 84757 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following noncredit courses, noncredit classes, and support services shall be eligible for funding: (1) Parenting, including parent cooperative preschools, classe
• § 84757.5 — (a) The chancellor’s office, in conjunction with the department, shall annually report on the number and types of courses being taught and the number of students being served with funding provided to
• § 84758 — Not later than May 15 of each year, the Department of Finance shall notify the Legislature and the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges of the amount of revenue estimated to be ava
• § 84759 — (a) As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) “CalWORKs recipient” means a recipient of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Inst
• § 84760.5 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following career development and college preparation courses and classes for which credit is not given, and courses that are offered in both face-to-face and dist
• § 84810.5 — (a) (1) Open course provisions in statute or regulations of the board of governors shall be waived for any governing board of a community college district for classes the district provides to inmates