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SB-116 Postsecondary education trailer bill.(2019-2020)
(1) For the 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, and 2020–21 award years, nine thousand eighty-four dollars ($9,084) for new recipients.
(2) For the 2021–22 award year:
(3) For the 2022–23 award year:
(4) For the 2023–24 award year and each award year thereafter:
Section 69438.9 is added to the Education Code, to read:
69438.9.
(a) The program is hereby suspended for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 fiscal years. The program shall resume operations commencing with the 2021–22 fiscal year.
(b) Local assistance funds for the program available for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 fiscal years shall be redirected to provide disaster relief emergency student financial aid pursuant to Article 22.5 (commencing with Section 70027) of Chapter 2.
(a) (1) Subject to moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the purposes of this section, the Student Aid Commission shall administer the Golden State Teacher Grant Program. Under the program, the Student Aid Commission shall provide one-time grant funds of up to twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) to each student enrolled on or after January 1, 2020, in a professional preparation program within an accredited California institution of higher education leading to a preliminary teaching credential, approved by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, if the student commits to working in a high-need field at a priority school for four years after the student receives the teaching credential.
(2) Funds appropriated for the Golden State Teacher Grant Program in the Budget Act of 2020 shall be available for encumbrance or expenditure by the commission until June 30, 2023.
(3) Grant funds shall be used to supplement and not supplant other sources of grant financial aid.
(b) The one-time grant funds issued pursuant to this section shall not exceed the amount appropriated for the Golden State Teacher Grant Program in the Budget Act of 2020.
(c) (1) A grant recipient shall agree to teach in a high-need field at a priority school for four years and shall have five years, upon completion of the recipient’s professional preparation program, to meet that obligation. Except as provided in paragraph (4), a grant recipient shall agree to repay the state 25 percent of the total received grant funds annually, up to full repayment of the received grant funds, for each year the recipient fails to do one or more of the following:
(2) Mathematics or science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), including computer science and career technical education in STEM areas.
(f) (1) A “priority school” means a school with a high percentage, as determined by the Commission on Teacher Credentialing in consultation with the State Department of Education, of teachers holding emergency-type permits over the last three years, based on the most recent data available to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing and the State Department of Education.
(2) The Commission on Teacher Credentialing shall publish a list of priority schools by January 1 of each year for which moneys have been appropriated by the Legislature to support grants pursuant to this section.
(3) For purposes of this section, “emergency-type permits” include, but not are limited to, any of the following:
(g) The commission may adopt regulations necessary for the implementation of this program.
(C) For the 2016–17 fiscal year, seventy-one million two hundred forty-four thousand dollars ($71,244,000).
(D) For the 2017–18 fiscal year, ninety-nine million nine hundred thirty-eight thousand dollars ($99,938,000).
(E) For the 2018–19 fiscal year, one hundred four million three hundred forty-five thousand dollars ($104,345,000).
(F) For the 2019–20 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, one hundred seventeen million dollars ($117,000,000).
Article 22.5 (commencing with Section 70027) is added to Chapter 2 of Part 42 of Division 5 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
Article 22.5. Disaster Relief Emergency Student Financial Aid
(a) As used in this article, “commission” means the Student Aid Commission.
(b) Local assistance funds available for the California Dreamer Service Incentive Grant Program established pursuant to Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 69438) of Chapter 1.7 for the 2019–20 and 2020–21 fiscal years shall be used to provide disaster relief emergency student financial aid to students at the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges with identified financial need who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition under Section 68130.5, and who apply for financial aid using the application established by the commission pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 69508.5, apply for a fee waiver pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 76300, or who apply for financial aid by other means established by their college or university.
(c) The commission shall distribute available local assistance funding in the following manner:
(1) (A) Eleven million dollars ($11,000,000) to the California Community Colleges. The Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall distribute these funds to community colleges that request funding for the purposes described in subdivision (b). The funds shall be distributed based on the number of students enrolled at the community college who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition under Section 68130.5, and who apply for a fee waiver pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 76300, or who apply for student financial aid by other means established by their college. The funds shall supplement, and not supplant, existing student financial aid provided to qualifying students.
(B) Each community college that receives funding pursuant to this paragraph shall report to the chancellor’s office on the number of students served, the total amount of financial aid provided, and the average award amount provided to qualifying students pursuant to this paragraph. On or before January 30, 2021, the chancellor’s office shall report to the Department of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee the information it receives from community colleges.
(C) The chancellor’s office may develop administrative guidance to clarify the requirements of this paragraph.
(2) (A) Three million dollars ($3,000,000) to the California State University to be distributed to students with identified financial need who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition under Section 68130.5, and who apply for financial aid using the application established by the commission pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 69508.5, or who apply for student financial aid by other means established by their university. The funds shall supplement, and not supplant, existing student financial aid provided to qualifying students.
(B) On or before January 30, 2021, the Office of the Chancellor shall report to the Department of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee on the number of students served, the total amount of student financial aid provided, and the average award amount provided to qualifying students pursuant to this paragraph.
(3) One million dollars ($1,000,000) to the University of California to be distributed to students with identified financial need who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition under Section 68130.5, and who apply for financial aid using the application established by the commission pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 69508.5, or who apply for student financial aid by other means established by their university. The funds shall supplement, and not supplant, existing student aid provided to qualifying students.
(d) On or before January 30, 2021, the Office of the President of the University of California shall report to the Department of Finance and the Joint Legislative Budget Committee on the number of students served, the total amount of financial aid provided, and the average award amount provided to qualifying students pursuant to this paragraph.
70028.
This article shall become inoperative on July 1, 2021, and, as of January 1, 2022, is repealed.
Section 78222 of the Education Code is amended to read:
Section 84321.62 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 84321.61, to read:
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 districts pursuant to Section 84320 shall be adjusted, commencing with the 2020–21 fiscal year, by the following:
(2) For the month of May, three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be deferred to August.
(3) For the month of April, three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be deferred to September.
(4) For the month of March, three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be deferred to October.
(5) For the month of February, two hundred fifty-three million two hundred forty-three thousand dollars ($253,243,000) shall be deferred to November.
(b) The sum of one billion four hundred fifty-three million two hundred forty-three thousand dollars ($1,453,243,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for apportionments to community college districts, for expenditure during the fiscal year the payments are disbursed, to be expended in accordance with the applicable schedules of Item 6870-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the applicable Budget Act.
(c) Of the funds appropriated in subdivision (b), three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000) shall be allocated in each of the months of July, August, September, and October and two hundred fifty-three million two hundred forty-three thousand dollars ($253,243,000) shall be allocated in November of the fiscal year the payments are disbursed in satisfaction of the moneys deferred pursuant to subdivision (a).
(d) (1) The chancellor may adjust the monthly schedule described in subdivision (a) to increase the amount deferred in a specified month if it ensures a shorter time between a deferred payment and repayment.
(2) If adjusting the monthly schedule, the chancellor shall not exceed the total amount of deferred payments described in subdivision (a).
(e) Pursuant to Section 8.28 of the Budget Act of 2020, if the Director of Finance determines that there are sufficient federal funds provided to the state for the 2020–21 fiscal year that may be used to offset the deferral of payments in the amount specified in that section, the Director of Finance shall reduce the amounts reflected in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c). In reducing these amounts, the Director of Finance shall first reduce the amounts deferred from any months occurring earliest in the 2020–21 fiscal year.
(f) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriations made by subdivision (b) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for community college districts,” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which the payments are disbursed, and included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which the payments are disbursed.
(g) This section shall become operative on December 15, 2020.
Section 84321.7 of the Education Code is amended to read:
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, May or June, that are instead to be drawn in the applicable months of the following fiscal year pursuant to Section 84321.62, may be drawn in February, March, April, May, or June, as applicable, subject to the approval of the Director of Finance, for a community college district as follows:
(1) In order for a community college district to receive a payment in February, March, April, May, or June pursuant to this section, the community college district shall certify to the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and to the Director of Finance at least two months before the applicable deferral that the deferral of warrants pursuant to Section 84321.62 will result in the community college district being unable to meet its financial obligations for any of the months of February, March, April, May, or June, as applicable, and shall provide the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges an estimate of the amount of additional funds necessary for the community college district to meet its financial obligations for the months of February, March, April, May, or June, as applicable.
(2) The criteria, as applicable, set forth in statute and regulations to qualify a community college district for an emergency apportionment shall be used to make the certification specified in paragraph (1).
(3) A community college district may receive, pursuant to this section, no more than the lesser of the following:
(A) The total amount of additional funds necessary for the community college district to meet its financial obligations for any of the months of February, March, April, May, or June, as reported to the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges pursuant to paragraph (1).
(B) The total payments the community college district is entitled to receive in the applicable deferral month pursuant to Section 84321.62.
(b) If the total amount requested by community college districts pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) exceeds thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) for any of the applicable deferral months, the Controller, the Treasurer, and the Director of Finance may authorize additional payments to meet these requests, but total payments to community college districts pursuant to this section shall not exceed sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) for any of the applicable deferral months. No later than one month before the applicable deferral, the Controller, the Treasurer, and the Director of Finance shall determine whether sufficient cash is available to make payments in excess of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) to a community college district. In making the determination that cash is sufficient to make additional payments, in whole or in part, the Controller, Treasurer, and Director of Finance shall consider costs for state government, the scope of any identified cash shortage, timing, achievability, legislative direction, and the impact and hardship imposed on potentially affected programs, entities, and related public services. The Department of Finance shall notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee within 10 days of this determination and identify the total amount of requests that will be paid.
(c) If the total amount of cash made available pursuant to subdivision (b) is less than the amount requested pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a), payments to community college districts shall be prorated.
(d) Payments pursuant to this section shall be made by the Controller no later than the last business day of the months of February, March, April, May, or June, as applicable.
(e) By August 1 of each year, commencing in 2021, the Department of Finance, in collaboration with the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, shall notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee of the following information by each community college district that, in the prior fiscal year, requested an exemption to the deferral of payments:
(1) The amount requested for each applicable month pursuant to subdivision (a).
(2) The amount received for each applicable month pursuant to this section. and, if the request was not granted, the reason for the denial.
(f) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (e) of Section 41202, for purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the warrants drawn pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for community college districts,” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which the warrants are required to be drawn pursuant to Section 84321.62, and included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which the warrants are required to be drawn pursuant to Section 84321.62.
Section 84363 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 84362, to read:
(a) For purposes of computing the expenditure requirements pursuant to Section 84362, a community college district shall exclude from that computation any expenditures incurred by that district during a state or local declared emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic that are not otherwise normal expenditures that would have been incurred by that district.
(4) It is the intent of the Legislature that for the 2020–21 fiscal year, 70 percent of funding for the Student Centered Funding Formula is for the base allocation provided to districts, 20 percent is for the supplemental allocation provided to districts, and 10 percent is for student success allocation provided to districts.
(b) (1) Commencing with the 2018–19 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, the chancellor’s office shall annually calculate a base allocation, a supplemental allocation, and a student success allocation for each community college district in the state pursuant to this section. This calculation applies only to the allocation of credit revenue. Noncredit instruction, and instruction in career development and college preparation full-time equivalent students (FTES) shall be funded pursuant to the requirements of paragraphs (3) and (4), respectively, of subdivision (d) of Section 84750.5, as that section read on January 1, 2018.
(2) For purposes of this section, unless otherwise specified in the annual Budget Act, the cost-of-living adjustment shall be the percentage change in the annual average value of the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services for the United States, as published by the United States Department of Commerce for the 12-month period ending in the third quarter of the prior fiscal year.
(c) For purposes of computing the base allocation, the marginal funding rate for credit revenue per FTES shall be as follows:
(1) For the 2018–19 fiscal year, three thousand seven hundred twenty-seven dollars ($3,727).
(2) For the 2019–20 fiscal year, four thousand nine dollars ($4,009).
(3) Commencing with the 2020–21 fiscal year, the rate specified in paragraph (2) adjusted for changes in the cost-of-living adjustment and other base adjustments in subsequent annual budget acts.
(C) Notwithstanding the rate in subdivision (c), for community college districts that had higher rates used to calculate their 2017–18 general purpose apportionments, the following rates shall be used to calculate their base allocations:
(i) For the 2018–19 fiscal year, as follows:
(ii) For the 2019–20 fiscal year, as follows:
(I) For Foothill-De Anza Community College District, the rate shall be no less than four thousand twenty-eight dollars ($4,028).
(II) For Lake Tahoe Community College District, the rate shall be no less than four thousand one hundred seven dollars ($4,107).
(III) For Lassen Community College District, the rate shall be no less than four thousand eighty-one dollars ($4,081).
(IV) For Marin Community College District, the rate shall be no less than four thousand five hundred eighty-three dollars ($4,583).
(V) For MiraCosta Community College District, the rate shall be no less than four thousand sixteen dollars ($4,016).
(VI) For San Francisco Community College District, the rate shall be no less than four thousand forty dollars ($4,040).
(VII) For San Jose-Evergreen Community College District, the rate shall be no less than four thousand twenty-seven dollars ($4,027).
(VIII) For Santa Monica Community College District, the rate shall be no less than four thousand sixty-two dollars ($4,062).
(IX) For South Orange Community College District, the rate shall be no less than four thousand one hundred fifteen dollars ($4,115).
(X) For West Kern Community College District, the rate shall be no less than five thousand three hundred seven dollars ($5,307).
(iii) Commencing with the 2020–21 fiscal year, the rates specified in clause (ii) adjusted for changes in the cost-of-living adjustment and other base adjustments in subsequent annual budget acts.
(E) For the calculation of the three-year rolling average for the base allocation for the 2020–21 fiscal year, the sum of funded credit FTES for the 2019–20 fiscal year, as adjusted for shifts in summer enrollment between fiscal years, may be used in place of funded credit FTES for the 2020–21 fiscal year.
(B) For the 2019–20 fiscal year, nine hundred forty-eight dollars ($948).
(C) (i) Commencing with the 2020–21 fiscal year, the rate specified in subparagraph (B) adjusted for changes in the cost-of-living adjustment and other base adjustments in subsequent annual budget acts.
(ii) For the calculation of the supplemental allocation for the 2020–21 fiscal year, data from the 2018–19 fiscal year, for purposes of paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), may be used in place of data from the 2019–20 fiscal year.
(II) For the 2019–20 fiscal year, five hundred fifty-nine dollars ($559).
(III) Commencing with the 2020–21 fiscal year, the rate specified in subclause (II) adjusted for changes in the cost-of-living adjustment and other base adjustments in subsequent annual budget acts.
(ii) (I) Commencing with the 2019–20 fiscal year, to calculate the student success allocation for each community college district, the chancellor’s office shall calculate a three-year rolling average for each metric described in this paragraph. To compute the three-year average for each metric, the chancellor’s office shall compute the sum of data for that metric from the prior year, the year prior to the prior year, and the year prior to the year prior to the prior year, and divide the sum by three.
(II) For the calculation of the three-year rolling average for the student success allocation for the 2020–21 fiscal year, data from the 2018–19 fiscal year, for purposes of subparagraphs (B), (C), (D), (E), and (F), may be used in place of data from the 2019–20 fiscal year.
(i) Three points for each chancellor’s office approved associate degree or approved baccalaureate degree granted, excluding an associate degree for transfer granted pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 66745) of Chapter 9.2 of Part 40 of Division 5, based on the three-year rolling average for this metric calculated pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).
(ii) Four points for each chancellor’s office approved associate degree for transfer degree granted pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 66745) of Chapter 9.2 of Part 40 of Division 5, based on the three-year rolling average for this metric calculated pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).
(iii) (I) Two points for each chancellor’s office approved credit certificate requiring 18 or more units granted, based on the three-year rolling average for this metric calculated pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).
(C) Each community college district shall be granted two points for each student who successfully completes both transfer-level mathematics and English courses within the student’s first academic year of enrollment, based on the three-year rolling average for this metric calculated pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).
(D) (i) Each community college district shall be granted one and one-half points for each student who successfully transfers to a four-year university, based on the three-year rolling average for this metric calculated pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).
(E) Each community college district shall be granted one point for each student who successfully completes nine or more career technical education units, based on the three-year rolling average for this metric calculated pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).
(F) Each community college district shall be granted one point for each student who obtains a regional living wage within one year of community college completion, based on the three-year rolling average for this metric calculated pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).
(II) For the 2019–20 fiscal year, one hundred forty-one dollars ($141).
(ii) (I) Commencing with the 2019–20 fiscal year, to calculate the equity component of the student success allocation for each community college district, the chancellor’s office shall calculate a three-year rolling average for each metric described in this paragraph. To compute the three-year average for each metric, the chancellor’s office shall compute the sum of data for that metric from the prior year, the year prior to the prior year, and the year prior to the year prior to the prior year, and divide the sum by three.
(II) For the calculation of the three-year rolling average for the equity component of the student success allocation for the 2020–21 fiscal year, data from the 2018–19 fiscal year, for purposes of subparagraphs (B) and (C), may be used in place of data from the 2019–20 fiscal year.
(B) Each community college district shall receive points for a student who received a fee waiver pursuant to Section 76300 and generated points for any of the metrics described in paragraph (1), based on the three-year rolling average for this metric calculated pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A). For each student identified pursuant to this subparagraph, the community college district shall receive the number of points equal to the number of points that the community college was granted for that student for each of the metrics described in paragraph (1).
(C) (i) Each community college district shall receive points for a student who received financial aid under the Federal Pell Grant program (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1070a) and generated points for any of the metrics described in paragraph (1), based on the three-year rolling average for this metric calculated pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).
(I) Four and one-half points for each chancellor’s office approved associate degree or approved baccalaureate degree granted, excluding an associate degree for transfer granted pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 66745) of Chapter 9.2 of Part 40 of Division 5, based on the three-year rolling average for this metric calculated pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).
(II) Six points for each chancellor’s office approved associate for transfer degree granted pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 66745) of Chapter 9.2 of Part 40 of Division 5, based on the three-year rolling average for this metric calculated pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).
(III) Three points for each chancellor’s office approved credit certificate requiring 16 or more units granted, based on the three-year rolling average for this metric calculated pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).
(I) Three points for each student who successfully completes transfer-level mathematics and English courses within the student’s first academic year of enrollment, based on the three-year rolling average for this metric calculated pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).
(II) Two and one-quarter points for each student who successfully transfers to a four-year university, based on the three-year rolling average for this metric calculated pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).
(III) One and one-half points for each student who successfully completes nine or more career technical education units, based on the three-year rolling average for this metric calculated pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).
(IV) One and one-half points for each student who obtains a regional living wage within one year of community college completion, based on the three-year rolling average for this metric calculated pursuant to clause (ii) of subparagraph (A).
(3) (A) From the 2019–20 fiscal year to the 2025–26 fiscal year, inclusive, for the San Francisco Community College District and the Compton Community College District, the rates for computing the hold harmless provisions pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be multiplied each year by the cost-of-living adjustment identified in the annual Budget Act and adjusted for increases to FTES. The level of funding for the San Francisco Community College District and the Compton Community College District shall be adjusted to include a basic allocation based on the number of colleges and comprehensive centers in the district consistent with the basic allocation rates used in the 2017–18 fiscal year multiplied by the 2018–19 fiscal year cost-of-living adjustment, and adjusted for changes in the cost-of-living in subsequent annual budget acts. The intent of these adjustments is to provide the San Francisco Community College District and the Compton Community College District with the greater of the amount that would have been calculated pursuant to the requirements of Section 84750.5, as that section read on January 1, 2018, adjusted for annual changes in the cost-of-living adjustment identified in the annual Budget Act and adjusted for increases in FTES, or the amount computed pursuant to the funding formula established in this section.
(B) For purposes of computing the FTES attributable to this paragraph and subdivision (d), for seven fiscal years beginning in the 2017–18 fiscal year, the San Francisco Community College District shall be entitled to restoration of any reduction in apportionment revenue due to decreases in FTES, up to the level of attendance of FTES funded in the 2012–13 fiscal year, if there is a subsequent increase in FTES.
(C) (i) For purposes of computing the FTES attributable to this paragraph and subdivision (d), for seven fiscal years beginning in the fiscal year the Compton Community College District is accredited under the governing authority of the Board of Trustees of the Compton Community College District, the board of governors shall provide allocations to the Compton Community College District in an amount not less than the total amount that the district would receive if the level of attendance of FTES was the same level of attendance as in the 2017–18 fiscal year. The amount shall be adjusted to reflect cost-of-living adjustments, deficits in apportionments, or both, as appropriate for the applicable fiscal years.
(ii) For purposes of computing the FTES attributable to this paragraph and subdivision (d), for seven fiscal years beginning in the fiscal year the Compton Community College District is accredited under the governing authority of the Board of Trustees of the Compton Community College District, the Compton Community College District shall be entitled to restoration of any reduction in apportionment revenue due to decreases in FTES, up to the level of attendance of FTES funded in the 2017–18 fiscal year, if there is a subsequent increase in FTES.
(4) (A) Commencing with the 2020–21 fiscal year, decreases in a community college district’s total revenue computed pursuant to the sum of subdivisions (d), (e), and (f), or computed pursuant to this subdivision shall result in the associated reduction beginning in the year following the initial year of decreases, adjusted for changes in the cost-of-living adjustment.
(h) For the fiscal years 2018–19 to 2023–24, inclusive, each community college district whose increase in 2017–18 general purpose apportionment funding computed pursuant to Section 84750.5, compared to apportionment funding computed pursuant to this section, is less than the year-over-year cost-of-living adjustments applicable to those fiscal years, shall receive discretionary resources in an amount needed to ensure that the community college district receives no less than its 2017–18 general purpose apportionment funding computed pursuant to Section 84750.5 adjusted for annual year-over-year cost-of-living adjustments.
Section 88821 of the Education Code is amended to read:
(b) The Strong Workforce Program is hereby established as a K–14 state education, economic, and workforce development initiative for the purpose of expanding the availability of high-quality, industry-valued career technical education and workforce development courses, programs, pathways, credentials, certificates, and degrees.
(e) All of the following guiding principles apply to each consortium participating in the Strong Workforce Program:
(g) Community college districts are encouraged to expedite the development of targeted credit or noncredit short-term workforce training programs, in accordance with all of the following:
(1) Short-term workforce training programs that focus on economic recovery and result in job placement.
(2) Short-term workforce training programs that focus on the reskilling and upskilling of individuals.
(3) (A) Short-term workforce training programs that have at least one proven employer partner, demonstrate job vacancies, and submit verification to the chancellor’s office.
(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), verification includes the projected number of individuals served, completion rates, and job placement rates.
(4) It is the intent of the Legislature that, where possible, short-term noncredit workforce training programs should be utilized to be responsive to the workforce training needs of employers, with the ability to transition to credit or noncredit courses and programs upon successful completion of a program established pursuant to this subdivision. Colleges are encouraged to develop workforce training that utilizes competency-based approaches, and applies credit for prior learning where possible.
(h) After June 30, 2017, and only as necessary, the chancellor’s office may develop and implement revised polices and guidance for the Community College component only, and bring regulations before the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges as necessary for a community college district and its regional partners to accomplish both of the following:
(i) (1) For purposes of this section, the chancellor’s office shall consider input provided by relevant stakeholders, including the Academic Senate of the California Community Colleges, the Workforce Pathways Joint Advisory Committee, and the California Workforce Development Board, before implementing revised guidance, policies, or regulatory changes for the Community College component.
Section 88822 of the Education Code is amended to read:
(q) “Short-term workforce training program” means a 4 to 12-week program with a proven employer partner designed for targeted reskilling and upskilling that results in job placement.
(r) “Strong Workforce Task Force” means the Task Force on Workforce, Job Creation and a Strong Economy commissioned by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
Section 88825 of the Education Code is amended to read:
(c) (1) Forty percent of the funds apportioned for the Community College component of the program shall be apportioned directly to the fiscal agents of the consortia for the purpose of funding regionally prioritized projects and programs that meet the needs of local and regional economies, including development of short-term workforce training programs focused on California’s economic recovery from COVID-19 beginning in 2020, as identified in regional plans and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128) regional plans.
(2) Sixty percent of the funds apportioned for the Community College component of the program shall be apportioned directly to community college districts in the consortia. Funds apportioned directly to a community college district shall be expended for the purpose of funding regionally prioritized projects and programs within the community college district that meet the needs of local and regional economies, including development of short-term workforce training programs focused on California’s economic recovery from COVID-19 beginning in 2020, as identified in regional plans and Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128) regional plans. As a condition of receiving direct funding, each community college district shall actively participate in its consortium.
Article 7 (commencing with Section 89780) is added to Chapter 6 of Part 55 of Division 8 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
Article 7. Summer Term Financial Aid
(a) Funding provided to the California State University in the annual budget act to provide summer term financial aid to any student who is eligible for state financial aid and who is a California resident, including students who receive an exemption from nonresident tuition pursuant to Section 68130.5, shall be suspended on December 31, 2021, unless the condition described in subdivision (b) occurs.
(b) The suspension described in subdivision (a) shall not take effect if the estimates of General Fund revenues and expenditures for the 2021–22 and 2022–23 fiscal years, as determined pursuant to Section 12.5 of Article IV of the California Constitution, that accompany the May Revision required to be released by May 14, 2021, pursuant to Section 13308 of the Government Code contain a determination by the Director of Finance that estimated annual General Fund revenues exceed estimated General Fund expenditures for the 2021–22 and 2022–23 fiscal years by an amount equal to or greater than the sum total of all General Fund appropriations for all programs subject to suspension.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature to consider alternative solutions to restore the program described in subdivision (a) if the suspension described in subdivision (a) takes effect.
Article 6. Summer Term Financial Aid
(a) Funding provided to the University of California in the annual budget act to provide summer term financial aid to any student who is eligible for state financial aid and who is a California resident, including students who receive an exemption from nonresident tuition pursuant to Section 68130.5, shall be suspended on December 31, 2021, unless the condition described in subdivision (b) occurs.
(9) Address learning loss in mathematics, science, and English, language arts due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(3) On or before January 1, 2024, providing a report on addressing learning loss in the mathematics, science, writing, and reading and literature projects specified in Section 99201 to the Governor and to appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature. The report shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following information, compiled for a three-year period:
(A) The number, and level of experience, of participants in the mathematics, science, writing, and reading and literature projects that are specifically focused on addressing learning loss in mathematics, science, and English, language arts due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(B) The total amount of funds expended, on an annual basis that are specifically focused on addressing learning loss in mathematics, science, and English, language arts due to the COVID-19 pandemic, for the mathematics, science, writing, and reading and literature projects.
(C) An explanation of the type of professional development activities offered pursuant to the mathematics, science, writing, and reading and literature projects to address learning loss in mathematics, science, and English, language arts due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the extent to which teachers were provided professional development focused on delivering career-oriented, integrated academic and technical content.
(D) A list of the name and location of each school affiliated with the mathematics, science, writing, and reading and literature projects that are specifically focused on addressing learning loss in mathematics, science, and English, language arts due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
(e) (1) The requirement for submitting a report pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) is inoperative on January 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(a) The department may either self-fund or self-insure any benefit program under its administration when it is cost effective to do so. The department may administer the self-funded or self-insured benefit program directly or may contract with a third party administrator. The Treasurer, Controller, and the Department of Finance shall assist the department to ensure that the appropriate fiscal and administrative procedures are established. These procedures shall include, but not be limited to, processes, fund accounts, and transfers from each department’s operating budget, including a pro rata share of the cost of administration. Notwithstanding any other law, the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall assist the department upon request by providing retiree names and addresses to the department solely for the purpose of notifying retirees of eligibility for enrollment into a dental plan, vision plan, group legal insurance plan, or life insurance plan offered by the department. Any information provided to the department shall be treated as confidential by the department.
Section 22956 of the Government Code is amended to read:
(a) An annuitant who retires from the state may enroll in a dental care plan offered under this part, provided either of the following apply:
(1) The annuitant is not enrolled in a health benefit plan or a dental care plan, but was eligible for enrollment as an employee at the time of separation for retirement, and who retired within 120 days of the date of separation.
(2) The annuitant is receiving an allowance pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 9359) of Chapter 3.5 of Part 1 of Division 2.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the board has no duty to locate or notify any annuitant who may be eligible to enroll, or to provide names or addresses to any person, agency, or entity for the purpose of notifying annuitants.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, the board shall assist the California State University upon request by providing retiree names and addresses to the California State University solely for the purpose of notifying retirees of eligibility for enrollment in a dental care plan offered by the California State University under this part. Any information provided to the California State University for this purpose shall be treated as confidential by the California State University.
Section 22959.83 of the Government Code is amended to read:
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(a) An annuitant who retires from a California State University campus or the office of the chancellor may enroll in a vision care plan offered under this part, if any of the following apply:
(1) The annuitant was enrolled in a health benefit plan, a dental care plan, or vision care plan at the time of separation for retirement, and retired within 120 days of the date of separation.
(2) The annuitant was not enrolled in a health benefit plan, a dental care plan, or vision care plan at the time of separation for retirement, but was eligible for enrollment as an employee at the time of separation for retirement, and retired within 120 days of the date of separation.
(b) The California State University has no duty to locate or notify any annuitant who may be eligible to enroll, or to provide names or addresses to any person, agency, or entity for the purpose of notifying annuitants.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall assist the California State University upon request by providing retiree names and addresses to the California State University solely for the purpose of notifying retirees of eligibility for enrollment into a vision care plan offered by the California State University under this part. Any information provided to the California State University for this purpose shall be treated as confidential by the California State University.
Item 6440-001-0007 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2019 is amended to read:
6440-001-0007—For support of University of California, payable from the Breast Cancer Research Account, Breast Cancer Fund ........................
(a) (1) For the 2020–21 fiscal year, the sum of sixty-six million two hundred fifty-five thousand dollars ($66,255,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to allocate to community college districts for the same purposes as funds provided in Item 6870-162-8505 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2020.
(2) Notwithstanding Provision 5 of Item 6870-162-8505 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2020, funds appropriated to this subdivision shall be available for encumbrance or expenditure until June 30, 2022.
(3) On or before December 1, 2023, the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall submit a report on the use of these funds to the Legislature, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, and the Department of Finance. The report shall include all of the following:
(A) The amount of the funds provided for each community college.
(B) A description of how the funds were used for each of the purposes reflected in Provision 3 of Item 6870-162-8505 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2020.
(C) A statement of reasons describing how the funds prioritized services for underrepresented students.
(D) An explanation of the effectiveness of services or supports provided by the funds.
(b) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, thirty-three million two hundred ten thousand dollars ($33,210,000) of the appropriation made pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for community college districts,” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, for the 2019–20 fiscal year, and included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, for the 2019–20 fiscal year.
(c) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, thirty-three million forty-five thousand dollars ($33,045,000) of the appropriation made pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be “General Fund revenues appropriated for community college districts,” as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, for the 2020–21 fiscal year, and included within the “total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B,” as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202 of the Education Code, for the 2020–21 fiscal year.