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Bill Text - SB-81 Postsecondary education: budget.
SB-81 Postsecondary education: budget.(2015-2016)
SB81:v96#DOCUMENT
An act to amend Sections 8152, 69431.7, 69432, 69437, 70022, 70023, 79148, 79149.3, 84750.5, 89772, 92493, 92495, and 92495.5 of, to add Sections 52334.7, 68075.7, 70022.5, 84044, 84751.6, 84751.7, and 94874.9 to, to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 79240) to Chapter 9 of Part 48 of Division 7 of Title 3 of, to add Part 53 (commencing with Section 88700) and Part 54 (commencing with Section 88800) to Division 7 of Title 3 of, and to repeal and add Section 88540 of, the Education Code, to amend Sections 17039, 17053.86, 23036, and 23686 of, and to add and repeal Sections 12207, 17053.87, and 23687 of, the Revenue and Taxation Code, and to add Item 6910-102-0001 to Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2014 (Chapters 25 and 663 of the Statutes of 2014), relating to postsecondary education, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget.
SB 81, Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. Postsecondary education: budget.
(1) Existing law provides for the attendance of apprentices at local educational agencies, defined to mean school districts and county offices of education, and community colleges under vocational education program standards that are established with the participation of the State Department of Education, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law requires the chancellor to allocate the hours for instruction related and supplemental to on-the-job training, to be paid from funds appropriated by the Legislature directly to participating local educational agencies and community colleges that contract with apprenticeship programs.
This bill would require the chancellor to notify participating local educational agencies and community colleges of the initial allocation of related and supplemental hours within 30 days of the enactment of the annual Budget Act. The bill would require the chancellor to report certain information relating to allocated hours to the California Apprenticeship Council within 30 days of each apportionment period for each participating local educational agency and community college.
(2) Existing law authorizes various career technical education programs, including regional occupational centers and programs, specialized secondary programs, partnership academies, and agricultural career technical education programs.
The bill would authorize the Superintendent of Public Instruction to certify, by name, each regional occupational center or program, county office of education, or adult education program that provides a program of training to prepare adult students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation, to legally authorize the center, program, or office to provide an educational program beyond secondary education, as specified.
(3) Existing law exempts certain students of the California State University and the California Community Colleges from paying nonresident tuition.
This bill would provide that, effective for academic terms beginning after July 1, 2015, a student enrolled at a campus of the California Community Colleges or the California State University who resides in California, meets the definition of “covered individual” under a specified federal statute, and is eligible for education benefits under either of 2 specified federal “GI Bill” programs, is exempt from paying nonresident tuition and any other fees exclusively applicable to nonresident students at that campus.
The bill would provide that a student who qualifies under this bill for an exemption from paying nonresident tuition and other fees exclusively applicable to nonresident students would be exempt from paying nonresident tuition and these other fees for each academic term for which he or she enrolls while he or she is continuously enrolled, as defined, at the campus he or she attends. To the extent that this provision would create new duties for community college districts, it would constitute a state-mandated local program.
The bill would authorize a community college district to report the attendance of a student who is exempt from nonresident tuition and other fees under this bill for apportionment purposes.
(4) The Cal Grant Program establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards, the Cal Grant C awards, and the Cal Grant T awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. Existing law establishes the maximum tuition award amount for each Cal Grant A and B award for new recipient students attending private nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions at $9,084 for the 2014–15 award year and $8,056 for the 2015–16 award year and each award year thereafter.
This bill would increase the maximum tuition award amount for Cal Grant A and B for new recipients at private nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions to $9,084 for the 2015–16 and 2016–17 award year.
(5) Under existing law, the Cal Grant Program requires, among other things, that a total of 22,500 Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards be granted annually.
This bill would instead, commencing with the 2015–16 academic year, require that a total of 25,750 Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards be granted annually. The bill would also make conforming changes and delete an obsolete provision.
(6) Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education. The programs administered by the commission include the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program and the Middle Class Scholarship Program.
The Middle Class Scholarship Program provides that, subject to an available and sufficient appropriation, commencing with the 2014–15 academic year, an undergraduate student enrolled at the University of California or the California State University, and meeting certain requirements, is eligible for a scholarship award that, combined with other federal, state, and institutionally administered grants and fee waivers, is for an amount of up to 40% of the systemwide tuition and fees. Under existing law, a student receiving an award under the Middle Class Scholarship Program is required to have an annual household income that does not exceed $150,000, satisfy specified requirements for a Cal Grant award, be a California resident or exempt from paying nonresident tuition, file specified financial aid forms, timely apply for publicly funded student financial aid for which he or she is eligible, maintain at least a 2.0 grade point average, be pursuing his or her first undergraduate baccalaureate degree or be enrolled in a specified professional teacher preparation program, and be enrolled at least parttime.
This bill would require that a student meet these requirements each academic year, to the satisfaction of the commission, to be eligible for an award under the Middle Class Scholarship Program. The bill would provide that $150,000 maximum annual household income amount would be adjusted, beginning in 2016–17 academic year, for changes in the cost of living, as defined. The bill, beginning with awards distributed for the 2015–16 academic year, would prohibit a student from receiving an award under the program if that student’s household asset level exceeds $150,000, as adjusted, beginning in the 2016–17 academic year, for changes in the cost of living. The bill would provide that a scholarship awarded under the Middle Class Scholarship Program can be renewed, as specified.
(7) Existing law requires specified amounts to be transferred, upon order of the Director of Finance, from the General Fund to the Middle Class Scholarship Fund each fiscal year commencing with the 2014–15 fiscal year. Existing law appropriates these funds to the Student Aid Commission for allocation pursuant to the Middle Class Scholarship Program. Existing law provides that, upon order of the Director of Finance, if the May Revision projects a deficit for the next fiscal year, the amounts specified for transfer may be reduced by up to 33% and, beginning with the 2016–17 fiscal year, and each year thereafter, to an amount greater than or equal to $200,000,000.
This bill would reduce the amounts specified for transfer to the Middle Class Scholarship Fund for the 2015–16, 2016–17, and 2017–18 fiscal years from $152,000,000 to $82,000,000, from $228,000,000 to $116,000,000, and from $305,000,000 to $159,000,000, respectively, subject to a further 33% reduction as specified above, and would express the Legislature’s intent that any savings realized in this regard be used to support higher education.
(8) This bill would require funds appropriated to the board of governors for the Foster Care Education Program to be used for foster parent and relative/kinship care provider education, as specified.
(9) Existing law establishes various student equity-related programs, including the Student Success and Basic Skills Students program, the Student Financial Aid Administration program, the Student Success and Support Program, and the Telecommunications and Technology Infrastructure program.
This bill would require the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to submit reports to the Department of Finance and the Legislature, by December 31 of each fiscal year, on the use of funds appropriated in the Budget Act for the prior fiscal year for the Student Success and Basic Skills Students program, the Student Financial Aid Administration program, the technical assistance provided to community college districts pursuant to the Student Success and Support Program, and the Telecommunications and Technology Infrastructure program, as specified.
(10) Existing law requires the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to develop criteria and standards, in accordance with specified statewide minimum requirements, for the purposes of making the annual budget request for the California Community Colleges to the Governor and the Legislature, and allocating state general apportionment revenues. Those statewide minimum requirements include, among other things, a requirement that the calculations of each community college district’s revenue level for each fiscal year be based on specified criteria, with revenue adjustments being made for increases or decreases in attendance and for other specified reasons.
This bill, if the annual budget act identifies funds appropriated to do so, would require the chancellor to adjust the budget request formula, as specified.
(11) The Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012, an initiative measure approved by the voters at the November 6, 2012, statewide general election, among other things, increased certain tax rates and deposited the revenues from those increases in tax into the Education Protection Account. The act provides that all moneys in the Education Protection Account are continuously appropriated for the support of school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, and community college districts, and requires 11% of the moneys appropriated to be allocated quarterly by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to community college districts to provide general purpose funding to community college districts, as specified. The act requires that allocation to be offset by certain amounts, provided that no community college district receives less than $100 per full-time equivalent student.
This bill would require an amount to be determined by the Director of Finance to be appropriated, on or before June 30 of each fiscal year, from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges if the revenues distributed to community college districts that are intended to offset the Education Protection Account allocation are less than the estimated amount reflected in the Budget Act for that year. If the revenues distributed to community college districts that are intended to offset the Education Protection Account allocation exceed the estimated amount reflected in the Budget Act for that fiscal year, the bill would require the Director of Finance to reduce a specified item of that Budget Act that appropriates funds to the board of governors by the excess amount.
(12) This bill would require an amount to be determined by the Director of Finance to be appropriated, on or before June 30 of each fiscal year from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges if specified redevelopment-related revenues distributed to community college districts are less than the estimated amount reflected in the Budget Act for that fiscal year. If the specified redevelopment-related revenues distributed to community college districts exceed the estimated amount reflected in the Budget Act for that fiscal year, the bill would require the Director of Finance to reduce a specified item of that Budget Act that appropriates funds to the board of governors by the excess amount.
(13) Existing law, until June 30, 2015, establishes the Career Technical Education Pathways Program, which requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to assist economic and workforce regional development centers and consortia, community colleges, middle schools, high schools, and regional occupational centers and programs to improve linkages and career technical education pathways between high schools and community colleges, as specified.
This bill would continue the operation of the program until July 1, 2016, and would appropriate $48,000,000 for the support of the program.
(14) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law authorizes the establishment of community college districts under the administration of community college governing boards, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at community college campuses throughout the state.
This bill would establish a financial and professional development grant funding program, which would authorize the governing board of a community college district to apply to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for, and would require the chancellor to distribute, multiyear financial and professional development grant funding upon appropriation of funds for that purpose for community colleges within the district to adopt or expand the use of evidence-based models of academic assessment and placement, remediation, and student support that accelerate the progress of underprepared students toward achieving postsecondary educational and career goals. The bill would require community colleges that receive these grants to report specified information to the chancellor’s office on program outcomes. The bill would make the chancellor’s office responsible for administering the grant program and distributing and monitoring awards to recipient community college districts, developing application criteria, administrative guidelines, and other requirements for purposes of administering the grant program, and providing the information submitted by community college districts to the Legislative Analyst’s Office. The bill would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office to report to the Legislature on the progress of the grant program in achieving its prescribed purpose, as specified.
This bill would appropriate the sum of $60,000,000 from the General Fund to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for allocation to community college districts under the financial grant and professional development funding program described above.
(15) Under existing law, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges appoints a Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to serve as the chief executive officer of the segment.
This bill would require the chancellor to solicit, from community college districts that choose to apply for a grant under this bill, applications seeking funding for plans to provide instruction in basic skills to students enrolled, or who will enroll at, California State University campuses. The bill would specify information that would be included in these applications.
The bill would require the chancellor to award grants of $2,000,000 each to 5 of the applicant community college districts in accordance with specified criteria. The bill would require, no later than April 1, 2017, that, based on specified data provided by the districts that received the grants, the chancellor, following consultation with the Chancellor of the California State University, report to the Legislature, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, and the Department of Finance on the effectiveness of the plans in delivering instruction in basic skills to the targeted students.
The bill would appropriate $10,000,000 from the General Fund to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for allocation to community college districts under the bill.
(16) Existing law authorizes the California State University to pledge its annual General Fund support appropriation, less certain amounts, to secure the payment of its debt obligations issued by the trustees pursuant to the State University Revenue Bond Act of 1947. Existing law authorizes the California State University to fund debt service for capital expenditures, as defined, from its General Fund support appropriation, as specified.
Existing law prohibits the California State University from using its General Fund support appropriation to fund certain capital expenditures and certain capital outlay projects before obtaining approval from the Department of Finance pursuant to specified procedures. Under existing law, if the California State University plans to use any of its support appropriation in the annual budget for the subsequent fiscal year for certain capital expenditures or for certain capital outlay projects, the California State University is required to simultaneously submit, on or before September 1, 10 months before the commencement of that fiscal year, a report to specified committees of the Legislature and the Department of Finance.
This bill instead would require the California State University, if the university plans to use any authorized moneys for the subsequent fiscal year for those capital expenditures or capital outlay projects, to simultaneously submit, on or before September 1, 10 months before the commencement of that fiscal year, a preliminary report to specified committees and subcommittees of the Legislature and the Department of Finance. The bill would require the California State University to submit a final report, on or before December 1, to those same entities, as specified.
This bill would, commencing with the 2014–15 fiscal year, authorize the California State University to use its support appropriation in the annual budget for the capital expenditures and capital outlay projects identified in the resolution approved by the Trustees of the California State University on January 28, 2015, titled “Approval to Issue Trustees of the California State University, Systemwide Revenue Bonds and Related Debt Instruments for Systemwide Infrastructure Improvement Projects (RFIN 01-15-04),” thereby making an appropriation.
This bill would, commencing with the 2015–16 fiscal year, authorize the California State University to use its support appropriation in the annual budget for the capital expenditures and capital outlay projects identified in the “2015–2016 CSU/State Funded Capital Outlay Program” referenced in the resolution approved by the Trustees of the California State University on November 13, 2014, titled “Approval of the 2015–2016 Capital Outlay Program and the 2015–2016 through 2019–2020 Five-Year Capital Improvement Program (RCPBG 11-14-17).”
(17) Under existing law, the University of California is established, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The University of California provides instruction to students at campuses in Berkeley, Davis, Irvine, Los Angeles, Merced, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and Santa Cruz.
Existing law authorizes the University of California to issue revenue bonds, secured by a specified pledge of revenues. Existing law authorizes the University of California to pledge its annual General Fund support appropriation, less certain amounts, to secure the payment of its general revenue bonds or commercial paper associated with the general revenue bond program. Existing law authorizes the University of California to fund debt service for capital expenditures, as defined, from its General Fund support appropriation, as specified.
This bill would authorize the University of California to also pledge its annual General Fund support appropriation to secure payment for availability payments, as defined, lease payments, installment payments, and other similar or related payments. The bill would authorize the university to make availability payments, lease payments, installment payments, and other similar or related payments from its annual General Fund support appropriation, as specified. The bill would, for capital expenditures related to the Merced 2020 Project, provide that the University of California may proceed with capital expenditures or capital outlay projects only if all work traditionally performed by persons with University of California Service Unit (SX) job classifications is performed only by employees of the University of California. The bill would also make conforming changes.
(18) Existing law, the California Private Postsecondary Education Act of 2009, provides, among other things, for student protections and regulatory oversight of private postsecondary institutions in the state. The act is enforced by the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education within the Department of Consumer Affairs. The act exempts specified institutions, including an independent institution of higher education that is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, or the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, from its provisions, and is repealed on January 1, 2017.
This bill would, among other things, authorize an independent institution of higher education that is exempt from the act as accredited by one of these accrediting agencies to execute a contract with the bureau for the bureau to review and, as appropriate, act on complaints concerning the institution.
(19) Existing law, the Ortiz-Pacheco-Poochigian-Vasconcellos Cal Grant Program, establishes the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement awards, the California Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B awards, the Cal Grant C awards, and the Cal Grant T awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. Under the Cal Grant B Entitlement Program, awards may be made for access costs, defined as living expenses and expenses for transportation, supplies, and books, in an amount not to exceed $1,551 annually, as adjusted in the annual Budget Act.
Existing law requires the Treasurer to certify the amount of moneys available in an academic year from the College Access Tax Credit Fund for distribution, and provides that an amount determined by the Student Aid Commission is available for expenditure from this fund, upon appropriation to the commission by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, for distribution to students to supplement Cal Grant B access cost awards to bring those students’ total annual awards for access costs to not more than $5,000, and for the commission’s related administrative costs.
This bill would instead provide that the moneys deposited in the College Access Tax Credit Fund would be continuously appropriated to the commission for the purpose of making those awards.
(20) The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, and before January 1, 2017, allow a credit equal to a certain percentage of a contribution to the College Access Tax Credit Fund for specified education purposes, as provided. Existing law specifies that the aggregate amount of credit that may be allocated under both laws shall not exceed $500,000,000 for each calendar year, as specified, and requires the California Educational Facilities Authority to perform certain duties with regard to allocating and certifying the tax credits allowed under these provisions. Existing state constitutional law governing insurance taxation imposes an annual tax on the gross premiums of an insurer, as defined, doing business in this state at specified rates.
This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, would establish similar credits under the Personal Income Tax Law, the Corporation Tax Law, and the law governing insurance taxation, which would allow a credit equal to a certain percentage of a contribution to the College Access Tax Credit Fund. The bill would limit the aggregate amount of these new credits to be allocated from exceeding a total of $500,000,000 for that year, as specified, and would require the California Educational Facilities Authority to perform certain duties in order to allocate and certify these new credits.
(21) The Personal Income Tax Law and the Corporation Tax Law provide for an alternative minimum tax and provide that, except for specified credits, no credit shall reduce the regular tax, as defined, below the tentative minimum tax. Existing state constitutional law prohibits the Legislature from making any gift, or authorizing the making of any gift, of any public money or thing of value to any individual, municipal or other corporation.
This bill, for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, would add to those specified credits, the credit for contributions to the College Access Tax Credit Fund and would make legislative findings and declarations regarding the statewide public purpose served by these provisions.
(22) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The Master Plan for Higher Education in California, originally prepared in 1959, set forth, among other things, the basic goals and functions of these segments.
This bill would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office to conduct a study, including specified analyses, to assess the need for new campuses of the California State University or the University of California. The bill would require these 2 segments to provide data needed by the Legislative Analyst’s Office to meet the requirements of this bill upon that office’s request. The bill would require the Legislative Analyst’s Office to submit to the Legislature and the Department of Finance: a report relating to the California State University and containing the data and analysis required by the bill on or before January 1, 2017; and a report relating to the University of California and containing the data and analysis required by the bill on or before January 1, 2018.
(23) The Budget Act of 2012 appropriated $4,750,000 from the 2006 University Capital Outlay Bond Fund for a classroom and academic office building on the campus of the University of California, Merced. The Budget Act of 2013 authorized moneys appropriated to the University of California from the General Fund to be used to fund the construction phase of that classroom and academic office building.
This bill would authorize the University of California to use any project savings from the 2012 appropriation referenced above for the construction phase of the classroom and academic office building at the University of California, Merced. The bill would also provide that the unencumbered balance of the funds appropriated for that building in the 2012 appropriation referenced above would be available for encumbrance until June 30, 2016. These provisions would constitute an appropriation.
(24) This bill would appropriate the sum of $48,000,000 from the General Fund to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for allocation to community college districts to provide funding for specified purposes relating to facilities, hazardous substances response, architectural barrier removal, seismic retrofit projects, instructional equipment and library materials, and water conservation projects, as specified. The bill would require the chancellor to allocate funds to community college districts on the basis of actual reported full-time equivalent students, except as provided. The bill would authorize the chancellor to establish guidelines for the use of the moneys allocated.
(25) Existing law authorizes the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, in consultation with the California State University and the University of California, to establish a statewide baccalaureate degree pilot program at not more than 15 community college districts, with one baccalaureate degree program each, to be determined by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and approved by the board of governors.
This bill would appropriate the sum of $6,000,000 from the General Fund to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for allocation to community college districts to support the implementation of the baccalaureate degree pilot program. The bill would authorize the use of these funds to support professional development activities.
(26) This bill would appropriate the sum of $1,000,000 from the General Fund for use pursuant to legislation enacted in the first year of the 2015–16 Regular Session of the Legislature related to a study of those eligible for admission to the University of California and the California State University.
(27) The Budget Act of 2014 made appropriations for the support of state government for the 2014–15 fiscal year.
This bill would amend the Budget Act of 2014 by making an additional appropriation of $23,000,000 from the General Fund for the Awards for Innovation in Higher Education program.
(28) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
(29) Funds appropriated by this bill would be applied toward the minimum funding requirements for school districts and community college districts imposed by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, as specified.
(30) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as a bill providing for appropriations related to the Budget Bill.
Section 52334.7 is added to the Education Code, to read:
Section 68075.7 is added to the Education Code, to read:
(a) Effective for academic terms beginning after July 1, 2015, a student enrolled at a campus of the California Community Colleges or the California State University who meets all of the following requirements shall be exempt from paying nonresident tuition or any other fee that is exclusively applicable to nonresident students:
(2) The student meets the definition of “covered individual,” as that term is defined in subsection (c) of Section 3679 of Title 38 of the United States Code, as that provision read on July 1, 2015.
(3) The student is eligible for education benefits under either the federal Montgomery GI Bill–Active Duty program (Chapter 30 (commencing with Section 3001) of Title 38 of the United States Code) or the Post-9/11 GI Bill program (Chapter 33 (commencing with Section 3301) of Title 38 of the United States Code), as each read on July 1, 2015.
(b) After the expiration of the three-year period following discharge or death as described in subsection (c) of Section 3679 of Title 38 of the United States Code, a student who qualifies for an exemption from paying nonresident tuition and other applicable fees under subdivision (a) shall be deemed to maintain “covered individual” status as long as the student remains continuously enrolled at a campus, even if the student enrolls in multiple programs, and the student shall continue to be exempt from paying nonresident tuition and other fees that are exclusively applicable to nonresident students. As used in this section, “continuously enrolled” means enrolled for at least the fall and spring semesters of an academic year, or for at least three of the quarters in an academic year for an institution using the quarter system.
Section 69431.7 of the Education Code is amended to read:
(B) For the 2015–16 and 2016–17 award years, nine thousand eighty-four dollars ($9,084) for new recipients attending private nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions. For the 2017–18 award year and each award year thereafter, eight thousand fifty-six dollars ($8,056) for new recipients attending private nonprofit postsecondary educational institutions.
(2) Each academic year, except as provided in paragraphs (3) and (4), an eligible student shall receive a scholarship award in an amount that, combined with other federal, state, or institutionally administered student grants or fee waivers received by an eligible student, is up to 40 percent of the amount charged to that student in that academic year for mandatory systemwide tuition and fees, if all of the following requirements are met, to the satisfaction of the commission, each academic year:
Section 70022.5 is added to the Education Code, to read:
(a) A scholarship award under this article may be renewed for a total of the equivalent of four years of full-time attendance in an undergraduate program. Commencing with the 2016–17 academic year, the total number of years of eligibility for grants pursuant to this article shall be based on the student’s educational level in his or her course of study as designated by the institution of attendance when the recipient initially receives payment for a grant.
(C) For the 2016–17 fiscal year, one hundred sixteen million dollars ($116,000,000).
(D) For the 2017–18 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, one hundred fifty-nine million dollars ($159,000,000).
Section 79148 of the Education Code is amended to read:
Article 8 (commencing with Section 79420) is added to Chapter 9 of Part 48 of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
Article 8. Foster Care Education Program
(a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall allocate these funds exclusively for foster parent and relative/kinship care provider education and training, as specified by the chancellor, in consultation with an advisory committee that includes foster parents, representatives of statewide foster parent organizations, parent and relative/kinship care providers, and representatives of the State Department of Social Services.
(c) Each college receiving funds for this program shall have a plan for foster parent and relative/kinship care provider education that includes the provision of training to facilitate the development of foster family homes, small family homes, and relative/kinship homes that care for no more than six children who have special mental, emotional, developmental, or physical needs.
Section 84044 is added to the Education Code, to read:
(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 the California Community Colleges and statewide faculty and staff organizations, so as to ensure their participation in the development and review of policy proposals, shall develop criteria and standards for the purposes of making the annual budget request for the California Community Colleges to the Governor and the Legislature, and for the purpose of allocating the state general apportionment revenues.
(9) Except as specifically provided in statute, regulations of the board of governors for determining and allocating the state general apportionment to the community college districts shall not require district governing boards to expend the allocated revenues in specified categories of operation or according to the workload measures developed by the board of governors.
(2) (A) If the annual budget act identifies funds appropriated specifically for the purposes of this subdivision, the chancellor shall adjust the budget request formula to allocate those funds without altering of any adjustments described in subdivision (d). At least 30 days before allocating any state general apportionment revenues using a budget request formula revised pursuant to this subdivision, the chancellor shall submit to the Department of Finance and the Legislature a description of the specific adjustments made to the budget request formula.
Section 84751.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:
Section 84751.7 is added to the Education Code, to read:
Section 88540 of the Education Code is repealed.
Section 88540 is added to the Education Code, to read:
This part shall become inoperative on July 1, 2016, and, as of January 1, 2017, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
Part 53 (commencing with Section 88700) is added to Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
PART 53. Basic Skills Partnership Pilot Program
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(a) It is the intent of the state that school districts, community college districts, the California State University, and the University of California coordinate their efforts to provide instruction in basic skills in an efficient and effective way.
(b) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall solicit applications from community college districts seeking funding for plans to provide instruction in basic skills to students enrolled, or who will enroll, at California State University campuses. As used in this section, “chancellor” means the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
(c) A community college district that chooses to apply for a grant under this section shall include the following components of its plan in its application:
(1) A list of the community colleges and the California State University campuses that will work jointly to develop effective instruction in basic skills and provide instruction to focus on students enrolled, or who will enroll, at California State University campuses.
(2) A commitment from the California State University campuses listed in paragraph (1) that these campuses will direct students to instruction at community colleges.
(3) A narrative explaining the strategy for directing students to instruction at community colleges and integrating this instruction with programs at California State University campuses.
(4) A letter from each of the presidents of the California State University campuses listed in the application pursuant to paragraph (1) indicating support for the plan and identifying the fiscal impact for his or her particular campus.
(5) A narrative describing any effective evidence-based instructional strategies and practices the community colleges have implemented for the delivery of basic skills instruction and any efforts the community colleges have made to incorporate effective evidence-based instructional strategies and practices within the delivery of their basic skills instruction.
(6) A narrative describing how faculty was involved in the development of the plan.
(7) A narrative describing if and how the community college district intends to incorporate the use of student success data to inform the delivery of its basic skills instruction.
(8) A narrative describing the measures the community colleges listed pursuant to paragraph (1) will undertake to collaborate with local school districts serving kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to better articulate English and mathematics instruction between high schools located in the community college district and the community colleges and the California State University campuses listed pursuant to paragraph (1).
(d) (1) The chancellor, in consultation with the Chancellor of the California State University, shall award grants of two million dollars ($2,000,000) each to five of the applicant community college districts.
(2) The grants shall be awarded based on the projected success of the applicant districts in maximizing the following factors, which are listed below in order of decreasing priority:
(A) The number of students enrolled, or who will enroll, at California State University campuses and who would benefit from access to instruction in basic skills at the community colleges participating in the plan.
(B) The number of California State University campuses participating in the plan.
(C) The number of community college campuses participating in the plan.
(D) The likelihood that the plan would be implemented effectively.
(E) The use of effective evidence-based instructional strategies and practices the community colleges have implemented for the delivery of basic skills instruction. Community college districts are encouraged to align the delivery of basic skills instruction with California State University campus programs that will accelerate the progress of underprepared students toward college completion.
(e) (1) Upon awarding the grants, the chancellor shall allocate one million dollars ($1,000,000) of the grant funds to each community college district selected for a grant.
(2) The chancellor shall release the remainder of a grant amount only after the community college district has submitted records demonstrating that students enrolled, or planning to enroll, at California State University campuses have accessed instruction in basic skills at the community colleges pursuant to the plan. Notwithstanding this reporting condition, the chancellor shall release any amount of a grant that remains as of May 1, 2018, to the community college district by June 30, 2018.
(f) As a condition of receiving a grant pursuant to this section, a community college district shall provide all of the following information to the chancellor by February 1, 2017:
(1) The number of students enrolled, or who will enroll, at California State University campuses who were provided, or are being provided, instruction by community colleges pursuant to the adopted plan.
(2) The number of students who successfully completed basic skills instruction at the community colleges, defined as demonstrating competency on California State University assessments or successful completion of appropriate college-level courses.
(3) The number of students provided instruction at the community colleges who subsequently enrolled at a California State University campus and demonstrated competency on California State University assessments or successful completion of appropriate college-level courses.
(4) To the extent available, first-year retention and success rates at the California State University of students who received basic skills instruction at the community colleges pursuant to the plan.
(5) A qualitative description of the local successes or challenges that community colleges encountered when partnering with California State University campuses to provide instruction in basic skills to students enrolled, or who will enroll, at those campuses.
(6) A narrative describing the use of effective evidence-based practices by the community colleges to deliver basic skills instruction to accelerate the progress of underprepared students toward achieving postsecondary educational and career goals. This narrative shall also include a description of the efforts of the community colleges to implement or expand the use of effective evidence-based practices to deliver basic skills instruction.
(7) A narrative describing the measures implemented by the community college district to collaborate with local school districts serving kindergarten and grades 1 to 12, inclusive, to better articulate English and mathematics instruction between high schools located in the community college district and the community colleges and the California State University campuses listed pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (c).
(g) No later than April 1, 2017, and following consultation with the Chancellor of the California State University, the chancellor shall analyze the information provided under subdivision (f), and report to the Legislature, the Legislative Analyst’s Office, and the Department of Finance on the effectiveness of the plans in delivering instruction in basic skills to students enrolled, or who will enroll, at California State University campuses. This report shall also include a report on costs avoided by the California State University, if any, and recommendations on expanded use of community colleges to deliver basic skills instruction to California State University students. A report to the Legislature pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(h) The attendance of students enrolled in a basic skills course pursuant to this section may be reported by a community college district for apportionment purposes.
(i) The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the chancellor for allocation to community college districts to establish a basic skills partnership program at five community college districts in accordance with this section.
(j) For the purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the appropriation made by subdivision (i) 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 2014–15 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 2014–15 fiscal year.
Part 54 (commencing with Section 88800) is added to Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code, to read:
PART 54. Community Colleges Basic Skills and Student Outcomes Transformation Program
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A financial and professional development grant funding program, administered by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, is hereby established. The chancellor shall distribute multiyear grants, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the governing boards of community college districts pursuant to applications that satisfy the requirements of this part. Moneys allocated pursuant to this program shall be expended for community colleges within a district that receives a grant to adopt or expand the use of evidence-based models of academic assessment and placement, remediation, and student support that accelerate the progress of underprepared students toward achieving postsecondary educational and career goals.
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(a) (1) The governing board of a community college district may apply for funds pursuant to this part for the purpose of making more effective, evidence-based practices available to more underprepared students who enroll at campuses of the California Community Colleges. A community college within the district may receive funds to implement these evidence-based practices for the first time or to expand to additional students any evidence-based practices that are in effect as of the date of the district’s application for funds.
(2) Community colleges may use funds allocated pursuant to this part to support remedial education curriculum redesign, professional development and release time for faculty, and support staff as appropriate, and data collection and reporting.
(b) The evidence-based practices implemented or expanded pursuant to funding received as specified in subdivision (a) shall include basic skills improvement strategies that have demonstrated effectiveness in accelerating the progress of underprepared students toward, and increasing the number of underprepared students who successfully achieve in a timely manner, one or both of the following goals:
(1) Completing a college-level English or mathematics course, or both, within a sequence of three or fewer courses after enrollment in a community college, to prepare students for college-level work.
(2) Earning an industry-relevant college certificate or degree within two years.
(5) These plans should be developed in consultation with campus faculty.
(2) Administering the grant program and distributing and monitoring awards to recipient community college districts.
(3) Providing the information submitted pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) to the Legislative Analyst’s Office.
Section 89772 of the Education Code is amended to read:
(a) (1) Commencing with the 2014–15 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, if the California State University plans to use any of its support appropriation in the annual budget, or any other revenues pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 89770, for the subsequent fiscal year for capital expenditures, pursuant to and as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 89770, or for capital outlay projects pursuant to Section 89771, it shall simultaneously submit, on or before September 1, 10 months before the commencement of that fiscal year, a preliminary report to the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider the state budget, the budget subcommittees in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations for the California State University, and the Department of Finance.
(2) The preliminary report shall detail the scope of all capital expenditures and capital outlay projects and how those capital expenditures and capital outlay projects will be funded, and it shall provide the same level of detail as a capital outlay budget change proposal.
(3) The California State University shall submit, on or before December 1, a final report to the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider the state budget, the budget subcommittees in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations for the California State University, and the Department of Finance.
(4) The final report shall detail the scope of all capital expenditures and capital outlay projects and how those capital expenditures and capital outlay projects will be funded, and it shall provide the same level of detail as a capital outlay budget change proposal.
(5) The Department of Finance shall review the final report and submit, by February 1, a list of preliminarily approved capital expenditures and capital outlay projects to the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider the state budget and the budget subcommittees in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations for the California State University. These committees may review and respond to the list of preliminarily approved capital expenditures and capital outlay projects before April 1.
(6) The Department of Finance shall submit a final list of approved capital expenditures and capital outlay projects to the California State University by no earlier than April 1, three months before the commencement of the fiscal year of the planned expenditures.
(b) The Department of Finance may approve capital expenditures, as defined in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subdivision (b) of Section 89770, no sooner than 30 days after submitting, in writing, a list of expenditures being considered for approval, to the chairpersons of the committees in each house of the Legislature that consider appropriations, the chairpersons of the committees and the appropriate subcommittees in each house of the Legislature that consider the state budget and the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee.
(e) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), commencing with the 2014–15 fiscal year, the California State University may use its support appropriation in the annual budget for the capital expenditures and capital outlay projects identified in the resolution approved by the Trustees of the California State University on January 28, 2015, titled “Approval to Issue Trustees of the California State University, Systemwide Revenue Bonds and Related Debt Instruments for Systemwide Infrastructure Improvement Projects (RFIN 01-15-04).”
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), commencing with the 2015–16 fiscal year, the California State University may use its support appropriation in the annual budget for the capital expenditures and capital outlay projects identified in the “2015–2016 CSU/State Funded Capital Outlay Program” referenced in the resolution approved by the Trustees of the California State University on November 13, 2014, titled “Approval of the 2015–2016 Capital Outlay Program and the 2015–2016 through 2019–2020 Five-Year Capital Improvement Program (RCPBG 11-14-17).”
(f) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, commencing with the 2015–16 fiscal year, on or before February 1 of each fiscal year, the California State University shall simultaneously submit a progress report to the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and the Department of Finance detailing the scope, funding, and current status of all capital expenditures undertaken pursuant to Section 89770 and for all capital outlay projects undertaken pursuant to Section 89771.
(f) For capital expenditures related to the Merced 2020 Project, the University of California may proceed with capital expenditures pursuant to Section 92493, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of that section, or capital outlay projects pursuant to Section 92494, only if all work traditionally performed by persons with University of California Service Unit (SX) job classifications is performed only by employees of the University of California.
The university shall manage its general revenue bond program and the payments referenced in Section 92493, in a manner so that not more than 15 percent of its General Fund support appropriation, less the amount of that appropriation that is required to fund general obligation bond payments and State Public Works Board rental payments, is used for the total of all of the following:
(a) Payments for capital expenditures pursuant to Section 92493.
Section 94874.9 is added to the Education Code, to read:
(a) For the taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, there shall be allowed as a credit against the “tax,” as described in Section 12202 or 12231, an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount contributed by the taxpayer during the taxable year to the College Access Tax Credit Fund, as allocated and certified by the California Educational Facilities Authority.
Section 17053.86 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:
(B) Second, upon appropriation, to the Franchise Tax Board, the California Educational Facilities Authority, the Controller, and the Student Aid Commission for reimbursement of all administrative costs incurred by those agencies in connection with their duties under this section, Section 23686, and Section 69431.7 of the Education Code.
(2) The tax credit allowed by subdivision (a) and subdivision (a) of Section 23686 for donations to the College Access Tax Credit Fund shall be known as the College Access Tax Credit.
(e) This section shall be repealed on December 1, 2017.
(a) For the taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, there shall be allowed as a credit against the “net tax,” as defined in Section 17039, an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount contributed by the taxpayer during the taxable year to the College Access Tax Credit Fund, as allocated and certified by the California Educational Facilities Authority.
Section 23686 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:
(a) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2014, and before January 1, 2017, there shall be allowed as a credit against the “tax,” as defined in Section 23036, an amount equal to the following:
(d) This section shall be repealed on December 1, 2017.
(a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2018, there shall be allowed as a credit against the “tax,” as defined in Section 23036, an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount contributed by the taxpayer during the taxable year to the College Access Tax Credit Fund, as allocated and certified by the California Educational Facilities Authority.
(d) The tax credit allowed by subdivision (a), subdivision (a) of Section 12207, and Section 17053.87 for donations to the College Access Tax Credit Fund shall be known as the College Access Tax Credit.
The Legislature finds and declares that the retroactive amendments made by this act to Sections 17039 and 23036 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, which authorize the College Access Tax Credit to reduce the tentative minimum tax below the regular tax, serve a statewide public purpose by ensuring that the College Access Tax Credit Fund is fully utilized, thereby benefiting students who receive Cal Grants pursuant to Section 69431.7 of the Education Code, and do not constitute a gift of public funds within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XVI of the California Constitution.
(a) The Legislative Analyst’s Office shall conduct a study to assess the need for new campuses of the CSU or the UC. This study shall consist of both of the following parts:
(1) An analysis of the need within certain regions of the state for a CSU campus and statewide for a UC campus. To the extent applicable data are available, this analysis shall include all of the following:
(A) Consideration of enrollment demand based on relative demographic levels and eligible students for each county and statewide. This shall include consideration of 5- to 10-year projections of the college-age population and public high school graduates. It also shall include consideration of data, for the most recent year available, on college preparedness, including the number and share of high school graduates completing the “A-G” admissions requirements and the number and share of transfer-prepared community college students.
(B) For each county and statewide, data on UC and CSU applications, admissions, and enrollment, for the most recent academic year available, and an estimate, based on that data, of college-going rates to UC and CSU.
(C) Data on adult educational attainment by county and statewide for the most recent year available.
(2) An analysis of the physical capacities of existing UC and CSU campuses, as set forth in their respective master plans, relative to current enrollment. This analysis shall identify UC or CSU campuses already at maximum capacity and those with remaining physical capacity. The analysis also shall identify which CSU campuses no longer provide enrollment priority for local applicants.
(b) The UC and CSU shall provide data needed by the Legislative Analyst’s Office to meet the requirements of this section to that office upon its request.
(c) (1) The Legislative Analyst’s Office shall submit reports, including, but not necessarily limited to, the data and analyses required by this section, to the Legislature and Department of Finance as follows:
(A) A report relating to CSU shall be submitted on or before January 1, 2017.
(B) A report relating to UC shall be submitted on or before January 1, 2018.
(2) The Legislative Analyst’s Office shall submit the reports required by this section in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(a) The sum of forty-eight million dollars ($48,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for purposes of funding the Career Technical Education Pathways Program established pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 88530) of Part 52 of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code.
(b) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the funds appropriated pursuant to this section 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 2014–15 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 2014–15 fiscal year.
(a) The sum of forty-eight million dollars ($48,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for allocation to community college districts. A community college district shall use its allocation for any of the following purposes:
(1) Scheduled maintenance and special repairs of facilities. As a condition for receiving and expending funds for maintenance or special repairs, a community college district shall certify in a resolution that it will increase its operations and maintenance spending from the 1995–96 fiscal year by at least the amount the community college district uses from its allocation under this paragraph for maintenance and special repairs. The question of whether a community college district has complied with its resolution shall be reviewed under the annual audit of that district.
(2) Hazardous substances abatement, clean up, and repairs.
(3) Architectural barrier removal projects that meet the requirements of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.) and seismic retrofit projects limited to four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) per project.
(4) For replacement of instructional equipment and library materials. As a condition for receiving and expending funds for instructional equipment and library materials, a community college district shall certify in a resolution that it will not use any of its allocation under this paragraph for personnel services costs or operating expenses. The question of whether a community college district has complied with its resolution shall be reviewed under the annual audit of that district.
(5) Water conservation projects to reduce water consumption in cooperation with the Governor’s Executive Order B-29-15. Projects may include any of the following:
(b) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall allocate funds under this section to community college districts on the basis of actual reported full-time equivalent students, except that the chancellor may establish a minimum allocation to be received by each district. The chancellor may establish guidelines for the use of the moneys allocated.
(c) For purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the funds appropriated pursuant to this section 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 2014–15 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 2014–15 fiscal year.
(a) The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for allocation to community college districts pursuant to Part 54 (commencing with Section 88800) of Division 7 of Title 3 of the Education Code.
(a) The sum of six million dollars ($6,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for allocation to community college districts to support the implementation of the baccalaureate degree pilot program established pursuant to Chapter 747 of the Statutes of 2014. These funds may be used to support professional development activities.
The sum of one million dollars ($1,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the General Fund for use pursuant to legislation enacted in the first year of the 2015–16 Regular Session of the Legislature related to a study of those eligible for admission to the University of California and the California State University.
Item 6910-102-0001 is added to Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2014, to read:
6910-102-0001—For local assistance, Awards for Innovation in Higher Education (Proposition 98) ........................
(a) The University of California may use any project savings from the Merced Classroom and Academic Office Building project identified in Item 6440-301-6048 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2012, as added by Section 9 of Chapter 575 of the Statutes of 2012, for the construction phase of the Merced Classroom and Academic Office Building project as authorized in Provision 3 of Item 6440-001-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2013.
(b) The funds appropriated in Item 6440-301-6048 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2012 shall be available for encumbrance until June 30, 2016.