page_title: Student Senate for the California Community Colleges
section_title: Lobbying
hierarchical_section_title: Student Senate for the California Community Colleges / The incorporated SSCCC / Lobbying
caption_attribution_description: English: Seal of the California State Senate.
context_page_description: Student Senate for the California Community Colleges was established in 1988 by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. SSCCC was originally known as the "Council of Student Body Governments" and then later as the "Student Senate".
  SSCCC operates under the supervision and control of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. SSCCC promotes and safeguards access for current and future students to California public higher education in accordance with the Master Plan for Higher Education.
context_section_description: Education Code Section 76060.5 authorizes the collection and expenditure of student representation fees. Subdivision (c)(1) of Section 76060.5 provides that such fees "shall be expended to establish and support the operations of a statewide community college student organization, recognized by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, with effective student representation and participation in state-level community college shared governance and with governmental affairs representatives to advocate before the Legislature and other state and local governmental entities".
  On March 20, 2017 the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges approved a "Memorandum of Understanding" which recognizes that the incorporated SSCCC is a statewide community college student organization within the meaning of California Education Code Section 76060.5. That recognition makes the incorporated SSCCC eligible to receive distributions of student representation fees from the Board of Governors. The Memorandum of Understanding provides that the Board of Governors may cancel the memorandum upon thirty days written notice to SSCCC.
  Representatives of the incorporated SSCCC participate in state-level community college shared governance by serving as members of a "Consultation Council"  established by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges. The incorporated SSCCC's "Legislative Affairs" representatives engage in legislative advocacy by contacting members of the California Legislature and by testifying before committees of the Legislature. These efforts to influence the decisions of California legislators and officials must be conducted in accordance with the "Political Reform Act of 1974". The provisions of that Act are administered by the Political Reform Division of the California Secretary of State's office.
caption: Seal of the Senate of the State of California
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