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2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - Transfer › Section 74108.

74108. The county committee may approve a petition only if either of the following conditions are met:
(a) The petition is to transfer uninhabited territory from one district to another and the owner of the territory, or a majority of the owners of the territory, and the governing board of the receiving district involved in the transfer consent to the transfer.
(b) The petition is to transfer inhabited territory and all the following conditions are satisfied.
(1) The governing board of the receiving district has consented to all conditions of transfer by an agreement signed by a majority of the members of the board.
(2) The county committee finds that:
(A) The transfer will not result in any increased cost to the state.
(B) The transfer will not result in a reduction in state aid to community college districts not party to the petition.
(C) The reallocation of local property tax revenues has been accurately determined and will be appropriately transferred.
(D) The transfer will not significantly affect the racial or ethnic composition of the districts affected.
(E) The transfer will not decrease educational opportunities for residents of all districts involved.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - Transfer › Section 74109.

74109. Whenever a county committee approves a petition, within 10 days it shall transmit a copy of the approved petition, together with any related information or recommendations, to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for review.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 376.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - Transfer › Section 74110.

74110. Whenever the county committee rejects a petition, it shall notify the chief petitioners and the board of governors of its action and provide in writing the basis for rejection.
The county committee need not accept a new petition on the same territory filed within 12 months of its decision.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 377.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Annexation › Section 74130.

74130. Provisions of this article shall apply only to petitions to include in an existing community college district a high school or unified school district which is contiguous to that community college district and presently not in any community college district subject to provisions of Section 74000.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Annexation › Section 74131.

74131. An action to annex nondistrict territory to an existing community college district is initiated upon the filing with the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction of a petition signed by any one of the following:
(a) At least 25 percent of the registered voters residing in the nondistrict territory to be annexed. If two or more high school or unified school districts are involved, the petition shall be signed by at least 25 percent of the registered voters in each school district.
(b) A majority of the members of the governing board of any high school or unified school district proposing annexation.
(c) A majority of the members of the governing board of the community college district which would receive the annexed territory under the proposal.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Annexation › Section 74132.

74132. (a) A petition initiated under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 74131 shall be filed with the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction over the nondistrict territory.
(b) A petition initiated under subdivision (c) of Section 74131 shall be filed with the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction over the territory in which the community college district is located.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 379.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Annexation › Section 74133.

74133. The provisions of Sections 74102 and 74103 shall apply to a petition for annexation.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Annexation › Section 74134.

74134. Upon receipt of the petition the county superintendent of schools shall transmit a copy of the petition to the board of governors. Within 30 days after the petition for reorganization is filed, the county superintendent shall examine the petition and, if he or she finds it to be sufficient and signed as required by law, shall transmit the petition simultaneously to each of the following:
(a) The governing board and district superintendent of each district affected by the proposed annexation.
(b) The county superintendent and county committee of each county which has jurisdiction over any district affected by the proposed annexation.
(c) The board of governors.
When applicable, Article 4 (commencing with Section 74180) shall also control.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 381.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Annexation › Section 74135.

74135. (a) The county committee may add to the petition any appropriate provisions which were not included in the petition as filed and may amend any provision which was so included.
(b) At least 10 days before the public hearing on the petition, the county committee shall make available to the public, to the governing boards affected by the petition, and to the board of governors a description of the petition and a report which includes a description or analysis of the impact of the proposed change upon the following:
(1) Funding of each affected unified or high school and community college district, including determination of level and sources of local property or special taxes to be levied for general purposes of the recipient community college district.
The property tax contribution to the district shall not be less than the proportion that the tax levied in the 1977–78 fiscal year in the territory affected pursuant to former Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 2100) of Part 2 bore to the total property tax levied in that territory in the 1977–78 fiscal year.
Alternative sources of local tax contribution to the recipient district, as may be permitted by law, shall be included in the committee’s report.
(2) Existing property, obligations, and bonded indebtedness.
(3) Racial or ethnic composition of the recipient district.
(4) Governing board of recipient district.
(5) County district master plan.
(6) Any matter considered significant by the county committee.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 382.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Annexation › Section 74136.

74136. Within 90 days after affording the public an opportunity to comment on the petition, the report, and the recommendations included in the report, the county committee shall forward a copy of the petition and the report to each affected governing board and the board of governors for review.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 383.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Annexation › Section 74137.

74137. The governing board of the district to which the territory is to be transferred shall set a date for a public hearing on the petition which shall be within 60 days of the receipt of the petition forwarded pursuant to Section 74136, and the county superintendent shall notify the chief petitioners of the times and places of the hearings, where appropriate. At the hearings, interested persons shall be given an opportunity to present their views on the petition. The governing board of the receiving district then shall either approve or deny the petition. No annexation shall be made unless a majority of the members of the governing board of the receiving district sign a statement agreeing to all conditions of the transfer at the hearings. Upon completion of the hearings, the governing board of the receiving district shall return the petition, together with a notice of action, to the county committee.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 964, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Annexation › Section 74138.

74138. The county committee may approve the petition only if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) The governing board of the receiving district has consented to all conditions of annexation by an agreement signed by a majority of the members of the board.
(b) The county committee finds that:
(1) The annexation will not result in any increased cost to the state.
(2) The annexation will not result in a reduction in state aid to community college districts not party to the petition.
(3) The allocation of local property tax revenues has been accurately determined and will be appropriately implemented.
(4) The annexation will not significantly affect the racial or ethnic composition of the district affected.
(5) The annexation will not decrease education opportunities for residents of districts involved.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Annexation › Section 74139.

74139. Whenever a county committee approves a petition, within 10 days it shall transmit a copy of the approved petition, together with any related information or recommendations, to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for review.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 386.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Annexation › Section 74140.

74140. Whenever a county committee rejects a petition, it shall notify the chief petitioners and the board of governors of its action and provide in writing the basis for rejection.
The county committee need not accept a new petition on the same territory filed within 12 months of its decision.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 387.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 3 - Formation › Section 74150.

74150. Provisions of this article shall apply only to petitions for the formation of a new community college district consisting of either nondistrict territory, territory of one or more existing community college districts, or a combination of nondistrict territory and the territory of one or more existing community college districts subject to the provisions of Section 74000.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 3 - Formation › Section 74151.

74151. An action to form a new community college district is initiated upon the filing of a petition with the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction. A petition to form a new community college district shall be signed by one of the following:
(a) Where the territory to be formed into the new district is not a part of an existing district, at least 25 percent of the registered voters residing in that territory shall sign the petition. Where the petition is to form a new district by combining the territory of one or more existing community college districts, at least 25 percent of the registered voters residing in each affected existing district shall sign the petition.
(b) A majority of the members of the governing board of each of the community college districts and of each of the high school or unified school districts located within the territory to be formed into a new community college district.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 3 - Formation › Section 74152.

74152. The provisions of Sections 74102 and 74103 shall apply to a petition to form a new district.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 3 - Formation › Section 74153.

74153. Within 30 days after the petition to form a new district is filed, the county superintendent of schools shall examine the petition, and, if the board of governors finds it to be sufficient and signed as required by law, shall transmit the petition simultaneously to each of the following:
(a) The governing board of each component school district and community college district affected by the proposed formation.
(b) The county superintendent and county committee of each county which has jurisdiction over each component school district and community college district affected.
(c) The board of governors.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 390.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 3 - Formation › Section 74154.

74154. (a) The county committee may add to the petition any appropriate provisions which were not included in the petition as filed and may amend any provision which was so included.
(b) At least 10 days before the public hearing on the petition, the county committee shall make available to the public, to the governing boards of districts affected by the petition, and to the board of governors a description of the petition and a report which includes a description or analysis of the impact of the proposed change on the following:
(1) Funding of each affected unified or high school and community college district, including a determination of the level and sources of local property or special taxes to be levied for general purposes of the proposed new community college district.
In those instances where the new district is formed exclusively within nondistrict territory, the property tax contribution to the new district shall not be less than the proportion that the tax levied in the 1977–78 fiscal year in the territory affected pursuant to former Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 2100) of Part 2 bore to the total property tax levied in that territory in 1977–78.
Alternative sources of local tax contribution to the recipient district, as may be permitted by law, shall be included in the committee’s report.
(2) Property, obligations, and bonded indebtedness of the new district.
(3) Racial or ethnic composition of the recipient district.
(4) Governing board of the new district.
(5) County district master plan.
(6) Any matter considered significant by the county committee.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 391.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 3 - Formation › Section 74155.

74155. Within 90 days after affording the public an opportunity to comment on the petition, the report, and the recommendations included in the report, a county committee shall forward a copy of the petition and the report to each affected governing board and the board of governors for review.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 392.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 3 - Formation › Section 74156.

74156. Each affected district governing board shall set a date for a hearing on the petition, which shall be within 60 days of the receipt of the petition forwarded pursuant to Section 74155, and the county superintendent shall notify the chief petitioners of the times and places of the hearings, where appropriate. At the hearings, interested persons shall be given an opportunity to present their views on the petition. The affected district governing boards then shall either approve or deny the petition. No new district shall be formed unless a majority of the members of a majority of the affected district governing boards sign a statement agreeing to all conditions of the formation at the hearings. Upon completion of the hearings, each affected school district governing board shall return the petition, together with a notice of action, to the county committee.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1181, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 3 - Formation › Section 74157.

74157. The county committee may approve the petition only if all of the following conditions are met:
(a) A majority of the affected district governing boards have consented to all conditions of the formation by an agreement signed by a majority of the members of each board.
(b) The county committee finds that:
(1) The formation will not result in any increased cost to the state.
(2) The formation will not result in a reduction in state aid to community college districts not party to the petition.
(3) The projected funding of the new district is adequate to meet its needs as projected during the first five years of operation.
(4) The allocation of local property tax revenues has been accurately determined and will be appropriately implemented.
(5) The formation will not significantly affect the racial or ethnic composition of the districts affected.
(6) The formation will not decrease educational opportunities for residents of the districts affected.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1181, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 3 - Formation › Section 74158.

74158. Whenever a county committee approves a petition, within 10 days it shall transmit a copy of the approved petition, together with any related information or recommendations, to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for review.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 395.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 3 - Formation › Section 74159.

74159. Whenever a county committee rejects a petition, it shall notify the chief petitioners and the board of governors of its action and provide in writing the basis for rejection.
The county committee need not accept a new petition on the same territory filed within 12 months of its decision.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 396.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 2 - Initiation of Petition and Local Review Procedures › ARTICLE 4 - Procedures for Districts Located Within Different Counties › Section 74180.

74180. Where an action to reorganize or form districts would affect territory which is located in more than one county, or which is under the jurisdiction of more than one county superintendent of schools, the proceedings to be conducted or the actions to be taken by county officers or agencies shall be conducted or taken according to the provisions of Article 3 (commencing with Section 35520) of Chapter 3 of Part 21.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Review by State Agencies › Section 74201.

74201. (a) Any person who questions the findings of a county committee that a proposed transfer of territory will not adversely affect the racial or ethnic composition of the colleges of the districts affected by the proposal may file an appeal with the board of governors within 30 days after a decision based upon the finding has been made. The appeal shall be based upon factual and statistical evidence.
(b) If the board of governors denies an appeal filed pursuant to subdivision (a), the decision of the county committee shall stand.
(c) If the board of governors rejects the findings of the county committee, the county committee shall hold another hearing in order to reconsider its decision based upon the findings of the board of governors.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Review by State Agencies › Section 74202.

74202. Upon receipt of an approved petition, the board of governors may make whatever inquiries or studies are necessary to validate information and recommendations submitted by the county committee prior to making a recommendation to the board of governors. When it is necessary for the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to evaluate a reorganization proposal, each county superintendent of schools and every other county officer in the counties affected and the superintendents of the districts affected and the county committee shall provide the information required to complete the review.
(Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1372, Sec. 399.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Review by State Agencies › Section 74203.

74203. The board of governors may return the petition for reorganization to the county committee for its reconsideration of information found to be incorrect in the proposal. The county committee shall take whatever action it deems necessary to verify the original proposal or to resubmit a corrected proposal pursuant to procedures described in Sections 74105 and 74106.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Review by State Agencies › Section 74204.

74204. At least 30 days prior to the date of the hearing, the board of governors shall announce the purpose of the proposal and the time and place of the hearing to each of the following:
(a) The governing board and district superintendent of each district whose boundaries would be affected.
(b) The county superintendent and county committee of each county which has jurisdiction over any of the districts whose boundaries would be affected.
(c) The persons designated in the petitions as “chief petitioners.”
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 3 - Review by State Agencies › Section 74205.

74205. After affording interested persons an opportunity to present their views on the proposal, the board of governors shall give notice of approval or disapproval to the county committee and county superintendents of schools having jurisdiction over any of the districts whose boundaries would be affected by the reorganization.
Whenever a proposal is disapproved, the board of governors shall provide in writing the basis for rejection.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Elections and Board of Supervisors Procedures › ARTICLE 1 - Elections › Section 74230.

74230. If approval is given pursuant to Section 74205 to a reorganization proposal which results in an increase in taxes levied on behalf of the districts involved or which requires changes in district governing boards, such as a change that results in the reapportionment of trustee areas or a change in the number of trustee areas, the county superintendent of schools, within 30 days after receiving notification pursuant to Section 74205, shall call an election. The election shall be called in the manner prescribed in Part 4 (commencing with Section 5000), and shall be conducted at the next available regular election scheduled in the territory of districts defined in the approved proposal according to the procedures prescribed by Sections 35757 to 35764, inclusive.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1095, Sec. 8. Effective September 27, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Elections and Board of Supervisors Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Board of Supervisors Procedures › Section 74250.

74250. After the board of supervisors receives official notification that an action to reorganize districts has been approved as provided by law, the board of supervisors shall issue an order to change districts where required by the action, and to establish or reestablish the boundaries of the districts affected by the action. The order shall be entered in the county’s record of districts.
If the action results in a change of district boundaries of the type described in Section 54900 of the Government Code, the order of the board of supervisors shall include the legal description of each district changed in the action and, immediately after making the order, the board of supervisors shall cause a copy of the order and a map or plat indicating the boundaries established for each district affected by the order to be filed as required by Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 54900) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 4 - Elections and Board of Supervisors Procedures › ARTICLE 2 - Board of Supervisors Procedures › Section 74251.

74251. (a) An action to reorganize districts is complete when the board of supervisors makes the order pursuant to Section 74250.
(b) After the expiration of one year from the date of the order, the order shall be conclusive evidence that the district has been legally organized, or the boundaries legally changed, as the case may be, and no suit shall be maintained which questions the validity of the organization or change of boundaries.
(c) For purposes of district tax revenues and governance, the order shall be effective as of the beginning of the succeeding fiscal year.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 5 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1 - Territory of Districts › Section 74262.

74262. On or after January 1, 1983, a district shall not be reorganized to include territory which is separated from other portions of the territory of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 5 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1 - Territory of Districts › Section 74263.

74263. Whenever territory is transferred or added by means of reorganization to another district in which trustee areas have been established, the territory being transferred shall become a part of the trustee areas to which it is contiguous. In the event that the territory being transferred is contiguous to more than one trustee area, terms of agreement to the transfer may include provisions for the division of the transferred territory among the trustee areas to which it is contiguous.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 5 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1 - Territory of Districts › Section 74264.

74264. Territory within the boundaries of a city may not be withdrawn from a district governed by a board provided for in the charter of the city without the consent of the governing board of the district.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 5 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 3 - Disposition of Records, Funds, Property, and Obligations When Reorganized › Section 74280.

74280. The agreement of transfer required by Section 74107 shall provide for the allocation of funds, property, and obligations affected by the transfer, except for bonded indebtedness. The following procedure may be used to determine such allocation:
(a) The real property and personal property and fixtures normally situated thereat shall be the property of the district in which the real property is located.
(b) All other property, funds, and obligations, except bonded indebtedness, shall be divided pro rata among the districts in which the territory of the former district is included. The basis for the division and allocation shall be the assessed valuation of the part of the former district which is included within each of the districts.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
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74281. If a dispute arises between the governing boards of the districts concerning the division of funds, property, or obligations, a board of arbitrators shall be appointed which shall resolve the dispute. The board shall consist of one person selected by the district from which the territory is withdrawn, one person selected by the district of which it has become a part, and a third person appointed by the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction. If more than one county superintendent of schools has jurisdiction over the affected districts, county superintendents involved shall jointly appoint an arbitrator. The districts involved may mutually agree that the person appointed as arbitrator by the county superintendent of schools may act as sole arbitrator of the matters to be submitted to arbitration. The necessary expenses and compensation of the arbitrators shall be divided equally between the districts, and the payment of the portion of the expenses is a legal charge against the funds of the school districts. The arbitrator or arbitrators shall make a written finding on the matter submitted to arbitration. The written finding and determination of a majority of the board of arbitrators is final and binding upon the districts submitting the question to the board of arbitration.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46 - DISTRICT REORGANIZATION OR FORMATION › CHAPTER 5 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 3 - Disposition of Records, Funds, Property, and Obligations When Reorganized › Section 74284.

74284. Notwithstanding any provisions of this article, exchanges of property tax revenues between districts as a result of reorganization shall be determined pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 99 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1214, Sec. 5. Effective September 22, 1982.)
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74292.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, so long as any bond issued pursuant to Section 63049.67 of the Government Code for the Compton Community College District is outstanding, all real property leases securing those bonds shall be leased by the Compton Community College District, and not the Compton Community Educational Center or any partner district.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 50, Sec. 11. Effective June 30, 2006.)
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74292.7. Cal Grant awards to students of the Compton Community College District shall not be adversely affected by this article.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 50, Sec. 11. Effective June 30, 2006.)
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74295. Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
(a) The Compton Community College District shall receive apportionment for courses provided at the Compton Community Educational Center by the partner district pursuant to Section 74292, subject to the transfer of moneys described in Sections 41329.53 and 41329.55 and in accordance with the following schedule:
(1) For the 2005–06 fiscal year, an amount not less than the amount that was received by the Compton Community College District for the attendance of full-time equivalent students for the 2004–05 fiscal year.
(2) For the 2006–07 fiscal year, an amount not less than 90 percent of the amount that was received by the Compton Community College District for the attendance of full-time equivalent students for the 2004–05 fiscal year.
(3) For the 2007–08 fiscal year, an amount not less than 80 percent of the amount that was received by the Compton Community College District for the attendance of full-time equivalent students for the 2004–05 fiscal year.
(4) For the 2008–09 fiscal year, an amount not less than 70 percent of the amount that was received by the Compton Community College District for the attendance of full-time equivalent students for the 2004–05 fiscal year.
(b) In allocating funds for categorical aid to the Compton Community College District, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall treat the Compton Community Educational Center as a separate college.
(c) The Compton Community College District shall not be subject to Section 84362 for the 2003–04 fiscal year to the 2008–09 fiscal year, inclusive.
(d) Should the loss of accreditation by the Compton Community College result in a lapse of federal financial assistance to otherwise eligible students before their eligibility is recognized through the partner district, the Compton Community College District may use a portion of the proceeds from the loan described in Section 41329.58 to provide comparable amounts of assistance to eligible students. This replacement funding shall not extend beyond the end of the term during which the lapse of federal funding occurred.
(e) The provisions of subdivision (a) shall be used solely to determine the apportionment funding to be allocated to the Compton Community College District. In computing statewide entitlements to funding based upon the attendance of full-time equivalent students, neither the Compton Community College District nor its partner district shall be credited with more full-time equivalent students for the Compton Community College District than were actually enrolled in attendance. It is the intent of the Legislature that any amounts necessary to make the apportionments required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be drawn from the total statewide funding available for community college apportionments.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 50, Sec. 11. Effective June 30, 2006.)
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74295.5. Notwithstanding any other law:
(a) All of the following shall be applicable to a student who is enrolled at El Camino College Compton Center six months before the change in control of that institution from the El Camino Community College District to the Compton Community College District:
(1) The Compton Community College District shall ensure that any student of El Camino College Compton Center who, by the end of the spring term immediately preceding the change in control of the institution, has completed at least 75 percent of the courses required for the degree or certificate that he or she is pursuing shall be able to complete that program at Compton College. The Compton Community College District shall make every reasonable effort to allow other students who have begun work toward a certificate or degree, but who have not completed 75 percent of the required coursework, to continue and complete their programs at Compton College.
(2) The Compton Community College District shall consider each student of El Camino College Compton Center who enrolls for classes at Compton College to be a continuing student for purposes of enrollment priorities.
(3) Regulations of the board of governors relating to minimum residence at a community college granting a degree shall not be applicable to these students.
(b) For academic years 2018–19 to 2021–22, inclusive, the Compton Community College District shall be exempt from subdivision (d) of Section 84362.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 757, Sec. 1. (AB 1299) Effective January 1, 2018.)
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74296. Notwithstanding any other provision of law:
(a) In any action in which a court finds that any provision of this article is unlawful, or in any action challenging the implementation of this article, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the partner district, the Compton Community College District, and their respective officers, employees, and agents, are immune from the imposition of any award of money damages, including the award of attorney’s fees, except to the extent that any liability for those claims arises from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the party claiming the immunity.
(b) The state shall, from funds specifically appropriated for that purpose, indemnify and defend the partner district from and against any claims, other than claims based upon gross negligence or willful misconduct, arising out of its participation in the activities specified in this article.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 50, Sec. 11. Effective June 30, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46.5 - California Online Community College Act › Section 75002.

75002. For purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Board of governors” means the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
(b) “Chancellor’s office” means the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.
(c) “College” means the California Online Community College established under this part.
(d) “Competency-based education” means systems of instruction, assessment, grading, and academic reporting that are based on students demonstrating that they have learned the knowledge and skills they are expected to learn as they progress through their education.
(e) “Guided Pathways Program” means a program that includes the activities and practices established pursuant to Section 88921.
(f) “Industry” means trade associations or those firms that produce similar products or provide similar services using somewhat similar business processes.
(g) “Stackable credential” means a part of a sequence of credentials that can be accumulated over time and move an individual along a career pathway or up a career ladder.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 33, Sec. 18. (AB 1809) Effective June 27, 2018.)
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75004. (a) Notwithstanding Section 72000, the California Online Community College may sue and be sued, and shall act in accordance with Section 75003.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 72000, the name of the California Online Community College is the property of the board of governors. No person shall, without permission of the board, use the name, or any abbreviation of the name, or any name of which these words are a part, in any of the following ways:
(1) To designate any business, social, political, religious, or other organization, including, but not necessarily limited to, any corporation, firm, partnership, association, group, activity or enterprise.
(2) To imply, indicate or otherwise suggest that any organization, or any product or service of the organization is connected or affiliated with, or is endorsed, favored or supported by, or is opposed by one or more California community colleges, the board of governors, or the chancellor’s office.
(3) To display, advertise, or announce these names publicly at or in connection with any meeting, assembly, or demonstration, or any propaganda, advertising, or promotional activity of any kind which has for its purpose or any part of its purpose the support, endorsement, advancement, opposition or defeat of any strike, lockout, or boycott or of any political, religious, sociological, or economic movement, activity, or program.
(c) Nothing in this section shall interfere with or restrict the right of any person to make a true and accurate statement in the course of stating his or her experience or qualifications for any academic, governmental, business, or professional credit or enrollment, or in connection with any academic, governmental, professional or other employment whatsoever.
(d) Meetings conducted by the board of governors on items that are related to the California Online Community College shall be conducted separately from the other statutory functions of the board of governors, and shall be subject to the same public meeting requirements as apply to community college districts.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 33, Sec. 18. (AB 1809) Effective June 27, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 46.5 - California Online Community College Act › Section 75008.

75008. (a) The college shall develop a Research and Development Unit that is student-centered and focused on the science of learning to ensure that the technology used by the college is working for the communities it is intended to serve.
(b) The Research and Development Unit shall be focused on leveraging current and future learning sciences technology, assessing data metrics within the technological infrastructure to gauge student progress in a course or pathway, informing instructional and support strategies, and improving on the functionality of the underlying technology.
(c) The Research and Development Unit shall focus on using technology, data science, behavioral science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence to build out student supports, such as, but not limited to, a virtual help desk which uses technology to respond to commonly asked questions from students at any hour of the day and week.
(d) The Research and Development Unit shall share the data, metrics, and findings with the college’s faculty, administrators, and technologists to inform and evolve better teaching and student support practices.
(e) The Research and Development Unit shall regularly collaborate with the Digital Innovation and Infrastructure Division of the chancellor’s office to ensure integration, interoperability, and, where possible, use open standards.
(f) Insights from the Research and Development Unit shall be shared across the California Community Colleges through existing professional development channels to support campuses in accelerated adoption of demonstrated advancements in teaching, learning, and student supports throughout the system.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 33, Sec. 18. (AB 1809) Effective June 27, 2018.)