2023 California Code › Education Code - EDC › TITLE 3 - POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION › DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES › PART 48 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION PROGRAMS › CHAPTER 2 - Courses of Study › ARTICLE 1 - Student Matriculation › Section 78212.5.

78212.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that, pursuant to Sections 78213 and 78213.1, all of the following are satisfied:
(a) All United States high school graduate students and those who have received a high school equivalency certificate, regardless of background or special population status, who plan to pursue a certificate, degree, or transfer program offered by the California Community Colleges, shall be directly placed into, and, when beginning coursework in English or mathematics, shall be enrolled in, transfer-level English and mathematics courses if their program requires mathematics or English.
(b) California community colleges shall place and enroll students into transfer-level mathematics or English coursework that satisfies a requirement of the student’s intended certificate or associate degree or a requirement for transfer within their intended major.
(c) When the California State University and University of California systems require mathematics or English prerequisites, both of the following apply:
(1) Community colleges shall determine the methods of fulfilling the prerequisite, whether it be through high school coursework, completion of corequisite coursework or concurrent support activity, credit by examination, credit for prior learning, or multiple measures placement into, or completion of, a course with the same or higher prerequisite.
(2) The California State University shall, and the University of California is requested to, work collaboratively with the California Community Colleges to maintain articulation of courses successfully completed at the California Community Colleges.
(d) California community colleges create the largest opportunities possible for access to transfer-level courses, ensure the greatest enrollment possible into those courses, and provide students the support they need to perform well and be successful in completing those courses.
(e) In order to protect the rights of students with disabilities to fully benefit from participation in postsecondary educational programs, students with documented disabilities shall retain access to educational assistance classes, as described in Section 56028 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations, that are offered to students who otherwise would not be able to benefit from general college classes even with appropriate academic adjustments, auxiliary aids, and services.
(f) Notwithstanding this article, community colleges remain responsible for implementing state and federal laws pertaining to funding and providing services to students with disabilities, including, but not limited to, Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 67300) of Part 40 of Division 5, the federal Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. Sec. 701 et seq.), as amended, and the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12101 et seq.), as amended.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 48. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024. Note: See provision in Section 78218 making operation contingent upon funding.)