Bill Text: CA AB1385 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Community colleges: accreditation.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-11-30 - Died on Senate inactive file. [AB1385 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1385-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1385	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 26, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ting

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

    An act relating to community colleges.   An
act to add Section 72218 to the Education Code, relating to community
colleges. 



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1385, as amended, Ting. Community colleges: accreditation.
   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 specifies the duties of the
board of governors, including, among other duties, establishing
minimum standards for the formation of community colleges and
districts. Under existing regulatory authority, the board of
governors requires each community college to be accredited. 
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would increase the transparency and fairness of the
accreditation process for community colleges.  
   This bill would require the accrediting agency designated by the
board of governors to notify the board of governors before increasing
membership fees, special assessments, or other payments charged to a
community college or community college district, and state in the
notification the reasons for, and the amount of, the increase. 

   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 72218 is added to the 
 Education Code   , to read:  
   72218.  (a) The accrediting agency shall notify the Board of
Governors of the California Community Colleges before increasing
membership fees, special assessments, or other payments charged to a
community college or community college district, and state in the
notification the reasons for, and the amount of, the increase.
   (b) This section does not apply to the accrediting agency's
activities that are related to private educational institutions in
the state or educational institutions outside of the state.
   (c) This section does not affect the authority of the United
States Department of Education regarding educational institutions.
 
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would increase the transparency and
fairness of the accreditation process for California community
colleges.