76012.5.
(a) (1) Section 76012 shall not apply to a college providing all of the following services to its homeless students on or before April 1, 2020:(A) Emergency grants that are necessary to secure, or prevent the imminent loss of, housing.
(B) Hotel vouchers through a public agency or community organization.
(C) Rapid rehousing referral services.
(2) A college described in paragraph (1) shall do all of the following:
(A) Send a stand-alone email to every student at
the campus at the beginning of each semester or quarter describing available student housing services, and provide a description of these services at every student orientation at the campus.
(B) Provide a housing assistance tab that is clearly visible and easily accessible from a drop-down menu on the home page of the campus’s internet website.
(C) (i) On or before January 1, 2021, report to the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges on the implementation on or before April 1, 2020, of the services described in paragraph (1). The report shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(I) The number of homeless students served by the services.
(II) The socioeconomic and demographic backgrounds of
these students.
(III) Challenges and best practices in the implementation of the services.
(IV) Whether students who used the services remained enrolled or graduated from a campus maintained by the district.
(V) Other housing services offered to the campus’s homeless students.
(ii) The data and information reported pursuant to subclauses (I) to (IV), inclusive, of clause (i) shall be disaggregated by each service specified in subparagraphs (A) to (C), inclusive, of paragraph (1).
(b) On or before April 30, 2021, the chancellor’s office shall develop and submit to the Governor and the Legislature, pursuant to Section 9795 of the Government Code, a report based on the data and information
reported by colleges pursuant to subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (a).
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until December 31, 2022, and as of that date is repealed.