Title EDC — California Educ. Code

Nothing in the Education Code shall be construed as prohibiting two or more community college districts subject to Section 81601 from performing the powers prescribed in Section 81602, through a joint powers agreement made pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 6500) of C…

In community college districts situated within or partly within cities having a population of over five hundred thousand (500,000) as determined by the 1920 federal census any board of education may establish a fund in the county treasury for the purpose of covering fire losses t…

The governing board of any community college district may grade, pave, construct sewers, or otherwise improve streets and other public places in front of real property owned or controlled by it, and also may construct in immediate proximity to any school or site owned or controll…

This article shall be known, and may be cited, as the Statewide Energy Management Program.

The definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this article: (a) “Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. (b) “Energy independence” means the utilization of existing and developing technologies to meet energy nee…

(a) (1) In Executive Order D-16-00, issued August 2, 2000, Governor Davis directed state agencies to design and construct buildings that incorporate energy efficiency, resource conservation, and renewable technologies. In his State of the State Address delivered on January 8, 200…

The board of governors shall encourage the construction of community college sustainable green buildings that implement energy efficiency, sustainable building concepts, and solar electric, fuel cell, and other technologies. On the effective date of this article, the board of gov…

The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall establish an advisory committee for the Statewide Energy Management Program, and determine the membership of that committee. The advisory committee, with technical assistance from the commission, shall make recommendations…

For the purpose of securing bids or proposals, the governing board of the community college district shall publish at least once a week for two weeks in some newspaper of general circulation published in the district, or if there is no such paper, then in some newspaper of genera…

Continuing contracts for work to be done, services to be performed, or for apparatus or equipment to be furnished, sold, built, installed, or repaired for the district, or for materials or supplies to be furnished or sold to the district may be made with an accepted vendor as fol…

The governing board of any community college district may contract with a party who has submitted one of the three lowest responsible competitive proposals or competitive bids for the acquisition, procurement, or maintenance of electronic data processing systems and equipment, el…

In addition to utilizing the procedures specified in Article 9 (commencing with Section 81450) of Chapter 2, any community college district may, by direct sale or otherwise, sell to a purchaser any electronic data-processing equipment or other major items of equipment owned by, o…

Nothing in this code shall preclude the governing board of a community college district from purchasing materials, equipment, supplies, or services under the same terms and conditions as are specified in a contract lawfully awarded by the University of California or the Californi…

The governing board of any community college district may purchase supplementary textbooks, library books, and educational films, audiovisual materials, test materials, workbooks, instructional computer software packages, or periodicals in any amount needed for the operation of t…

The governing board of any community college district may purchase from the federal government or any agency thereof any surplus property, as defined in the Surplus Property Act of 1944, in any amount needed for the operation of the schools of the district without taking estimate…

Wherever in this code the power to contract is invested in the governing board of the community college district or any member thereof, such power may by a majority vote of the board be delegated to its district superintendent, or to such persons as he may designate, or if there …

The governing board by majority vote may adopt a rule, delegating to any officer or employee of the district as the board may designate, the authority to purchase supplies, materials, apparatus, equipment, and services. No such rule shall authorize any officer or employee to make…

Any community college district may enter into an energy management agreement for energy management systems with any person, firm, corporation, or public agency pursuant to this article. As used in this article, “energy management systems” means solar, energy, or solar and energy …

In determining the lowest responsible bidder for an energy management system pursuant to Section 20651 of the Public Contract Code, the governing board of any community college district shall consider the net cost or savings of each system. For the purposes of this section, “net …

The term of any energy management agreement shall not exceed the estimated useful life of the energy management system, but in no event shall the term exceed 15 years.

(a) The governing board of any community college district may borrow funds from federal or state regulated financial institutions for design and construction costs associated with retrofitting buildings to become more energy efficient. The amount borrowed shall not exceed the amo…

The governing board of any community college district may construct and maintain dormitories in connection with any community college within the district for use and occupancy by students in attendance at the community college, and shall fix the rates to be charged the students f…

Any person who is employed in a bookstore maintained by a community college pursuant to this section is a member of the classified service of the district in accordance with Section 88020. In the case of a person who, immediately preceding becoming a member of the classified serv…

The governing board of any community college district may establish and operate a fire department upon any community college campus governed by it and located wholly outside any city, fire protection district or other local agency which provides fire protection service. No such f…

(a) As provided in Section 15792 of the Government Code, community college districts are eligible for reimbursement for the purchase of equipment related to a facility, regardless of whether the facility was built or purchased with funds appropriated by the Legislature and that f…

The board of governors shall adopt regulations providing for the payment of apportionments to districts on a schedule to include an advance apportionment and a first and second principal apportionment. Unless and until the dates related to these apportionments are amended in cons…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, for the 2003–04 fiscal year, warrants for the principal apportionments for the month of June, for general apportionments in the amount of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000) and for the Partnership for Excellence in the amount of fi…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law that governs the regulations adopted by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to disburse funds, the payment of apportionments to community college districts pursuant to Section 84320 shall be adjusted, for the 2020–21 fiscal year, …

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, including any law that governs the regulations adopted by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to disburse funds, the payment of apportionments to community college districts pursuant to Section 84320 shall be adjusted, for th…

(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law that governs the regulations adopted by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to disburse funds, the payment of apportionments to community college districts pursuant to Section 84320 shall be adjusted, for the 2024–25 fiscal ye…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law that governs the regulations adopted by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to disburse funds, the payment of apportionments to community college districts pursuant to Section 84320 shall be adjusted, for the 2025–26 fiscal year, …

(a) Commencing with the 2020–21 fiscal year, up to thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) of the amount of the warrants for the principal apportionments for any of the months of February, March, April, May or June, that are instead to be drawn in the applicable months of the follow…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a community college district may recognize, for budgetary and financial reporting purposes, any amount of state appropriations deferred from the current fiscal year and appropriated in the subsequent fiscal year for payment of current-y…

Notwithstanding any other law, a community college district may recognize for budgetary and financial reporting purposes any amount of state allocations described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of, or subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of, Section 41206.04 …

(a) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall certify each apportionment made by it to the Controller. (b) The board of governors shall furnish an abstract of each apportionment of the State School Fund to the Controller, the Department of Finance, and to …

If at the end of any fiscal year during which the schools of a community college district have been maintained for the period required or permitted by law, there is standing to the credit of the district an unexpended balance of money received from the State School Fund, it may b…

(a) As used in this section, “salaries of classroom instructors” means: (1) The salary paid to each instructor employed by the district whose duties require that the full time for which the instructor is employed be devoted to the instruction of students of the district. (2) The …

The Legislature finds and declares that adult continuing education is essential to the needs of society in an era of rapid technological, economic, and social change and that all adults in California are entitled to quality publicly supported continuing education opportunity, inc…

Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this chapter. (a) “Adult basic education” is education in communication and computational skills to and including the 12th grade level, including English as a secon…

Adult basic education is the responsibility of high school and unified school districts except in those instances where by mutual agreement the responsibility is assigned to a community college district. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The high school diploma program is the responsibility of the high school and unified school districts, but courses leading to a high school diploma may be offered by a community college district pursuant to a mutual agreement. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Vocational and occupational training and retraining programs for adults may be made available in high school, unified, and community college districts by mutual agreement. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Adult continuing education, including but not limited to, parent education, consumer education, civic education, education in special fields, and education in the arts and the humanities, may be made available in high school, unified, and community college districts by mutual agr…

Programs for adults involving postsecondary programs that meet the standards prescribed by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges for credit and noncredit courses are the responsibility of community college districts.

(a) When governing boards agree to transfer an existing program all legal and contractual obligations of either or both districts under the program shall be clearly stated, with appropriate time requirements, in the written transfer agreement approved by the affected governing bo…

The governing board of every district affected by this chapter shall make all reasonable efforts to reach a mutual agreement when such an agreement is required and shall develop procedures for this purpose. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

If a mutual agreement cannot be reached by the district governing boards, the points of disagreement shall be resolved by the State Board of Education and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

Effective July 1, 1977, (a) for noncredit classes or programs offered in community colleges pursuant to this chapter, average daily attendance for state apportionment purposes shall only be calculated for such classes or programs which by mutual agreement are the responsibility o…

Governing boards of community college districts shall employ for academic positions, only persons who possess the qualifications therefor prescribed by regulation of the board of governors. It is contrary to the public policy of this state for any person or persons charged, by th…

(a) Governing boards of commmunity college districts shall not employ or retain in employment persons who have been convicted of any sex offense as defined in Section 87010 or controlled substance offense as defined in Section 87011. If, however, any such conviction is reversed a…