Title EDC — California Educ. Code

Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of a community college district may change election systems, in accordance with the provisions of this section and the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 (Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 14025) of Division 14 of the Electi…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the number of members, the election of members, and the reapportionment of trustee areas of the Governing Board of the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District shall be provided for pursuant to this section and in accordance with the Califo…

The masculine gender includes the feminine. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

“Spouse” includes “registered domestic partner,” as required by Section 297.5 of the Family Code.

The singular number includes the plural, and the plural, the singular. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The Legislature hereby declares as its policy that all of the territory of the state shall be included within a community college district, except that territory located within a county where the county residents accounted for fewer than 350 units of average daily attendance in t…

On and after January 1, 1983, the provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 4000) of Chapter 1 of Part 3 and Articles 2 and 3 (commencing with Section 35720) of Chapter 4 of Part 21 shall apply to actions to reorganize community college districts, as may be applicable, exc…

(a) “Component school district” means a high school or unified school district which is included within a community college district. (b) “Nondistrict territory” means a high school or unified school district which is not included within any community college district.

“Former district” means a district which has been wholly included in another district. The boundaries of a former district are those of the district as it existed immediately prior to being wholly included in another district.

An “action to reorganize districts” means an action to transfer all or part of a district to another district, to annex nondistrict territory to a district, to form a new district, or to otherwise alter the boundaries of a community college district, or any combination of such ac…

“County committee” means the county committee on school district organization, organized and acting as provided for in Article 1 (commencing with Section 4000) of Chapter 1 of Part 3, or the county board of education, organized and acting as provided for in Article 2 (commencing …

“Affected districts” means any component school district or nondistrict territory within the territory to be transferred, annexed, or formed, or both, or any community college district subject to an action to reorganize districts.

“Shall” is mandatory and “may” is permissive. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

“Oath” includes affirmation. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)

The governing board of a community college district shall admit to the community college any California resident, and may admit any nonresident, possessing a high school diploma or the equivalent thereof. The governing board may admit to the community college any apprentice, as d…

(a) The governing board of a community college district may admit to any community college under its jurisdiction as a special part-time or full-time student in any session or term any student who is eligible to attend community college pursuant to Section 48800, 48800.5, or 5262…

(a) For purposes of receiving state apportionments, a community college district may include high school students who attend a community college within the district pursuant to Sections 48800, 52620, and 76001 in the district’s report of full-time equivalent students (FTES) only …

(a) Notwithstanding Section 76001, the governing board of the Long Beach Community College District may admit to any community college under its jurisdiction, as a special part-time or full-time student, in any session or term, any student who is participating in the partnership …

Notwithstanding Section 76001 or any other law: (a) (1) The governing board of a community college district may enter into a College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) partnership with the governing board of a school district or a county office of education for the purpose of offe…

(a) In order to ensure that current and former homeless youth and current and former foster youth who are students at the campuses of the California Community Colleges have stable housing, each campus of the California Community Colleges that maintains student housing facilities …

(a) If a community college campus has shower facilities for student use on campus, the governing board of the community college district shall grant access to those facilities to any homeless student who is enrolled in coursework, has paid enrollment fees, and is in good standing…

(a) The governing body of any community college district may exclude students of filthy or vicious habits, or students suffering from contagious or infectious diseases. (b) The governing board of the community college may exclude from attendance on regular classes any student who…

(a) Consistent with requirements of due process of law, with this article, and with the rules of student conduct adopted by the governing board under Section 66300, the governing board, the president of a community college or the president’s designee, or an instructor shall suspe…

The adopted rules of student conduct may authorize the president of a community college or the president’s designee to suspend a student for good cause as follows: (a) From one or more classes for a period of up to 10 days of instruction. (b) From one or more classes for the rema…

The adopted rules of student conduct may authorize an instructor to remove a student from his or her class for the day of the removal and the next class meeting. The instructor shall immediately report the removal to the chief administrative officer for appropriate action. If the…

As used in this article, “good cause” includes, but is not limited to, the following offenses, occurring while enrolled as a student: (a) Continued disruptive behavior, continued willful disobedience, habitual profanity or vulgarity, or the open and persistent defiance of the aut…

(a) Except in response to conduct specified in subdivisions (g) and (h) of Section 76033, no student shall be removed, suspended, or expelled unless the conduct for which the student is disciplined is related to college activity or college attendance. (b) This section is not inte…

The president or the president’s designee at a community college shall, upon the suspension or expulsion of any student, notify the appropriate law enforcement authorities of the county or city in which the school is situated of any acts of the student which may be in violation o…

Any violation or violations of law, ordinance, regulation, or rule regulating, or pertaining to, the parking of vehicles, shall not be cause for the removal, suspension, or expulsion of a student from a community college.

Nothing in this article shall be construed to limit the authority of a governing board to adopt additional rules and regulations which are not inconsistent with the requirements of this article. These additional rules may, among other things, prescribe specific rules and regulati…

(a) If the governing board of a community college district receives an application for admission from an individual who has been expelled from another district pursuant to this article within the preceding five years, or who is undergoing expulsion procedures in another district,…

The governing board of a community college district may authorize the students of a college to organize a student body association. The association shall encourage students to participate in the governance of the college and may conduct any activities, including fundraising activ…

(a) If a student body association has been established at a community college as authorized by Section 76060, a student representation fee of two dollars ($2) shall be collected by the officials of the community college, together with all other fees, at the time of registration o…

A student who is elected to serve as an officer in the student government of a community college shall meet any of the following requirements: (a) (1) The student shall be enrolled in the community college at the time of election, and throughout the student’s term, with a minimum…

The governing board of a community college district may authorize any organization composed entirely of students attending the colleges of the district to maintain any activities, including fundraising activities, as may be approved by the governing board.

The funds of any student body organization established in the public schools of any community college district shall, subject to approval of the governing board of the district, be deposited or invested in one or more of the following ways: (a) Deposits in trust accounts of the c…

In addition to deposit or investment pursuant to Section 76063, the funds of a student body organization may be loaned or invested in any of the following ways: (a) Loans, with or without interest, to any student body organization established in another community college of the d…

The governing board of any community college district shall provide for the supervision of all funds raised by any student body or student organization using the name of the college. The cost of supervision may constitute a proper charge against the funds of the district. The gov…

Any student political organization that is affiliated with the official youth division of any political party that is on the ballot of the State of California may hold meetings on a community college campus, and may distribute bulletins and circulars concerning its meetings, prov…

(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Students of the California Community Colleges (CCC) receive federal Pell Grants at a rate significantly below the national community college average, and yet there is no indication that CCC students are less needy. …

(a) The CCC Chancellor’s Office shall develop a statement that individual students will be asked to sign, which acknowledges that federal and state funds are available to assist with the costs of college and that information regarding these programs, and assistance in applying fo…

The governing board of a community college district shall adopt rules and regulations relating to the exercise of free expression by students upon the premises of each community college maintained by the district, which shall include reasonable provisions for the time, place, and…

The governing board of each community college district shall require each community college maintained by the district, in administering any test or examination, to permit any student who is eligible to undergo the test or examination to do so, without penalty, at a time when tha…

(a) A community college district may admit, and shall charge a tuition fee to, nonresident students, except that a community college district may exempt from all or parts of the fee any person described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (6), and shall exempt from all of the fee any …

(a) The Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges shall make available to the Legislative Analyst’s Office all of the following data, categorized by community college district and by academic year, commencing with the 2009–10 academic year: (1) The number of reside…

Notwithstanding Section 76140, a community college may classify a nonresident student who has been hired by a public agency, as a resident for purposes of enrollment in and completion of police academy training courses at a community college, if the student has passed all other r…

(a) In addition to the nonresident tuition fee established pursuant to Section 76140, a community college district may charge to nonresident students an amount not to exceed the amount that was expended by the district for capital outlay in the preceding fiscal year divided by th…

(a) A community college district may charge nonresident applicants who are both citizens and residents of a foreign country a processing fee not to exceed the lesser of: (1) the actual cost of processing an application and other documentation required by the federal government, o…

For purposes of the nonresident tuition fee, a community college district shall disregard the time during which a student living in the district resided outside the state, if: (1) The change of residence to a place outside the state was due to a job transfer and was made at the r…

“State” means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. In the latter case, it includes the District of Columbia and the territories. (Enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.)