California 2017 2017-2018 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB1018 Amended / Bill

Filed 03/21/2017

                    Amended IN  Assembly  March 21, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1018Introduced by Assembly Member ReyesFebruary 16, 2017 An act to amend Section 66700 78220 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1018, as amended, Reyes. Community colleges. colleges: student equity plans: homeless students.Existing law requires, as a condition for receiving Student Success and Support Program funding, that the governing board of each community college district maintain a student equity plan, as specified, and requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to make an annual report related to those plans.This bill would add homeless students to the categories of students required to be addressed in the student equity plans. To the extent that this provision would impose new duties on community college districts, it would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.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.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in a statute relating to the administration of the California Community Colleges by the board of governors.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NOYES  Local Program: NOYES Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 78220 of the Education Code is amended to read:78220. (a) As a condition for receiving Student Success and Support Program funding, and in order to ensure equal educational opportunities and to promote student success for all students, regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or economic circumstances, the governing board of each community college district shall maintain a student equity plan that includes all of the following for each community college in the community college district:(1) Campus-based research as to the extent of student equity by gender and for each of the following categories of students:(A) Current or former foster youth.(B) Students with disabilities.(C) Low-income students.(D) Veterans.(E) Students in the following ethnic and racial categories, as they are defined by the United States Census Bureau for the 2010 Census for reporting purposes:(i) American Indian or Alaska Native.(ii) Asian.(iii) Black or African American.(iv) Hispanic or Latino.(v) Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.(vi) White.(vii) Some other race.(viii) More than one race. (F) Homeless students.(2) Goals for access to, and completion of, basic skills, career technical education and workforce training, and transfer courses for the overall student population and for each population group of high-need or disadvantaged students, and a determination of what activities are most likely to effectively meet those goals.(3) Whether significant underrepresentation is found to exist pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), measures for addressing the disparities in those areas, implementation activities designed to attain the goals specified in paragraph (2), including, but not necessarily limited to, the adoption of evidence-based models of remediation, implementation of placement tests and policies that more accurately predict student success and identify students remedial needs, and a means of coordinating with, at a minimum, the following student equity-related categorical programs or campus-based programs:(A) Students with disabilities.(B) Extended Opportunity Programs and Services and Special Services.(C) Fund for Student Success.(D) Student Success and Support Program.(E) Programs for foster youth.(F) Programs for veterans.(G) Special Services for CalWORKs Recipients.(H) Student Financial Aid Administration.(I) Student Success for Basic Skills Students.(4) Sources of funds for the activities in the plan.(5) A schedule and process for evaluation.(6) An executive summary that includes, at a minimum, the students student groups for whom goals have been set, the goals, the initiatives that the community college or community college district will undertake to achieve these goals, the resources that have been budgeted for that purpose, and the community college district official to contact for further information. Commencing with 201617 academic year, the executive summary shall also include a detailed accounting of how funding was expended and an assessment of the progress made in achieving the identified goals.(b) Student equity plans shall be developed with the active involvement of all groups on campus as required by law, including, but not limited to, the academic senate, academic faculty and staff, student services, and students, and with the involvement of appropriate people from the community.(c) The plan shall be adopted by the governing board of the community college district and submitted to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges on or before January 1, 2015, who shall publish all executive summaries, sending copies to the appropriate policy and budget committees of the Legislature, the Department of Finance, every community college and community college district, each consultation group identified in subdivision (b) that so requests, and additional individuals and organizations as deemed appropriate.(d) The plan shall be updated every three academic years and plan updates shall be submitted to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for publication and distribution as provided for in subdivision (c).SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.SECTION 1.Section 66700 of the Education Code is amended to read:66700.The California Community Colleges are postsecondary schools and shall continue to be a part of the public school system of this state. The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall prescribe minimum standards for the formation and operation of the California Community Colleges and shall exercise general supervision over the California Community Colleges.

 Amended IN  Assembly  March 21, 2017 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 1018Introduced by Assembly Member ReyesFebruary 16, 2017 An act to amend Section 66700 78220 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 1018, as amended, Reyes. Community colleges. colleges: student equity plans: homeless students.Existing law requires, as a condition for receiving Student Success and Support Program funding, that the governing board of each community college district maintain a student equity plan, as specified, and requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to make an annual report related to those plans.This bill would add homeless students to the categories of students required to be addressed in the student equity plans. To the extent that this provision would impose new duties on community college districts, it would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.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.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in a statute relating to the administration of the California Community Colleges by the board of governors.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NOYES  Local Program: NOYES 

 Amended IN  Assembly  March 21, 2017

Amended IN  Assembly  March 21, 2017

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill No. 1018

Introduced by Assembly Member ReyesFebruary 16, 2017

Introduced by Assembly Member Reyes
February 16, 2017

 An act to amend Section 66700 78220 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1018, as amended, Reyes. Community colleges. colleges: student equity plans: homeless students.

Existing law requires, as a condition for receiving Student Success and Support Program funding, that the governing board of each community college district maintain a student equity plan, as specified, and requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to make an annual report related to those plans.This bill would add homeless students to the categories of students required to be addressed in the student equity plans. To the extent that this provision would impose new duties on community college districts, it would impose a state-mandated local program.The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.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.This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in a statute relating to the administration of the California Community Colleges by the board of governors.

Existing law requires, as a condition for receiving Student Success and Support Program funding, that the governing board of each community college district maintain a student equity plan, as specified, and requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to make an annual report related to those plans.

This bill would add homeless students to the categories of students required to be addressed in the student equity plans. To the extent that this provision would impose new duties on community college districts, it would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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.



This bill would make a nonsubstantive change in a statute relating to the administration of the California Community Colleges by the board of governors.



## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 78220 of the Education Code is amended to read:78220. (a) As a condition for receiving Student Success and Support Program funding, and in order to ensure equal educational opportunities and to promote student success for all students, regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or economic circumstances, the governing board of each community college district shall maintain a student equity plan that includes all of the following for each community college in the community college district:(1) Campus-based research as to the extent of student equity by gender and for each of the following categories of students:(A) Current or former foster youth.(B) Students with disabilities.(C) Low-income students.(D) Veterans.(E) Students in the following ethnic and racial categories, as they are defined by the United States Census Bureau for the 2010 Census for reporting purposes:(i) American Indian or Alaska Native.(ii) Asian.(iii) Black or African American.(iv) Hispanic or Latino.(v) Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.(vi) White.(vii) Some other race.(viii) More than one race. (F) Homeless students.(2) Goals for access to, and completion of, basic skills, career technical education and workforce training, and transfer courses for the overall student population and for each population group of high-need or disadvantaged students, and a determination of what activities are most likely to effectively meet those goals.(3) Whether significant underrepresentation is found to exist pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), measures for addressing the disparities in those areas, implementation activities designed to attain the goals specified in paragraph (2), including, but not necessarily limited to, the adoption of evidence-based models of remediation, implementation of placement tests and policies that more accurately predict student success and identify students remedial needs, and a means of coordinating with, at a minimum, the following student equity-related categorical programs or campus-based programs:(A) Students with disabilities.(B) Extended Opportunity Programs and Services and Special Services.(C) Fund for Student Success.(D) Student Success and Support Program.(E) Programs for foster youth.(F) Programs for veterans.(G) Special Services for CalWORKs Recipients.(H) Student Financial Aid Administration.(I) Student Success for Basic Skills Students.(4) Sources of funds for the activities in the plan.(5) A schedule and process for evaluation.(6) An executive summary that includes, at a minimum, the students student groups for whom goals have been set, the goals, the initiatives that the community college or community college district will undertake to achieve these goals, the resources that have been budgeted for that purpose, and the community college district official to contact for further information. Commencing with 201617 academic year, the executive summary shall also include a detailed accounting of how funding was expended and an assessment of the progress made in achieving the identified goals.(b) Student equity plans shall be developed with the active involvement of all groups on campus as required by law, including, but not limited to, the academic senate, academic faculty and staff, student services, and students, and with the involvement of appropriate people from the community.(c) The plan shall be adopted by the governing board of the community college district and submitted to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges on or before January 1, 2015, who shall publish all executive summaries, sending copies to the appropriate policy and budget committees of the Legislature, the Department of Finance, every community college and community college district, each consultation group identified in subdivision (b) that so requests, and additional individuals and organizations as deemed appropriate.(d) The plan shall be updated every three academic years and plan updates shall be submitted to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for publication and distribution as provided for in subdivision (c).SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.SECTION 1.Section 66700 of the Education Code is amended to read:66700.The California Community Colleges are postsecondary schools and shall continue to be a part of the public school system of this state. The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall prescribe minimum standards for the formation and operation of the California Community Colleges and shall exercise general supervision over the California Community Colleges.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1. Section 78220 of the Education Code is amended to read:78220. (a) As a condition for receiving Student Success and Support Program funding, and in order to ensure equal educational opportunities and to promote student success for all students, regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or economic circumstances, the governing board of each community college district shall maintain a student equity plan that includes all of the following for each community college in the community college district:(1) Campus-based research as to the extent of student equity by gender and for each of the following categories of students:(A) Current or former foster youth.(B) Students with disabilities.(C) Low-income students.(D) Veterans.(E) Students in the following ethnic and racial categories, as they are defined by the United States Census Bureau for the 2010 Census for reporting purposes:(i) American Indian or Alaska Native.(ii) Asian.(iii) Black or African American.(iv) Hispanic or Latino.(v) Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.(vi) White.(vii) Some other race.(viii) More than one race. (F) Homeless students.(2) Goals for access to, and completion of, basic skills, career technical education and workforce training, and transfer courses for the overall student population and for each population group of high-need or disadvantaged students, and a determination of what activities are most likely to effectively meet those goals.(3) Whether significant underrepresentation is found to exist pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), measures for addressing the disparities in those areas, implementation activities designed to attain the goals specified in paragraph (2), including, but not necessarily limited to, the adoption of evidence-based models of remediation, implementation of placement tests and policies that more accurately predict student success and identify students remedial needs, and a means of coordinating with, at a minimum, the following student equity-related categorical programs or campus-based programs:(A) Students with disabilities.(B) Extended Opportunity Programs and Services and Special Services.(C) Fund for Student Success.(D) Student Success and Support Program.(E) Programs for foster youth.(F) Programs for veterans.(G) Special Services for CalWORKs Recipients.(H) Student Financial Aid Administration.(I) Student Success for Basic Skills Students.(4) Sources of funds for the activities in the plan.(5) A schedule and process for evaluation.(6) An executive summary that includes, at a minimum, the students student groups for whom goals have been set, the goals, the initiatives that the community college or community college district will undertake to achieve these goals, the resources that have been budgeted for that purpose, and the community college district official to contact for further information. Commencing with 201617 academic year, the executive summary shall also include a detailed accounting of how funding was expended and an assessment of the progress made in achieving the identified goals.(b) Student equity plans shall be developed with the active involvement of all groups on campus as required by law, including, but not limited to, the academic senate, academic faculty and staff, student services, and students, and with the involvement of appropriate people from the community.(c) The plan shall be adopted by the governing board of the community college district and submitted to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges on or before January 1, 2015, who shall publish all executive summaries, sending copies to the appropriate policy and budget committees of the Legislature, the Department of Finance, every community college and community college district, each consultation group identified in subdivision (b) that so requests, and additional individuals and organizations as deemed appropriate.(d) The plan shall be updated every three academic years and plan updates shall be submitted to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for publication and distribution as provided for in subdivision (c).

SECTION 1. Section 78220 of the Education Code is amended to read:

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78220. (a) As a condition for receiving Student Success and Support Program funding, and in order to ensure equal educational opportunities and to promote student success for all students, regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or economic circumstances, the governing board of each community college district shall maintain a student equity plan that includes all of the following for each community college in the community college district:(1) Campus-based research as to the extent of student equity by gender and for each of the following categories of students:(A) Current or former foster youth.(B) Students with disabilities.(C) Low-income students.(D) Veterans.(E) Students in the following ethnic and racial categories, as they are defined by the United States Census Bureau for the 2010 Census for reporting purposes:(i) American Indian or Alaska Native.(ii) Asian.(iii) Black or African American.(iv) Hispanic or Latino.(v) Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.(vi) White.(vii) Some other race.(viii) More than one race. (F) Homeless students.(2) Goals for access to, and completion of, basic skills, career technical education and workforce training, and transfer courses for the overall student population and for each population group of high-need or disadvantaged students, and a determination of what activities are most likely to effectively meet those goals.(3) Whether significant underrepresentation is found to exist pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), measures for addressing the disparities in those areas, implementation activities designed to attain the goals specified in paragraph (2), including, but not necessarily limited to, the adoption of evidence-based models of remediation, implementation of placement tests and policies that more accurately predict student success and identify students remedial needs, and a means of coordinating with, at a minimum, the following student equity-related categorical programs or campus-based programs:(A) Students with disabilities.(B) Extended Opportunity Programs and Services and Special Services.(C) Fund for Student Success.(D) Student Success and Support Program.(E) Programs for foster youth.(F) Programs for veterans.(G) Special Services for CalWORKs Recipients.(H) Student Financial Aid Administration.(I) Student Success for Basic Skills Students.(4) Sources of funds for the activities in the plan.(5) A schedule and process for evaluation.(6) An executive summary that includes, at a minimum, the students student groups for whom goals have been set, the goals, the initiatives that the community college or community college district will undertake to achieve these goals, the resources that have been budgeted for that purpose, and the community college district official to contact for further information. Commencing with 201617 academic year, the executive summary shall also include a detailed accounting of how funding was expended and an assessment of the progress made in achieving the identified goals.(b) Student equity plans shall be developed with the active involvement of all groups on campus as required by law, including, but not limited to, the academic senate, academic faculty and staff, student services, and students, and with the involvement of appropriate people from the community.(c) The plan shall be adopted by the governing board of the community college district and submitted to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges on or before January 1, 2015, who shall publish all executive summaries, sending copies to the appropriate policy and budget committees of the Legislature, the Department of Finance, every community college and community college district, each consultation group identified in subdivision (b) that so requests, and additional individuals and organizations as deemed appropriate.(d) The plan shall be updated every three academic years and plan updates shall be submitted to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for publication and distribution as provided for in subdivision (c).

78220. (a) As a condition for receiving Student Success and Support Program funding, and in order to ensure equal educational opportunities and to promote student success for all students, regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or economic circumstances, the governing board of each community college district shall maintain a student equity plan that includes all of the following for each community college in the community college district:(1) Campus-based research as to the extent of student equity by gender and for each of the following categories of students:(A) Current or former foster youth.(B) Students with disabilities.(C) Low-income students.(D) Veterans.(E) Students in the following ethnic and racial categories, as they are defined by the United States Census Bureau for the 2010 Census for reporting purposes:(i) American Indian or Alaska Native.(ii) Asian.(iii) Black or African American.(iv) Hispanic or Latino.(v) Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.(vi) White.(vii) Some other race.(viii) More than one race. (F) Homeless students.(2) Goals for access to, and completion of, basic skills, career technical education and workforce training, and transfer courses for the overall student population and for each population group of high-need or disadvantaged students, and a determination of what activities are most likely to effectively meet those goals.(3) Whether significant underrepresentation is found to exist pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), measures for addressing the disparities in those areas, implementation activities designed to attain the goals specified in paragraph (2), including, but not necessarily limited to, the adoption of evidence-based models of remediation, implementation of placement tests and policies that more accurately predict student success and identify students remedial needs, and a means of coordinating with, at a minimum, the following student equity-related categorical programs or campus-based programs:(A) Students with disabilities.(B) Extended Opportunity Programs and Services and Special Services.(C) Fund for Student Success.(D) Student Success and Support Program.(E) Programs for foster youth.(F) Programs for veterans.(G) Special Services for CalWORKs Recipients.(H) Student Financial Aid Administration.(I) Student Success for Basic Skills Students.(4) Sources of funds for the activities in the plan.(5) A schedule and process for evaluation.(6) An executive summary that includes, at a minimum, the students student groups for whom goals have been set, the goals, the initiatives that the community college or community college district will undertake to achieve these goals, the resources that have been budgeted for that purpose, and the community college district official to contact for further information. Commencing with 201617 academic year, the executive summary shall also include a detailed accounting of how funding was expended and an assessment of the progress made in achieving the identified goals.(b) Student equity plans shall be developed with the active involvement of all groups on campus as required by law, including, but not limited to, the academic senate, academic faculty and staff, student services, and students, and with the involvement of appropriate people from the community.(c) The plan shall be adopted by the governing board of the community college district and submitted to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges on or before January 1, 2015, who shall publish all executive summaries, sending copies to the appropriate policy and budget committees of the Legislature, the Department of Finance, every community college and community college district, each consultation group identified in subdivision (b) that so requests, and additional individuals and organizations as deemed appropriate.(d) The plan shall be updated every three academic years and plan updates shall be submitted to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for publication and distribution as provided for in subdivision (c).

78220. (a) As a condition for receiving Student Success and Support Program funding, and in order to ensure equal educational opportunities and to promote student success for all students, regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or economic circumstances, the governing board of each community college district shall maintain a student equity plan that includes all of the following for each community college in the community college district:(1) Campus-based research as to the extent of student equity by gender and for each of the following categories of students:(A) Current or former foster youth.(B) Students with disabilities.(C) Low-income students.(D) Veterans.(E) Students in the following ethnic and racial categories, as they are defined by the United States Census Bureau for the 2010 Census for reporting purposes:(i) American Indian or Alaska Native.(ii) Asian.(iii) Black or African American.(iv) Hispanic or Latino.(v) Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.(vi) White.(vii) Some other race.(viii) More than one race. (F) Homeless students.(2) Goals for access to, and completion of, basic skills, career technical education and workforce training, and transfer courses for the overall student population and for each population group of high-need or disadvantaged students, and a determination of what activities are most likely to effectively meet those goals.(3) Whether significant underrepresentation is found to exist pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), measures for addressing the disparities in those areas, implementation activities designed to attain the goals specified in paragraph (2), including, but not necessarily limited to, the adoption of evidence-based models of remediation, implementation of placement tests and policies that more accurately predict student success and identify students remedial needs, and a means of coordinating with, at a minimum, the following student equity-related categorical programs or campus-based programs:(A) Students with disabilities.(B) Extended Opportunity Programs and Services and Special Services.(C) Fund for Student Success.(D) Student Success and Support Program.(E) Programs for foster youth.(F) Programs for veterans.(G) Special Services for CalWORKs Recipients.(H) Student Financial Aid Administration.(I) Student Success for Basic Skills Students.(4) Sources of funds for the activities in the plan.(5) A schedule and process for evaluation.(6) An executive summary that includes, at a minimum, the students student groups for whom goals have been set, the goals, the initiatives that the community college or community college district will undertake to achieve these goals, the resources that have been budgeted for that purpose, and the community college district official to contact for further information. Commencing with 201617 academic year, the executive summary shall also include a detailed accounting of how funding was expended and an assessment of the progress made in achieving the identified goals.(b) Student equity plans shall be developed with the active involvement of all groups on campus as required by law, including, but not limited to, the academic senate, academic faculty and staff, student services, and students, and with the involvement of appropriate people from the community.(c) The plan shall be adopted by the governing board of the community college district and submitted to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges on or before January 1, 2015, who shall publish all executive summaries, sending copies to the appropriate policy and budget committees of the Legislature, the Department of Finance, every community college and community college district, each consultation group identified in subdivision (b) that so requests, and additional individuals and organizations as deemed appropriate.(d) The plan shall be updated every three academic years and plan updates shall be submitted to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for publication and distribution as provided for in subdivision (c).



78220. (a) As a condition for receiving Student Success and Support Program funding, and in order to ensure equal educational opportunities and to promote student success for all students, regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or economic circumstances, the governing board of each community college district shall maintain a student equity plan that includes all of the following for each community college in the community college district:

(1) Campus-based research as to the extent of student equity by gender and for each of the following categories of students:

(A) Current or former foster youth.

(B) Students with disabilities.

(C) Low-income students.

(D) Veterans.

(E) Students in the following ethnic and racial categories, as they are defined by the United States Census Bureau for the 2010 Census for reporting purposes:

(i) American Indian or Alaska Native.

(ii) Asian.

(iii) Black or African American.

(iv) Hispanic or Latino.

(v) Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander.

(vi) White.

(vii) Some other race.

(viii) More than one race.

 (F) Homeless students.

(2) Goals for access to, and completion of, basic skills, career technical education and workforce training, and transfer courses for the overall student population and for each population group of high-need or disadvantaged students, and a determination of what activities are most likely to effectively meet those goals.

(3) Whether significant underrepresentation is found to exist pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2), measures for addressing the disparities in those areas, implementation activities designed to attain the goals specified in paragraph (2), including, but not necessarily limited to, the adoption of evidence-based models of remediation, implementation of placement tests and policies that more accurately predict student success and identify students remedial needs, and a means of coordinating with, at a minimum, the following student equity-related categorical programs or campus-based programs:

(A) Students with disabilities.

(B) Extended Opportunity Programs and Services and Special Services.

(C) Fund for Student Success.

(D) Student Success and Support Program.

(E) Programs for foster youth.

(F) Programs for veterans.

(G) Special Services for CalWORKs Recipients.

(H) Student Financial Aid Administration.

(I) Student Success for Basic Skills Students.

(4) Sources of funds for the activities in the plan.

(5) A schedule and process for evaluation.

(6) An executive summary that includes, at a minimum, the students student groups for whom goals have been set, the goals, the initiatives that the community college or community college district will undertake to achieve these goals, the resources that have been budgeted for that purpose, and the community college district official to contact for further information. Commencing with 201617 academic year, the executive summary shall also include a detailed accounting of how funding was expended and an assessment of the progress made in achieving the identified goals.

(b) Student equity plans shall be developed with the active involvement of all groups on campus as required by law, including, but not limited to, the academic senate, academic faculty and staff, student services, and students, and with the involvement of appropriate people from the community.

(c) The plan shall be adopted by the governing board of the community college district and submitted to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges on or before January 1, 2015, who shall publish all executive summaries, sending copies to the appropriate policy and budget committees of the Legislature, the Department of Finance, every community college and community college district, each consultation group identified in subdivision (b) that so requests, and additional individuals and organizations as deemed appropriate.

(d) The plan shall be updated every three academic years and plan updates shall be submitted to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for publication and distribution as provided for in subdivision (c).

SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

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The California Community Colleges are postsecondary schools and shall continue to be a part of the public school system of this state. The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall prescribe minimum standards for the formation and operation of the California Community Colleges and shall exercise general supervision over the California Community Colleges.