California 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB2370 Enrolled / Bill

Filed 06/18/2024

                    Enrolled  June 18, 2024 Passed IN  Senate  June 13, 2024 Passed IN  Assembly  May 02, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  April 17, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2370Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 12, 2024An act to add Section 87359.2 to the Education Code, relating to community colleges. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2370, Cervantes. Community colleges: faculty: instructor of record: qualifications.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 requires the board of governors to adopt regulations to establish and maintain the minimum qualifications for service as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction. Existing law requires the board of governors to adopt regulations authorizing local governing boards to employ faculty members and educational administrators who do not meet the specified minimum qualifications, subject to alternative minimum qualifications.This bill would explicitly require the instructor of record for a course of instruction to be a person who meets the above-described minimum qualifications to serve as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction, or the alternative minimum qualifications to serve as a faculty member. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 87359.2 is added to the Education Code, to read:87359.2. The instructor of record for a course of instruction shall be a person who meets the minimum qualifications to serve as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction established pursuant to Section 87356 or the qualifications to serve as a faculty member established pursuant to Section 87359.

 Enrolled  June 18, 2024 Passed IN  Senate  June 13, 2024 Passed IN  Assembly  May 02, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  April 17, 2024 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2370Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 12, 2024An act to add Section 87359.2 to the Education Code, relating to community colleges. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2370, Cervantes. Community colleges: faculty: instructor of record: qualifications.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 requires the board of governors to adopt regulations to establish and maintain the minimum qualifications for service as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction. Existing law requires the board of governors to adopt regulations authorizing local governing boards to employ faculty members and educational administrators who do not meet the specified minimum qualifications, subject to alternative minimum qualifications.This bill would explicitly require the instructor of record for a course of instruction to be a person who meets the above-described minimum qualifications to serve as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction, or the alternative minimum qualifications to serve as a faculty member. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: NO  Local Program: NO 

 Enrolled  June 18, 2024 Passed IN  Senate  June 13, 2024 Passed IN  Assembly  May 02, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  April 17, 2024

Enrolled  June 18, 2024
Passed IN  Senate  June 13, 2024
Passed IN  Assembly  May 02, 2024
Amended IN  Assembly  April 17, 2024

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 2370

Introduced by Assembly Member CervantesFebruary 12, 2024

Introduced by Assembly Member Cervantes
February 12, 2024

An act to add Section 87359.2 to the Education Code, relating to community colleges. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2370, Cervantes. Community colleges: faculty: instructor of record: qualifications.

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 requires the board of governors to adopt regulations to establish and maintain the minimum qualifications for service as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction. Existing law requires the board of governors to adopt regulations authorizing local governing boards to employ faculty members and educational administrators who do not meet the specified minimum qualifications, subject to alternative minimum qualifications.This bill would explicitly require the instructor of record for a course of instruction to be a person who meets the above-described minimum qualifications to serve as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction, or the alternative minimum qualifications to serve as a faculty member. 

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 requires the board of governors to adopt regulations to establish and maintain the minimum qualifications for service as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction. Existing law requires the board of governors to adopt regulations authorizing local governing boards to employ faculty members and educational administrators who do not meet the specified minimum qualifications, subject to alternative minimum qualifications.

This bill would explicitly require the instructor of record for a course of instruction to be a person who meets the above-described minimum qualifications to serve as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction, or the alternative minimum qualifications to serve as a faculty member. 

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 87359.2 is added to the Education Code, to read:87359.2. The instructor of record for a course of instruction shall be a person who meets the minimum qualifications to serve as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction established pursuant to Section 87356 or the qualifications to serve as a faculty member established pursuant to Section 87359.

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 87359.2 is added to the Education Code, to read:87359.2. The instructor of record for a course of instruction shall be a person who meets the minimum qualifications to serve as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction established pursuant to Section 87356 or the qualifications to serve as a faculty member established pursuant to Section 87359.

SECTION 1. Section 87359.2 is added to the Education Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

87359.2. The instructor of record for a course of instruction shall be a person who meets the minimum qualifications to serve as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction established pursuant to Section 87356 or the qualifications to serve as a faculty member established pursuant to Section 87359.

87359.2. The instructor of record for a course of instruction shall be a person who meets the minimum qualifications to serve as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction established pursuant to Section 87356 or the qualifications to serve as a faculty member established pursuant to Section 87359.

87359.2. The instructor of record for a course of instruction shall be a person who meets the minimum qualifications to serve as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction established pursuant to Section 87356 or the qualifications to serve as a faculty member established pursuant to Section 87359.



87359.2. The instructor of record for a course of instruction shall be a person who meets the minimum qualifications to serve as a faculty member teaching credit instruction or a faculty member teaching noncredit instruction established pursuant to Section 87356 or the qualifications to serve as a faculty member established pursuant to Section 87359.