California Code
DIVISION 7 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES
PART 48 - COMMUNITY COLLEGES, EDUCATION PROGRAMS

CHAPTER 1 - Education Programs

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 78015. - 78015. (a) (1) The governing board of a community college...

Section 78016. - 78016. (a) Every vocational or occupational training program offered by...

ARTICLE 1.3 - Agricultural Education Program Quality Criteria

Section 78017. - 78017. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 78017.3. - 78017.3. (a) The California Community Colleges Agriculture and Natural Resources...

ARTICLE 1.4 - Vocational Education Coordination Plan

Section 78018. - 78018. (a) As a condition of federal funds provided under...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Contract Education

Section 78020. - 78020. For purposes of this article: (a) “Contract education” means...

Section 78021. - 78021. (a) The governing board of any community college district...

Section 78022. - 78022. (a) Faculty in all credit and noncredit contract education...

Section 78023. - 78023. (a) Nonprofit public benefit corporations that are not organized...

ARTICLE 2 - Interdistrict Attendance

Section 78030. - 78030. (a) The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1)...

Section 78031. - 78031. (a) Subject to Article 1 (commencing with Section 76000)...

Section 78032. - 78032. (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community...

Section 78033. - 78033. Nothing in this act shall abrogate any contract existing...

Section 78034. - 78034. (a) In addition to classification as a resident pursuant...

ARTICLE 3 - Baccalaureate Degree Program

Section 78040. - 78040. For purposes of this article, “district” means any community...

Section 78041. - 78041. Notwithstanding Section 66010.4, and commencing January 1, 2015, the...

Section 78042. - 78042. (a) A district shall seek approval to offer baccalaureate...

Section 78043. - 78043. Baccalaureate degree programs approved by the Board of Governors...

ARTICLE 4 - Zero-Textbook-Cost Degree Grant Program

Section 78050. - 78050. This act shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 78051. - 78051. The Zero-Textbook-Cost Degree Grant Program is hereby established to...

Section 78052. - 78052. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that...

ARTICLE 5 - California Community College Teacher Credentialing Partnership Pilot Act

Section 78060. - 78060. This section shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 78061. - 78061. (a) The California Community College Teacher Credentialing Partnership Pilot...

ARTICLE 6 - Support Services for Justice-Involved Students

Section 78070. - 78070. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:...

Section 78071. - 78071. (a) The office of the Chancellor of the California...

Section 78072. - 78072. The board of governors shall adopt regulations for the...

Section 78073. - 78073. The board of governors shall be responsible for the...

Section 78074. - 78074. The board of governors may authorize the chancellor, consistent...

Section 78075. - 78075. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, on or...

Section 78076. - 78076. This article shall be operative in a fiscal year...

ARTICLE 7 - Hire UP Program

Section 78080. - 78080. This article shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 78081. - 78081. (a) The Hire UP Pilot Program is hereby established,...

Section 78082. - 78082. (a) (1) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges...

Section 78083. - 78083. Funding for the Hire UP pilot program shall be...

Section 78084. - 78084. This article shall remain in effect only until January...

ARTICLE 8 - The Community College Student Access, Retention, and Debt Cancellation Program

Section 78090. - 78090. (a) The Community College Student Access, Retention, and Debt...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Library Services

Section 78100. - 78100. The governing board of each community college district shall...

Section 78101. - 78101. The board of governors shall adopt standards, rules, and...

Section 78103. - 78103. The libraries shall be open for the use of...

CHAPTER 2 - Courses of Study

ARTICLE 1 - Student Matriculation

Section 78210. - 78210. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 78211. - 78211. It is the intent of the Legislature to do...

Section 78211.5. - 78211.5. (a) The purpose of the Seymour-Campbell Student Success Act...

Section 78212. - 78212. (a) (1) For purposes of this article, “matriculation” means...

Section 78212.5. - 78212.5. It is the intent of the Legislature that, pursuant...

Section 78213. - 78213. (a) A community college district or community college shall...

Section 78213.1. - 78213.1. (a) Beginning July 1, 2023, the Chancellor’s Office of...

Section 78213.2. - 78213.2. (a) As used in this section, the following definitions...

Section 78214. - 78214. (a) All participating districts shall, with the assistance of...

Section 78215. - 78215. (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community...

Section 78216. - 78216. (a) The Legislature recognizes that community college districts are...

Section 78218. - 78218. In the 2012–13 fiscal year and each fiscal year...

Section 78219. - 78219. (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Student Equity Plans

Section 78220. - 78220. (a) As a condition for receiving Student Success and...

Section 78221. - 78221. The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall allocate...

Section 78221.5. - 78221.5. As a condition for receiving funding pursuant to the...

Section 78222. - 78222. (a) (1) The Student Equity and Achievement Program is...

ARTICLE 2 - Athletic Programs

Section 78223. - 78223. The governing board of a community college district may...

ARTICLE 3 - Work-Experience Education

Section 78249. - 78249. (a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this code or the...

ARTICLE 3.51 - Nursing Faculty

Section 78260. - 78260. (a) (1) In order to further the state’s interests...

ARTICLE 3.52 - Nursing Students

Section 78261. - 78261. (a) The Legislature finds and declares both of the...

Section 78261.3. - 78261.3. Notwithstanding any other provision of law: (a) Any community...

Section 78261.5. - 78261.5. (a) A community college registered nursing program that determines...

ARTICLE 3.53 - Nursing Resource Centers

Section 78262. - 78262. (a) The Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges...

ARTICLE 4 - Aviation

Section 78271. - 78271. The State Department of Transportation is authorized to make...

ARTICLE 4.5 - Teacher Preparation Programs

Section 78275. - 78275. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

ARTICLE 7 - Community Service Classes

Section 78300. - 78300. (a) The governing board of a community college district...

CHAPTER 3 - Adult Schools

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 78401. - 78401. (a) The governing board of a community college district...

Section 78402. - 78402. (a) The chancellor’s office, in conjunction with the department,...

CHAPTER 7 - Instructional Materials

ARTICLE 1 - Prohibited Acts

Section 78900. - 78900. (a) No publisher or manufacturer of instructional materials, nor...

Section 78907. - 78907. The use by any person, including a student, of...

CHAPTER 8 - College Terms

ARTICLE 3 - Holidays and Observances

Section 79020. - 79020. Except as otherwise provided the community colleges shall continue...

Section 79021. - 79021. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, whenever the...

Section 79030. - 79030. Whenever climatic conditions of a community college district are...

CHAPTER 9 - Miscellaneous

ARTICLE 1 - Child Development Centers

Section 79120. - 79120. The governing board of any community college district may...

Section 79121. - 79121. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a child...

ARTICLE 3 - Industry, Internship, Apprenticeship, and Preapprenticeship Programs

Section 79140. - 79140. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a)...

Section 79144. - 79144. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions...

Section 79146. - 79146. (a) To the extent sufficient resources exist, the board...

Section 79148. - 79148. To the extent that sufficient federal funds and other...

Section 79148.1. - 79148.1. (a) The California Apprenticeship Initiative (CAI) New and Innovative...

Section 79149. - 79149. (a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall...

Section 79149.1. - 79149.1. (a) Attendance of apprentices enrolled in any class offered...

Section 79149.2. - 79149.2. (a) An apprentice or preapprentice attending community college in...

Section 79149.25. - 79149.25. A student enrolled in a community college class or...

Section 79149.3. - 79149.3. (a) The reimbursement rate for related and supplemental instruction...

Section 79149.4. - 79149.4. For purposes of the California Firefighter Joint Apprenticeship Program,...

Section 79149.5. - 79149.5. (a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, in...

Section 79149.6. - 79149.6. (a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and...

Section 79149.7. - 79149.7. The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the...

ARTICLE 4 - Cooperative Agencies Resources for Education Program

Section 79150. - 79150. The Chancellor’s office of the California Community Colleges, in...

Section 79151. - 79151. Each community college district specified in Section 79150 may...

Section 79152. - 79152. Participants in cooperative agencies resources for education programs shall...

Section 79154. - 79154. The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges,...

Section 79155. - 79155. For the 1983–84 fiscal year and each fiscal year...

ARTICLE 5 - CalWORKs Recipients Education Program

Section 79200. - 79200. (a) There is in the California Community Colleges the...

Section 79201. - 79201. It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting...

Section 79202. - 79202. To the extent that funding is provided in the...

Section 79203. - 79203. To the extent that funding is provided in the...

Section 79204. - 79204. (a) In addition to the funding received pursuant to...

Section 79205. - 79205. (a) Funds allocated pursuant to Section 79204 for the...

Section 79206. - 79206. (a) Funds allocated pursuant to Section 79204 may be...

Section 79207. - 79207. (a) As a condition of continued receipt of the...

Section 79208. - 79208. (a) First priority for expenditures of any funds allocated...

Section 79209. - 79209. (a) If a community college district is unable to...

ARTICLE 6 - Grants for Worksite-Based Training Programs

Section 79210. - 79210. (a) The office of the Chancellor of the California...

ARTICLE 7 - Support Services for Foster Youth Attending Community College

Section 79220. - 79220. (a) The office of the Chancellor of the California...

Section 79221. - 79221. (a) A community college district that wishes to participate...

Section 79222. - 79222. A student participant in the program shall meet both...

Section 79223. - 79223. The board of governors shall adopt regulations that authorize...

Section 79223.5. - 79223.5. All current and former foster youth who meet NextUp...

Section 79224. - 79224. It is the intent of the Legislature that, consistent...

Section 79225. - 79225. (a) The board of governors, in consultation with the...

Section 79226. - 79226. Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, commencing March...

Section 79227. - 79227. This article shall be operative in a fiscal year...

Section 79228. - 79228. The board of governors may authorize the chancellor, consistent...

ARTICLE 8 - Foster Care Education Program

Section 79420. - 79420. Funds appropriated to the Board of Governors of the...

ARTICLE 9 - Advanced Placement Credit

Section 79500. - 79500. (a) The office of the Chancellor of the California...

ARTICLE 10 - California Community Colleges Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Student Achievement Program

Section 79510. - 79510. As used in this article, unless the context requires...

Section 79511. - 79511. (a) (1) The Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific...

ARTICLE 11 - The Native American Student Support and Success Program

Section 79520. - 79520. (a) The Native American Student Support and Success Program...