87885. (a) The Part-Time Faculty Office Hours Program Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury.
(b) On or before June 15 of each year, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall apportion to each community college district that establishes a program pursuant to this article an amount of up to 50 percent of the total costs of compensation paid for office hours of part-time faculty, as defined in Section 87882. The chancellor shall distribute funds that are appropriated in the annual Budget Act specifically for this purpose proportionally based on each district’s total costs for office hours of part-time faculty pursuant to the verification submitted by the community college district in accordance with subdivision (c) of Section 87884 for that fiscal year. In no event, however, shall the allocation to any district in a fiscal year exceed 50 percent of the total costs of the compensation paid for office hours of part-time faculty pursuant to this article.
(c) It is the intent of the Legislature that funding for the purposes of this article be included in the annual Budget Act.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 891, Sec. 27. Effective October 14, 2001.)