PART 50. FINANCE [84000. - 85304.]
Part 50 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.
§§ 84000–85304 · 123 sections
CHAPTER 1. State Financial Management and Control §§ 84000–84044 · 11 sections
ARTICLE 1. Moneys to Districts §§ 84000–84001 · 2 sections
- § 84000 No assessor, tax collector, city, city and county, or county treasurer shall charge or receive any fees or compensation for assessing, collecting, receiving,…
- § 84001 It is the intent of the Legislature that the administration of the laws governing the financial support for the California Community Colleges be conducted…
ARTICLE 2. Accounting, Budget Controls and Audits §§ 84030–84044 · 9 sections
- § 84030 The accounting system including the uniform fund structure used to record the financial affairs of any community college district shall be in accordance with…
- § 84040 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage sound fiscal management practices among community college districts for the most efficient and effective…
- § 84040.3 Each organization that is described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, 26 U.S.C. 501(c)(3), and that is recognized by the governing…
- § 84040.5 (a) The board of governors shall prescribe the statements and other information to be included in the audit reports filed with the state and shall develop…
- § 84040.6 On June 30, 1991, and each year thereafter, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall report to the Joint Legislative Audit Committee…
- § 84041 (a) The board of governors may request the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) established pursuant to Section 42127.8 to assist…
- § 84042 Except as provided in this section, any election held for the purpose of permitting a community college district to exceed the expenditure of district funds…
- § 84043 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, and unless otherwise prohibited under federal law, for the 2009–10 to 2014–15 fiscal years, inclusive, community college…
- § 84044 (a) No later than December 31 of each fiscal year, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall submit reports to the Department of Finance and…
CHAPTER 2. Property Valuations for Allocations §§ 84205.5–84207 · 2 sections
- § 84205.5 For purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 2 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, the “full cash value” of all property in a community college…
- § 84207 On or before November 15 of each year, the county auditor of each county shall furnish to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges the…
CHAPTER 3. State School Fund §§ 84320–84362 · 12 sections
ARTICLE 3. Duties of the Chancellor §§ 84320–84328 · 10 sections
- § 84320 The board of governors shall adopt regulations providing for the payment of apportionments to districts on a schedule to include an advance apportionment and a…
- § 84321 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, for the 2003–04 fiscal year, warrants for the principal apportionments for the month of June, for general apportionments in…
- § 84321.62 (a) Notwithstanding any other law that governs the regulations adopted by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to disburse funds, the payment of…
- § 84321.63 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, including any law that governs the regulations adopted by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to…
- § 84321.64 (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law that governs the regulations adopted by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to disburse funds, the…
- § 84321.65 (a) Notwithstanding any other law that governs the regulations adopted by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to disburse funds, the payment of…
- § 84321.7 (a) Commencing with the 2020–21 fiscal year, up to thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) of the amount of the warrants for the principal apportionments for any…
- § 84322 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a community college district may recognize, for budgetary and financial reporting purposes, any amount of state…
- § 84323 Notwithstanding any other law, a community college district may recognize for budgetary and financial reporting purposes any amount of state allocations…
- § 84328 (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall certify each apportionment made by it to the Controller. (b) The board of governors shall…
ARTICLE 5. Use of Apportionments §§ 84361–84362 · 2 sections
- § 84361 If at the end of any fiscal year during which the schools of a community college district have been maintained for the period required or permitted by law,…
- § 84362 (a) As used in this section, “salaries of classroom instructors” means: (1) The salary paid to each instructor employed by the district whose duties require…
CHAPTER 4. Attendance §§ 84500–84501 · 2 sections
- § 84500 Attendance shall be recorded and kept according to rules and regulations prescribed by the board of governors, subject to this chapter.
- § 84501 Commencing with the 1991–92 fiscal year, the term “community college average daily attendance” (ADA) means full-time equivalent student (FTES) as that term is…
CHAPTER 4.7. Community College Facility Deferred Maintenance and Special Repair Program § 84660 · 1 section
- § 84660 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interests of the people of the State of California to ensure that the facilities of the California…
CHAPTER 4.8. Equipment Replacement Program §§ 84670–84674 · 5 sections
- § 84670 The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the interest of the people of the State of California to ensure the continuation of the quality of…
- § 84671 The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall adopt rules and regulations for the allocation of funds appropriated for the purposes of this…
- § 84672 Allocations shall not be based on specific projects identified by the districts, except as provided in Section 84673, but on a general allocation formula that,…
- § 84673 (a) The board of governors may withhold up to 20 percent of the funds appropriated for the purposes of this chapter, for allocation to specifically identified…
- § 84674 (a) The governing board of a community college district may expend funds allocated under the general allocation formula for any equipment acquisition,…
CHAPTER 5. Community College Apportionment §§ 84750.4–84920 · 46 sections
ARTICLE 2. Program-Based Funding §§ 84750.4–84811 · 22 sections
- § 84750.4 (a) (1) The board of governors, in accordance with this section, and in consultation with institutional representatives of the California Community Colleges…
- § 84750.5 (a) The board of governors, in accordance with the statewide requirements contained in paragraphs (1) to (9), inclusive, of subdivision (d), and in…
- § 84750.6 (a) Consistent with Sections 21 and Section 22 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the following amounts are hereby appropriated from the Public…
- § 84750.7 Consistent with Sections 21 and Section 22 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, for the 2025–26 fiscal year, forty-nine million seven hundred…
- § 84750.8 Beginning in the 2026–27 fiscal year, of the amount appropriated in Schedule (1) of Item 6870-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act for each fiscal year,…
- § 84751 (a) In calculating each community college district’s revenue level for each fiscal year pursuant to Section 84750.4 or subdivision (a) of Section 84750.5, as…
- § 84751.6 (a) (1) On or before June 30 of each fiscal year, an amount to be determined by the Director of Finance shall be appropriated from the General Fund to the…
- § 84751.7 (a) (1) On or before June 30 of each fiscal year, an amount to be determined by the Director of Finance shall be appropriated from the General Fund to the…
- § 84752 (a) No community college district shall receive full-time equivalent student (FTES) funding for activities that are fully funded through another source. The…
- § 84753 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purposes of this article, the revenue level, or full-time equivalent student (FTES) funding for the South…
- § 84754.5 Pursuant to provisions of Chapter 581 of the Statutes of 2004, the board of governors provided the Governor and the Legislature recommendations regarding the…
- § 84754.6 (a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, in coordination with community college stakeholder groups, the appropriate fiscal and policy…
- § 84755 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that program-based funding, once implemented, will more adequately and accountably fund the costs of providing quality…
- § 84756 It is the intent of the Legislature that community college districts with noncredit programs recognize the importance of noncredit programs and that they will…
- § 84757 (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following noncredit courses, noncredit classes, and support services shall be eligible for funding: (1) Parenting,…
- § 84757.5 (a) The chancellor’s office, in conjunction with the department, shall annually report on the number and types of courses being taught and the number of…
- § 84758 Not later than May 15 of each year, the Department of Finance shall notify the Legislature and the Chancellor’s Office of the California Community Colleges of…
- § 84759 (a) As used in this section, the following terms mean: (1) “CalWORKs recipient” means a recipient of aid under Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11200) of…
- § 84760.5 (a) For purposes of this chapter, the following career development and college preparation courses and classes for which credit is not given, and courses that…
- § 84810.5 (a) (1) Open course provisions in statute or regulations of the board of governors shall be waived for any governing board of a community college district for…
- § 84810.7 (a) On or before March 1, 2015, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and the Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall…
- § 84811 (a) (1) Open course provisions in statute or regulations of the board of governors shall be waived for any governing board of a community college district for…
ARTICLE 2.5. Adjustments to Lottery Fund Allocations § 84820 · 1 section
- § 84820 Any lottery revenue allocated to a public education entity pursuant to Section 8880.5 of the Government Code shall not be reduced by more than one-half of 1…
ARTICLE 3. Adult Education Consortium Program § 84830 · 1 section
- § 84830 (a) The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the State Department of Education shall, pursuant to funding made available in the annual Budget…
ARTICLE 6. Handicapped Students § 84850 · 1 section
- § 84850 (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration and funding of educational programs…
ARTICLE 8. Flexible Calendar § 84890 · 1 section
- § 84890 A community college district board may offer, subject to the approval of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and in accordance with…
ARTICLE 9. Adult Education Program §§ 84900–84920 · 20 sections
- § 84900 The Adult Education Program is hereby established under the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the Superintendent of…
- § 84901 For purposes of this article, the following definitions shall apply, unless otherwise specified: (a) “Adult” means a person 18 years of age or older. (b)…
- § 84902 (a) The chancellor and the Superintendent are the state officials responsible for identifying and understanding the educational needs of adults in the state.…
- § 84903 (a) The chancellor and the Superintendent, with the advice of the executive director, shall divide the state into adult education regions and shall determine…
- § 84904 (a) The chancellor and the Superintendent, with the advice of the executive director, shall approve one adult education consortium in each adult education…
- § 84905 The chancellor and the Superintendent, with the advice of the executive director, shall approve, for each consortium, rules and procedures that adhere to all…
- § 84906 (a) (1) Commencing with the 2019–20 fiscal year, as a condition of receipt of an apportionment of funds from this program for a fiscal year, the members of a…
- § 84907 No later than July 31, 2015, the chancellor and the Superintendent, with the advice of the executive director, shall certify, for each school district and…
- § 84908 (a) If the total amount certified for all school districts and county offices of education pursuant to Section 84907 is less than three hundred seventy-five…
- § 84909 (a) This section shall apply commencing with the 2016–17 fiscal year. (b) The chancellor and the Superintendent, with the advice of the executive director,…
- § 84910 The chancellor and the Superintendent shall, when approving a schedule of allocations for a fiscal year, also present preliminary projections for the amounts…
- § 84911 To determine the need for adult education, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall consider, at a minimum, measures related to adult population,…
- § 84912 The chancellor and the Superintendent shall apportion funds appropriated for the program in a given year in compliance with all of the following: (a) No more…
- § 84913 (a) Funds apportioned for the program shall be used only for support of the following: (1) Programs in elementary and secondary basic skills, including…
- § 84914 (a) As a condition of receipt of an apportionment from the program, a consortium shall approve a distribution schedule that includes both of the following: (1)…
- § 84914.1 Program funds received by a participating school district shall be deposited in a separate fund of the school district to be known as the Adult Education Fund.…
- § 84915 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to coordinate programs that support education and workforce services for adults. (b) No later than January 31, 2016,…
- § 84916 Commencing with the 2019–20 fiscal year, any community college district, school district, or county office of education or any joint powers authority…
- § 84917 (a) To inform actions taken by the Governor and the Legislature related to adult education, the chancellor and the Superintendent shall report to the Director…
- § 84920 (a) To the extent that one-time funding is made available in the Budget Act of 2015, consistent with the provisions of Section 84917, the chancellor and the…
CHAPTER 8. Expenditures and Appropriations §§ 85220–85304 · 44 sections
ARTICLE 3. Temporary Transfer, County to District, Excess Balances §§ 85220–85223 · 4 sections
- § 85220 Whenever prior to the receipt by a community college district of its state, county, city and county, or district funds, any district does not have sufficient…
- § 85221 The county superintendent of schools of each county with the approval of the county board of education, may make temporary transfers to a community college…
- § 85222 The county superintendent of schools, with the approval of the county board of education, may make an apportionment to a community college district from the…
- § 85223 Upon the request of the board of governors, the auditor and treasurer of a county or city and county shall make a temporary transfer from any funds of the…
ARTICLE 4. Requisitions and Warrants §§ 85230–85244 · 17 sections
- § 85230 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this code, money shall be paid from the funds of any community college district for the payment of the expenses of the…
- § 85231 All payments from the funds of a community college district shall be made by written order of the governing board of the district. Orders shall be on forms…
- § 85232 Each order drawn on the funds of a community college district shall be signed by at least a majority of the members of the governing board of the district, or…
- § 85233 The governing board of each community college district shall be responsible for filing, or causing to be filed, with the county superintendent of schools the…
- § 85234 Each order drawn against the funds of a community college district shall be numbered and shall state: (a) the particular fund or funds of the district against…
- § 85235 Each order drawn against the funds of a community college district shall be transmitted to the county superintendent of schools, and, if approved and signed by…
- § 85236 The county superintendent of schools may examine each order on community college district funds transmitted to him or her, in the order in which it is received…
- § 85237 (a) If, at any time during a fiscal year, the county superintendent of schools concludes that the expenditures of a community college district in the territory…
- § 85237.5 (a) At any time during a fiscal year, the county superintendent may audit the expenditures and internal controls of community college districts he or she…
- § 85238 If the order is disapproved by the county superintendent of schools, it shall be returned to the governing board of the community college district, except as…
- § 85239 (a) The county auditor may examine each order and requisition on community college district funds transmitted by the county superintendent of schools. If the…
- § 85239.1 The county auditor may authorize the destruction of any bill or supporting document received from a school district for purposes of Section 85239 if all of the…
- § 85240 (a) In lieu of drawing a warrant as provided in Section 85239, the county auditor may, with the approval of the governing board of the community college…
- § 85241 The governing board of any community college district may, with the approval of the county auditor and county treasurer, in lieu of issuing single orders for…
- § 85242 Each payroll order drawn pursuant to this article shall be drawn, approved, and issued in the same manner and shall contain the same minimum content as…
- § 85243 (a) The county superintendent of schools shall keep, open to the inspection of the public, a register of warrants, showing the fund upon which the requisitions…
- § 85244 (a) Orders for the payment of wages and payroll orders for the payment of wages of employees employed full time in positions that are not academic positions…
ARTICLE 5. Warrants §§ 85260–85267 · 6 sections
- § 85260 In any county, the county superintendent of schools, the county board of education and the county auditor, may prescribe a payroll procedure, to be followed by…
- § 85260.5 A payroll clearance fund for the purpose of consolidating and balancing payroll deductions and other payroll accounting purposes for one or more community…
- § 85265.5 (a) In a county in which the board of supervisors has transferred educational functions to the county board of education pursuant to Section 1080, and a single…
- § 85266 With the approval of the county superintendent of schools, the governing board of a community college district may cause warrants to be drawn on the county…
- § 85266.5 (a) With the approval of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the governing board of a community college district may cause to be drawn…
- § 85267 Article 3 (commencing with Section 29850) of Chapter 5 of Division 3 of Title 3 of the Government Code shall be applicable to any community college district…
ARTICLE 6. Void Warrants §§ 85270–85272 · 3 sections
- § 85270 Unless otherwise provided by county ordinance, any school warrant not presented to the county treasurer within six months after it was issued is void and any…
- § 85271 Any warrant drawn on the funds of a district retirement system and issued to the claimant thereof but not presented for payment to the county treasurer within…
- § 85272 The county superintendent of schools shall keep a record of all orders, or warrants which have become void.
ARTICLE 7. Registration of Orders, Issuance of Warrants §§ 85280–85288 · 9 sections
- § 85280 When any order against the funds of a community college district is presented to the county superintendent of schools, and the order constitutes a valid claim…
- § 85281 The county superintendent of schools shall number and date the registered order, and shall transmit the registered order to the governing board of the…
- § 85282 Whenever moneys are available for the payment of the registered order, the county superintendent of schools shall give notice, in a newspaper published in the…
- § 85283 At the time of giving the notice the county superintendent of schools shall set aside in the funds of each district for a period of 60 days the amount…
- § 85284 The county superintendent of schools shall approve the registered orders of each district, and sign them as requisitions on the county auditor, in the order of…
- § 85285 As an alternative to the method provided in Section 85284, when any corporation, firm, or person presents two or more registered orders for payment at the same…
- § 85286 The special interest requisition shall bear upon its face substantially the following notation: “In full payment of interest due on warrants numbered ____ to…
- § 85287 The special interest requisition shall be numbered by the county superintendent of schools and county auditor, being given the number immediately succeeding…
- § 85288 The county superintendent of schools shall report to the county treasurer and the county auditor within 10 days after the end of each month the amount of the…
ARTICLE 8. Optional Method of Registering Warrants §§ 85300–85304 · 5 sections
- § 85300 In lieu of the method provided in Article 7 (commencing with Section 85280) of this chapter, inclusive, for the registration of community college district…
- § 85301 When any order on community college district funds is received by the county superintendent of schools, and there is insufficient money in the fund or funds…
- § 85302 When the warrant is presented to the county treasurer for payment, he or she shall endorse, register, advertise, and pay it, with interest at the rate of 5…
- § 85303 If the warrants are not again presented for payment within 60 days from the time the notice provided for in Section 29823 of the Government Code is given, the…
- § 85304 Within 10 days after the end of each month, the county auditor shall report to the superintendent of schools the amount of interest added to registered…