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PART 45. DISTRICTS AND GOVERNING BOARDS [72000. - 72701.]

Part 45 enacted by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1010.

§§ 72000–72701 · 78 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 72000–72036.5 · 19 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Naming § 72000 · 1 section
      • § 72000 (a) The district and its governing board may sue and be sued, and shall act in accordance with Section 70902. (b) The district name shall be adopted and…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Nondiscrimination §§ 72010–72014 · 4 sections
      • § 72010 The provisions of this article are supplemental to any provision in the Constitution or laws of the United States or Constitution or laws of the State of…
      • § 72011 Every community college district shall provide access to its services, classes, and programs without regard to the characteristics listed in Section 66270.
      • § 72012 Every community college shall comply with Section 66016, the Equity in Higher Education Act as set forth in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 66250) of Part…
      • § 72014 No funds under the control of a community college district shall ever be used for membership or for any participation involving a financial payment or…
    3. ARTICLE 3. Organization of District Boards §§ 72022–72036.5 · 14 sections
      • § 72022 The county committee on school district organization, upon petition of the governing board of any community college district, may provide for the…
      • § 72023 In every community college district in which trustee areas have not been established, there shall be a governing board of either five or seven members elected…
      • § 72023.5 (a) (1) (A) The governing board of each community college district shall order the inclusion within the membership of the governing board, in addition to the…
      • § 72024 (a) (1) In any community college district that is not located in a city and county, and in which the full-time equivalent students (FTES) for the prior college…
      • § 72025 (a) The governing board of the Long Beach Community College District may establish trustee areas pursuant to this section. (b) Notwithstanding any other…
      • § 72026 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if the governing board of a community college district finds that the boundaries of trustee areas do not conform to the…
      • § 72026.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in any district which has annexed or annexes territory resulting in a proposal for a rearrangement of trustee areas…
      • § 72027 (a) Upon the formation of a community college district the county superintendent of schools having jurisdiction shall call and set the date of an election for…
      • § 72029 The governing board of a community college district may by resolution limit campaign expenditures or contributions in elections to district offices.
      • § 72031 The provisions of this section shall apply only to the Los Angeles Community College District. (a) Whenever in this code a section refers to a district, or to…
      • § 72034 Notwithstanding any provision of Chapter 366 of the Statutes of 1982, the terms of office of the members of the governing board of the Santa Monica Community…
      • § 72035 Notwithstanding any other provision of law and the Charter of the City of San Diego, the number of members, the election of members, and the reapportionment of…
      • § 72036 Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of a community college district may change election systems, in accordance with the provisions of this…
      • § 72036.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the number of members, the election of members, and the reapportionment of trustee areas of the Governing Board of the…
  2. CHAPTER 2. Meetings and Members §§ 72101–72129 · 8 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Membership §§ 72101–72104 · 4 sections
      • § 72101 In newly formed districts for which an interim governing board is appointed by the county superintendent of schools, a governing board member election shall be…
      • § 72102 When a member of the governing board of a community college district which is being reorganized and which will cease to exist takes office as a member of the…
      • § 72103 (a) Any person, regardless of sex, who is 18 years of age or older, a citizen of the state, a resident of the community college district, a registered voter,…
      • § 72104 No member of the governing board of a community college district shall, during the term for which he or she was elected, be eligible to serve on the governing…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Meetings §§ 72121–72129 · 4 sections
      • § 72121 Except as provided in Sections 54957 and 54957.6 of the Government Code and in Section 72122 of, and subdivision (c) of Section 48914 of, this code, all…
      • § 72121.5 It is the intent of the Legislature that members of the public be able to place matters directly related to community college district business on the agenda…
      • § 72122 The governing board of a community college district shall, unless a request by the student has been made pursuant to this section, hold closed sessions if the…
      • § 72129 (a) Special meetings may be held at the call of the president of the board or upon a call issued in writing and signed by a majority of the members of the…
  3. CHAPTER 3. Powers and Duties §§ 72203.5–72332 · 9 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 72203.5–72208 · 4 sections
      • § 72203.5 A member of the governing board of a community college district who has tendered a resignation with a deferred effective date pursuant to Section 5090 shall,…
      • § 72205 The approval of any state agency shall not be a prerequisite to acceptance by the governing board of any community college district of a gift, donation,…
      • § 72207 The governing board of a community college district may secure copyrights, in the name of the district, to all copyrightable works developed by the district,…
      • § 72208 (a) The regional accrediting agency for the community colleges shall report to the appropriate policy and budget subcommittees of the Legislature upon the…
    2. ARTICLE 2. College Police §§ 72330–72332 · 5 sections
      • § 72330 (a) The governing board of a community college district may establish a community college police department under the supervision of a community college chief…
      • § 72330.2 Every member of a California Community College police department first employed by a California Community College district before July 1, 1999, shall, in order…
      • § 72330.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to ensure the safety of students, staff, and the public on or near California’s community colleges, by providing…
      • § 72331 Every member of a community college police department shall be supplied with, and authorized to wear, a badge bearing the words “Community College Police”,…
      • § 72332 Any vehicle, when operated in the performance of his or her duties by any member of the police department, is an authorized emergency vehicle and may be…
  4. CHAPTER 4. Officers and Agents §§ 72400–72423 · 6 sections
    • § 72400 The governing board of each community college district shall fix and prescribe the duties to be performed by all persons in community college service in the…
    • § 72401 (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, any person may be permitted by the governing board of any community college district to serve as a nonteaching…
    • § 72403 The governing board of each community college district shall annually at its initial meeting select one of its members to serve as its representative for…
    • § 72411 (a) Every educational administrator shall be employed, and all other administrators may be employed, by the governing board of the district by an appointment…
    • § 72411.5 In the absence of an express appointment or contract as provided in Section 72411, every administrator shall serve in his or her administrative assignment at…
    • § 72423 The governing board of each community college district shall provide for the payment of the travel expenses of any representatives of the board when performing…
  5. CHAPTER 5. Liabilities, Insurance, and Corrupt Practices §§ 72500–72533 · 7 sections
    1. ARTICLE 1. Liabilities §§ 72500–72508 · 5 sections
      • § 72500 The governing board of any community college district is liable in the name of the district for all debts and contracts, including the salary due any…
      • § 72502 All claims for money or damages against a district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division…
      • § 72506 (a) Action taken by any governing board of a community college district to procure insurance shall be governed by the authority of Sections 70902 and 75003…
      • § 72507 Notwithstanding the requirement to provide for indemnity bonds pursuant to Section 85266.5, the governing board of a community college district may, in lieu…
      • § 72508 The governing board of any community college district maintaining a course of automobile driver training shall advise the parents or guardians or persons…
    2. ARTICLE 2. Corrupt Practices §§ 72530–72533 · 2 sections
      • § 72530 (a) The offering of any valuable thing to any member of the governing board of any community college district, with the intent to influence his or her action…
      • § 72533 The prohibitions contained in Article 4 (commencing with Section 1090) and Article 4.7 (commencing with Section 1125) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the…
  6. CHAPTER 6. Miscellaneous Provisions §§ 72620–72701 · 29 sections
    1. ARTICLE 2. Counseling Services §§ 72620–72621 · 3 sections
      • § 72620 The governing board of a community college district may provide in each college within the district an organized and functioning counseling program. Counseling…
      • § 72620.5 Commencing with the 1997–98 fiscal year, community college districts, to the extent that funding is provided in the annual Budget Act, may provide counseling…
      • § 72621 Any information of a personal nature disclosed by a student 12 years of age or older in the process of receiving counseling from a school counselor as…
    2. ARTICLE 6. Auxiliary Organizations §§ 72670–72682 · 13 sections
      • § 72670 The governing board of a community college district may establish auxiliary organizations for the purpose of providing supportive services and specialized…
      • § 72670.5 (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges may establish auxiliary organizations for the purpose of providing supportive services and…
      • § 72671 An auxiliary organization may enter into a joint powers agreement with any federal, state, or local governmental entity pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with…
      • § 72672 (a) A certified public accountant shall be selected by each auxiliary organization described in Section 72670. Upon being notified of the certified public…
      • § 72673 Student body organizations not formed or operating pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 76060) of Chapter 1 of Part 47; student or faculty societies,…
      • § 72674 Each auxiliary organization formed pursuant to this article, shall have a board of directors composed, both as to size and categories of membership, in…
      • § 72675 (a) The board of directors of an auxiliary organization shall approve all expenditures and fund appropriations. Appropriations of funds for use outside of the…
      • § 72676 Operations of commercial services on a campus, such as a food service or bookstore, or such commercial services as may be provided in a student union, shall,…
      • § 72677 No member of the board of directors of an auxiliary organization shall be financially interested in any contract or other transaction entered into by the board…
      • § 72678 No contract or other transaction entered into by the board of directors of an auxiliary organization is void under the provisions of Section 72677; nor shall…
      • § 72679 The provisions of Section 72678 shall not be applicable if any of the following conditions are met: (a) The contract or transaction is between an auxiliary…
      • § 72680 It is unlawful for any person to utilize any information, not a matter of public record, which is received by the person by reason of his or her membership on…
      • § 72682 An auxiliary organization that was in existence on August 31, 1980, shall continue to operate under Article 6 (commencing with Section 72670) of Chapter 6 of…
    3. ARTICLE 7. The Richard McKee Transparency Act of 2011 §§ 72690–72701 · 13 sections
      • § 72690 The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Access to information concerning the conduct of the people’s business is a necessary and…
      • § 72691 For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Auxiliary organization” means those entities defined in Sections 72670 and…
      • § 72692 (a) Records maintained by an auxiliary organization shall be available to the public to inspect or copy at all times during the office hours of the auxiliary…
      • § 72693 (a) Upon a written request for a copy or inspection of records, an auxiliary organization shall determine, within 10 calendar days from the receipt of the…
      • § 72694 (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, an auxiliary organization that has information that constitutes an identifiable record not exempt from disclosure…
      • § 72695 Nothing in this article shall require an auxiliary organization to disclose information that is exempt from disclosure pursuant to an exemption set forth in…
      • § 72696 (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the following records maintained by an auxiliary organization shall not be subject to disclosure: (1) Information that would…
      • § 72696.5 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law, trade secrets, as defined in Section 3426.1 of the Civil Code, shall not be subject to disclosure. This information…
      • § 72697 Any person may institute proceedings for injunctive or declarative relief or writ of mandate in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce his or her right…
      • § 72698 (a) Whenever it is made to appear by verified petition to the superior court of the county where the records or some part thereof are situated that certain…
      • § 72699 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and except as provided for in subdivision (c), whenever an auxiliary organization discloses a record it…
      • § 72700 Any provision in a contract entered into after the effective date of this article between an auxiliary organization and another party that would prevent the…
      • § 72701 This article shall not apply to any records subject to a request made pursuant to the California Public Records Act, as set forth in Division 10 (commencing…