5 CCR s 51025.5

Cal. Admin. Code tit. 5, s 51025.5

CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
TITLE 5. EDUCATION
DIVISION 6. CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
CHAPTER 2. COMMUNITY COLLEGE STANDARDS
SUBCHAPTER 1. MINIMUM CONDITIONS
This database is current through 02/02/07, Register 2007, No. 5
s 51025.5. Elimination of Reduction Requirements for Fiscal Years
2002-03 and 2003-04.

(a) The Board of Governors finds and declares the following:

(1) The California Community Colleges endured major and sudden
budget reductions in the middle of the 2002-03 fiscal year and
during the 2003-04 fiscal year. In addition, the Legislature
increased the student enrollment fee by $7 per credit unit,
effective Fall 2003, and by an additional $8 per credit unit,
effective Fall 2004, for a cumulative fee increase of 136 percent
over the two years. These budget reductions and fee increases, and
the attendant uncertainties created, seriously disrupted the ability
of community college districts to maintain planned levels of course
offerings and related programs. Community college districts were
compelled to rapidly reduce personnel expenditures, and in many
cases accomplished this through layoffs of staff and faculty or
inducing early retirement incentives.

(2) As a consequence of the disruptions delineated in paragraph
(1), several districts were unable to maintain the number of
full-time faculty required pursuant to provisions of section 51025
for fiscal year 2002-03 or for fiscal year 2003-04.

(3) The Chancellor, utilizing authority granted by section 51025,
deferred the imposition of attendant funding reductions for certain
districts. Based on the report of full-time faculty numbers for Fall
2005, each of these districts is again in compliance with its
required number of full-time faculty and one of these districts has
attained the 75 percent standard specified in section 51025.

(4) In view of these findings, the Board of Governors has
determined that making funding reductions at this time would not
further the goal of improving the ratio of full-time to part-time
faculty and would only serve to penalize the affected districts.

(b) Notwithstanding section 51025, the Chancellor shall not impose funding
reductions on any district which failed to maintain or hire the number of
full-time faculty, or failed to maintain the full-time percentage if
applicable, determined pursuant to subsection (c) of section 51025, for
fiscal years 2002- 03 or 2003-04, if that district:

(1) was granted a deferral of the required funding reduction
pursuant to subdivision (e) of section 51025; and

(2) has achieved compliance with section 51025 by January 31, 2006.

(c) This section shall become inoperative on December 31, 2006.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 66700, 70901, 84750 and 87482.7,
Education Code. Reference: Sections 84750 and 87482.7, Education
Code.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 5-16-2006; operative 6-15-2006. Submitted to OAL for
printing only (Register 2006, No. 26).

5 CCR s 51025.5, 5 CA ADC s 51025.5
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5 CA ADC s 51025.5

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