5 CCR s 20315

Cal. Admin. Code tit. 5, s 20315

CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
TITLE 5. EDUCATION
DIVISION 2. CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY
CHAPTER 1. LIBRARY SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE STATE
SUBCHAPTER 2. LIBRARY OF CALIFORNIA
ARTICLE 4. ELIGIBLE LIBRARIES
This database is current through 02/09/07, Register 2007, No. 6
s 20315. Membership Eligibility Appeals.

(a) If an institution or a public library jurisdiction considers the
membership eligibility policies and/or membership eligibility actions of
the regional library network serving its geographic area to be
inconsistent with the purposes and provisions of this Act, it may file an
appeal with the state board.

(b) An appeal shall include references to the relevant purposes and/or
provisions of the Act; information on the membership eligibility policies
and/or membership eligibility actions of the regional library network
which appear inconsistent with the Act; and any available documentation.

(c) The state board shall notify the regional library network of the
appeal and shall invite the regional library network to respond to the
appeal, which response is due within sixty days of the state board's
notice.

(d) The state board shall take action on the appeal within one hundred and
fifty days of the institution's or public library jurisdiction's initial
filing.

(e) The state board's determination shall be based upon:

(1) the accuracy of the data presented in the appeal;

(2) the impact of the regional library network's membership
eligibility actions and/or membership eligibility policies on
resource sharing in the geographic region and the state;

(3) the consistency of the regional library network's membership
eligibility actions and/or membership eligibility policies with the
purposes and provisions of the Act; and

(4) the exclusion or inclusion of libraries by type, size, or other
factors inconsistent with the purposes of this Act as a result of
the regional library network's membership eligibility actions and/or
membership eligibility policies.

(f) The decisions of the state board shall become effective thirty days
from its official action on the appeal.

Note: Authority cited: Section 18821, Education Code. Reference:
Section 18821(h), Education Code.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 5-8-2000; operative 6-7-2000 (Register 2000, No. 19).

5 CCR s 20315, 5 CA ADC s 20315
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5 CA ADC s 20315

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