SECTIONS 69640-69656 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 69640-69656

69640. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the California
Community Colleges recognize the need and accept the responsibility
for extending the opportunities for community college education to
all who may profit from that education regardless of economic,
social, and educational status. It is the intent and purpose of the
Legislature in establishing the Community College Extended
Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS) to encourage local community
colleges to establish and implement programs directed to identifying
those students affected by language, social, and economic handicaps,
to increase the number of eligible EOPS students served, and to
assist those students to achieve their educational objectives and
goals, including, but not necessarily limited to, obtaining job
skills, occupational certificates, or associate degrees, and
transferring to four-year institutions.
(b) The rules and regulations of the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges shall be consistent with this article.
The operation of EOPS, as well as these rules and regulations, shall
be consistent with all of the following goals:
(1) To increase the number and percentage of students enrolled in
community colleges who are affected by language, social, and economic
disadvantages, consistent with state and local matriculation
policies.
(2) To increase the number and percentage of EOPS students who
successfully complete their chosen educational objectives.
(3) To increase the number and percentage of EOPS students who are
successfully placed into career employment.
(4) To increase the number and percentage of EOPS students who
transfer to four-year institutions following completion of the
related educational programs at community colleges.
(5) To strive to assist community colleges to meet student and
employee affirmative action objectives.
(6) To improve the delivery of programs and services to the
disadvantaged.
(c) The Legislature further intends that EOPS shall not be viewed
as the only means of providing services to nontraditional and
disadvantaged students or of meeting student and employee affirmative
action objectives.
(d) The Legislature finds that the establishment and development
of extended opportunity programs and services are essential to the
conservation and development of the cultural, social, economic,
intellectual, and vocational resources of the state.

69641. The Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS)
provided by a community college district shall supplement the regular
educational programs of the community college district to encourage
the enrollment of students handicapped by language, social, and
economic disadvantages, and to facilitate the successful completion
of their educational goals and objectives. EOPS shall be provided by
certificated directors and instructors, as well as by counselors and
other support staff approved by the governing board of the community
college district. Participation in an extended opportunity program or
service shall not preclude participation in any other program
offered by the community college district.

69641.5. The Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges shall consider adopting regulations which include all of the
following objectives:
(a) That the Extended Opportunity Programs and Services provided
by a community college shall include, but not be limited to, staff
qualified to counsel all EOPS students regarding their individual
educational objectives and the specific academic or vocational
training program necessary to achieve those objectives, and that each
EOPS student receives that counseling upon his or her initial
enrollment in the community college, and at least every six months
thereafter.
(b) That in assisting all EOPS students to identify their
educational objectives, the Extended Opportunity Programs and
Services provided by a community college identifies those students
who want to transfer to a four-year institution, and those who have
the potential to transfer successfully, and that the EOPS director at
each community college disseminates the names and addresses of these
potential transfer students to admissions staff at public
universities throughout the state at least once a year.
(c) That the EOPS director at each community college shall work
with other community college staff to encourage all interested EOPS
students to enroll in existing community college classes designed to
develop skills necessary for successful study at a university,
including, but not limited to, time management, research and study
skills, classroom note-taking skills, and writing skills, and that
these classes be developed if they are not already established.

69642. Definitions:
(a) "Extended opportunity program" means a special program or
method of instruction designed to facilitate the language,
educational, or social development of a student and increase his or
her potential for success in the college.
(b) "Extended opportunity services" means a program of assistance
designed to aid students with socioeconomic handicaps to permit them
to enroll in and participate in the educational activities of the
college, and to progress toward completing their educational goals
and objectives, including, but not limited to, graduation from
college.

69643. (a) There is in the state government the Advisory Committee
on Extended Opportunity Programs and Services. It shall be comprised
of nine members appointed by the board, two members appointed by the
Speaker of the Assembly and two members appointed by the Senate
Committee on Rules. The nine members appointed by the board shall
serve for four-year terms, except the first term of each shall be
determined by lot at the first meeting of the board. Three shall
serve for four years, three shall serve for three years, and three
shall serve for two years. The two members appointed by the Speaker
of the Assembly and the two members appointed by the Senate Committee
on Rules shall serve at the pleasure of the respective appointing
powers.
(b) The chairperson and vice chairperson of the committee shall be
designated by the board.
(c) The members of the committee shall serve without compensation,
but shall be reimbursed for necessary traveling and other expenses
incurred in performing their duties and responsibilities.
(d) The committee shall serve as an advisory body to the board,
shall formulate and present policy recommendations as it determines
will effect statewide establishment and conduct of community college
programs of extended opportunities and services, shall review
annually and report to the board the progress made under this article
with the California Community Colleges toward the extension of
educational opportunities for all students who may profit from
instruction, and make other recommendations to implement this
article. The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall be
executive secretary of the committee, shall report to the board on
the actions of the committee, and, at the recommendation of the
committee and its direction, shall make recommendations to the board
pursuant to this article.
(e) All meetings of the committee shall be open and public, and
all persons shall be permitted to attend any meeting of the
committee.

69648. By January 1, 1986, the board shall adopt rules and
regulations necessary to implement this article, including rules and
regulations which do all of the following:
(a) Prescribe the procedure by which a district shall identify a
student eligible for extended opportunity programs or services on the
basis of the student's language, social, or economic disadvantages.
(b) Establish minimum standards for the establishment and conduct
of extended opportunity programs and services. The standards may
include, but shall not be limited to, guidelines for all of the
following:
(1) The provision of staffing and program management.
(2) The establishment of a documentation and data collection
system.
(3) The establishment of an EOPS advisory committee.
(4) The provision of recruitment and outreach services.
(5) The provision of cognitive and noncognitive assessment,
advising, and orientation services.
(6) The provision of college registration.
(7) The provision of basic skills instruction, seminars, and
tutorial assistance.
(8) The provision of counseling and retention services.
(9) The provision of transfer services.
(10) The provision of direct aid.
(11) The establishment of objectives to achieve the goals
specified in Section 69640, and objectives to be applied in
implementing extended opportunity programs and services.
(c) Subject to approval of the chancellor, establish procedures
for the review and evaluation of the districts' extended opportunity
programs and services.
(d) Require the submission of the reports by districts that will
permit the evaluation of the program and services offered.

69648.5. The board of governors may use up to 1 percent of the
funds appropriated for the EOPS program by the annual Budget Act to
monitor program activities and to conduct the evaluation of EOPS
offered by districts.

69649. (a) The governing board of a community college district may,
with the approval of the board, establish an extended opportunity
program.
Except as provided in subdivision (b), in order to be eligible to
receive state funding, the program shall meet the minimum standards
established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 69648.
(b) The board of governors may waive any or all of the minimum
standards established pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 69648 if
the board of governors determines that unusual circumstances which
merit a waiver exist.

69650. The governing board of a community college district may,
with the approval of the board, establish extended opportunity
services. Such services may include, but need not be limited to:
(a) Loans or grants to meet living costs or a portion thereof.
(b) Loans or grants to meet the cost of student fees.
(c) Loans or grants to meet cost of transportation between home
and college.
(d) The provision of scholarships.
(e) Work-experience programs.
(f) Job placement programs.

69651. The governing board of a community college district shall
not use any funds received from the state for the operation and
administration of extended opportunity programs and services to
supplant district resources, programs, or services authorized by
Sections 69649 and 69650. The governing board may use those funds to
meet the matching requirements to receive federal funds, or funds
granted by nonprofit foundations, designated for the same purposes,
for extended opportunity programs and services, as defined by Section
69641.

69652. The governing board of a community college district may
apply to the board for an allowance to meet all or a portion of the
cost of establishing and operating extended opportunity programs or
services authorized by this article. The application shall contain a
detailed plan or plans for use of the allowance. The plan or plans
shall be submitted in accordance with rules and regulations adopted
by the board. The board may also adopt rules and regulations relating
to the form and content of applications and procedures for review,
evaluation, and approval thereof.

69653. Applications shall be subject to the approval of the board.
Upon approval by the board, it shall certify an apportionment or
apportionments to the Controller. The Controller shall draw warrants
on the State Treasury in the amounts certified in favor of the
governing board of the community college district which has
jurisdiction over the applicant district in accordance with a
schedule of payments established by the board and approved by the
Department of Finance.

69654. The board shall review the need for state funds to carry out
the purposes of this chapter and shall include an estimate of such
need in its budget for each year.

69655. (a) Pursuant to Section 69648, the Chancellor of the
California Community Colleges shall determine the elements of a
statewide data base for the Community College Extended Opportunity
Programs and Services, which shall be used for periodic evaluation of
the programs and services. The data base shall include all
information necessary to demonstrate the statewide progress towards
achieving the program goals identified in Section 69640, and program
objectives adopted pursuant to Section 69648 including, but not
limited to, all of the following:
(1) The annual number of extended opportunity programs and
services (EOPS) students and non-EOPS students who complete degree or
certificate programs, transfer programs, or other programs, as
determined by state and local matriculation policies.
(2) The annual number of EOPS and non-EOPS students who transfer
to institutions which award the baccalaureate degree. In implementing
this paragraph, the chancellor shall work in cooperation with the
California Postsecondary Education Commission, the President of the
University of California, the Chancellor of the California State
University, and the Association of Independent Colleges and
Universities to establish methods for obtaining the necessary data.
(3) The annual number of EOPS and non-EOPS students completing
occupational programs who find career employment.
In implementing this paragraph, the chancellor shall integrate the
data collection with existing data collection requirements
pertaining to vocational education.
(b) Beginning in January 1987, the chancellor shall annually
report to the Legislature regarding the number of students served by
the Community College Extended Opportunity Programs and Services and
the number of EOPS students who achieve their educational objectives.

69656. It is the intent of the Legislature that the California
State University and the University of California provide fee waivers
for admissions applications for all EOPS transfer students who
provide waiver forms signed by a community college EOPS director.