SECTIONS 84000-84001 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 84000-84001

84000. No assessor, tax collector, city, city and county, or county
treasurer shall charge or receive any fees or compensation for
assessing, collecting, receiving, keeping, or disbursing any school
moneys, but the whole moneys collected shall be paid to the city,
city and county, or county treasurer.

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 within the purview of the following
principles and policies:
The system of public support for the California Community Colleges
should be designed to strengthen and encourage local responsibility
for control of community college education. Community college
districts should be so organized that they can facilitate the
provision of full educational opportunities for all who attend. Local
control is best accomplished by the development of strong, vigorous,
and properly organized local administrative units. It is the state's
responsibility to create or facilitate the creation of local
districts of sufficient size to properly discharge local
responsibilities and to spend the tax dollar effectively.
The system of public support for the California Community Colleges
should assure that state, local, and other funds are adequate for
the support of a realistic funding level. It is unrealistic and
unfair to the less wealthy districts to provide for only a part of
the financing necessary for an adequate educational program.
The system of public support should permit and encourage community
college districts to provide and support improved district
organization and educational programs. The system of public support
should prohibit the introduction of undesirable organization and
educational practices, and should discourage any such practices now
in effect. Improvement of programs in particular districts is in the
interests of the state as a whole as well as of the people in
individual districts, since the excellence of the programs in some
districts will tend to bring about program improvement in other
districts.
The system of public support should make provision for the
apportionment of state funds to local districts on a strictly
objective basis that can be computed as well by the local districts
as by the state. The principle of local responsibility requires that
the granting of discretionary powers to state officials over the
distribution of state aid and the granting to these officials of the
power to impose undue restriction on the use of funds and the conduct
of educational programs at the local level be avoided.
The system of public support for the California Community Colleges
should effect a partnership between the state and community college
districts, with both participating equitably in accordance with their
relative ability. The respective abilities should be combined to
provide a financial plan between the state and the districts for
public support.
The system of public support for the California Community Colleges
should provide for essential educational opportunities for all who
attend. Provision should be made in the financial plan for adequate
financing of all educational services.
The broader based taxing power of the state should be utilized to
raise the level of financial support in the properly organized but
financially weak districts of the state, thus contributing greatly to
the equalization of educational opportunity for the students
residing therein. It should also be used to provide a minimum amount
of guaranteed support to all districts, for this state assistance
serves to develop among all districts a sense of responsibility to
the entire system of public education in the state.