SECTIONS 84850 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 84850

84850. (a) The Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges shall adopt rules and regulations for the administration and
funding of educational programs and support services to be provided
to disabled students by community college districts pursuant to
Chapter 14.2 (commencing with Section 67310) of Part 40.
(b) As used in this section, "disabled students" are persons with
exceptional needs enrolled at a community college who, because of a
verified disability, cannot fully benefit from classes, activities,
and services regularly provided by the college without specific
additional specialized services or educational programs.
(c) The regulations adopted by the board of governors shall
provide for the apportionment of funds to each community college
district to offset the direct excess cost of providing specialized
support services or instruction, or both, to disabled students
enrolled in state-supported educational programs or courses. Direct
excess costs are those actual fixed, variable, and one-time costs, as
defined in Section 67312, which exceed the combined total of the
following:
(1) The average cost to the district of providing services to
nondisabled students times the number of students served by disabled
student programs and services.
(2) The indirect cost to the district of providing facilities and
support for the administration of disabled student programs and
services.
(3) The revenue derived from average daily attendance in special
classes.
(4) Any other funds for serving disabled students which the
district receives from federal, state, or local sources.
(d) As a condition of receiving funds pursuant to this section,
each community college district shall certify that reasonable efforts
have been made to utilize all funds from federal, state, or local
sources which are available for serving disabled students. Districts
shall also provide the programmatic and fiscal information concerning
programs and services for disabled students that the regulations of
the board of governors require.
(e) The board of governors may authorize the chancellor,
consistent with the requirements the board may impose, to designate
up to 3 percent of the funds allocated pursuant to this section for
program development and program accountability.