SECTIONS 99100-99106 - California Statutes

EDUCATION CODE

SECTION 99100-99106

99100. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) California students have a long and rich tradition of
participation in community service which should be recognized,
commended, and expanded.
(2) There is a growing national consensus that student
participation in community services enhances the undergraduate
experience.
(3) Student community service is an activity of extreme
importance to the mission of the university and deserves to be
conducted both for academic credit and otherwise.
(4) The state's postsecondary educational institutions are charged
to maintain a tradition of public service as well as teaching and
research.
(5) Access to the privilege of attending the university is made
possible for many by our state's tradition of keeping fees and
tuition low.
(6) Practical learning experiences in the real world are valuable
for the development of a student's sense of self, skills, and
education.
(7) Our state faces enormous unmet human needs and social
challenges including undereducated children, increasing illiteracy
and teenage parenting, environmental contamination, homelessness,
school dropouts, and growing needs for elder care.
(8) The state's ability to face these challenges requires
policymakers to find creative and cost-effective solutions including
increased efforts for community and student public service.
(9) The Legislature and the State of California provide
substantial incentives and subsidies for its citizens to attend the
state's postsecondary education institutions, public and private,
which are among the finest in the world.
(10) Current volunteer efforts conducted by community
organizations reach only a fraction of the need. The need for public
service is great because private, state, and federal funding are
insufficient to pay for all the social services needed.
(11) Existing community service efforts have successfully
demonstrated that participation in public service is of mutual
benefit to participating students and the recipients of their
services.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article
to do all of the following:
(1) Complete the college experience by providing students an
opportunity to develop themselves and their skills in real-world
learning experiences.
(2) To help nurture a sense of human community and social
responsibility in our college students.
(3) Invite the fullest possible cooperation between postsecondary
education institutions, schools, public, private, and nonprofit
agencies, and philanthropies to plan, fund, and implement expanded
opportunities for student participation in community life through
public service in organized programs.
(4) To substantially increase college student participation in
community services, with the ultimate goal of 100 percent
participation.

99101. There is hereby created a program known as The Human Corps
within the University of California and the California State
University. The California Community Colleges, proprietary schools,
and member institutions of the Association of Independent California
Colleges and Universities are strongly encouraged to implement Human
Corps programs. The purpose of the corps is to provide every student
an ongoing opportunity throughout his or her college career to
participate in a community service activity. Toward this goal,
beginning in the fall term in 1988, full-time students, including
both undergraduate and graduate students, entering the University of
California, the California State University, or an institution that
is a member of the Association of Independent California Colleges and
Universities to pursue a degree shall be strongly encouraged and
expected, although not required, to participate in the Human Corps by
providing an average of 30 hours of community service in each
academic year. The segments shall determine how to encourage and
monitor student participation. The segments are strongly encouraged
to develop flexible programs that permit the widest possible student
involvement, including participation by part-time students and others
for whom participation may be difficult due to financial, academic,
personal, or other considerations.

99102. For the purposes of this article, community service shall be
defined as work or service performed by students either voluntarily
or for some form of compensation or academic credit through
nonprofit, governmental, and community-based organizations, schools,
or college campuses. In general, the work or service should be
designed to provide direct experience with people or project
planning, and should have the goal of improving the quality of life
for the community. Eligible activities may include, but are not
limited to, tutoring, literacy training, neighborhood improvement,
increasing environmental safety, assisting the elderly or disabled,
and providing mental health care, particularly for disadvantaged or
low-income residents.
In developing community service programs, campuses shall emphasize
efforts which can most effectively use the skills of students such
as tutoring programs or literacy programs.

99103. There are hereby created Human Corps task forces in each
segment, which shall be established on each campus by March 1, 1988.
Community colleges and member institutions of the Association of
Independent California Colleges and Universities are strongly
encouraged to establish task forces for the purposes set forth in
this section. Each task force shall be composed of students, faculty,
and campus administration. Each task force also shall include
community representatives from groups such as schools, local
businesses and government, nonprofit associations, social service
agencies, and philanthropies. Each task force shall reflect the
ethnic and racial diversity of the institution and the surrounding
community. The purpose of the task forces is to strengthen and
coordinate existing oncampus and external community service
opportunities, expand and make new service opportunities available,
promote the Human Corps to make students, community groups, faculty,
employment recruiters, and administrators aware of the service
expectation, and develop rules and guidelines for the program.

99104. It is the intent of the Legislature that segments maximize
the use of existing resources to implement the Human Corps. This
responsibility includes seeking the resources of the private and
independent sectors, philanthropies, and the federal government to
supplement state support for Human Corps programs. The Legislature
intends that the funds appropriated for purposes of this chapter to
the Regents of the University of California and the Trustees of the
California State University be used to offset some of the costs of
developing the Human Corps. The segmental and campus Human Corps Task
Forces shall jointly determine how those funds are used. It is the
further intent of the Legislature that funds be allocated
competitively for programs and not on a pro rata basis for each
campus. Preference in funding should be given to strengthen and
expand exemplary efforts to implement the Human Corps and to
stimulate new efforts on campuses where the establishment of student
community service programs has been limited.
Campuses may develop numerous approaches to implement the Human
Corps on each campus. Activities eligible for funding may include a
wide variety of incentives for student participation such as:
(a) Recognition programs.
(b) Fellowships.
(c) Awareness programs.
(d) Periodic conferences for students and community organizations.
(e) Transportation costs.
(f) Matching grants.
(g) Intersegmental programs.

99106. Funding for purposes of this chapter is contingent upon
Budget Act appropriations. No provision of this chapter shall apply
to the University of California unless the Regents of the University
of California, by resolution, make that provision applicable.