California Education Code

§ 78090

EDC § 78090 Effective Jan 1, 2023Div. 7 · Title 3 · Part 48 · Ch. 1 · Art. 8

Statute text

(a)The Community College Student Access, Retention, and Debt Cancellation Program is hereby established.

(b)The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall allocate funds on a one-time basis to community college districts to support efforts to increase student retention rates and enrollment by engaging former community college students who may have withdrawn from a community college district due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, current community college students who may be hesitant to remain enrolled at a community college district due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, and prospective students who may be hesitant to enroll at a community college district due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

(c)(1) The governing board of a community college district shall prioritize the use of allocated funds received pursuant to subdivision (b) for community colleges in the district with the largest declines in enrollment due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 929, Sec. 1. (AB 1958) Effective January 1, 2023.