Except as provided in Section 3074.7 of the Labor Code, no charges or fees shall be required to be paid by a resident or nonresident apprentice, or by his or her parent or guardian, for admission or attendance in any course of activity or community college course that is offered pursuant to Section 3074 of the Labor Code in accordance with the instructional hours requirements and course requirements specified in Section 3078 of the Labor Code.
FeesAuthorized Fees
Section § 76350
This law states that both residents and nonresidents who are apprentices, as well as their parents or guardians, do not have to pay any fees to enroll in or attend activity or community college courses. These courses are offered as part of apprenticeship programs under certain Labor Code sections, provided they meet specific instructional and course requirements.
apprenticeship programs resident apprentice nonresident apprentice
Section § 76355
This section allows community colleges in California to charge a small fee for health services, like medical care and student health centers. The fee can be up to $10 per semester and $7 for other terms like summer school. Schools can adjust the fee based on inflation if it would increase by a whole dollar.
Part-time students might pay a different amount or have the option to skip the fee. There are exemptions for students who rely on prayer for healing and those in apprenticeship programs. The collected fees must specifically fund health services and can't cover athletic-related expenses.
Colleges that offered health services in 1986-87 must continue to provide them at the same level, even if it costs more than the fee brings in. Schools can initially cover the setup of these fees with other funds and repay these funds from future health fee collections. Finally, the board of governors is tasked with outlining what health services should be included.
(a)Copy CA Education Code § 76355(a)
(1)Copy CA Education Code § 76355(a)(1) The governing board of a district maintaining a community college may require community college students to pay a fee in the total amount of not more than ten dollars ($10) for each semester, seven dollars ($7) for summer school, seven dollars ($7) for each intersession of at least four weeks, or seven dollars ($7) for each quarter for health supervision and services, including direct or indirect medical and hospitalization services, or the operation of a student health center or centers, or both.
(2)CA Education Code § 76355(a)(2) The governing board of each community college district may increase this fee by the same percentage increase as the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchase of Goods and Services. Whenever that calculation produces an increase of one dollar ($1) above the existing fee, the fee may be increased by one dollar ($1).
(b)CA Education Code § 76355(b) If, pursuant to this section, a fee is required, the governing board of the district shall decide the amount of the fee, if any, that a part-time student is required to pay. The governing board may decide whether the fee shall be mandatory or optional.
(c)CA Education Code § 76355(c) The governing board of a district maintaining a community college shall adopt rules and regulations that exempt the following students from any fee required pursuant to subdivision (a):
(1)CA Education Code § 76355(c)(1) Students who depend exclusively upon prayer for healing in accordance with the teachings of a bona fide religious sect, denomination, or organization.
(2)CA Education Code § 76355(c)(2) Students who are attending a community college under an approved apprenticeship training program.
(d)Copy CA Education Code § 76355(d)
(1)Copy CA Education Code § 76355(d)(1) All fees collected pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the fund of the district designated by the California Community Colleges Budget and Accounting Manual. These fees shall be expended only to provide health services as specified in regulations adopted by the board of governors.
(2)CA Education Code § 76355(d)(2) Authorized expenditures shall not include, among other things, athletic trainers’ salaries, athletic insurance, medical supplies for athletics, physical examinations for intercollegiate athletics, ambulance services, the salaries of health professionals for athletic events, any deductible portion of accident claims filed for athletic team members, or any other expense that is not available to all students. No student shall be denied a service supported by student health fees on account of participation in athletic programs.
(e)CA Education Code § 76355(e) Any community college district that provided health services in the 1986–87 fiscal year shall maintain health services, at the level provided during the 1986–87 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter. If the cost to maintain that level of service exceeds the limits specified in subdivision (a), the excess cost shall be borne by the district.
(f)CA Education Code § 76355(f) A district that begins charging a health fee may use funds for startup costs from other district funds, and may recover all or part of those funds from health fees collected within the first five years following the commencement of charging the fee.
(g)CA Education Code § 76355(g) The board of governors shall adopt regulations that generally describe the types of health services included in the health service program.
community college student fees health services fees student health centers
Section § 76360
This law allows community college districts to charge a fee for parking services, up to $50 per semester and $25 per intersession, for those using the parking facilities. This fee should not exceed the actual cost of providing these services. Carpoolers who regularly bring two or more passengers can pay a reduced fee of up to $35 per semester or $15 per intersession.
The governing board can adjust these fees based on inflation and may also charge a higher fee if parking demand and land prices around the campus are higher than the state average. These increased fees can only cover the cost of building new parking structures. Students receiving financial aid can be exempt from fees over $30 per semester.
Others, besides students and employees, may also be charged for parking services. All collected fees are to be used strictly for parking services or to help reduce transportation costs for students and employees. "Parking services" include purchasing, constructing, and maintaining parking facilities. Lastly, fees collected from investments made using student funds must be repaid to the student organization.
(a)Copy CA Education Code § 76360(a)
(1)Copy CA Education Code § 76360(a)(1) The governing board of a community college district may require students in attendance and employees of the district to pay a fee, in an amount, not to exceed fifty dollars ($50) per semester and twenty-five dollars ($25) per intersession, to be established by the board, for parking services. The fee shall only be required of students and employees using parking services and shall not exceed the actual cost of providing parking services.
(2)CA Education Code § 76360(a)(2) To encourage ridesharing and carpooling, the fee shall not exceed thirty-five dollars ($35) per semester and fifteen dollars ($15) per intersession for a student who certifies, in accordance with procedures
established by the board, that he or she regularly has two or more passengers commuting to the community college with him or her in the vehicle parked at the community college.
(3)CA Education Code § 76360(a)(3) The governing board of each community college district may increase the fee limits imposed by this subdivision by the same percentage increase as the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services published by the United States Department of Commerce. The fees may be increased annually up to the next whole dollar increment above the existing fee limit that calculation produces.
(b)Copy CA Education Code § 76360(b)
(1)Copy CA Education Code § 76360(b)(1) The governing board may require payment of a parking fee at a campus in excess of the limits set forth in subdivision (a) for the purpose of funding the construction of on-campus parking facilities if both of the following conditions exist at the campus:
(A)CA Education Code § 76360(b)(1)(A) The full-time equivalent student (FTES) per parking space on the campus exceeds the statewide average FTES per parking space on community college campuses.
(B)CA Education Code § 76360(b)(1)(B) The market price per square foot of land adjacent to the campus exceeds the statewide average market price per square foot of land adjacent to community college campuses.
(2)CA Education Code § 76360(b)(2) If the governing board requires payment of a parking fee in excess of the limits set forth in subdivision (a), the fee may not exceed the actual cost of constructing a parking structure.
(c)CA Education Code § 76360(c) Students who receive financial assistance pursuant to any programs described in subdivision (g) of Section 76300 shall be exempt
from parking fees imposed pursuant to this section that exceed thirty dollars ($30) per semester.
(d)CA Education Code § 76360(d) The governing board of a community college district may also require the payment of a fee, to be established by the governing board, for the use of parking services by persons other than students and employees.
(e)CA Education Code § 76360(e) All parking fees collected shall be deposited in the designated fund of the district in accordance with the California Community Colleges Budget and Accounting Manual, and shall be expended only for parking services or for purposes of reducing the costs to students and employees of the college of using public transportation to and from the college.
(f)CA Education Code § 76360(f) Fees collected for use of parking services provided for by investment of student body funds under the authority of Section 76064 shall be deposited in a
designated fund in accordance with the California Community Colleges Budget and Accounting Manual for repayment to the student organization.
(g)CA Education Code § 76360(g) “Parking services,” as used in this section, means the purchase, construction, and operation and maintenance of parking facilities for vehicles and motor vehicles as defined by Sections 415 and 670 of the Vehicle Code.
community college parking fees parking costs carpool discount
Section § 76361
This law allows community college districts to charge students and employees a transportation fee to help cover the costs of transit services. The fee amount can be decided based on election votes by students or both students and employees, but it applies primarily to those who use the service. Exemptions or reductions may be provided for low-income or part-time students. The total of transportation and parking fees cannot exceed $70 per semester. Fee increases can match inflation rates.
Elections must be held to approve these fees before entering or extending contracts for transportation. Additionally, there's a requirement for a 12-month notice before changing or ending existing transportation service agreements. The fees apply only to external transit services, not on-campus shuttles.
(a)CA Education Code § 76361(a) The governing board of a community college district may require students in attendance and employees at a campus of the district to pay a fee for purposes of partially or fully recovering transportation costs incurred by the district or of reducing fares for services provided by common carriers or municipally owned transit systems to these students and employees.
(b)CA Education Code § 76361(b) Fees authorized by subdivision (a) for transportation services may be required to be paid only by students and employees using the services, or, in the alternative, by any of the following groups of people:
(1)CA Education Code § 76361(b)(1) Upon the favorable vote of a majority of the students and a majority of the
employees of a campus of the district, who voted at an election on the question of whether or not the governing board should require all students and employees at the campus to pay a fee for transportation services for a period of time to be determined by the governing board of the district, the fees may be required to be paid by all students, other than those students who are exempt from the fees pursuant to subdivision (c), and all employees of the campus of the community college district.
(2)CA Education Code § 76361(b)(2) Upon the favorable vote of a majority of the students at a campus of the district, who voted at an election on the question of whether or not the governing board should require all students to pay a fee for transportation services for a period of time to be determined by the governing board of the district, the fees may be required to be paid by all students, other than those students who are exempt from the fees pursuant to subdivision (c), at the
campus of the community college district. However, the employees shall not be entitled to use the services.
(3)CA Education Code § 76361(b)(3) Upon the favorable vote of a majority of the students at a campus of the district taking a specified number of course credits for a specified duration, to be determined by the governing board, who voted at an election on the question of whether or not the governing board should require all students taking that prescribed number of course credits to pay a fee for transportation services for a period of time to be determined by the governing board of the district, the fees may be required to be paid by those students taking the prescribed number of course credits, except those students who are exempt from the fees pursuant to subdivision (c), at the campus of the community college district. However, the employees shall not be entitled to use the services.
(c)CA Education Code § 76361(c) If a fee is
required of students for transportation services pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (b), the fee required of a part-time student shall be a pro rata lesser amount than the fee charged to full-time students, depending on the number of units for which the part-time student is enrolled. Notwithstanding any other law, the governing board of a community college district that provides for transportation services may adopt rules and regulations to exempt low-income students from this fee, or to require low-income students to pay all or part of this fee.
(d)CA Education Code § 76361(d) Notwithstanding any other law:
(1)CA Education Code § 76361(d)(1) The governing board of a community college district to which this section applies shall not enter into, or extend, a contract for transportation services provided by a common carrier or a municipally owned transit system, funded by the proceeds of a fee authorized under this section,
unless and until a majority of the students of that district, or campus of that district, as appropriate, who vote in an election, held no more than 10 years prior to the date of the expiration of the contract proposed to be entered into or no more than 10 years prior to the date to which it is proposed that an existing contract be extended, have approved the payment of the fee for this purpose.
(2)CA Education Code § 76361(d)(2) An election held pursuant to this section shall be held in accordance with regulations adopted by the board of governors to ensure that the election is publicly noticed and that all students of that district or campus of that district, as appropriate, including full-time, part-time, evening, and weekend students, have an opportunity to
vote in the election.
(3)CA Education Code § 76361(d)(3) If the governing board of a community college district decides to seek to terminate or alter the arrangements under which the district receives transportation services from a common carrier or municipally owned transit system, the governing board shall provide at least 12 months’ notice of that intention to the provider of transportation services.
(e)Copy CA Education Code § 76361(e)
(1)Copy CA Education Code § 76361(e)(1) The total fees to be established periodically by the governing board pursuant to this section shall not exceed the amount necessary to reimburse the district for transportation costs incurred by the district in providing the transportation service. The sum of the fee authorized pursuant to this section for transportation services and the fee authorized pursuant to Section 76360 for parking services shall not exceed seventy dollars ($70) per semester or thirty-five dollars ($35) per
intersession, or the proportionate equivalent for part-time enrollment.
(2)CA Education Code § 76361(e)(2) The governing board of each community college district may increase the fee limits imposed by this subdivision by the same percentage increase as the Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases of Goods and Services published by the United States Department of Commerce. The fees may be increased annually up to the next whole dollar increment above the existing fee limit that calculation produces.
(f)CA Education Code § 76361(f) The governing board of a community college district also may require the payment of a fee, to be fixed by the governing board, for the use of transportation services by persons other than students and employees.
(g)CA Education Code § 76361(g) This section does not apply to, and a fee shall not be charged for, on-campus shuttles or other transportation
services operated on a campus or between the campus and parking facilities owned by the district.
community college transportation fee student transportation election fee exemption
Section § 76365
This law says that the board of governors must create rules about when community college districts can require students to buy materials for their courses. The rules should express that colleges aren't obligated to supply everything needed for classes, like textbooks or equipment. Instead, it outlines when colleges can ask students to get materials that they will find useful even outside of class, like gear for vocational training. To ensure districts follow these rules, there will be a process to check their compliance.
The board of governors shall adopt regulations regarding the authority of community college districts to require students to provide various types of instructional materials. These regulations shall reflect the intent of the Legislature that community college districts are not required to provide all materials, textbooks, equipment, and clothing necessary for each course and program. These regulations shall specify the conditions under which districts may require students to provide those materials that are of continuing value to the student outside of the classroom setting, including, but not limited to, textbooks, tools, equipment, clothing, and those materials that are necessary for the student’s vocational training and employment. The regulations shall establish a process for monitoring district compliance with these regulations.
community college regulations student instructional materials textbook requirements
Section § 76370
This law allows community colleges to let people audit courses, which means attending without receiving credit, and they can charge a fee for it.
(a) If a fee is charged, it can't be more than $15 per unit each semester. The fee should be adjusted for different term lengths and rounded to the nearest dollar where applicable.
(b) Students who are already taking 10 or more units for credit don't have to pay to audit up to three additional units per semester.
(c) Audit students can't switch to receive credit for that course later.
(d) Priority for class spots goes to students taking the course for credit.
(e) Auditing students aren't counted in the college's funding calculations.
The governing board of a community college district may authorize a person to audit a community college course and may charge that person a fee pursuant to this section.
(a)CA Education Code § 76370(a) If a fee for auditing is charged, it shall not exceed fifteen dollars ($15) per unit per semester.
The governing board shall proportionately adjust the amount of the fee for term lengths based upon a quarter system or other alternative system approved pursuant to regulations of the board of governors, and shall also proportionately adjust the amount of the fee for summer sessions, intersessions, and other short-term courses. In making these adjustments, the governing board may round the per unit fee and the per term or per session fee to the nearest dollar.
(b)CA Education Code § 76370(b) Students enrolled in classes to receive credit for 10 or more semester credit units shall not be charged a fee to audit three or fewer semester units per semester.
(c)CA Education Code § 76370(c) No student auditing a course shall be permitted to change his or her enrollment in that course to receive credit for the course.
(d)CA Education Code § 76370(d) Priority in class enrollment shall be given to students desiring to take the course for credit towards a degree or certificate.
(e)CA Education Code § 76370(e) Classroom attendance of students auditing a course shall not be included in computing the apportionment due a community college district.
community college fees auditing courses semester fee limits
Section § 76375
This law allows community college districts to charge students a fee for building and operating student body centers, but only after two-thirds of voting students approve it in an election with at least 20% voter turnout. This fee can be up to $1 per credit hour, with a $10 annual maximum per student, and is in addition to other student fees. However, it doesn't apply to non-credit course students or those receiving certain types of government assistance.
The fees collected are managed by the district, with oversight from student government, and can only be used for student center-related costs. The funds can be invested in insured accounts and other approved financial instruments until used. Ultimately, the student government decides how to use the fee income and the student body center facilities.
(a)Copy CA Education Code § 76375(a)
(1)Copy CA Education Code § 76375(a)(1) The governing board of a community college district may establish an annual building and operating fee for the purpose of financing, constructing, enlarging, remodeling, refurbishing, and operating a student body center, which fee shall be required of all students attending a community college where the student body center is to be located.
(2)CA Education Code § 76375(a)(2) The fee shall be imposed by the governing board, at its option, only after a favorable vote of two-thirds of the students voting in an election held for that purpose at a community college, in the manner prescribed by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and open to all regular students enrolled in credit classes at the community college. The election shall occur on a regularly scheduled college day and at least 20 percent of the students enrolled in credit classes as of October 1 of the college year during which the election is held must cast a ballot for the election to be declared valid.
(3)CA Education Code § 76375(a)(3) The annual building and operating fee shall not exceed one dollar ($1) per credit hour, up to a maximum of ten dollars ($10) per student per fiscal year. The fee requirement shall not apply to students enrolled in the noncredit courses designated by Section 84757. The fee requirement shall not apply to a student who is a recipient of the benefits under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, the Supplemental Security Income/State Supplementary Program, or the General Assistance program.
(4)CA Education Code § 76375(a)(4) The fee authorized by this section shall be supplemental to all other fees charged to community college students.
(5)CA Education Code § 76375(a)(5) If fee income is used to retire obligations the district incurs when it uses a revenue bond to construct a student center, the fee shall remain in effect at least until the bond obligation is retired.
(b)CA Education Code § 76375(b) Each community college district shall be responsible for the custody of the moneys collected pursuant to this section, and shall provide the necessary accounting records and controls thereof. The district shall be reimbursed from these funds in an amount to cover the cost of custodial and accounting services provided by the district in connection with these funds. These funds may be expended by the district only upon submission and approval of the appropriate claim schedule by the student government or its designee.
(c)CA Education Code § 76375(c) All unexpended funds and money collected by any community college district pursuant to this section shall be available for financing, constructing, enlarging, remodeling, refurbishing, and operating a student body center, and until so used, shall, subject to the approval of the student government, be deposited or invested in trust by the appropriate district official in any one or more of the following ways:
(1)CA Education Code § 76375(c)(1) Deposits in trust accounts of a bank or banks whose accounts are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
(2)CA Education Code § 76375(c)(2) Investment certificates or withdrawable shares in state chartered savings and loan associations and savings accounts of federal savings and loan associations, if the associations are doing business in this state and have their accounts insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation.
(3)CA Education Code § 76375(c)(3) Purchase of any of the securities authorized for investment by Section 16430 of the Government Code.
(4)CA Education Code § 76375(c)(4) Participation funds that are exempt from federal income tax pursuant to Section 501(c)(3) of Title 26 of the United States Code and that are open exclusively to nonprofit colleges, universities, and independent schools.
(5)CA Education Code § 76375(c)(5) Investment certificates or withdrawable shares in federal or state credit unions, if the credit unions are doing business in this state and have their accounts insured by the National Credit Union Administration, and if any money so invested or deposited is invested or deposited in certificates, shares, or accounts fully recovered by that insurance.
(6)CA Education Code § 76375(c)(6) Deposits with the county treasurer of the county in which the district is located.
(d)CA Education Code § 76375(d) The student government of a community college with an annual building and operating fee pursuant to this section shall determine the appropriate uses of the fee income and the student body center facility itself.
community college district fee student body center student election
Section § 76380
If you're an adult taking noncredit classes, like English and citizenship for non-citizens or other classes without a high school diploma, you won't have to pay any kind of fee or tuition to the district offering the class. This also applies to certain community college classes. Additionally, the number of full-time equivalent students in these classes is calculated based on specific regulations.
(a)CA Education Code § 76380(a) An adult enrolled in a noncredit course shall not be required by the governing board of the district maintaining the class to pay nonresident tuition or any fee or charge of any kind for a class in English and citizenship for foreigners, a class in an elementary subject, a class designated by the governing board as a class for which high school credit is granted when the class is taken by a person who does not hold a high school diploma, or any class offered by a community college district pursuant to Section 8531, 8532, 8533, or 8534.
(b)CA Education Code § 76380(b) The full-time equivalent student of adults in classes described in subdivision (a) shall be computed as prescribed by regulations of the board of governors.
noncredit course fees nonresident tuition exemption English classes for non-citizens
Section § 76385
If you're taking a class at a community college that doesn't qualify for state funding, the college's board may charge you a fee. However, the money collected from these fees can't be more than what it costs the college to run those classes.
A student enrolled in a class offered by a community college district that is not eligible for state apportionments may be required by the governing board of the district maintaining the class to pay a fee for the class. The total revenues derived from the fee shall not exceed the estimated cost of all of these classes maintained.
community college fees non-state funded classes state apportionments
Section § 76395
This law allows community college districts to charge students a fee if their physical education classes use facilities that are not owned by the district. The fee is to cover the extra costs of using these outside facilities.
The governing board of a community college district may impose a fee on a participating student for the additional expenses incurred when physical education courses are required to use nondistrict facilities.
community college fee for facilities participating student
