87150-87154
EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 87150-87154
87150. There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Community College Faculty and Staff Development Fund, to be administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the purpose of which is to provide state general funds to community colleges for supporting locally developed and implemented faculty and staff development programs. 87151. The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall annually allocate funds appropriated for the purposes of this article to each community college district whose chief executive officer has submitted to the chancellor an affidavit which includes: (a) A statement that each campus within the district has an advisory committee, composed of administrators, faculty, and staff representatives, which has assisted in the assessment of the faculty and staff development needs and in the design of the plan to meet those needs. (b) A campus human development resources plan has been completed for the current and subsequent fiscal years. (c) A report of the actual expenditures for faculty and staff development for the preceding year. 87152. (a) The initial allocation to each district, from funds appropriated by the Legislature therefor, shall be an amount equivalent to one-half of one percent of the fiscal year revenues, as defined by Section 84700, received by the district, for the 1987-88 fiscal year. (b) In subsequent fiscal years, no district shall receive an allocation greater than 2 percent of its fiscal year revenues, as defined in Section 84700, for the prior fiscal year. 87153. The authorized uses of funds allocated under this article shall include all of the following: (a) Improvement of teaching. (b) Maintenance of current academic and technical knowledge and skills. (c) In-service training for vocational education and employment preparation programs. (d) Retraining to meet changing institutional needs. (e) Intersegmental exchange programs. (f) Development of innovations in instructional and administrative techniques and program effectiveness. (g) Computer and technological proficiency programs. (h) Courses and training implementing affirmative action and upward mobility programs. (i) Other activities determined to be related to educational and professional development pursuant to criteria established by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, including, but not necessarily limited to, programs designed to develop self-esteem. 87154. This article shall be operative during any fiscal year only if funds are provided therefor in the annual Budget Act for that fiscal year or other legislation.