Article 4. Cooperative Agencies Resources For Education Program of California Education Code >> Division 7. >> Title 3. >> Part 48. >> Chapter 9. >> Article 4.

The Chancellor's office of the California Community Colleges, in cooperation with the State Department of Social Services and the State Employment Development Department, may enter into agreements with community college districts, which, prior to July 1, 1984, established cooperative agencies resources for education programs, for the purpose of providing additional funds for support services for those programs. Support services shall include, but not be limited to, child care and transportation allowances, books and supplies, counseling, and other related services.

Each community college district specified in Section 79150 may apply for the funds pursuant to this article. Each district shall demonstrate that all existing resources have been exhausted, the number of new welfare recipients who will be served, and the extent of cooperation between the local county welfare department and the State Employment Development Department, the educational opportunity programs and services program, and campus child development programs.

Participants in cooperative agencies resources for education programs shall be at least 18 years of age, be a single head-of-household, be receiving Aid to Families with Dependent Children, and be desirous of completing their high school education or pursuing a job-relevant curriculum.

The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, in conjunction with the State Department of Social Services and the State Employment Development Department, shall adopt guidelines for the cooperative agencies resources for education programs. The board of governors shall be responsible for the administration of the funds for the program.

For the 1983-84 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, this article shall be operative only if funds are specifically appropriated for the purposes of the cooperative agencies resources for education programs pursuant to this article.