Section 67310 Of Article 3. State-funded Services From California Education Code >> Division 5. >> Title 3. >> Part 40. >> Chapter 14. >> Article 3.
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. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that equal access to
public postsecondary education is essential for the full integration
of persons with disabilities into the social, political, and economic
mainstream of California. The Legislature recognizes the historic
underrepresentation of disabled students in postsecondary programs
and the need for equitable efforts that enhance the enrollment and
retention of disabled students in public colleges and universities in
California.
(b) The Legislature recognizes its responsibility to provide and
adequately fund postsecondary programs and services for disabled
students attending a public postsecondary institution.
(c) To meet this responsibility, the Legislature sets forth the
following principles for public postsecondary institutions and
budgetary control agencies to observe in providing postsecondary
programs and services for students with disabilities:
(1) The state funded activity shall be consistent with the stated
purpose of programs and services for disabled students provided by
the California Community Colleges, the California State University,
or the University of California, as governed by the statutes,
regulations, and guidelines of the community colleges, state
university, or the University of California.
(2) The state funded activity shall not duplicate services or
instruction that are available to all students, either on campus or
in the community.
(3) The state funded activity shall be directly related to the
functional limitations of the verifiable disabilities of the students
to be served.
(4) The state funded activity shall be directly related to these
students' full access to and participation in the educational
process.
(5) The state funded activity shall have as its goals the
independence of disabled students and the maximum integration of
these students with other students.
(6) The state funded activity shall be provided in the most
integrated setting possible, consistent with state and federal law,
state policy and funding requirements, and missions and policies of
the postsecondary segment, and shall be based on identified student
needs.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature that, through the state
budget process, the public postsecondary institutions request, and
the state provide, funds to cover the actual cost of providing
services and instruction, consistent with the principles set forth in
subdivision (c), to disabled students in their respective
postsecondary institutions.
(e) All public postsecondary education institutions shall continue
to utilize other available resources to support programs and
services for disabled students as well as maintain their current
level of funding from other sources whenever possible.
(f) Pursuant to Section 67312, postsecondary institutions shall
demonstrate institutional accountability and clear program
effectiveness evaluations for services to students with disabilities.