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. (a) If the governing board of a community college district
receives an application for admission from an individual who has been
expelled from another district pursuant to this article within the
preceding five years, or who is undergoing expulsion procedures in
another district, for any of the offenses listed in subdivision (b),
before taking action to deny enrollment or permit conditional
enrollment as authorized by subdivision (e), the governing board or
delegate pursuant to subdivision (f) shall hold a hearing, conducted
in accordance with this section and the applicable rules and
regulations governing enrollment hearings authorized by this section
and adopted in accordance with Section 66300, to determine whether
that individual poses a continuing danger to the physical safety of
the students and employees of the district.
(b) For purposes of this section, "offense" means one of the
following:
(1) Committed or attempted to commit murder.
(2) Caused, attempted to cause serious, or threatened to cause
physical injury to another person, including assault or battery as
defined in Section 240 or 242 of the Penal Code, except in
self-defense.
(3) Committed or attempted to commit a sexual assault as defined
in Section 261, 266c, 286, 288, 288a, or 289 of the Penal Code or
committed sexual battery as defined in Section 243.4 of the Penal
Code.
(4) Committed or attempted to commit kidnapping, or seized,
confined, inveigled, enticed, decoyed, abducted, concealed,
kidnapped, or carried away another person by any means with the
intent to hold or detain that person for ransom or reward.
(5) Committed or attempted to commit robbery or extortion.
(6) Committed stalking as defined in Section 646.9 of the Penal
Code.
(7) Unlawfully possessed, sold, or otherwise furnished a firearm,
knife, explosive, or other dangerous object.
(c) A community college district may request information, and
respond to a request for information, from another community college
district to determine whether an applicant continues to pose a danger
to the physical safety of others.
(d) A community college district may require a student seeking
admission who has been previously expelled from a community college
in the state for any of the actions listed in subdivision (b) to
inform the district of his or her prior expulsion. Failure to do so
may be considered by the district in determining whether to grant
admission, and a written record of the fact may be maintained by the
district with the applicant's file.
(e) The governing board of a community college district, upon
making a determination pursuant to subdivision (a), shall take into
consideration evidence of subsequent offenses and rehabilitative
efforts since the offense and may take any of the following actions:
(1) Deny enrollment.
(2) Permit enrollment.
(3) Permit conditional enrollment.
(f) The governing board of a community college district may
delegate any authority under this section to the superintendent or
president of a community college district, or his or her designee, or
a threat assessment crisis response team pursuant to rules and
regulations adopted pursuant to Section 66300.
(g) Before the governing board of a community college district
takes action as authorized under this section, the governing board
shall establish a formal appeals process for students denied
enrollment to appeal the decision to the governing board. A student
who is denied enrollment under subdivision (e) may appeal the
decision to deny enrollment to the governing board of the community
college district.
(h) This section shall not be construed to impose any duty on a
community college district to review applicants for admission or
review previously enrolled students, whether returning or continuing,
or to conduct a hearing in response to the receipt of any
information regarding a potential, former, or existing student.
(i) In accordance with Sections 815.2 and 820.2 of the Government
Code, a community college district, a member of the governing board
of a community college district, an officer or employee of a
community college district, including a superintendent of a community
college district, a president of a community college district, and
the designee of a president or a superintendent, shall not be liable
for an injury resulting from an exercise of discretion pursuant to
this section, including, but not limited to, an exercise of
discretion not to conduct a hearing when a hearing is not required.
(j) This section shall not apply to the admission of students for
whom a community college district has discretion to admit pursuant to
Section 76000.