Section 76355 Of Article 2. Authorized Fees From California Education Code >> Division 7. >> Title 3. >> Part 47. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.
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) 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) 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) 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) Students who depend exclusively upon prayer for healing in
accordance with the teachings of a bona fide religious sect,
denomination, or organization.
(2) Students who are attending a community college under an
approved apprenticeship training program.
(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) 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) 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) 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) The board of governors shall adopt regulations that generally
describe the types of health services included in the health service
program.