Education Code section 79149.3


(b)

Attendance of apprentices enrolled in any class maintained by a community college, pursuant to Section 3074 of the Labor Code, shall be reimbursed pursuant to this section only if reported separately to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and not reported pursuant to Section 79149.1. Attendance reported pursuant to this section shall be used only for purposes of calculating allowances pursuant to this section.

(c)

For purposes of this section, each hour of teaching time may include up to 10 minutes of passing time and breaks.

(d)

This section also applies to isolated apprentices, as defined in Section 3074 of the Labor Code, for which alternative methods of instruction are provided.

(e)

The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall make the reimbursements specified in this section for teaching time provided by community colleges.

(i)

(1)If funds remain from the appropriation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 79149, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall reimburse community colleges for unfunded related and supplemental instruction hours from any of the three previous fiscal years, in the following order:

(2)

The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall notify the California Apprenticeship Council of any reimbursements made pursuant to paragraph (1).

(j)

The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall report to the California Apprenticeship Council within 30 days of each apportionment period the following information for each participating community college:

(3)

At the final or recalculation apportionment, the hourly rate paid for related and supplemental instruction hours reported above the community college’s initial allocation of hours for related and supplemental instruction.

(k)

The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall include instructions necessary to enforce this article in the audit report required by Section 84040. The instructions shall include, but not necessarily be limited to, procedures for verifying if the hours for related and supplemental instruction reported to each community college district by a participating apprenticeship program sponsor, pursuant to this section, are eligible for reimbursement pursuant to this section.

Source: Section 79149.3, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=EDC§ionNum=79149.­3.­ (updated Jun. 27, 2018; accessed Jul. 14, 2025).

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