(a) As a condition for receiving Student Success and Support Program funding, and in order to ensure equal educational opportunities and to promote student success for all students, regardless of race, gender, age, disability, or economic circumstances, the governing board of each community college district shall maintain a student equity plan that includes all of the following for each community college in the community college district: (1) Campus-based research, as to the extent of student equity by gender and for each of the following categories of students, that uses the methodology established pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 78221: (A) Current or former foster youth. (B) Students with disabilities. (C) Low-income students. (D) Veterans. (E) Students in the following ethnic and racial categories, as they are defined by the United States Census Bureau for the 2010 Census for reporting purposes: (i) American Indian or Alaska Native. (ii) Asian. (iii) Black or African American. (iv) Hispanic or Latino. (v) Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander. (vi) White. (vii) Some other race. (viii) More than one race. (F) Homeless students. (G) Lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender students. (H) Additional categories of students determined by the governing board of the community college district. (2) To the extent that student data described in paragraph (1) has been collected, the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges shall make the data available to community college districts for determining student equity and disproportionate impact. (3) Goals for access and retention, degree and certificate completion, English as a Second Language and foundational skills, completion, and transfer for the overall student population and for each population group of high-need or disadvantaged students, and a determination of what activities are most likely to effectively meet those goals. (4) Whether significant underrepresentation is found to exist pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (3), based on the methodology established pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 78221, measures for addressing the disparities in those areas, implementation activities designed to attain the goals specified in paragraph (3), including, but not limited to, the adoption of evidence-based models of remediation, implementation of placement and enrollment policies that more accurately predict student success and identify studentsâ pretransfer needs, and a means of coordinating with, at a minimum, the following student equity-related categorical programs or campus-based programs: (A) Students with disabilities. (B) Extended Opportunity Programs and Services and Special Services. (C) Fund for Student Success. (D) Student Success and Support Program. (E) Programs for foster youth. (F) Programs for veterans. (G) Special Services for CalWORKs Recipients. (H) Student Financial Aid Administration. (I) Student Success for Basic Skills Students. (5) Sources of funds for the activities in the plan. (6) A schedule and process for evaluation. (7) An executive summary that includes, at a minimum, the student groups for whom goals have been set, the goals, the initiatives that the community college or community college district will undertake to achieve these goals, the resources that have been budgeted for that purpose, and the community college district official to contact for further information. Commencing with the 2016â17 academic year, the executive summary shall also include a detailed accounting of how funding was expended and an assessment of the progress made in achieving the identified goals. (8) A description of the active involvement of all groups on campus, including, but not limited to, those identified in subdivision (b), in developing the student equity plan. (b) Student equity plans shall be developed with the active involvement of all groups on campus as required by law, including, but not limited to, the academic senate, academic facu
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