(a) A community college registered nursing program that determines that the number of applicants to that program exceeds its capacity may admit students in accordance with any of the following procedures: (1) Administration of a multicriteria screening process, as authorized by Section 78261.3, in a manner that is consistent with the standards set forth in subdivision (b). (2) A random selection process. (3) A blended combination of random selection and a multicriteria screening process. (b) A community college registered nursing program that elects, on or after January 1, 2008, to use a multicriteria screening process to evaluate applicants pursuant to this article shall apply those measures in accordance with all of the following: (1) The criteria applied in a multicriteria screening process under this article shall include, but shall not be limited to, all of the following: (A) Academic degrees or diplomas, or relevant certificates, held by an applicant. (B) Grade-point average in relevant coursework. (C) Any relevant work or volunteer experience. (D) Life experiences or special circumstances of an applicant, including, but not limited to, the following experiences or circumstances: (i) Disabilities. (ii) Low family income. (iii) First generation of family to attend college. (iv) Need to work. (v) Disadvantaged social or educational environment. (vi) Difficult personal and family situations or circumstances. (vii) Refugee or veteran status. (viii) Living in a medically underserved area or population, as designated by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration. (E) Proficiency or advanced level coursework in languages other than English. Credit for languages other than English shall be received for languages that are identified by the chancellor as high-frequency languages, as based on census data. These languages may include, but are not limited to, any of the following: (i) American Sign Language. (ii) Arabic. (iii) Chinese, including its various dialects. (iv) Farsi. (v) Russian. (vi) Spanish. (vii) Tagalog. (viii) The various languages of the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. (ix) The various languages of the African continent. (2) Additional criteria, such as a personal interview, a personal statement, letter of recommendation, or the number of repetitions of prerequisite classes, or other criteria, as approved by the chancellor, may be used, but are not required. (3) A community college registered nursing program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78261.3, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process. (4) As used in this section: (A) âDisabilitiesâ has the same meaning as used in Section 2626 of the Unemployment Insurance Code. (B) âDisadvantaged social or educational environmentâ includes, but is not limited to, the status of a student who has participated in Extended Opportunity Programs and Services (EOPS). (C) âGrade-point averageâ refers to the same fixed set of required prerequisite courses that all applicants to the nursing program administering the multicriteria screening process are required to complete. (D) âLow family incomeâ shall be measured by a community college registered nursing program in terms of a studentâs eligibility for, or receipt of, financial aid under a program that may include, but is not limited to, a fee waiver from the board of governors under Section 76300, the Cal Grant Program under Chapter 1.7 (commencing with Section 69430) of Part 42 of Division 5, the federal Pell Grant program, or CalWORKs. (E) âNeed to workâ means that the student is working at least part time while completing academic work that is a prerequisite for admission to the nursing program. (5) A community college registered nursing program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its nursing program admissions policies to th
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