(a) A community college allied health 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, if authorized by Section 78263.2, 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 allied health program that elects to use a multicriteria screening process, including a blended combination of random selection and 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 not be limited to, all of the following criteria: (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, any, or any combination of, 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 languages: (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 allied health program using a multicriteria screening process under this article may use an approved diagnostic assessment tool, in accordance with Section 78263.2, before, during, or after the multicriteria screening process. (c) A community college allied health program that uses a multicriteria screening process pursuant to this article shall report its allied health program admissions policies to the chancellor annually, in writing. The admissions policies reported under this subdivision shall include the weight given to any criteria used by the program, and shall include demographic information relating to both the persons admitted to the program and the persons of that group who successfully completed that program. (d) The chancellor is encouraged to develop and make available to community college allied health programs by July 1, 2025, a model admissions process based on this section. (e) (1) The chancellor shall submit a report on or before March 1, 2026, and each March 1 thereafter, to the Legislature and the Governor that examines and includes, but is not limited to, both of the following: (A) The participation, retention, and completion rates in community college allied health programs of students admitted through a multicriteria screening process, as described in this section, disaggregated by the age, gender, ethnicity, and language spoken at the home of those students. (B) Information on the annual impact, if an
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