(a) The Office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, in collaboration with the Academic Senate for the California Community Colleges, shall do both of the following:
(1) By September 1, 2019, develop a consistent policy to award military personnel and veterans who have an official Joint Services Transcript containing courses that have been evaluated by the American Council on Education with full descriptions and credit recommendations, course credit for California Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum, California State University General Education Breadth, or local community college general education requirements, as appropriate for the student’s needs, in a course with subject matter similar to that of his or her military education, training, and service.
(2) Periodically review and adjust the policy developed pursuant to this subdivision to align it with policies of other public postsecondary educational institutions.
(b) By December 31, 2020, each community college district shall have a policy consistent with the policy developed by the chancellor pursuant to subdivision (a) to assess Joint Services Transcripts for the awarding of course credit.
(c) Each community college campus shall post on its Internet Web site the most recent policy adopted pursuant to this section.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 560, Sec. 2. (SB 1071) Effective January 1, 2019.)