(a) Attendance of apprentices enrolled in any class offered for community college credit by a community college in collaboration with an apprenticeship program sponsor, pursuant to Section 3074 of the Labor Code, may be reimbursed as part of the budget formula developed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 84750.5 or its successor section if such attendance is not reported pursuant to Section 79149.3. Attendance for an apprenticeship class reimbursed as part of the budget formula developed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 84750.5 or its successor section shall be reported separately to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges.

(b) Attendance of apprentices reimbursed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be reimbursed based on the number of hours of instruction provided to indentured apprentices. The attendance hours generated by credit apprenticeship courses shall be funded at the marginal credit rate determined pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 84750.5 or its successor section.

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

(d) The attendance hours funded pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be allocated by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges directly to participating community college districts that have a college or colleges that contract with apprenticeship programs pursuant to subdivision (e).

(e) Reimbursements may be made under this section for instruction provided to indentured apprentices only if the instruction is provided by a program approved by the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations in accordance with Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 3070) of Division 3 of the Labor Code.

(f) A community college that funds a class for the training of apprentices taught by an apprenticeship instructor other than a community college faculty member shall not claim reimbursement as part of the budget formula developed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 84750.5 or its successor section in accordance with subdivision (a) and instead shall claim reimbursement pursuant to Section 79149.3.

(g) A community college may limit enrollment in a community college course or course section reimbursed pursuant to this section solely to apprentices if that course or course section is required for those students as a part of a registered apprenticeship program with the Division of Apprenticeship Standards of the Department of Industrial Relations.

(h) For each community college receiving reimbursement for apprenticeship hours pursuant to this section, the affected community college district shall report to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges all of the following information, for each apportionment period:

(1) The total number of full-time equivalent students generated by apprentices enrolled in community college apprenticeship courses that are reimbursed pursuant to this section.

(2) The total number of hours reimbursed for apprenticeship instruction pursuant to subdivision (b).

(3) The total amount of apportionment received for apprenticeship instruction reimbursed pursuant to this section.

(i) 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 community college receiving reimbursement for apprenticeship instruction pursuant to this section:

(1) The number of apprenticeship instructional hours reported by and reimbursed to the community college as part of the budget formula developed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 84750.5 or its successor section.

(2) At the final or recalculation apportionment, the hourly rate equivalent of per full-time equivalent student funding paid for instructional hours reimbursed to the community college as part of the budget formula developed pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 84750.5 or its successor section.

(3) The information reported to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges pursuant to subdivision (h).

(j) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges shall include instructions necessary to enforce this section 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 apprenticeship instruction reported to each community college district by each community college receiving reimbursements for apprenticeship hours, pursuant to this section, are eligible for reimbursement pursuant to this section.

(k) When a community college contracts with an apprenticeship program sponsor in the building and construction trades, pursuant to subdivision (e), the apprenticeship program sponsor must approve any decision to seek reimbursement for classes pursuant to this section rather than pursuant to Section 79149.3. A community college may not condition its willingness to contract with an apprenticeship program sponsor in the building and construction trades, or to grant community college credit for a class provided by such a program, on whether reimbursement may or will be sought pursuant to this section rather than pursuant to Section 79149.3.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 33, Sec. 26. (AB 1809) Effective June 27, 2018.)