Community colleges: common course numbering system: firefighting education, law enforcement education, and modern policing degree program courses.

Plain English Breakdown

The exact nature of the modern policing degree program is not detailed in the provided official bill summary text.

Community Colleges: Firefighting and Law Enforcement Course Numbers

This law requires California community colleges to include firefighting and law enforcement education courses in their common course numbering system by July 1, 2027.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the California Community Colleges to include firefighting and law enforcement education courses in their common course numbering system by July 1, 2027.
• Includes specific firefighting courses that align with the State Fire Marshal’s State Fire Training curriculum, standards, and certification requirements.
• Includes specific law enforcement courses that meet the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training requirements.
• Adds courses for a modern policing degree program to the common course numbering system.

Who It Names or Affects

• California Community Colleges
• Students interested in firefighting or law enforcement careers

Terms To Know

Common Course Numbering System

A standard way of naming courses so that students can easily understand and transfer credits between different community colleges.

State Fire Marshal’s State Fire Training

The official training program for firefighters in California, setting standards and requirements for firefighting education.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify the exact costs or how much funding will be provided to community colleges.
• Requires state reimbursement if local agencies incur mandated costs due to this law.

Official Summary Text

AB 1728, as amended, Alanis.
Community colleges: common course numbering system:
firefighting and
firefighting education,
law enforcement
education
education, and modern policing degree program
courses.
Existing law requires the California Community Colleges, on or before July 1, 2027, to adopt a common course numbering system for all general education requirement courses and transfer pathway courses, and requires each community college campus, on or before July 1, 2027, to incorporate common course numbers from the adopted system into its course catalog.
This bill would include
firefighting and law enforcement education courses
in the common course numbering
system.
system (1) firefighting courses that align with the curriculum, standards, and certification requirements established by the
Office of the State Fire Marshal’s State Fire Training, (2) law enforcement education courses that align with the curriculum, standards, and certification requirements established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, and (3) courses that fulfill the course requirements established for a specified policing degree program.
To the extent that the bill would require community college campuses to incorporate common course numbers for
firefighting and law enforcement education
the above-described
courses in their catalogs, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Current Bill Text

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