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

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Community Colleges: Firefighting and Law Enforcement Course Numbers

This law requires California community colleges to include firefighting, law enforcement education, and modern policing degree program 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.
• Specifies that firefighting courses must align with standards set by the Office of the State Fire Marshal’s State Fire Training.
• Specifies that law enforcement education courses must meet requirements established by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
• Includes courses for a modern policing degree program in the common course numbering system.

Who It Names or Affects

• California Community Colleges
• Students enrolled in firefighting, law enforcement, or modern policing programs at community colleges

Terms To Know

Common Course Numbering System

A system that uses the same course numbers for similar courses across different schools to make it easier for students to transfer between institutions.

Office of the State Fire Marshal’s State Fire Training

The agency responsible for setting standards and providing training for firefighters in California.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify the exact details of how community colleges will implement these changes.
• It is unclear what specific costs might be incurred by local agencies due to this requirement, which could affect state reimbursement decisions.

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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