Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the Board of Governors, which oversees public postsecondary education in the state. The Board of Governors is responsible for setting and maintaining minimum qualifications for various roles, including faculty members teaching credit and noncredit courses, librarians, counselors, administrators, and several service workers. Existing law provides a community college instructor, librarian, counselor, student personnel worker, supervisor, administrator, or chief administrative officer under a credential shall retain the right to serve under the terms of that credential, and, for that purpose, shall be deemed to possess the minimum qualifications specified for every discipline or service covered by the credential until the expiration of that credential. The law also allows local governing boards to hire faculty members and education administrators who do not meet the specified minimum qualifications, provided they satisfy alternative requirements.
SB 241 requires a community college instructor, librarian, counselor, student personnel worker, supervisor, administrator, chief administrative officer, extended opportunity programs and services worker, disabled student programs and services worker, apprenticeship instructor, or supervisor of health to be a person who meets the minimum qualifications to serve in that position as currently required.
The bill also provides that it does not prohibit community college staff from using artificial intelligence tools to assist in the operations of a community college or in providing services to community college students.
(SB 241 amends Section 87359.2 of the Education Code.)
