Administrative Regulation

AR 6200

Instruction

Adult Education

All adult education programs, courses and classes and their enrollment period shall be listed in the district's catalog of adult education classes provided to the public. (Education Code 52523)

Enrollment

Adults shall have first priority for enrollment in any adult education class, provided they enroll during the regular enrollment period. (Education Code 52523)

For purposes of these programs, "adults" include persons age 18 or older or other persons not concurrently enrolled in a regular high school program. (Education Code 52610)

Students possessing or seeking an F-1 visa designation shall not be enrolled in district adult school programs. Students currently enrolled with an F-1 visa designation shall continue to be eligible for enrollment in district adult schools until their visas expire or until they leave the United States. (8 USC 1184)

(cf. 5111.2 - Nonresident Foreign Students)

Courses

A proposed adult education class shall have an educational purpose and meet the following criteria required for approval by the California Department of Education:

1. The class shall be located in a facility which clearly identifies the class as being open to the general public, with the exception of apprenticeship training classes, classes designed to serve the needs of disabled adults, classes in state hospitals and classes in jails and prisons. (Education Code 52517, 52570)

(cf. 0410 - Nondiscrimination in District Programs and Activities)

2. Class time shall be devoted to instruction.

3. Course content shall be educational and intended to teach a skill or knowledge unrelated to repetitive practices.

4. The course title shall clearly indicate its educational nature.

Adult education classes or courses shall offer instruction in one or more of the following categories: (Education Code 41976)

1. Parenting, including parent cooperative preschools, classes in child growth and development, and parent-child relationships

2. English as a second language (ESL)

3. Home economics

4. Health and safety education

Classes for adults may be offered any day or evening, including weekends, for such length of time during the school year as determined by the Board of Education. (Education Code 52505, 52513)

Fees

The district may charge adult education students a registration fee for each adult education class, with the following exceptions:

1. No charge shall be made for a class in an elementary subject or a class in English or citizenship for foreigners unless the student is a nonimmigrant alien with an F-1 visa status. Any nonimmigrants enrolled in these classes shall be charged a fee to cover the full cost of the instruction, not to exceed actual costs. The fee shall be adopted by the Board at a regular meeting at least 90 days before the beginning of the class for which the fee is charged. (Education Code 52612, 52613)

Except for those fees required by law, at the recommendation of the Superintendent or designee, the payment of fees may be waived in cases of unusual hardship.

The Board may fix a charge, not to exceed costs, for books furnished to adult education students. In some cases books may be obtained from the district at cost or may be obtained on loan with the payment of a refundable deposit. In addition, materials purchased from the incidental expense account may be sold to adult school students for use in their classes. (Education Code 52615, 60410)

(cf. 3260 - Fees and Charges)

Regulation PALOS VERDES PENINSULA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

approved: March 8, 2001 Palos Verdes Estates, California