Coast Community College Dist. v. Comm. on State Mandates

Summary

The court held that community college districts were not legally compelled to comply with funding-entitlement regulations merely because the regulations concerned core college functions and noncompliance could jeopardize state aid. The regulations authorized discretionary remedial measures, including withholding or reducing funding, and therefore induced compliance rather than imposing an enforceable legal duty. The judgment was reversed and remanded for the Court of Appeal to consider whether the districts were practically compelled to comply.