(a) An adult enrolled in a noncredit course shall not be required by the governing board of the district maintaining the class to pay nonresident tuition or any fee or charge of any kind for a class in English and citizenship for foreigners, a class in an elementary subject, a class designated by the governing board as a class for which high school credit is granted when the class is taken by a person who does not hold a high school diploma, or any class offered by a community college district pursuant to Section 8531, 8532, 8533, or 8534.
(b) The full-time equivalent student of adults in classes described in subdivision (a) shall be computed as prescribed by regulations of the board of governors.