Printable Agenda (word) (pdf)
Board of Governors Meeting
Monday, March 3, 2008
9:30 a.m.
System Office
1102 Q Street
Sacramento, California 95811-6549
916.445.8752
All Board of Governors meetings are held in locations that are wheelchair accessible. Other disability-related accommodations, such as alternate media materials, sign language interpreters, or real time transcription, will be provided to persons with disabilities upon request. Persons requesting such accommodations should notify Njeri Griffin, 1102 Q Street, Sacramento, California, 95811-6549, ngriffin@cccco.edu, (916) 445-8508, no less than five working days prior to the meeting. The System Office will make efforts to meet requests made after such date, if possible.
Public testimony will be invited in conjunction with Board discussion on each item. A written request to address the Board shall be made on the form provided at the meeting.
Persons wishing to make a presentation to the Board on a subject not on the Agenda shall address the Board during the time listed for Public Forum.
Items placed on the Consent Calendar will be voted on by a single Board action, without staff or public presentations, and without Board discussion. Any Board member may remove an item from Consent by informing the President of this intent. A member of the public may request that an item be removed from Consent by filling out a request to testify in accordance with Section 41 of these Procedures, or by asking a Board member to remove an item from Consent. The item shall then be removed from Consent if any Board member exercises his or her authority to remove an item from Consent.
Roll Call
Pledge of Allegiance
President’s Report
Board Member Reports
Chancellor’s Report
Recognition
Item 1.1
2008 Hayward Awards for Excellence in Education (word)(pdf)
This item announces the four 2008 Hayward Award for Excellence in Education recipients, representing the best of California’s community college educators.
Consent Calendar
Item 2.1
Approval of the Minutes (word)(pdf)
January 14-15, 2008
Item 2.2
Approval of Contracts and Grants (word)(pdf)
This item presents contracts and grants for Board approval.
Action
10:00 a.m. –12:00 p.m.
Item 3.1
2008-2012 California State Plan for Career and Technical Education (word)(pdf)
This item presents the 2008-2012 California State Plan for Career Technical Education to the Board of Governors for deliberation and choice of action.
Item 3.2
Request for Exemption the Fifty Percent Law (word)(pdf)
This item presents request from two community college districts for an exemption from the Fifty Percent Law (Education Code section 84362).
Item 3.3
2008-09 System Budget (word)(pdf)
(Handout)
This item presents an update on the legislative budget process, including the status of proposed current year (2007-08) budget reductions and the 2008-09 Governors’ Budget.
Item 3.4
Board of Governor’s Vice President Election (word)(pdf)
This items nominates and appointment the Vice President of the Board of Governors.
Lunch
12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m.
First Reading
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Item 4.1
Title 5 Regulations: Revisions to Chapter 6 Regarding Curriculum Part 2 (word)(pdf)
This item proposes a large package of regulation changes affecting curriculum standards, course approval and related topics.
Item 4.2
Board Process on Ballot Initiatives (word)(pdf)
At the November 2007 meeting, the Board of Governors requested that Government Relations present a process on how the System Office should take positions on relevant statewide ballot initiatives.
Information and Reports
2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Item 5.1
Emergency Planning and Preparedness (word)(pdf)
(PowerPoint)
The Board of Governors will receive the first update presentation on the System Office’s emergency planning and preparedness efforts for the California Community Colleges.
Item 5.2
Strengthening Precollegiate Education in Communtiy Colleges (word)(pdf)
This item will present information to the Board on strengthening precollegiate education in community colleges.
Item 5.3
State and Federal Update (word)(pdf)
The Board will be provided with an update on both state and federal activities.
Item 5.4
Title 5 Regulations: Update on Permanent Regulations for Implmentation of Senate Bill 361 (word)(pdf)
This item presents an update on the status of the permanent title 5 regulation changes needed to fully implement provisions of the system’s new funding formula embodied in Education Code section 84750.5 related to the calculation and allocation of apportionment revenue to community college districts.
Item 5.5
Student Senate Update (word)(pdf)
This item will present an oral update on the activities of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges.
Public Forum
Adjournment
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Open Session
9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
System Office
1102 Q Street
Sacramento, California 95811-6549
916.445.8752
Call to Order
Information and Reports
Item 6.1
System Strategic Plan Update (word)(pdf)
The Board of Governors will receive an update on the status of progress on the System Strategic Plan including expectations for 2008.
Item 6.2
Strategies to Reduce Textbook Cost to Promote Access and Student Success (word)(pdf)
(Matrix)(Attachment B)(Attachment C)(PowerPoint)
As part of the System Strategic Plan implementation the system has been looking at access and affordability both from the aspect of increasing the availability and the awareness of financial aid, and from that of reducing costs. The System Office convened a series of Textbook Summits, which have served as an action planning group to investigate the reasons for escalating textbook costs and what solutions are available and feasible in the community college context.
Item 6.3
2008-09 System Office Budget (word)(pdf)
This item presents an update on the status of the 2008-09 Governors’ Budget released on January 10, 2008 related to the proposed cuts to the System Office operating budget.
Item 6.4
Update on the Activities of the Foundation for California Community Colleges (word)(pdf)
This item will present an oral update on the activities of the Foundation for California Community Colleges.
Public Forum
New Business
Adjournment