Affirmative Action Compliance

Spring
2001
Resolution Number
03.01
 
Contact
Assigned to
Equity and Diversity Action Committee
Category
Equity and Diversity
Status
Completed
Summary
Reaffirm its commitment to, and urge compliance with, affirmative action measures; and recommend that the local academic senate presidents request technical assistance from the Chancellor's Office and/or lodge a formal complaint if a college or district does not follow affirmative action requirements.
Status Report

Letter from president sent to CCCCO spring 2009.

Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges is proud of its thirty-year history of support for equal opportunity--including but not limited to affirmative action measures;

Whereas, The California Supreme Court's broad interpretation of Proposition 209 in Hi-Voltage Wire Works, Inc. v. City of San Jose may have created the false impression that affirmative action requirements are no longer in effect at California community colleges; and

Whereas, Despite Chancellor's Office legal advisories stating that no provision of the Education Code or Title 5 has yet been overruled, local senates may be unsure as to whether affirmative action measures are still permissible;

Resolved, That the Academic Senate reaffirm its commitment to, and urge compliance with, affirmative action measures; and

Resolved, That the Academic Senate recommend that the local academic senate presidents request technical assistance from the Chancellor's Office and/or lodge a formal complaint if a college or district does not follow affirmative action requirements.