General Concerns

Distribution of Meeting Notices

Whereas only 42 applications were received for the Vocational Education Faculty Leadership Seminar for 80 available spaces, and

Whereas application forms were distributed to all local senate presidents, staff development officers, occupational education deans and college presidents.

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges urge local senate presidents to distribute notices of conferences and meetings to all faculty in affected disciplines.

75/25 Calculation

Whereas the 75/25 ratio is no longer the formula adhered to for the hiring of full-time faculty, and

Whereas the actual annual computations fluctuate from year to year, and

Whereas the local senate president must sign off on the decision to waive hiring certain faculty,

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges urge the Chancellor's Office to provide for the local academic senate president's signoff on the 75/25 report to the Chancellor's Office, and

Governors Tax Proposal

Whereas the Governor is proposing a tax break which will primarily benefit the wealthy and will mean a $390 million loss in funding to California Community Colleges, and

Whereas California State Prisons have been funded for growth at the expense of nonpunitive public programs such as community college education, and

Whereas many community colleges have not been allocated growth funds to meet increased student demand since 1991, and

California Community College-Thailand Education Effort

Whereas officials of Thailand have expressed an interest in creating a "near-home" (community) college system for the purpose of supporting a democracy, and

Whereas the California Community Colleges have been invited to open a California Community Colleges Sumner School in Thailand, and

Whereas California Community Colleges faculty will be going to Thailand to teach various disciplines including, but not limited to ESL, cross-cultural communication, management of natural resources, hotel management, intensive English, English for business, and

Restoration of 75/25 Ratio

Whereas the intent of AB 1725 was to reform the California Community College system and identify the central role that full-time faculty play if those reform measures were to be successful, and

Whereas the system has not made positive steps toward the successful implementation of the provisions of AB 1725 as related to 75/25 ratio.

Whereas faculty leaders need to have a thorough understanding of how districts comply with the full-time faculty hiring faculty obligation established by the Chancellors Office,

SB 703 - Property Tax Shortfalls

Whereas SB 703 would require state compensation for the California Community Colleges' share of property tax revenue that is short of this budget year's estimates in the state budget,

Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges support the concepts in SB 703 as they exist on April 2, 1995.
M/S/U Disposition: Board of Governors, COFO, Chancellor's Office, Executive Committee, FACCC, Governor, Legislature

AB444 - Charter Colleges

Whereas AB 444 exempts a charter college from being legally obligated to follow laws governing the California Community College system, and

Whereas such legislation and regulations result in educational reform efforts consistent with and supported by the Academic Senate, and

Whereas regulations in need of reform or repeal should be considered on a case-by-case basis,

AB978 - Repeal of Education Code

Whereas the Education Code contains many regulations consistent with, and supported, by the Academic Senate positions, and

Whereas the Education Code contains enabling legislation resulting from AB 1725, a bill beneficial to faculty, students, and the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, and

Whereas AB 978 repeals the Education Code effective January 1, 1997,

Civil Action On Discrimination and Harassment

Whereas discrimination and harassment complaints filed within the California Community Colleges must be considered by district and state administrative processes before damages can be sought in civil court, and

Whereas AB 821 would give a complainant the right to pursue civil action on discrimination and harassment complaints prior to, and independent of, district and state administrative processes,

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