Overhaul of Attendance Accounting

Fall
2022
Resolution Number
07.13
 
Contact
Assigned to
President
Category
Consultation with the Chancellor's Office

Whereas, The current system of attendance accounting is exceedingly complex and rooted in outdated concepts of seat time inherited from procedures established when the California community colleges were part of the K-14 system;

Whereas, The complexities and intricacies of the current attendance accounting system have the effect of suppressing creative course scheduling in response to the needs of California’s diverse student population, especially as colleges emerge from the COVID-19 global pandemic;

Whereas, The California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers Board Goal 1 states, “Take an active leadership role in proposing regulatory changes and implementation of DEIA [diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility] Priority Efforts as well as other instructional matters such as curriculum, scheduling and strategic enrollment management” which includes, “overhaul of Attendance Accounting rules” [1]; and

Whereas, Delegates to the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges plenary sessions have passed at least four resolutions [2] calling for regulatory changes to attendance accounting to create equitable access for course-taking options for the diverse needs of the students in the California community colleges;

Resolved, That the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges work with the California Community Colleges Chief Instructional Officers Board and the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to form a task force or work group to explore options for regulatory changes that would overhaul the current attendance accounting rules in order to create equitable access for course-taking options for the diverse needs of the students in the California community colleges.

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[1] CIO Report to ASCCC at September 30 Executive Committee Meeting: https://www.asccc.org/sites/default/files/Agendas/CCC%20Chief%20Instructional%20Officers%20ASCCC%20Report%209.30.22.pdf.
[2] Resolution S21 06.05 Aligning Attendance Accounting for Asynchronous Credit Distance Education Courses with Synchronous Credit Distance Education Courses: https://www.asccc.org/resolutions/aligning-attendance-accounting-asynchronous-credit-distance-education-courses.
Resolution F20 13.02 Noncredit Distance Education Attendance Collection Procedures for Open-Entry/Exit Courses: https://www.asccc.org/resolutions/noncredit-distance-education-attendance-collection-procedures-open-entryexit-courses.
Resolution F17 07.02 Identify and Remove Barriers to Offering Noncredit Distance Education Courses: https://www.asccc.org/resolutions/identify-and-remove-barriers-offering-noncredit-distance-education-courses.
Resolution S13 13.03 Aligning Attendance Accounting for Credit Distance Education Courses with Credit Onsite Courses: https://www.asccc.org/resolutions/aligning-attendance-accounting-credit-distance-education-courses-credit-onsite-courses.