Monday, March 7, 2005
9:30 a.m.

Chancellor's Office
California Community Colleges
1102 Q Street
Board Room
Sacramento, California 95811-6549
916.445.8752

All Board of Governors meetings are held in locations which 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 Helga Martin, 1102 Q Street, Sacramento, California, 95811-6549, hmartin@cccco.edu, (916) 322-1773, no less than five working days prior to the meeting. The Chancellor's Office will make efforts to meet requests made after such date, if possible.

Roll Call

Pledge of Allegiance

President's Report

Chancellor's Report

Item 1
Resolution (word) (pdf)
This item presents a resolution to Julie Korenstein.

Item 2
2005 Hayward Awards for Excellence in Education (word) (pdf)
This item announces and recognizes the 2005 Hayward Award for Excellence in Education recipients.

Item 3
Approval of the Minutes (word) (pdf)
January 11-12, 2005
Powerpoint Presentations from January Meeting:
Item 6.1 Career Ladders (powerpoint)
Item 7.1 Noncredit Instruction: A Portal to the Future (powerpoint)
Item 12 AB 1417 Accountability Framework Project (powerpoint)
Item 13 Board of Governors Mission and Values Statement/Strategic Planning (powerpoint) (graphic)

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.

Item 4
Budget and Finance
10:00 a.m. -2:00 p.m.

Action Pending
4.1 Request for Approval of the Los Rios Community College District's Proposed Natomas Educational Center (word) (pdf)
This item presents a request from the Los Rios Community College District to approve the Natomas Educational Center as a new educational center.

Action Scheduled
4.2 2005-06 System Budget (word) (pdf)
This item presents an oral update on the 2005-06 State Budget and issues specifically related to community colleges, including the Legislative Analyst's Office's recently released budget analysis, and Consultation Council discussions.

4.3 A New Approach to Community College Finance System Office Recommendations Based on Report of Work Group on Community College Finance (word) (pdf)
This item will present recommendations to replace the "program-based funding" formula currently used to allocate general apportionment funds to the 72 community college districts, not sooner than the 2006-07 fiscal year.

4.4 2006-07 Capital Outlay Projects (word) (pdf)
Attachment A (word) (pdf)
Attachment B (word) (pdf)
Attachment C (word) (pdf)
Attachment D (word) (pdf)
This item presents an overview of the capital outlay projects from
2003-04 to 2006-07.

4.5 Fifty Percent Law Actions (word) (pdf)
This item requests (a) an exemption for one district, (b) partial exemption and an enforcement action for one district and (c) enforcement actions for three other districts.

Lunch
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.

Item 4
Budget and Finance (Continued)
Action Scheduled
4.6 AB 1417 Accountability Project: Reporting Framework Proposal (word) (pdf)
This item presents the final draft of the AB 1417 Reporting Framework.
March 7 Draft Framework (pdf)
March 7 DOF Recommendations (pdf)
March 7 Power Point Presentation

Item 5
Legislation
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Information
5.1 State Legislative Update (word) (pdf)
This item presents an update on current legislative activity.

5.2 Federal Program Update (word) (pdf)
This item presents an update on current activity and information at the federal level.

Item 6
Educational Policy
2:30 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Information
6.1 Credit Program Approvals: January 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004 (word) (pdf)
Credit Program Approvals: January 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004 Report (word) (pdf)
This item presents a report describing the number and types of new instructional programs approved by the System Office during an 18-month period.
March 7 Power Point Presentation

Action Pending
6.2 Amendment of Board of Governors Standing Order 402
(Public Hearing Item) (word) (pdf)
This item proposes to change a Board of Governors Standing Order that currently requires a report on program approvals to be presented to the Board every year at a fall meeting.
March 7 Power Point Presentation

Break
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Item 7
Economic Development and Vocational Education
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Information
7.1 2005-2007 Correctional Officer Training Competitive Grants (Proposed) (word) (pdf)
This item presents information on prospective correctional officer training.

Committee of the Whole
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Consent Calendar

Item 8
Approval of Contracts and Grants (word) (pdf)
This item presents contracts and grants for Board approval.

Item 9
Request for Exemption from Competitive Process in Extension of Perkins State Leadership Funds (word) (pdf)
This item presents a request for exemption from the competitive process in the renewal of a portion of the 2005-2006 State Leadership Funds from the federal Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998, Title 1-B.

Action Scheduled

Item 10
Partnership for Excellence: Assessment of System Performance (word) (pdf)
Tables (word) (pdf)
This item presents an assessment of systemwide performance on the Partnership for Excellence student outcome measures.
March 7 Assessment of System Performance (pdf)

Item 11
Title 5 Regulations: Proposed Revisions to the Conflict of Interest Code of the Board of Governors (Public Hearing Item) (word) (pdf)
This item presents revisions to the Board of Governors Conflict of Interest regulations.

Legislative Reception
Sutter Club
5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

The Board of Governors will reconvene in open session on
Tuesday, March 8, 2005, at 9:00 a.m.

Tuesday, March 8, 2005

Open Session

Chancellor's Office
California Community Colleges
1102 Q Street
Board Room
Sacramento, California 95811-6549
916.445.8752

Committee of the Whole
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Study Session

Item 12
A Conversation on Education Reform (word) (pdf)
This item presents a conversation with State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell, Assembly Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and Assembly Budget Chair John Laird.

Public Forum

Persons wishing to make a presentation to the Board on a subject not on the Agenda shall observe the following procedures:

A. A written request to address the Board shall be made on the form provided at the meeting.

B. Written testimony may be of any length, but fifty copies of any written material are to be provided.

C. An oral presentation is limited to three minutes. A group wishing to present on the same subject is limited to ten minutes.

New Business

Adjournment