Monday, May 1, 2006
9:30 a.m.

System 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
Approval of the Minutes
March 6-7, 2006 (word) (pdf)
March 30, 2006 (word) (pdf)

Item 2
Budget and Finance
10:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.

Action Scheduled
2.1 Resolution (word) (pdf)
This item presents a Resolution on the 75/25 Faculty Ratio for Board review and adoption, and is intended to accompany the recommended action in Agenda Item 2.2 to amend the title 5 regulations in order to provide one-time relief from the imposition of funding reductions on certain districts.

2.2 Title 5 Regulations: Full-Time/Part-Time Faculty Obligations
(word) (pdf)
This item presents a revision to the title 5, California Code of Regulations, to provide one-time relief from funding reductions to certain community college districts that otherwise would be required pursuant to regulations governing the number of full-time faculty hired by these districts in prior years. A companion resolution is presented in another item.

2.3 Compton Community College District Request for Exemption
From the Fifty Percent Law (word) (pdf)
Revised Item Presented to the Board on May 1 (word) (pdf)
This item presents a request from the Compton Community College District for an exemption from the Fifty Percent Law.

Information
2.4 2006-07 System Budget (word) (pdf)
This item presents an oral update on the Assembly and Senate budget hearings and other developments related to the 2006-07 Budget.

Action Scheduled
3.1 Positions on State Legislation (word) (pdf)
This item presents recommendations for positions on legislation pending before the California Legislature. At this time there are no bills anticipated to be brought before the Board of Governors for this meeting; however, the item remains on the Agenda in the event action may be necessary.

Information
3.2 State Legislative Update (word) (pdf)
This item presents an update on the 2006 State Legislative Program, current legislative activity and issues of significance, including the condition of the infrastructure bond legislation that will come before the Legislature in this second year of the biennial session.

3.3 Federal Legislative Update (word) (pdf)
This item presents an update on activities at the federal level provided by the Director of Federal Relations.

Item 4
Academic Affairs
2:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Information
4.1 K-12/Community College Partnerships and the CAHSEE (word) (pdf)
This item presents information regarding K-12 and California community college efforts to assist students at risk of not passing the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE).

Item 5
Economic Development and Vocational Education
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

Information
5.1 Senate Bill 70 Update (word) (pdf)
This item presents an update on funding through Senate Bill 70.

Item 6
Student Services and Special Programs
2:45 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Information
6.1 California Community Colleges Funding for Financial Aid Outreach and Administrative Capacity (word) (pdf)
This item presents an update on the Financial Aid Outreach and Administrative Capacity Funding provided since 2003-04 to offset the impact of fee increases on the enrollment of low-income students. This update includes summary statistics reflecting achievements for 2003-04 and 2004-05 that will be included in the report due to the Legislature in April 2006.

Item 7
Foundation for California Community Colleges
3:15 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Information
7.1 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.

Committee of the Whole
3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Consent Calendar

Item 8
Approval of Contracts and Grants (pdf)
Additional Contracts and Grants Presented to the Board May 1
(word) (pdf)
This item presents contracts and grants for Board approval.

Action Scheduled

Item 9
Mission Statement of the Board of Governors and System Office
(word) (pdf)
This item presents for Board of Governors consideration the Mission Statement of the California Community Colleges Board of Governors and System Office.

Information

Item 10
Strategic Plan Update (word) (pdf)
This is a standing item to update the Board of Governors on the progress of the dissemination and implementation of the System Strategic Plan.

Dinner
6:00 p.m.
California Fat's
1015 Front Street
Sacramento, CA

The Board of Governors will be dining with the Chancellor and Cabinet members.

The Board of Governors will reconvene in closed session on
Tuesday, May 2, 2006, at 8:00 a.m.

Tuesday, May 2 2006

System Office
California Community Colleges
1102 Q Street
Board Room
Sacramento, California 95811-6549
916.445.8752

Closed Session
8:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.

The Board of Governors will hold a closed session to consider the following items:

CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - PENDING LITIGATION
Government Code section 11126(e)(2)(C)(i)

Open Session

System Office
California Community Colleges
1102 Q Street
Board Room
Sacramento, California 95811-6549
916.445.8752

Committee of the Whole
9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Study Session

Item 11
Dialogue with Elected Officials (word) (pdf)
As part of its ongoing efforts to interact with State leadership, the Board of Governors welcomes Assembly Member Sharon Runner, who will discuss her perspective on issues in the Legislature that affect community colleges.

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