Printable Agenda (word) (pdf)

Monday, September 10, 2007
9:00 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 that 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 Njeri Griffin, 1102 Q Street, Sacramento, California, 95811-6549, ngriffin@cccco.edu, (916) 445-8508, no less than five working days prior to the meeting. The System Office will make efforts to meet requests made after such date, if possible.

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.

Roll Call

Pledge of Allegiance

President's Report

Board Member Report

Chancellor's Report

Recognition

Item 1.1
Resolution (word) (pdf)
This item presents a resolution to John Koeberer.

Item 1.2
Recognition Award for Larry Toy (word) (pdf)
This item presents a recognition award to Larry Toy, CEO/Founder of the Foundation for California Community Colleges from 1997 – 2007.

Item 1.3
USA Funds Retention Award (word) (pdf)
This item honors Dr. Joann Jelly, Psychology Instructor at Barstow Community College, as the recipient of the USA Funds Retention Award.

Item 1.4
2007 California Community Colleges Technology Awards (word) (pdf)
This item presents the 2007 California Community Colleges and Foundation for California Community Colleges Technology Awards.

Item 2
Update on the Activities of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges (word) (pdf)
This item will present an oral update on the activities of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges.

Consent Calendar

Item 3.1
Approval of the Minutes (word) (pdf)
July 9-10, 2007

Item 3.2
Approval of Contracts and Grants (word) (pdf)
This item presents contracts and grants for Board approval.

Action
10:30 a.m. –12:00 p.m.

Item 4.1
Reappointment of Director to the Board of Directors of the Foundation for California Community Colleges (word) (pdf)
This item presents a request for the reappointment of Mario Camara to the Board of Directors of the Foundation for California Community Colleges.

Item 4.2
Change Article V, Section 3, Selection and Terms of Office of the Foundation for California Community Colleges By-Laws (word) (pdf)
This item will present a request to change Article V, Section 3, Selection and Terms of Office in the By-Laws of the Foundation for California Community Colleges. The request is to change the term of office of Board of Director members from three to six years.

Item 4.3
2008-09 System Budget (word) (pdf)
This item presents a proposed 2008-09 California Community Colleges System Budget Request for the Board of Governors’ approval. 

Item 4.4
Recommendations on State Legislation (word) (pdf)
The Board will receive recommendations for positions on State Legislation.  The bills that may be considered include:

• Assembly Bill 1559 (Berryhill)
  Associate Degree Nursing Programs
  
  
• Senate Bill 890 (Scott)
  Early Commitment to College Program

Lunch
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Presentation
1:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Item 5
Presentation by David Long, Secretary of Education (word) (pdf)
The Board of Governors will hear a presentation from David Long, Secretary of Education.

First Reading
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Item 6.1
Selection of the Campus Site for the November 2009 Board of Governors Meeting (word) (pdf)
This item presents the Board with an opportunity to begin consideration of the location for its November 2009 meeting and campus site visit.

Item 6.2
Nomination of Board Officers (word) (pdf)
This item calls for the nomination of the Board officers and the representative and alternate for the California Postsecondary Education Commission for 2008.

Item 6.3
Board of Governors Meeting Dates for 2009  (word) (pdf)
This item presents the proposed 2009 Board of Governors meeting dates.

Information and Reports
2:00 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Item 7.1
Assessment and Student Success (word) (pdf)
At the July Board of Governors meeting, members of the Board requested a time for general discussion of assessment at the September meeting prior to receiving the recommendations of the Assessment Task Force in November.

Item 7.2
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.

Item 7.3
Bond Accountability Website (word) (pdf)
This information item will include a multi-media presentation to the Board on the Community College component of the new Strategic Growth Bond Accountability Website.

Item 7.4
State and Federal Legislative Update (word) (pdf)
August Federal Update (pdf)
This item will provide the Board with updates on both the state and federal reports.

Public Forum

Adjournment

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Open Session
8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

System Office
1102 Q Street
Sacramento, California 95814-6511
916.445.8752

Call to Order

Information and Reports

Item 8.1
Get REAL – Relevance in Education and Learning (word) (pdf)
A national dialog is occurring which has been placing an emphasis on the need for “high school reform” and a greater role for career technical education.  The National Governors’ Association conducted the 2005 National Education Summit on High Schools and continues to promote various reforms for high schools, and a number of states are moving on the issue.  The business community, most notably Bill Gates, has also active with the topic of high school reform.

Item 8.2
Community College Partnerships in Secondary Math and Science Teacher Preparation (word) (pdf)
This item will include information and a panel presentation on collaborative efforts at the community colleges and between the California Community Colleges and the California State University and the University of California systems to increase the number of secondary math/science teachers.

Item 8.3
Statewide Career Pathways:  Creating School to College Articulation (word) (pdf)
This item presents the Board of Governors with an oral update on the progress made by the two-year, $4 million grant, entitled Statewide Career Pathways:  Creating School to College Articulation, awarded through the Governor’s Career Technical Education Initiative.

New Business

Adjournment