Feb 22, 2023 Board Meeting

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GOOD EVENING. WE ARE GOING TO START WITH THE REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 22ND.

ONE OF THE TRUSTEES, DR.

SALAZAR, WILL BE 30 MINUTES LATE AND I THINK TRUSTEE GEORGE LEWIS WILL BE COMING SOON.

ALL RIGHT, SO LET'S START THE MEETING.

FIRST, WE START WITH ROLL CALL.

[1.01 Roll Call]

OKAY. KATE BOARD PRESIDENT SHIN LIU PRESIDENT PRESENT BOARD VICE PRESIDENT SANDRA SALAZAR WILL BE ARRIVING SHORTLY.

BOARD CLERK MARIANA PACHECO PRESENT TRUSTEE JAMES CODY BIRKEY PRESENT TRUSTEE DON GREEN PRESENT TRUSTEE ZURICH LEWIS WILL BE 5 MINUTES WITH THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE MARISA PEREZ PRESENT STUDENT TRUSTEE HECTOR LEDESMA, PRESIDENT AND PRESIDENT.

SUPERINTENDENT VIERA PRESENT.

ALL RIGHT, SO WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

[1.02 Pledge of Allegiance]

WE HAVE TO MEET. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION, UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

[1.03 Agenda Organization]

IS ANY TRUSTEE IS ONE WISH TO CHANGE THE ORDER OF THE AGENDA? OH, SINGING NOW.

SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO CHANGE ORDER.

WE CONTINUE TO COMMENT FROM THE AUDIENCE.

[1.04 Comments from the Audience]

SO FROM HERE, RIGHT. OKAY.

YEAH. WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS THAT WERE RECEIVED IN PERSON AND WE ALSO RECEIVED TWO PUBLIC COMMENTS VIA EMAIL, SO WE CAN READ THOSE AFTER THE COMMENTS.

MIA SARA WASH.

AND WILL TALK ABOUT COUNSELING WORKING REMOTELY.

THANK YOU. ON.

THE BUTTONS. HELLO? OKAY. AWESOME.

THANK YOU. SO, GOOD EVENING, PRESIDENT FIERRO AND TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS MIA. SARAH WALSH.

I AM ONE OF THE FULL TIME COUNSELING FACULTY HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

I'VE BEEN HERE FOR APPROXIMATELY SIX YEARS, AND PRIOR TO THAT, I'VE BEEN AT VARIOUS CAMPUSES AS AN ADJUNCT.

WEARING VARIOUS HATS, OPERATING IN DIFFERENT CAPACITIES, EVERYTHING FROM INSTRUCTOR TO PROGRAM COORDINATOR TO CASE MANAGER, MENTOR, AND, OF COURSE, COUNSELOR.

AND SO THE REASON WHY I AM SPEAKING WITH YOU THIS EVENING IS IN HOPES THAT I MIGHT INCITE YOUR ATTENTION AND ENCOURAGE A DIALOG AROUND PROMOTION OF REMOTE WORK POLICY FOR CLA FACULTY.

SO IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING THAT WE ARE ALL TRYING TO DO WHAT WE CAN TO INCREASE STUDENT SUCCESS AND TO ELIMINATE BARRIERS PREVENTING RETENTION, PERSISTENCE AND COMPLETION.

OUR DESIRE FOR AN AGREED UPON REMOTE WORK POLICY DOES NOT AND WOULD NOT CONFLICT WITH THESE ENDEAVORS.

CLA FACULTY ARE NOT PROPOSING ANY CHANGES TO INSTITUTIONAL HOURS OF OPERATION OR TO OUR GENERAL AVAILABILITY.

WE ARE MERELY ASKING FOR PARITY.

CURRENTLY, INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY ARE NOT REQUIRED TO PHYSICALLY BE ON CAMPUS TO TEACH THEIR ASSIGNMENT IF THE MODALITY IS IDENTIFIED AS ONLINE OR REMOTE.

NOR ARE INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY EXPECTED TO HOLD IN-PERSON OFFICE HOURS IF THEIR ASSIGNMENT IS IDENTIFIED AS ONLINE OR REMOTE.

THIS PROVIDES EVIDENCE THAT A CONSIDERABLE DISPARITY EXISTS BETWEEN THE INTERPRETATION OF WHERE ASSIGNMENTS MAY BE COMPLETED.

COUNSELING. FACULTY ENGAGE IN AN EXTENSIVE LIST OF ITEMS THAT SERVE OUR STUDENTS, CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR SUCCESS, AND BY HAPPENSTANCE, THE INSTITUTION'S SUCCESS.

WHEN WE SPEAK OF NUMBERS RELATED TO OUTREACH, RECRUITMENT, ENROLLMENT, DEGREE COMPLETION AND TRANSFER, WE'RE FAILING TO RECOGNIZE THE SUBSTANTIAL EFFORTS OF COUNSELING FACULTY.

COUNSELING FACULTY ARE INVOLVED IN EVERY INTEGRAL COMPONENT OF THE STUDENT'S EXPERIENCE.

I CAN ATTEST TO THAT.

AND BECAUSE OF THAT, OUR WORK MATTERS.

WE MATTER, IN OUR OPINION MATTERS.

IT IS OUR AIM TO REMAIN RESPONSIVE TO THE NEEDS AND AND PREFERENCES OF OUR STUDENTS.

AND THAT AIM IS NOT IN OPPOSITION OF OUR GOAL TO ESTABLISH THE SAME PROFESSIONAL COURTESIES AFFORDED TO INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY WITH REGARD TO REMOTE WORK.

AT THIS POINT, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO ONE OF OUR OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT EVENTS FOR CERRITOS COMPLETE WHERE COUNSELING FACULTY ARE PRESENT.

THEY PROVIDE INFORMATION, REVIEW EDUCATIONAL OPTIONS, BUILD RAPPORT, CONNECT INDIVIDUALLY WITH STUDENTS TO PROVIDE PERSONAL, EDUCATIONAL AND CAREER GUIDANCE.

THAT WAS A MOUTHFUL. I KNOW YOU MAY SELECT FROM ANY NUMBER OF THE SUPER SATS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED.

SO MARCH 11TH, MARCH 25TH, APRIL 22ND, APRIL 29TH.

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SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NEXT WILL BE A STUDENT PARTY COMING FROM THE STUDENT ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT WHO HATE THE ARTS.

THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. I'M GEORGE DIAZ, AND I'M GOING TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE PRESIDENT.

APOLOGIES FOR NOT BEING ABLE TO COME IN PERSON.

HOWEVER, I DID WANT TO KEEP YOU ALL UPDATED ON WHAT'S HAS BEEN GOING ON WITHIN OUR SENATE BRANCH.

CURRENTLY PASSED THE SAFE PARKING ACT, A WAY FOR STUDENTS TO PARK IN STAFF PARK PARKING WHEN IT GETS TOO DARK AT TIMES, MAKING IT MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR STUDENTS TO WALK ON CAMPUS.

I DID WANT TO ADD ON ONTO THAT.

BASICALLY, A LOT OF THE SENATORS, THEY FELT AND THEY'VE SEEN AND THEY HEARD A LOT OF COMMENTS ON PARKING TODAY, ONE WHEN I LEAVE FROM THE FROM THE BOARD MEETING I'M GOING TO WALK LIKE.

A GOOD AMOUNT BECAUSE ALL THE PARKING AROUND HERE IS STAFF.

BUT IF WE MAKE IT, IF WE OPEN STAFF PARKING AROUND 5 P.M.

TO LIKE STARTING FROM 5 P.M.

TO WHATEVER, I THINK THAT WILL HELP STUDENTS AND IT'LL BE MORE SAFE.

OKAY. WE ARE ALSO WORKING ON OUTREACH, ESPECIALLY NOW SINCE THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT AND TRUSTEE ELECTIONS ARE GOING ON.

AND YEAH.

OH, I ALSO AM SO SORRY.

I ALSO WANTED TO THANK TRUSTEE DR.

SHIN LIU FOR LEADING THE WINTER ENGLISH CAMP AND FOR INVITING ME.

I ENJOYED IT. A LOT OF STUDENTS REALLY.

I SAW THE COMMENTS THE STUDENTS MADE FROM TAIPEI.

THEY LOVED IT. AND.

AND I CAN'T WAIT TO WORK WITH YOU FOR THE SUMMER.

WINTER FOR THE SUMMER CAMP.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

IN THE COMMENT THOSE TAIPEI STUDENT LIKE YOU ALLOWED TO THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON TO REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM THE CONSTITUENT GROUP, THE STAFF FROM THEN WE HAVE THE.

OH, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

OKAY. THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT IS IS FROM JOSE ALBERTO HERNANDEZ.

HELLO, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

MY NAME IS JOSE ALBERTO HERNANDEZ, AND I'M CURRENTLY SERVING AS A MEMBER OF THE RCC STUDENT GOVERNMENT SENATE.

I'M SUBMITTING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT IN REGARDS TO SHOWING MY SUPPORT TO THE COUNSELING FACULTY TO BE ABLE TO OPERATE IN A REMOTE ENVIRONMENT WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

I, FOR ONE, HAVE FOUND TREMENDOUS SUPPORT FROM THE COUNSELING FACULTY IN MY CAREER PATH.

I WASN'T ABLE TO GO IN PERSON TO TALK TO THE COUNSELORS DUE TO THE WORK OR OTHER SITUATIONS THAT AROSE, BUT BEING ABLE TO SEND EMAILS TO 1 TO 1 OF MY FORMER PROFESSORS WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE COUNSELING FACULTY HELPED ME IN WAYS THAT HELPED ME GRADUATE FROM CERRITOS COLLEGE AMIDST THE PANDEMIC, GET ACCEPTED TO CAL STATE FULLERTON AND EVEN RETURNED BACK TO CERRITOS TO CONTINUE TAKING CLASSES THAT I NEED.

I KNOW OTHER STUDENTS HAVE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO HAVE THE SAME ADVANTAGES THAT I HAVE AS PROVEN DURING THE PANDEMIC.

DUE TO THEIR QUICK RESPONSIVENESS.

I HAVE NEVER HAD TO WAIT FOR LONG TO BE ABLE TO FIND THE ANSWER TO MY QUESTIONS AND GET GUIDANCE OR SUPPORT WHENEVER I NEEDED.

I FULLY SUPPORT THE FACT THAT THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO NOT ONLY OPERATE IN PERSON BUT ALSO IN A REMOTE ENVIRONMENT.

THAT WAY THEY CAN MAKE THEMSELVES AVAILABLE TO ALL TYPES OF STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT TIMES FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND GUIDANCE, BECAUSE NOT EVERY STUDENT CAN MAKE IT TO CAMPUS AND THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED THE SAME SUPPORT THAT THE REST OF THE STUDENTS ARE HAVING.

PLEASE REACH OUT TO ME IF I CAN ASSIST IN ANY WAY AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME IN READING THIS PUBLIC COMMENT.

THE NEXT PUBLIC COMMENT IS FROM ALEJANDRO, A STUDENT.

ON THE 25TH, I MENTIONED A NEW CONCERN I WAS EXPERIENCING FOR SPRING 2023 ONE.

I DROPPED A COURSE ON JANUARY 21ST, 2023, BEFORE THE PUBLISH DROP DEADLINE CERRITOS COLLEGE WEB, WHICH WAS SHOWN TO REFLECT JANUARY 31ST, 2023. I HAD SUBMITTED A PRINTED PDF TO DEMONSTRATE.

AS MENTIONED, MY FEES CONTINUE TO BE ASSESSED, INCLUDING THE DROP COURSE, SO I EMAILED ADMISSIONS ON MONDAY, JANUARY 23RD, 11:33 A.M., AND THE ADMISSIONS CLERK REPLIED IN WRITING, I DID NOT DROP THE COURSE WITHIN THE LISTED TIMELINE OR DEADLINE.

I EMAILED AND ASKED FOR MANAGER TO FOIA FOR ASSISTANCE WHO, INSTEAD OF PROVIDING GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE, TOLD ME I WAS BEING CHARGED APPROPRIATELY.

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FIERRO WITH A CC TO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF STUDENT SERVICES, DR.

BREMER, VICE PRESIDENT OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS, DR.

ZO, AND DR.

GUTIERREZ, ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES.

SUBSEQUENTLY, DR.

BREMER ASSISTED IN REMOVING THE ASSESSED FEE TUITION FOR ONE COURSE DUE TO A DISTRICT'S ERROR, INDICATING THE DROP DATE REFUND DEADLINE AS I COMMUNICATED THE 31ST.

HOWEVER. DUE TO A LACK OF PROPER SUPPORT FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.

THIS FINALLY OCCURRED FEBRUARY 8TH, 2023.

I WAS NOT ABLE TO PAY MY FEES DUE TO THE SETBACK OF WAITING FOR ASSISTANCE ASSISTANCE WITHOUT MY CONSENT.

THE DISTRICT REMOVED MY STUDENT HEALTH FEE AND DUE TO THIS I WAS DENIED STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES ON A SCHEDULED APPOINTMENT.

UNBEKNOWNST TO ME, THE DISTRICT APPLIED A HEALTH FEE WAIVER WHICH I WOULD NOT QUALIFY FOR EVEN IF I HAD REQUESTED, WHICH I DID NOT.

I FINALLY RECEIVED COURTEOUS, PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE WHEN I COMMUNICATED VIA EMAIL WITH DR.

MANILA, ASSOCIATE DEAN OF STUDENT HEALTH, DR.

MANILA CISD ADMISSION MANAGER TO FOIA TO ASSIST ME WITH THE STUDENT HEALTH WAIVER INDICATED ON FILE.

NOTE MANAGER TO FOIA NEVER PROVIDED A RESPONSE OR IGNORED MY TWO INQUIRIES.

SUBSEQUENTLY, THROUGH FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH DR.

MANILA, ASSOCIATE DEAN OF STUDENT HEALTH, I WAS INFORMED ADMISSIONS REINSTATED THE STUDENT HEALTH FEE AND BENEFIT.

NOBODY HAD THE COURTESY TO PROVIDE ME OF THEIR CORRECTION OF THEIR UNILATERAL DECISION TO IMPLEMENT A HEALTHY WAIVER.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES, PLEASE ENSURE A FOLLOW UP IS MADE WITH THE ADMISSION MANAGER, TAFOYA AND DR.

BREMER. AS TO THE IMPORTANCE OF PROVIDING SERVICE TO STUDENTS, AS INDICATED BELOW, IN THE CERRITOS COLLEGE 20, 1920, ADMISSIONS AND RECORDS SELF STUDY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FALL 2019 WHICH TAFOYA WAS INVOLVED IN.

THANK YOU FOR A COMMENT.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S MOVE ON TO 1.05 REPORTS AND COME IN FROM THE CONSTITUENT GROUP.

[1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups]

ARE YOU IN ROOM? HUH? YEAH. YOU MEAN YOU ARE MUTE? DENNIS? DENNIS, CAN YOU HEAR US? YEAH. YOU ARE. YOU ARE EITHER MUTE OR WE CAN HEAR YOU.

DENNIS, ARE YOU.

ARE YOU MUTE? IT DOESN'T LOOK GOOD ON ME.

OH, ANDREW'S ON IT.

I MEAN, THE ROW. NOW WE CAN HEAR YOU.

OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY.

HONORABLE BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT AND SUPERINTENDENT FIERRO.

ADMINISTRATORS, COLLEAGUES, GUESTS, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

GOOD EVENING. I HOPE EVERYBODY IS STAYING SAFE ON THIS BLUSTERY NIGHT.

BLIZZARD WARNINGS AT ALL.

AND I'D LIKE TO JUST BRING YOU UP TO SPEED ON A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THE FACULTY SENATE WILL BE FOCUSING ON IN THE WEEKS AHEAD.

I MENTIONED THIS AT THE LAST BOARD MEETING AND NOW IT'S COMING TO FRUITION.

BUT JUST TODAY, WORKING CLOSELY WITH PEOPLE IN OUR HUMAN RESOURCES OFFICE AND IN VP OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS OFFICE, I SUBMITTED THE NAMES OF FACULTY TO SIT ON 17 HIRING COMMITTEES, PROBABLY BEGINNING IN MARCH AND REALLY PICKING UP SPEED IN APRIL AND HOPEFULLY COMING TO FRUITION BY THE END OF THE SEMESTER.

SO YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT THERE'S AN AVERAGE OF 3 TO 4 FACULTY MEMBERS ON EACH HIRING COMMITTEE THAT WE PUT FORWARD TODAY.

AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY'RE REALLY GETTING BEHIND THE PUSH TO HIRE ALL THESE NEW FACULTY THAT WE'LL BE BRINGING ONTO CAMPUS.

SO IT'S REALLY EXCITING AND THERE ARE MORE TO COME.

AND OTHER THAN THAT, I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THAT THE FACULTY SENATE IS IN COMPLETE SUPPORT OF OUR COLLEAGUES IN THE CCF AND THE CSA AND LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE DISTRICT IN THE FUTURE TO MAKE SURE THAT FACULTY, STAFF AND MANAGERS ARE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE AS FULLY AS POSSIBLE TO HELPING US STAFF OUR CLASSES IN THE MONTHS AND YEARS AHEAD.

I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S COMPLICATED, BUT I HOPE THAT WE CAN REACH SOME REALLY GOOD UNDERSTANDINGS AND AGREEMENTS MOVING FORWARD.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

EVERYBODY, NICE TO SEE YOU.

I WISH I WAS THERE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I WILL GO AND FOLLOW BY DR.

LYNN CERRITOS COLLEGE, COLLEGE FACULTY FEDERATION PRESIDENT.

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FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE THE TEN FACULTY MEMBERS WHO MADE IT THROUGH THE TEN YEAR PROCESS.

DESPITE THE CURVEBALL, COVID 19 THROUGHOUT THEM, CCF ENCOURAGED THE BOARD TO APPROVE TENURE FOR THESE FACULTY MEMBERS WHO ADAPTED QUICKLY TO NEW TECHNOLOGIES, PEDAGOGIES POLICIES AND PROTOCOLS, AND ONLINE REMOTE HYBRID AND IN-PERSON MODALITIES.

NADINE EDDY AND CAMERON BROOK.

RACHEL, CHRIS WILL, ASTHMA AND JOY.

CONGRATULATIONS ON A JOB WELL DONE.

YOUR COMMITMENT TO OUR STUDENTS AND PROFESSION IS WORTH HIGHLIGHTING.

IT IS TRULY A CELEBRATION.

WHEN FACULTY ACHIEVE TENURE, FULL TIME FACULTY OFTEN WORK PART TIME ACROSS MULTIPLE COLLEGES FOR MANY YEARS, AND MANY OF US DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ADEQUATE HEALTH CARE.

OR ARE WE DEPENDENT ON OUR SPOUSES OR FAMILIES FOR HEALTH CARE? TRUSTEES CCF IS ADVOCATING TO IMPROVE OUR HEALTH CARE REIMBURSEMENT PROCESS FOR A PART TIME FACULTY.

WE'RE ASKING THE PART TIME MEDICAL REIMBURSEMENT POOL TO BE INCREASED TO 3000 50,000 350,000.

WHILE THIS SOUNDS LIKE A LOT OF MONEY TO BE ALLOCATED FROM THE GENERAL FUND, IT IS TRULY A DROP IN THE BUCKET TO IMPROVE THE RETENTION OF A DIVERSE POOL OF PART TIME FACULTY AND THE 350,000.

IT'S NOT THE COST OF THE DISTRICT.

AS AB ONE 119 ALLOWS THE DISTRICT TO BE REIMBURSED FOR 50% OF THAT COST FROM THE STATE.

INCREASING THE POOL TO 350,000 FOR THE 20 TO 23 FISCAL YEAR REALLY ONLY INCREASES THE COSTS FOR THE DISTRICT, WHICH IS $38,000 FROM THE PREVIOUSLY ALLOCATED 137,000.

THIS IS A MINIMAL COST FOR A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.

THE TOTAL COSTS OF 175,000 IS LESS THAN ONE SALARY OF ONE CONTRACT AND MANAGER.

AND YET THIS POOL OF MONEY IS EARMARKED FOR OVER 600 PART TIME FACULTY WHO WORK FOR THIS DISTRICT.

THIS POOL OF MONEY WILL PROVIDE PART TIME FACULTY THE ABILITY TO PURCHASE HEALTH CARE PLANS ON THEIR OWN AND GET REIMBURSED FOR UP TO $3,300 PER SEMESTER. THIS PILOT PROGRAM WILL MAKE HEALTH CARE MORE ACCESSIBLE.

I BELIEVE OUR COLLEAGUES ARE WORTH AN INVESTMENT FOR THE DISTRICT WITH A POOL OF 350,000, WHICH IS ONLY $145 PER PERSON PER YEAR FROM THE DISTRICT'S GENERAL FUND.

I KNOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO WORK TOGETHER TO EVENTUALLY PROVIDE MEDICAL INSURANCE FOR PART TIME FACULTY, AND THE DISTRICT HAS THE POTENTIAL OF BEING ABLE TO GET REIMBURSED FOR 100% OF THE MONEY SPENT ON PART TIME HEALTH CARE.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT WE DO THE BEST WE CAN TO ATTRACT AND RETAIN A DIVERSE POOL OF FACULTY.

IMPROVING MORALE IS ANOTHER WAY OF RETAINING DIVERSE FACULTY BODY.

OUR COUNSELING LIBRARIAN AND INSTRUCTIONAL SPECIALIST FACULTY ARE EAGER TO HEAR FROM THE DISTRICT.

WHY YOU CANNOT WORK REMOTELY ONCE A WEEK WHEN OVER 50% OF OUR COUNSELING APPOINTMENTS ARE VIRTUAL.

BY ALLOWING COLLEGE FACULTY THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHOOSE ONE DAY A WEEK TO WORK REMOTELY WILL INCREASE THE MORALE OF THIS FACULTY GROUP, WHO OFTEN FEEL MARGINALIZED AND SUBJECT TO DIFFERENT SETS OF RULES.

BECAUSE WHEN OUR STUDENTS WANT MORE ONLINE CLASSES, WE WERE TOLD TO FOLLOW THE NEEDS AND OFFER MORE ONLINE CLASSES.

IF THE SAME LOGIC IS TRUE, SEELYE FACULTY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO FOLLOW THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS VIRTUAL APPOINTMENTS WHERE IT CAN BE DONE AT AN ALTERNATIVE LOCATION. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THE VOLUME WILL BE ERIC DEWAN, CALIFORNIA SCHOOL EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION REPRESENTATIVE.

THANK YOU. BOARD MEMBERS, PRESIDENT PIERRO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL COLLEAGUES AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC.

I WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AND ESPECIALLY DEANNA HART AND CLASSIFIED PAYROLL STAFF FOR THE EARLY DELIVERY OF OUR RETROACTIVE CHECKS.

THEY HAD A FEW MORE DAYS AND WE REALLY APPRECIATE THE TIMELINESS OF THAT DELIVERY.

THE INCOME WILL HELP CLASSIFIED STAFF WITH THE RISING COSTS OF HOUSING, ENERGY AND FOOD IN CALIFORNIA.

IN ADDITION, IT SHOWS THE DISTRICT APPRECIATES OUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE CAMPUS AND TO STUDENT SUCCESS.

I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SPEAK ABOUT MY FRIEND BEN PENDLETON.

BEN AND I WERE FRIENDS FOR NEARLY 23 YEARS.

I JUST CELEBRATED MY 23RD ANNIVERSARY LAST FRIDAY HERE, AND UNFORTUNATELY, BEN DEPARTED OUR RANKS EARLIER THAN THAT.

BUT WE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A VERY LONG TIME AND WE'RE GOOD FRIENDS.

BEN WAS A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE OF CERRITOS COLLEGE AND THE ADMISSIONS AND RECORDS DEPARTMENT, WHERE HE WAS A SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT ON ALL THINGS RELATED TO ENROLLMENT.

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HE'S ALSO A LIFELONG PHILANTHROPIST, AND YOU ONLY HAD TO GO TO HIS DESK TO SEE THAT HE WAS A FAN OF THE MOOSE.

BEN WAS A BIG ADVOCATE IN THE LOYAL ORDER OF THE MOOSE.

HE HAD BEEN ACTIVE IN PHILANTHROPY FOR DECADES AS A MEMBER OF THAT ORGANIZATION, AND HE HAD A VARIOUS OR A VARIETY OF ORGANIZATIONS THAT HE LIKED TO SPEND TIME WITH.

HE WAS A BIG FAN OF THE MOOSE HEART HOME, AND THAT WAS AN EFFORT TO HELP THE LESS FORTUNATE CHILDREN.

BUT FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DIDN'T KNOW, HE WAS ALSO A BIG FAN OF VETERANS, MILITARY VETERANS, AND HE WAS ALWAYS AN ALLY TO THEM ON CAMPUS IN THEIR ENDEAVORS TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION.

BEN ALSO SERVED WITH ME ON THE STUDENT VETERANS CLUB ADVISORY.

WE STARTED THE CLUB BACK UP.

IT HAD BEEN DORMANT FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT AS THE GLOBAL WAR ON TERROR SHOWED US, WE HAD A LARGE INFLUX OF STUDENTS AFTER 2001, AND THERE WAS A NECESSITY FOR A CLUB WHERE THEY COULD FEEL THEY HAD A VISIBLE SET OF ALLIES AND THEY HAD A PLACE TO GO.

BEN WAS A BIG PART OF THAT.

IT DIDN'T TAKE MUCH CAJOLING TO GET HIM TO JOIN ME, BECAUSE IF ANYBODY'S EVER SERVED AS A CLUB ADVISOR, YOU KNOW, ONE ADVISOR IS NOT ENOUGH FOR ALL THE EVENTS THAT YOU HAVE TO PARTICIPATE IN. AND BEN WAS A WILLING MEMBER OF THAT TEAM.

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT HE HELPED TO COME UP WITH IDEAS FOR RAISING FUNDS FOR OUR STUDENT VETERAN POPULATION.

AND IT WAS THAT IDEA AND OUR EFFORTS THAT SUCCEEDED IN CREATING A STUDENT VETERANS SCHOLARSHIP.

IT TOOK US A FEW YEARS TO RAISE THE FUNDS, BUT THANKS TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR SUPPORT IN OUR CAR WASHES, THAT HELPED.

BEN WAS A GIVING AND LOVING ALLY TO ALL THE STUDENTS ON CAMPUS, BUT I KNOW THAT THE VETERANS HAD A NEAR AND DEAR PLACE IN HIS HEART.

I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO THANK THE ADMINISTRATION AS WELL.

TOMORROW, FROM 1 TO 2 P.M..

THERE WILL BE A LIFE CELEBRATION FOR BEN AND IT'S GOING TO GIVE A LOT OF FOLKS ON CAMPUS A TIME TO COME TOGETHER TO REMEMBER THIS MAN WHO MADE SUCH A BIG IMPACT ON ALL OF OUR LIVES HERE ON CAMPUS.

AND THEY GIVE US TIME FOR GRIEVING.

AND THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING THOSE RESOURCES FOR THAT.

I ALSO WANTED TO TAKE A MOMENT TO ASK EACH OF YOU WHO KNEW HIM, YOU KNOW, JUST TAKE A FEW MOMENTS NOW AND THINK ABOUT ONE INTERACTION YOU HAD WITH HIM, SOMETHING THAT YOU YOU SAID OR DID OR SAW HIM AT, AND JUST REMEMBER HIM FONDLY, AS I HOPE MOST PEOPLE DO.

BEN WAS JUST A STELLAR PERSON ON THIS CAMPUS, AND HE WILL BE SORELY MISSED.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I SEE THE REST OF MY TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE BAND'S LIFE WITH US.

THANK YOU. WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO OPEN SESSION AGENDA 2.01.

[2.01 Institutional Presentation: Recognition of Classified/Confidential Employee of the Month]

WHEN YOU GO WITH YOU.

SO I CARRIED OUT ONE.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE.

I THINK HE HAS TAKEN, WHAT, 17 YEARS FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

BUT NEVERTHELESS, IT'S AN IMPORTANT OCCASION.

ANDREA HAS SERVED AS THE EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT AT CERRITOS COLLEGE FOR 17 YEARS.

ANDREA BALANCES A VARIETY OF TASKS AND PROJECTS AND IS ALWAYS WILLING TO LEARN NEW THINGS.

THE BOARD AND THE ENTIRE CAMPUS, INCLUDING ME, ARE APPRECIATIVE OF THE WORK THAT SHE DOES, WHICH INCLUDES TASKS SUCH AS PREPARING MEETING AGENDAS AND HELPING US FROM BOARD MEETINGS.

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ANDREA HELPS A COLLEAGUE IN A VARIETY OF LEGISLATIVE MATTERS, INCLUDING TRACKING POLICIES AND BILL ANALYSIS.

SHE ENJOYS DIGGING IN ON A PROJECT AND CONDUCTING RESEARCH AT ALL ANGLES SO WE CAN ANTICIPATE QUESTIONS AND PROVIDE THOUGHTFUL RESPONSES.

SHE'S AN ACTIVE PARTICIPANT ON A VARIETY OF STATEWIDE INITIATIVES FOR THE TRUSTEES AND FOR MYSELF.

SHE WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES TO SYNTHESIZE STATEWIDE AND COLLEGE DATA SO THAT I CAN PRESENT THAT IN A FRIENDLY MANNER.

A LOT OF THE PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU SEE, I DIDN'T REALLY DO ALL THAT WORKED AS ANDREA.

THE DATA AND THE STATISTICS AND SO ON ARE EASY TO UNDERSTAND, AND SHE DOES A FABULOUS JOB MAKING SURE THAT ALL THAT INFORMATION IS PUT TOGETHER IN A CONCISE AND FRIENDLY MANNER FOR ALL OF US TO ENJOY.

ABOUT A YEAR AGO, ANDREA LED AN INITIATIVE THAT HAS REVOLUTIONIZED HOW THE VICE PRESIDENTS AND I CONDUCT BUSINESS.

SHE DEVELOPED A SYSTEM THAT WE USE EVERY WEEK TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETINGS, AND WE ARE NOT ONLY FACILITATE OUR WEEKLY MEETINGS, BUT SHE IS A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTOR AS WELL, AND SHE HELPS US STAY FOCUSED ON THE VISION OF THE COLLEGE AS WE IDENTIFY, DISCUSS AND SOLVE ISSUES.

ANDREA IS ALSO TURNING 25 ON SATURDAY AND SHE HAS BEEN CELEBRATING THE ENTIRE MONTH.

SO PLEASE HELP ME CONGRATULATE AND ANDREA ON HER BIRTHDAY AS WELL.

I'M FOR ONCE, AND I'M SURE SOME OF YOU ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO MARCH 1ST.

YOU KNOW, THE END OF THE BIRTHDAY MONTH SO WE CAN CONTINUE TO CONDUCT BUSINESS.

ANDREA, YOUR DEDICATION, COMMITMENT AND WILLINGNESS TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR STUDENTS AND STAFF ARE EXCEPTIONAL.

WE ARE PROUD THAT YOU ARE A CERRITOS COLLEGE EMPLOYEE, AND WE COMMEND YOU FOR YOUR OUTSTANDING SERVICE AND DEDICATION.

THANK YOU FOR THAT. JOB WELL DONE AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN.

SO I'M NOT COMPETITIVE.

SO WHEN THE PRESSURE IS ON, YOU KNOW.

AND YOU WILL HAVE THAT SPEECH FIRST.

IT'S MUCH MORE NERVE WRACKING RIGHT HERE THAN IT IS OVER THERE.

GOOD EVENING, TRUSTEES.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK MY COLLEAGUES WHO NOMINATED ME AND SELECTED ME FOR THEIR RECOGNITION THIS MONTH.

REALLY SURPRISED ME.

MEANT A LOT TO ME.

AND I APPRECIATE MY COWORKERS ALSO FOR BEING HERE TO CELEBRATE.

I WANTED TO SAY THAT.

I BELIEVE WHOLEHEARTEDLY IN THE VISION OF THE COLLEGE.

AND OVER THE PAST 17 YEARS, IT'S BEEN A PRIVILEGE TO WATCH INNOVATIVE IDEAS HERE IN THIS BOARDROOM AND ACROSS CAMPUS COME TO FRUITION.

AND ULTIMATELY, WE CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE THAT IS MAKING FOR OUR STUDENTS TO HELP THEM COMPLETE THEIR EDUCATION HERE IN LESS TIME.

THIS COLLEGE CONTINUES TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE COMMUNITY.

AND THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE IMPACTS MANY GENERATIONS.

AND I LOOK TO MY OWN FAMILY AS PROOF OF THIS.

I BROUGHT AN AUDIENCE HERE TODAY.

SO I WANT TO THANK ALL MY FAMILY THAT'S HERE.

MY FATHER IN LAW, AL, MY BROTHER IN LAW, DAVID, MY MOTHER IN LAW, JAN, MY HUSBAND JOHN, MY MOM, ESTHER, MY BROTHER NATHAN, MY COUSIN CORAL.

MY NEPHEW QUENTIN, MY SISTER PAULINA.

AND. MY MOM WHO IS HERE.

SHE ALSO ATTENDED CERRITOS COLLEGE, AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT SHE DID BECAUSE SHE MET MY DAD HERE.

AND GROWING UP, WE CAME TO COMMUNITY EDUCATION CLASSES HERE AT THE COLLEGE.

AND SHE'S MY MOM WAS ACTUALLY THE PERSON WHO ENCOURAGED ME TO APPLY HERE A LONG TIME AGO.

THIS COLLEGE HAS MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE IN MY FAMILY'S LIFE.

AND I KNOW THIS IS JUST ONE STORY ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT CERRITOS COLLEGE MAKES ON OTHERS.

BUT I WANTED TO BRING THIS UP.

THE REASON WHY I'M BRINGING THIS UP IS MOSTLY MY NEPHEW, QUINTON, WHO'S HERE TODAY.

QUINTON IS. HOW OLD ARE YOU? HE'S SEVEN YEARS OLD.

AND HE KNOWS ALL ABOUT COLLEGE.

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU BEEN TO CERRITOS COLLEGE? LOTS OF TIMES. HE'S BEEN HERE PLENTY OF TIMES.

QUENTIN'S NOT AFRAID OF COLLEGE.

HE'S SEVEN YEARS OLD, AND IN MY FAMILY, WE DON'T ASK IF QUENTIN IS GOING TO COLLEGE.

WE KNOW QUENTIN'S GOING TO COLLEGE.

AND THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE THAT THAT HAS MADE IN MY FAMILY.

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SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT THIS ACKNOWLEDGMENT MEANS A LOT TO ME BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN THE WORK THAT WE DO HERE, AND IT'S REALLY NICE TO BE RECOGNIZED.

I LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING MY OWN PERSONAL GROWTH HERE.

AND THANK YOU.

I KNOW. THAT'S NICE.

WHOLE PART. YEAH.

THEY CAN HAVE A PROJECTOR SCREEN.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE.

THIS WAY.

SO WE'RE HAPPY. ALL RIGHT.

EVERYTHING. IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU GUYS.

OKAY.

YOURSELVES.

THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY GOODBYE.

WE'LL SEE YOU AT DRINKS AFTERWARDS.

HE'S GOING TO SAY IT'S FUN TO SEE.

IT'S ALWAYS FUN TO SEE THE RECOGNITION OF THE EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH.

A LOT OF TIMES IT'S NOT SOMEBODY THAT YOU WORK WITH VERY CLOSELY.

SO THIS ONE'S KIND OF FUN BECAUSE I SEE ALL THE WORK THAT ANDREA HAS DONE OVER MANY YEARS, INCLUDING ESPECIALLY RECENTLY.

SO IT'S VERY TANGIBLE HOW HOW HARD WORK GETS RECOGNITION HERE.

AND YOU DEFINITELY DESERVE THAT.

SO CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU, ANDREA. THANK YOU.

I WAITED TILL AFTER THE FAMILY LAUGHS.

OH. VERY SWEET.

HI. SO NEXT ITEM IS POSTPONED.

INSTITUTIONAL PRESENTATION DATA SNIPPET FROM THE OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH PLANNING AND GRANT.

SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO CONSENT ITEMS.

[3. Consent Items]

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WE ARE GOING TO GO TO MOTION AND ANYONE MOTION IS MOTION TO APPROVE.

SECOND. ALL RIGHT, SO.

OKAY, SO.

OKAY. SO WE'RE GOING TO APPROVE THE ALL ITEMS, RIGHT? OKAY. JUST ASK FOR OUR VOTE, RIGHT? YEAH. WE NEED.

IS THERE. IS THERE ANY OBJECTIONS? SEEING NONE. SEE? NOW. HERE. NOW.

THANK YOU. THE MOTION PASSED.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. SO WE ARE GOING TO GO TO THE INFORMATION ITEMS AND 4.01 IS COLLEGE COORDINATION COORDINATING

[4.01 College Coordinating Committee Minutes: December 5, 2022 and January 23, 2023]

AND FROM DECEMBER 5TH, 2022 AND JANUARY 23, 2023.

SO THIS ONE IS JUST A IS ANYONE REPORT OR JUST RECEIVING FILE? SEE MY FILE. NO, RECEIVING YOUR FILE.

OKAY. WE DON'T NEED MOTION.

SO RECEIVING FILE 4.02 REVISION TO AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE.

[4.02 Revisions to Administrative Procedures]

OKAY. ALL RIGHT, SO WE RECEIVING FILE 4.0 OR THREE ASSOCIATE ASSOCIATED STUDENT.

[4.03 Associated Students Cerritos College (ASCC) Financial Report for the Period Ending September 30, 2022]

FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING OF SEPTEMBER 30, 20/22.

AND GUESS THIS ALSO RECEIVING FILE, RIGHT? OKAY. THANK YOU.

AND NEXT ONE IS CITIZEN'S BOND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE 2022 2021 ANNUAL REPORT TO THE BOARD OF

[4.04 Citizens' Bond Oversight Committee 2020-2021 Annual Report to the Board of Trustees]

THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE ALL THE ITEMS FROM INFORMATION ITEM ARE RECEIVING FILE AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO

[5.01 Consideration to Review the Appointment of One Member of the Board of Trustees as Ex Officio Director of the Cerritos College Foundation]

CONSIDER REASON TO REVIEW THE APPOINTMENT OF THE ONE MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEE AS EXEC OF OFFICER DIRECTOR OF THE CERRITOS COLLEGE FOUNDATION.

IF I MAY MAKE A COMMENT, I AM THAT BOARD MEMBER THAT IS STEPPING DOWN.

SO GIVEN THAT I AM TIED UP WITH A SMALL CHILD AND ALL OF THE DUTIES THAT PERTAIN THERE TO, I WILL BE TAKING A STEP BACK TO ENSURE THOSE DUTIES ARE WELL TAKEN CARE OF IN THE MORNINGS AND OTHERWISE FOR, YOU KNOW, EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES THAT I'M NOT ABLE TO GO TO THAT I WAS ABLE TO IN THE PAST.

SO I WILL BE SUBMITTING A FORMAL RESIGNATION LETTER TO THE BOARD IF THAT'S THE PROPER PROCEDURE.

DR. FARROW, TO SUBMIT A RESIGNATION TO THAT BOARD FOR THEM TO TAKE ACTION.

TAMAR, BUT IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE APPOINT EX-OFFICIO HERE.

YEAH. A FORMAL RESIGNATION LETTER THAT'S REQUIRED TO KNOW IT WILL BE MORE OF A FORMALITY TO LET THEM KNOW.

AND HERE IS WHERE THE ACTION WILL TAKE PLACE IN ORDER FOR YOU TO STEP DOWN AND SOMEONE ELSE STEPPING IN, IF THAT IS THE DESIRE OF THE BOARD.

OKAY. NOW THEY DECIDE TO LET YOU STEP DOWN, BUT THEY DECIDE THAT'S AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION.

SO I WOULD JUST ASK MY COLLEAGUES TO NOT REAPPOINT ME AGAINST MY WILL.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. SO ANYONE VOLUNTEER? I THINK THE MEETING IS ON THURSDAY.

IS ON THURSDAY MORNING.

RIGHT. TOMORROW AT 730? YES. BUT THEY HAVE BEEN KIND OF ALTERNATING THEM IN BETWEEN EVENING AND AND MORNINGS.

SO? SO.

SO BASICALLY, IF YOU HOLD A JOB, YOU NEED TO GO WORK IN THE MORNING.

IT JUST IT'S JUST DIFFICULT.

SO THAT'S FOR ALL THESE YEARS.

I NEVER I NEVER VOLUNTEER MYSELF.

SO IS ANYBODY WHOSE JOB IS MORE FLEXIBLE IS ABLE TO TO ATTEND A MEETING IN THE MORNING IS A MEANINGFUL POSITION.

I CAN CONTINUE TO.

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SO THE BOARD HAS THE OPTION TO APPOINT UP TO THREE REPRESENTATIVES.

AND CURRENTLY, IF YOU CHOOSE TO REJECT TRUSTEE LEWIS REQUEST.

SO YOU HAVE TRUSTEE, LEWIS, TRUSTEE, PACHECO, AND TRUSTEE.

PEREZ. SO EVEN IF YOU ACCEPT TRUSTEE LEWIS REQUEST, YOU STILL HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES, BUT YOU CAN APPOINT ANOTHER ONE.

IT'S NOT MANDATORY THAT YOU HAVE THREE DAYS.

YOU CAN HAVE UP TO THREE INDIVIDUALS.

YES. ALL RIGHT.

SO THREE IS THE IDEAL.

IF WE DON'T HAVE THREE IS FINE, RIGHT? CORRECT. YEAH. ANOTHER POINT OF CLARIFICATION IS, DOES THAT MAKE A DIFFERENCE AS TO THE QUORUMS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR THE FOUNDATION BOARD? TO ME KNOW THE QUORUM IS BASED ON ON THE MEMBERSHIP.

SO ESSENTIALLY, IF YOU WERE IF THE BOARD WAS TO APPOINT ONLY TWO, THAT WILL BASICALLY MEAN ONLY TWO MEMBERS WILL BE ADDED TO THEIR MEMBERSHIP.

NO. THREE. SO SO YOU SUBTRACT THE ONE SEAT ESSENTIALLY, WHICH WOULDN'T AFFECT THE QUORUM ONE WAY OR ANOTHER.

OKAY. CAN YOU DESCRIBE HOW OFTEN THE MEETINGS ARE, HOW LONG THEY ARE? ARE THEY IN PERSON VIA ZOOM? ABSOLUTELY. SO RIGHT NOW THEY ARE MEETING EVERY OTHER MONTH AND THEY ARE DOING A COMBINATION OF IN-PERSON AND HYBRID MEETINGS.

SO SO FOR INSTANCE, FOR TOMORROW, THERE IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND VIRTUALLY.

AND THE MEETINGS LAST USUALLY ABOUT 90 MINUTES, SOMETIMES A LITTLE LESS.

BUT I WILL SAY CONSISTENTLY 90 MINUTES.

SO PARTICULARLY THE MORNING MEETINGS DO TEND TO TO RUN A LITTLE LONGER.

THEY EVEN IN MEETINGS TEND TO BE A LITTLE SHORTER.

SO THERE'S ALSO EVENING MEETINGS.

I THINK THEY'RE DOING RIGHT NOW ONE ON ONE.

YEAH. SO ONE MONTH IN THE EVENING, ONE MONTH IN THE EVENING TO ACCOMMODATE MORE OF THE OF THE BOARD.

THERE HAS BEEN A SHIFT AND SOME NEW MEMBERS SO SOME OF THEM HAVE A PREFERENCE OF MEETING AFTER WORK AND OBVIOUSLY SOME IN THE MORNING.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY'RE PROVIDING VIRTUAL PARTICIPATION AS WELL.

WE COULD DO THESE MEETINGS IN THE MORNING, START AT FOUR IN THE MORNING.

I'M UP AND THE TERM IS THROUGH UNTIL YEAH, UNTIL USUALLY WE RATIFY IT IN DECEMBER.

SO WHEN WE DO THE BOARD REORGANIZATION YOU CAN THEN REAPPOINT SO, SO SO ESSENTIALLY WHEN WE DO THE REORGANIZATION, THE BOARD PRESIDENT, THE NEW ELECTED BOARD PRESIDENT HAS THE OPTION OF BRINGING ALL THE COMMITTEES AND GET NEW MEMBERS OR JUST SIMPLY ALL THE COMMITTEES, WHICH IS WHAT DR.

LU DID THIS DECEMBER.

EVERY COMMITTEE WITH EXCEPTION, I THINK THE THE EDUCATION WAS WAS ROLE AND I THINK THEY WON ON THE COUNTY WAS BECAUSE I THINK DR.

LU WAS THE REPRESENTATIVE AT THAT TIME AND THEN TRUSTEE PACHECO AND AND TRUSTEE LOUIS.

YES. THE MAN YOU'RE INTERESTED, CONSIDERING.

BUT THAT'S OLD. THAT'S A LOT.

YEAH. SO I THINK IT'S A LOT TO.

YEAH. FOR ME PERSONALLY, I MISS A LOT TOO, BECAUSE IT'S ON A WORK DAY, SO.

YEAH. YEAH.

SO IT DOES AFFECT IMPACT TOO.

SO I DON'T. BUT DO THE THREE TRUSTEES IMPACT QUORUM ONLY IF THE SEATS ARE FILLED.

IF THE SEATS ARE NOT, IT DOES NOT.

SO FOR INSTANCE ONE OF THE REASONS THEY.

THIS SEAT COULD IMPACT QUORUM IS IF TRUSTEE LEWIS CONTINUE TO BE LISTED AS A REPRESENTATIVE IF THE SEAT CORRECT IF THE CITY'S VACANT.

YOU'RE NOT EXERCISING THE RIGHT OF HAVING THREE.

SO ESSENTIALLY THAT REDUCES THE MEMBERSHIP BY ONE.

THEREFORE, NO QUORUM ISSUES.

AND IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY FROM THE LAST MEETING, WE ACTUALLY ARE WE WERE RELOOKING AT EVERY MEMBER JUST SO THAT WE COULD THEN MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE AN ISSUE WITH QUORUM AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHO'S WHO'S REALLY COMING, WHO'S NOT COMING.

SO THAT THAT WAY WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM.

CORRECT. TRUSTEE GREEN.

MAY I INTEREST YOU ON THIS THREE TIMES A YEAR?

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SO IT'S BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE I FEEL LIKE MOST OF THE MEETINGS ARE NOW AT 730.

YEAH. COULD YOU.

WE'LL CHECK ON IT, PLEASE.

BECAUSE I REMEMBER LOOKING AND THINKING LIKE, I CAN'T GO TO ANY OF THE MEETINGS IT HAS LATELY.

IT HAS BEEN IN THE MORNING.

IN THE MORNING. BUT IF WE'RE GOING BACK TO THE SAME WAY.

YEAH, I THINK IT'S BEEN CHANGING A BIT IN RECENTLY.

SO AS OF NOW, THE MEETINGS ON THE CALENDAR THAT WE HAVE IS THE ONE TOMORROW AT 730.

THERE IS ONE ON THURSDAY, APRIL 27TH AT 730.

THERE IS THE SPRING SCHOLARSHIP EVENT THAT IS ON MAY 3RD AT 6 P.M.

AND THEN THE NEXT FOUNDATION BOARD MEETING AFTER THAT IS THURSDAY, JUNE 22ND AT 730 IN THE MORNING.

AND I'M NOT SURE IF THEY'VE APPROVED DATES PASSED PAST JUNE.

SO I STAND CORRECTED.

I GUESS IT'S ONLY MORNING MEETINGS NOW.

MEAN, THAT'S CHANGED RECENTLY.

I'M ALSO GOING TO PROTEST THAT.

YES. YES.

BECAUSE I CAN'T GO TO ANY OF THEM.

SO, YEAH, THAT'S TOO MUCH.

OKAY. SO.

SO AND THIS IS A YEARLY THING, RIGHT? SO WE COULD IT'S UP TO THREE.

UP TO THREE, CORRECT. ANY TIME ANYBODY CHANGES THEIR SCHEDULE AND IS ABLE TO DO THAT.

AND I THINK MAYBE IF YOU CAN LET US KNOW IF THE EVENING MEETINGS WORK BETTER FOR YOU, THEN MAYBE WE COULD SEE ABOUT ADDING THEM BACK INTO THE ROTATION BECAUSE THEY WERE THEY WERE ALTERNATING.

AND NOW I FEEL THEY'RE NOT I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A DECISION MADE.

SO I HAVE TO I HAVE TO ASK MARTHA, BUT I ACTUALLY I TOLD HER WE WERE STILL DOING THE ROTATION BECAUSE, LIKE, FOR INSTANCE, TOMORROW IT WILL BE A TOUGH MEETING FOR MOST OF US TO ATTEND.

BY THE TIME WE LEAVE HERE, WE HAVE TO TURN AROUND AND BE HERE AT SEVEN.

SO YEAH, MAYBE IF THEY COULD IF ANDREA CAN EMAIL US ALL THE MEETINGS THAT ARE SCHEDULED SO FAR JUST TO REVIEW AND SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE ON OUR CALENDARS.

YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. ALL RIGHT.

SO IT LOOKS LIKE NO ONE CAN VOLUNTEER THIS THIS TIME, BUT CERTAINLY WILL LOOK FOR THE POTENTIAL.

SOMEBODY CAN BE THERE LATER ON.

COULD WE LATER ON A POINT SOMEONE IN YOU KNOW, LIKE ONCE WE FIGURE ALL THIS OUT, WE HAVE TO AND THEN LATER ON, ADD THE THIRD AT ANOTHER MEETING ONCE WE YEAH, ABSOLUTELY WE CAN WE CAN DEFINITELY I MEAN WE CAN APPOINT ANYTIME YOU'RE READY.

OKAY. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD.

SO THEN WE COULD STAY WITH IT TONIGHT.

RIGHT. THANK YOU.

AND THEN THEN WE'LL FIGURE THIS OUT AND SEE IF MAYBE AT THIS MEETING WE CAN DISCUSS GOING BACK TO ALTERNATING. YEAH, OKAY.

YEAH, WE CAN DO THAT. AND WE CAN PUT ALL THE INFORMATION TOGETHER AND SEND IT YOUR WAY WITH THE TIMES AND EVERYTHING AND GO FROM THERE.

OKAY, THAT'S GOOD. SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT MAYBE IN THE FUTURE SOMEONE IS AVAILABLE, THEN WE CAN.

THE POINT. OKAY, THAT'S GOOD.

THANK YOU. SO WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO 5.02 CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF NONRESIDENT TUITION FEE

[5.02 Consideration of Approval of Non-Resident Tuition Fee and Non-Resident Student Capital Outlay Fee for 2023-2024]

SO. YES. THANK YOU, TRUSTEE LIU.

SO EVERY YEAR WE ARE REQUIRED TO BRING YOU AN UPDATED VERSION OF THE NONRESIDENT FEE.

IF YOU RECALL, LAST YEAR WE MADE WE DIDN'T INCREASE ACTUALLY THE FEE LAST YEAR, WHICH PUT US A LITTLE FAR BEHIND BASED ON THE STATE AVERAGE.

THE STATE AVERAGE HAS INCREASED.

BY $380.

SO NOW I'M SORRY FOR 414 TO 414, WHICH APPEARS BEHIND BASED ON OUR CURRENT FEE, WHICH ARE NEARLY $100 BEHIND OF THE STATE AVERAGE.

HOWEVER, WE STILL CONSIDER THAT IT'S NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE DISTRICT OR OUR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS FOR US TO CATCH UP TO THE STATE AVERAGE, BUT WE STILL HAVE TO MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT.

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SO WE ARE PROPOSING AN INCREASE OF $60 TO OUR CURRENT FEE FOR A TOTAL OF $380.

THIS KEEPS US BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE BY $34 AND ALSO HELPS US TO BALANCE SOME OF THE COSTS OF NOT RECEIVING ANY APPORTIONMENT WITH INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS.

SO AS A REFRESHER, PLEASE REMEMBER THE WHEN WE WORK WITH INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, WE CAN REPORT THEM AS A STATE APPORTIONMENT.

SO WE ARE EXPECTED TO CHARGE THE FULL COST OF TUITION.

TECHNICALLY, THE FULL COST OF TUITION WILL BE $414.

LAST YEAR WE DID NOT INCREASE OUR FEES, EVEN THOUGH THE COST OF TUITION INCREASE, AND THIS YEAR WE ARE PROPOSING A $60 INCREASE, BUT IT'S STILL $34 BELOW THE STATE AVERAGE.

PRIOR TO LAST YEAR, WE HAVE ALWAYS FOLLOWED THE STATE AVERAGE, BUT OBVIOUSLY WITH SOME OF THE ECONOMIC ISSUES THAT WE WERE EXPERIENCING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND THE UNCERTAINTY WITH OUR CURRENT BUDGETS, WE ARE PROPOSING TO STAY BELOW THE AVERAGE ON INTERNATIONAL STUDENT FEES.

THANK YOU. OKAY, SO NEXT ITEM WE CONSIDERATION OF WHEN ITEM AN APPROVAL WE NEED TO APPROVE.

OKAY. SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OBJECTION? NO. ALL RIGHT, SO THE ITEM IS APPROVED.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

AND THE NEXT ITEM, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL.

[5.03 Consideration of Approval of Mid-Year Report for the Emergency Conditions Recovery Plan]

SO THE CONSIDERATION OF THE EMERGENCY ALLOWANCE CONDITIONS, REMEMBER, THEY WERE SELECTED TO BE FUNDED UNDER THE EMERGENCY CONDITIONS. AND THESE PARTICULAR.

CHOICE REQUIRE US TO MEET A SERIES OF REQUIREMENTS, ONE OF THOSE BEING TO BE PART OF THE STATEWIDE ONLINE INITIATIVE.

SO ESSENTIALLY CREATE WHAT IS NOW FORMALLY KNOWN AS CERRITOS ONLINE.

WE HAVE, I THINK, SEVEN PROGRAMS ALREADY UP AND RUNNING AND ARE GOING TO BEGIN THE REVIEW PROCESS FOR FOR THE DEPOSITORIES AT THE STATE LEVEL. THE NEXT PART IS MONITORING THE ENROLLMENT AND OR FINANCES.

SO TONIGHT, VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ AND I THINK DR.

WETZEL WILL PROVIDE US AN UPDATE WITH THAT.

DR. SHAW IS GOING TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ENROLLMENT AND PHILIPPE WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE IMPACT ON THE BUDGET.

IF YOU GET NOTHING ELSE ON THIS PRESENTATION, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER TWO THINGS.

AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK PHILIPPE TO EMPHASIZE THOSE TWO PIECES.

ONE, WHERE WE ARE CURRENTLY FUNDED AND WHAT WILL BE FUNDED IS STARTING JULY 1ST.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE DIFFERENTIATIONS ARE CLEAR FOR ALL OF US, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH OUR ENROLLMENT CONTINUES TO INCREASE, WE ARE BEING FUNDED AT OUR HIGHEST POINT PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC, WHICH MEANS THERE IS A DELTA BETWEEN THE FUNDING POINT AND OUR ACTUAL ENROLLMENT, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE MAKING POSITIVE GAINS ON ENROLLMENT.

SO WHEN WE SAY WE'RE MAKING POSITIVE CASE WITH ENROLLMENT IS GOOD, IT'S IMPORTANT.

BUT REMEMBER, OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN FUNDED OTHER HIGHEST POINT, WHICH MEANS THAT EVEN UNDER THE BEST CONDITIONS, WE WILL NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO STAY THERE CONSISTENTLY FOR THREE YEARS.

SO WE WILL EXPECT TO SEE A REDUCE IN REVENUES ON JULY 1ST.

THANK YOU, DR. FIERRO.

THIS IS GOING TO BE PRETTY, PRETTY QUICK ON THIS.

AND THIS IS KIND OF US MAINTAINING COMPLIANCE WITH THE EMERGENCY CONDITIONS ALLOWANCE.

IF YOU RECALL, EARLIER IN THE FISCAL YEAR, WE BROUGHT THE ORIGINAL ENROLLMENT RECOVERY PLAN TO THE BOARD AND APPLICATION FOR APPROVAL, WHICH THE BOARD DID APPROVE.

PART OF THIS PROCESS, ONE OF THE ELEMENTS IS REQUIRING US TO PROVIDE A MID-YEAR RECOVERY PLAN AND IT'S REALLY KIND OF A MID-YEAR WHERE WE'RE AT, WHAT'S GOING ON, WHAT WHAT OTHER STRATEGIES ARE WE IMPLEMENTING FOR US TO RECOVER ENROLLMENT? BECAUSE THIS IS THE LAST AND FINAL YEAR FOR DISTRICTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE EMERGENCY CONDITION ALLOWANCE ON THAT.

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SO AGENDA.

JUST A REFRESHER.

I'M GOING TO GO OVER WHAT IS ACA THEN GO OVER THE MID-YEAR RECOVERY PLAN, TALK ABOUT SOME ENROLLMENT FTES, AND THEN MAKE REFERENCE TO WHAT DR.

FIERRO MEANT ON THE PHD'S, WHAT EXACTLY WE'RE BEING FUNDED TODAY AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN COME JULY ONE OF 2023 ONCE WE ENTER THE NEW FISCAL YEAR AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS. SO AGAIN, THIS IS THE EMERGENCY CONDITION ALLOWANCE.

THIS IS OUT OF TITLE FIVE.

IT PROVIDES CRITERIA FOR FUNDING ALLOWANCES DUE TO EMERGENCY CONDITIONS, INCLUDING PANDEMICS.

SO OBVIOUSLY DURING THIS DURING THE PANDEMIC, ENROLLMENTS WERE IMPACTED DRAMATICALLY THROUGHOUT THE THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

SO THE STATE ALLOWED US TO ENTER INTO EMERGENCY CONDITION ALLOWANCE IN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THAT WAS JUST AN OPT IN.

WE JUST SENT THE EMAIL TO THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE AND SAID, YES, WE WANT TO PARTICIPATE, NO RULES, NO REALLY PLAN, THAT WE NEEDED A PLACE.

WE JUST CHECKED THE BOX AND SAID THAT.

BUT WHAT THAT DID THOUGH, IS IT FUNDED US AT OUR.

2019. 2000 OR 1920 FISCAL YEAR.

RIGHT. AND SO THAT FISCAL YEAR WE ENDED THE YEAR WE REPORTED OUR ANNUAL FTES AT 17,362.

SO THAT WAS THE PEAK OF OF THAT RIGHT AT THE VERY START OF THE PANDEMIC.

ONCE WE CLOSE THAT FISCAL YEAR THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE.

FTES. SO BY US ELECTING TO CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE BECAUSE THAT FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR WE DROPPED TREMENDOUSLY RIGHT SO IT ALLOWED US TO BASICALLY A HOLD HARMLESS IT KEPT US STAGNANT.

IT KEPT FUNNINESS AT THAT SAME 17,362 LEVEL.

AND WE'VE BEEN IN THAT FOR THREE YEARS NOW.

SO THIS IS THE THIRD AND FINAL YEAR OF PARTICIPATING IN.

EMERGENCY CONDITION ALLOWANCE.

HOWEVER, THIS YEAR REQUIRED FOR THOSE THAT WANTED TO PARTICIPATE.

THERE WAS A LOT OF STRINGS ATTACHED FOR THIS YEAR FOR THOSE DISTRICTS THAT WANTED TO CONTINUE TO DO THEM.

ONE OF THEM, ONE WE HAD TO SIGN A NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ONLINE COLLEGE, WHICH DR.

FIERRO MADE REFERENCE TO IT.

WE ALSO WERE REQUIRED TO SUBMIT CERTAIN REPORTS ON TIME.

THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE HAS BEEN STRUGGLING WITH OTHER DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE TIMELY REPORTING.

SO ONE OF THOSE REPORTS, FOR EXAMPLE, IS LIKE OUR AUDIT REPORT REQUIRED US TO REPORT THAT IN A TIMELY MANNER AND ALL OF OUR MISS DATA WAS ALSO REQUIRED NOW THIS YEAR TO BE SUBMITTED ON TIME BY THE DUE DATES.

OTHERWISE WE COULD POTENTIALLY BE KICKED OUT OF EMERGENCY.

CONDITION ALLOWANCE, WHICH DRAMATICALLY COULD IMPACT OUR ACTUAL BUDGET THIS YEAR BECAUSE OUR BUDGET WAS DEPENDENT AND DRIVEN OFF OF US PARTICIPATING IN THE. EMERGENCY CONDITION ALLOWANCE.

SO IT WAS A BIG DEAL FOR US TO TO CONTINUE THAT.

AND SO SO THE MID-YEAR RECOVERY PLAN AND I'M GOING TO GO OVER SOME OF THESE AND THEN IF THERE'S ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS, I'LL ASK MY COLLEAGUES, DOCTORS, BRAMMER AND ZAL TO ASSIST ME ON THAT.

BUT THE DISTRICT COMPLETED A NEW ENROLLMENT PLAN THAT GOES OUT TO 23 TO 25.

ALSO ENTAILS LEARNING AND CAREER PATHWAYS, FOCUSING ON A STUDENT CENTERED CLASS SCHEDULING, STUDENT RETENTION AND COMPLETION, EXPANDING OUTREACH AND RECRUITMENT TO HIGH SCHOOLS, INCLUDING ADULTS, PARTICULARLY WITHIN OUR DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS, EXPANSION IN OUR COLLEGE ACCESS AND AFFORDABILITY THROUGH FINANCIAL AID SUPPORT AND OUR CERRITOS COMPLETE.

ALSO BEING PROACTIVE IN STUDENT SUPPORT EARLY.

ALERTS. AND ALSO WE ACTUALLY JUST THIS PAST SEMESTER WENT THROUGH A PROGRAM THAT ASSISTED US IN CONTACTING THOSE STUDENTS WHO DROPPED OUT OR LEFT US DURING THE PANDEMIC, AND THEY ACTIVELY RECRUIT, I GUESS, ACTIVELY RECRUITED THEM TO PARTICIPATE AND COME BACK.

WE USED THAT PLATFORM WAS CALLED MOTOR MATIC ON THAT.

ALSO EXPANDED PARTNERSHIPS WITH FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS AND EMPLOYERS THROUGH GUARANTEED EMISSION PROJECTS, APPRENTICESHIP AND ETC..

AND SO THOSE ARE A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS SEMESTER, AND WE'RE STARTING TO SEE SOME OF THOSE RESULTS START TO PAN OUT.

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SO IN COMPARISON AND LOOKING AT SOME HEADCOUNT NUMBERS, SO IN COMPARISON OF OUR FALL.

21 COMPARED TO OUR FALL 22, YOU CAN SEE SOME SLIGHT INCREASE SEEN IN HEADCOUNT GOING FROM 20,630 IN THE FALL OF 21 TO 21289 IN THE FALL OF 22.

AND THEN THE SAME COMPARISON BETWEEN THE SPRING 22 AND ON OUR CURRENT SPRING 23.

YEARS. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT.

AND THEN HOW THAT EQUATES TO FTES.

SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE FALL, 21 FTES GENERATED 6215 FTES, AND YOU CAN SEE THIS PAST FALL OF 22 THAT HAS INCREASED TO NOW 6308.

STILL A LOT OF ROOM FOR IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THEN ALSO LOOKING AT THE COMPARISONS BETWEEN SPRING OF 22 AND THEN THE CURRENT SPRING THAT WE'RE IN RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS ESTIMATED AT 593 FTES.

WHY THIS IS STILL IMPORTANT BECAUSE IF YOU COMBINE THE CURRENT FALL 22, THAT'S IN ORANGE, THE ORANGE AND THEN THE SPRING 23, THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 15,100 AND.

57 FTES.

WHAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN HERE IS A SUMMER AS WELL.

THAT IS ROUGHLY 2200 FTES BELOW WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY BEING FUNDED OF.

BECAUSE REMEMBER OUR ECAS BASED OFF OUR OUR 1920 YEAR, WHICH WE ENDED THAT YEAR AT 17,362.

SO THAT'S STILL IF WE WERE NOT TO BE ON ECA, THAT IS A VERY DRAMATIC IMPACT TO OUR BUDGET AND IT WAS ROUGHLY WHAT I PRESENTED LAST BOARD.

IT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT FIVE AND ONE HALF DOLLARS MILLION POTENTIAL LOSS IN REVENUE IF IF WE WEREN'T ON THE ECA.

SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN MOVING FORWARD? WELL, IF WE IF OUR ENROLLMENT STAY CONSTANT MOVING INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, WE'RE GOING TO SEE SOME DECREASES IN IN STATE APPORTIONMENT DUE TO THOSE DECLINES IN ENROLLMENT.

THE ONLY GREAT THING ABOUT THE FUNDING FORMULA, IT'S BASED ON A THREE YEAR AVERAGE.

SO THE DRAMATIC DROP OFF ISN'T GOING TO BE SUDDEN, BUT IT WILL BE GRADUAL ON THAT IF OUR IF WE DON'T CONTINUE TO BUILD.

SO OBVIOUSLY, OUR ENROLLMENT PLAN, WE'RE PROVIDING A LOT OF OUTREACH.

WE JUST TALKED ABOUT DIFFERENT OUTREACH ELEMENTS THAT WE'RE IN RECRUITMENT EFFORTS THAT WE'RE CONTINUING TO EXPLORE NEW IDEAS, TO CONTINUE TO ATTRACT STUDENTS AND BUILD BACK OUR FTES BACK TO THAT 17,362 TIME FRAME.

AND SO WE'RE USING THIS YEAR IN THIS ECA AS AS KIND OF GETTING CLOSER TO THOSE YEARS BEFORE THE PANDEMIC ON THAT.

SO BUT WE'RE STILL A WORK IN PROGRESS.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO GET THERE NEXT YEAR.

IT MAY THIS MAY BE A 2 TO 3 YEAR PROCESS TO TO BUILD BACK THAT.

IT'S ALWAYS BUILDING BACK FTES AS ALWAYS TAKES LONGER THAN THAN ACTUALLY LOSING THEM.

AND LOSING THEM HAPPENS VERY QUICKLY.

IT'S THE BUILDING BACK TAKES TAKES SOME TIME TO BUILD THAT BASE BACK UP ON THAT.

BUT WE'RE WE'RE GOING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, WHICH IS THE GREAT THING.

AND SO BUT BUT JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE AWARE OF SOME OF THE IMPACTS THAT WE MAY BE FACING IF OUR ENROLLMENTS ARE STILL AT THE COMPARABLE LEVELS THAT WERE HAPPENING TODAY.

AND SO BUT OBVIOUSLY THEY'RE STILL OFF DRAMATICALLY FROM WHERE WE'RE CURRENTLY BE FUNDING THAT.

SO. YEAH, GO AHEAD.

JUST A POINT OF CLARIFICATION.

SO THE THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE ALLOWS US TO UTILIZE OUR HOLD HARMLESS FTES NUMBER.

YES. FOR ALL THOSE YEARS GOING FORWARD.

OH, SO NEXT YEAR.

SO FOR THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, IT'LL BE 17,000, 17,000, AND THEN A 15,000, WHATEVER.

EXACTLY. EXACTLY.

AND THEN THE FOLLOWING YEAR, ONE OF THOSE 17,000 ROLLS OFF.

AND THEN WE'LL HAVE THE TWO REPORTED YEARS AND THEN THE LAST 17,000 ON IT.

SO IT WON'T BE UNTIL ABOUT 2027 IS WHEN WE WOULD FULLY ROLL OFF OF ALL THE ACA FTES WITHIN THE THREE YEAR AVERAGE.

SO LIKE THAT'S WHAT I MENTIONED, IT'S GOING TO BE A GRADUAL DECLINE IN REVENUE IF WE'RE NOT CONSISTENTLY BUILDING BACK OR FTES BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

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SO. TO CUT.

I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT.

THE STATEWIDE BUDGET IS PROJECTED TO HAVE A DEFICIT IN THIS UPCOMING FISCAL YEAR.

IS THAT GOING TO AFFECT OUR FUNDING IN ANY WAY FROM THE JANUARY BUDGET PROPOSAL? NO. THERE'S STILL SOME KIND OF WAIT AND SEE TYPE OF THING AND WAIT UNTIL THE MAY REVISE TO SEE WHAT IT IS, BECAUSE THERE'S STILL EVEN THOUGH THE GOVERNOR DID DID SPECIFY HOW HE WAS GOING TO CLOSE THAT GAP, HE DIDN'T SPECIFY HOW HE WAS IN A CLOSE ALL OF THE GAP.

SO I THINK THERE'S STILL SOME EXPECTATIONS OF OF THINGS ON THAT.

WE'VE ALREADY SEEN SOME DOLLARS BEING DEFERRED, DEFERRED AWAY FROM US, NOT OUR ONGOING DOLLARS YET, BUT SOME OF OUR MONEY LIKE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE TO BE IS AN EXAMPLE.

ABOUT 200 MILLION OF THAT HAS BEEN WIPED AWAY FROM US.

AND THEN ALSO THE STUDENT HOUSING I MENTIONED BEFORE THE LAST TIME, STUDENT HOUSING, WHICH IS ANOTHER ABOUT 200 MILLION, GOT PUSHED FARTHER OUT TO ANOTHER YEAR.

AND SO YOU MENTION IF YOU'RE DR.

FIERRO AND I MENTIONED THAT THE POOL OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE'RE SUBMITTING USED TO BE 750 MILLION, BUT IT GOT REDUCED BY THAT 250 TO 500 MILLION.

SO THE CHANCES THERE WOULD BE LESS APPLICATIONS BEING FUNDED OFF OF THAT.

SO WE'RE STARTING TO SEE THAT RIGHT NOW.

THERE HASN'T BEEN AN INDICATION IN THE STATE BUDGET THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING TO FULLY FUND THE COLA BECAUSE THE COLA WAS WAS NOTED IN THE BUDGET AND BASED ON WHAT GOVERNOR PROPOSED, HE WAS PROPOSING TO FULLY FUND THAT ON THAT.

SO I DON'T KNOW IF CHANGES WILL BE MADE BETWEEN NOW AND THE MAY REVISE.

I WOULD ASSUME THAT WOULD BE ALL DEPENDENT ON HOW REVENUES ARE COMING IN AT THE STATE LEVEL BETWEEN NOW AND THEN.

YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'LL REACT TO IT WHEN WE GET TO THE MAY REVISE MORE OR LESS.

CORRECT. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF POINTS TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

THE INITIAL DEFICIT PROJECTED BY THE GOVERNOR WAS ABOUT $22 BILLION.

HOWEVER, THE NEWER NUMBERS SUGGEST THAT HE WAS SURE BY ABOUT 7 TO 8 BILLION.

SO WE'RE ACTUALLY LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL SHORTFALL OF $30 BILLION UP TO THIS POINT.

BUT THE TAX REVENUES AND CAPITAL GAINS CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO RETURN LOWER THAN EXPECTED.

SO BASED ON DATA OF THIS WEEK, IT DOES NOT SEEM THAT WE ARE GOING ON THE MINUS, THAT WE ARE MOVING INTO THE PLUSES.

SO AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE PROJECTION, AS I SAID BEFORE, HE WAS SHORT ABOUT 7 TO $1000000000.

SO WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT $22 MILLION TO $22 BILLION DEFICIT.

BUT ABOUT 30.

THE THE SILVER LINING OF THIS IS THAT IT'S STILL ABOUT $20 BILLION HIGHER THAN WE WERE PRIOR TO THE PANDEMIC.

SO THE PAIN OF THE.

EXPENSES. WE WILL SEE SOME CUTS, BUT WE DON'T KNOW JUST YET WHERE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO TO BALANCE. NOW, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT BASED ON THE CONVERSATIONS WE HAVE HAD IN SACRAMENTO.

THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO PULL BACK AND THEY ARE ALWAYS TRYING TO FILL THE GAP.

I THINK THE THE THE SOLUTION WILL BE SEEN SOMEWHERE AFTER THE MY REVISED.

BASED ON HOW THE REAL PROJECTIONS ACTUALLY COME AROUND BECAUSE IF THE PROJECTIONS.

WHICH ACCORDING TO THE ALA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE ARE NOT NECESSARILY ONLY FOR THIS YEAR BUT THEY SEEM TO BE A YEAR PROJECTION OF EITHER FLAT OR LOWER REVENUES.

SO SO I THINK THAT IS PART OF THE CONVERSATION THAT THE OTHER PART YOU HAVE TO CONSIDERATION IS THAT WE WERE FUNDED AT 17,362.

BUT THAT IS A HIGH POINT FOR US.

WE ARE NOT CONSISTENTLY AT 7000.

17, 500 COLLEGE.

I MEAN, WE HAVE BEEN A LITTLE HIGHER THAN 18,000 ONCE WE THIS NUMBER OF 70 3362 ACTUALLY WAS THE

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WE WENT FROM A HIGH POINT OF 18 SOMETHING TO ABOUT HIGH 15 AND SOMEWHERE IN THE LOW TO MIDDLE 16.

SO THAT IS WHAT WE TRADITIONALLY HAVE BEEN.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT OUR LONGER PROJECTION, WE DON'T USUALLY HIT THE 17 CONSISTENTLY.

SO WE HAVE TO BE CAREFUL OF HOW WE MAKE THE PROJECTIONS GOING FORWARD BECAUSE WHILE IT WILL BE NICE TO GET BACK TO 17 THREE AND ABOVE SEVEN, THREE, 17 AND ABOVE IS NOT OUR TRADITIONAL OPERATIONAL NUMBER.

SO EVERY EVERY FUNDING DECISION FOR US IN OUR NEXT YEAR BUDGET, WE NEED TO KIND OF LOOK AT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THAT DECISION TO.

TO THREE YEAR ACTUALLY ALL THE WAY TO 27 DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE WE CANNOT DO.

CALCULATIONS OF CONSISTENT EXPENSES ABOVE 17,000 FTES.

THAT IS HIGHLY UNREALISTIC BASED ON OUR NORMAL ENROLLMENT TRENDS I THINK IN THE.

COUPLE YEARS PRIOR TO THAT WE WERE BARELY IN THE MID 7/16 I THINK.

AND PRIOR TO THAT WE WERE 15, EIGHT OR SOME SOMEWHERE AROUND THAT POINT.

SO I THINK WE NEED TO BEGIN TO KNOW THAT WE DID MAKE HARSH MOVES DURING THIS COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT WE NEED TO BEGIN PROJECTING IN OUR REAL FTES RATHER THAN OR ACA AS WE MOVE FORWARD AND BE QUITE CAREFUL BECAUSE I HAVE NOT SEEN ANY ECONOMIC INDICATORS TO PROJECT A HUGE MELTDOWN IN THE ECONOMY, BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY SAYING THAT WE ARE GOING TO GROW IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF YEARS EITHER.

SO IT'S STILL KIND OF AN UNCERTAINTY FOR ALL OF US.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR YOUR GO AHEAD.

IN REGARDS TO A LITTLE BIT CONFUSED.

YOU SAID THAT I THOUGHT THIS WAS THE LAST YEAR OF THE EMERGENCY CONDITIONS, BUT THEN YOU MENTIONED THAT 2027 WILL BE OUT OF THAT.

YEAH. SO SINCE IT'S A THREE YEAR AVERAGE, THE LAST THREE WE HAVE BEEN FUNDED AT 17,003 62, WE WILL BE OUT OF AN EMERGENCY ALLOWANCE CONDITION ON JULY 1ST.

SO FOR JULY 1ST OR CALCULATION WILL BE BASED ON 17,003 62 FOR G ONE, 17,003, 62 FOR YEAR TWO AND 15,500 OR SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE FOR YEAR THREE.

ANOTHER ENROLLMENT WILL BE THE AVERAGE OF THE THREE.

THAT COULD BE A POTENTIAL SHORTFALL OF ALLOCATION IS BASED ON AN AVERAGE OF THE LAST THREE, CORRECT.

SO BY 2027, WE'RE COMPLETELY OUT OF ANY LOVE FROM THE STATE.

RIGHT. ANY ADDED PROTECTIONS.

AND BASICALLY WHAT WE WHAT WE WHAT WE'RE SERVING IS WHAT WE'RE GETTING.

YES, RIGHT. CORRECT.

OKAY. SO WHEN DO WE HAVE TO START MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS IN THIS TIME OF YEAR ONE, YEAR TWO OR THREE? I THINK THE IDEA IS NOT TO HAVE TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS.

WE HAVE TO MAKE A SMART AND CAREFUL DECISIONS BEGINNING THIS YEAR AS WE PROJECT FOR THE NEXT WITH THIS CONVERSATION.

I DON'T WANT ANYONE TO THINK THAT WE ARE ON AN ECONOMIC PERIL OR THE OUR BUDGET IS IN SHAMBLES OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

ALL THE CONTRARY, WE HAVE TAKEN MANY, MANY STEPS OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE IN A GOOD ECONOMIC SITUATION.

BUT WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO FOR ALL OF US TO CONSIDER AS WE MAKE THOSE BUDGET DECISIONS IS THAT WE MAKE CAREFULLY SMART DECISIONS TO PREVENT US FROM GOING INTO AN A STRUCTURAL BUDGET, WHICH, IF MOST OF YOU RECALL THE SHORTLY AFTER I ARRIVED HERE, WE FOUND OURSELVES IN A IN AN IN A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT WITH WE WERE NOT SHORT OF MONEY, BUT OUR BUDGET WAS WELL ABOVE OUR CAPACITY TO TO TO MANEUVER.

WE WERE 90 TO 93% AT SOME POINT.

NOW WE ARE, I THINK, 89% ON EXPENSES VERSUS SALARIES AND BENEFITS.

SO THE IDEA IS TO STAY SOMEWHERE AROUND THERE.

SO WE SO EVEN IF THE ECONOMY HAS SLOWED DOWN NEXT YEAR FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS, WE ARE NOT IN A POSITION OF MAKING DRASTIC DECISIONS AT THE DISTRICT.

SO WHAT WE ARE GOING TO PROBABLY DO AS WE PREPARE OUR BUDGETS IS PREPARE IN A WAY THE PREDICTS OR AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE ANY NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF OR DECISIONS OVER THAT TWO OR THREE YEAR PERIOD.

OKAY. THE OTHER QUESTION I HAVE IS I THOUGHT THE STATE LEVEL, WE'RE TALKING A LOT ABOUT ADULT LEARNERS, RIGHT?

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THAT GROUP OF STUDENTS HERE IS THAT A GROUP OF STUDENTS THAT WE HAVE A LOT OF, OR IS THERE A MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR THIS? BECAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE AT THE STATE LEVEL THERE IS THERE IS A GREAT EMPHASIS ON THAT BY MANY COLLEGES.

I DON'T KNOW IF WE HAVE THAT SAME EMPHASIS HERE.

SO SO DEPENDING OF HOW PEOPLE TALK ABOUT ADULT STUDENTS.

SO FOR US, ADULT STUDENTS NOWADAYS ACTUALLY MAKE I BELIEVE IT'S 45, ALMOST 50% OF OUR ENROLLMENT.

SO WHAT WE USED TO CALL THE NONTRADITIONAL STUDENT IS BECOMING THE TRADITIONAL STUDENT.

THE OTHER CONVERSATION THAT PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT ADULT STUDENTS IS THOSE THAT GO TO ADULT BASIC ED.

AND OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO INFLUENCE THE CHANGE OF POLICY AT THE STATE FUNDS ADULT BASIC ED AT A PRETTY HIGH LEVEL, ALMOST THE SAME AS OUR REGULAR COLLEGE CREDIT CLASSES.

WE SHOULD CONTINUE THAT ADVOCACY, OBVIOUSLY, IN ORDER TO TO TO CREATE A LEVEL OF PARITY WITH THE WORK THAT IS DONE IN ADULT BASIC ED. AND THE OTHER PART OF THAT, ALL BASIC ED IS THERE HAS A LOT OF FLEXIBILITY FOR GROWTH PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION BECAUSE THEY DON'T FOLLOW ALL THE TRADITIONAL STEPS THE TRADITIONAL CREDIT COURSEWORK HAS TO FOLLOW TO CREATE PROGRAMS AND TRAINING.

WE DO HAVE A RELATIVELY STRONG PROGRAM.

WE GET A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT APPORTIONMENT OF WHAT ADULT BASIC ED.

BUT THE SCHOOLS, FOR INSTANCE, LIKE NORTH ORANGE COUNTY, SAN DIEGO.

UP NORTH. I THINK IT'S SAN JOSE, MOUNT SAC.

THEY HAVE PRETTY SIGNIFICANT PROGRAMS THAT THERE ARE GENERATE SIGNIFICANT REVENUE TO THE POINT THAT THEY ARE ALMOST INDIVIDUAL CAMPUSES WELL COMPARED TO OURS.

SO IS THAT AN AREA THAT WE SHOULD BE EMPHASIZING MORE? YES. AND THANK YOU FOR ASKING THAT.

LAST WEEK OR TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD OUR OPPORTUNITY WITH WAY TO MEET WITH THE ADULT BASIC ED DEPARTMENT.

AND THEY ARE PRETTY EAGER TO CONTINUE TO HELP ON THE EXPANSION OF THIS.

THERE ARE A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE CAN HELP THEM DOING, OR YOU'LL SEE THE SUPPORT TO EXPAND AND TO I THINK AT THE STATE LEVEL, IT'S IMPORTANT TO ADVOCATE THE THE FACULTY THAT IS HIGHER IN ADULT BASIC ED COUNTS AS PART OF THE FACULTY OBLIGATION NUMBER.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO GROW THOSE PROGRAMS IS THAT WHEN WE HIRE FACULTY IN ADULT BASIC ED, WE CANNOT COUNT THOSE INDIVIDUALS FOR THE PHONE, EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE FACULTY, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER FACULTY MEMBER AT THE INSTITUTION.

THEY ARE PART OF THE BARGAINING UNIT AND BASICALLY EVERYTHING, BUT THEY ARE NOT COUNTED, WHICH WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THAT PLUS THE IMPACT OF THE 50% LAW, THEY CAN THEY DON'T THEY'RE NOT COUNTED EITHER.

SO EVERY TIME WE MAKE AN INVESTMENT THERE, WE TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT IS CALCULATED AS A 50% LAW, WHICH IS PRETTY OBSOLETE PROCESS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

ANY MORE QUESTION FROM TRUSTEES.

THANK YOU FOR THE EXPERIENCE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION.

WE NEED TO APPROVE THIS ITEM IN ANYONE.

HAVE A SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OBLIGATION? NO. OBJECTION.

OBJECTION. NO.

OKAY. SEE? NOW, SO THIS ITEM IS APPROVED.

THANK YOU. AND LET'S MOVE ON TO 5.0 FOR SECOND READING AND CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING PROPOSED

[5.04 Second Reading and Consideration of Adoption: Proposed Revisions Board Policy 5010 - Admissions and Dual Enrollment]

5010 ADMISSION AND TO ENROLLMENT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE LOU, THIS THIS IS THE POLICY THAT WE TALKED ABOUT LAST TIME AROUND OR SPECIAL ADMISSION FOR DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS. ESSENTIALLY, IT'S FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OUR DUAL ENROLLMENT CLASSES.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE LIMITATION OF ENROLLING UP TO 12 UNITS.

RIGHT. I'M SORRY, NINE UNITS.

AND SOME OF THE REASONS AS TO WHY THEY WERE UNABLE TO ENROLL BEYOND THE NINE UNITS.

THERE WERE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS THAT WERE FORMULATED THE DR.

BREMER WAS GOING TO ANSWER FOR US.

SO ALL YOURS, DR.

BROMWICH. I THINK THE.

IF I GO UP THERE.

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SO WE HAVE HAD 4171 DUAL ENROLLMENT STUDENTS WHO HAVE COME THROUGH OUR PROGRAM SINCE 2016 AND 2017 UP THROUGH THE FALL. OF THOSE STUDENTS, WE'VE HAD 949 WHO CONTINUED OVER 18 AND CAME BACK HERE TO CONTINUE FORWARD, AND 469 OF THOSE STUDENTS WERE CERRITOS COMPLETE.

SO THEY CAME BACK AS FULL TIME STUDENTS THROUGH THE PROGRAM.

SO IT'S IT'S BEEN A VERY POSITIVE PLATFORM FOR US.

AND THIS BILL WAS, AGAIN, ONE OF THE STATE MANDATED COMPONENTS THAT WOULD BE FOR ADULT STUDENTS WHO WERE IN AN ADULT ED PROGRAM.

THEY CAN BE IN THE SAME PLATFORM THAT THE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WOULD BE.

SO, DR.

BRYMER, HOW DO WE DEFINE ADULT STUDENTS NOWADAYS? WE'VE BEEN WONDERING THAT, TOO, BECAUSE WE WERE WONDERING IF IT MEANS A NECESSARILY OVER 18, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE IT'S NOT BASED ON THE AGE, IT'S BASED ON THE PROGRAM.

SO A DUAL ENROLLMENT STUDENT IS IN A HIGH SCHOOL IN A TRADITIONAL PROGRAM GOING FOR A DIPLOMA.

AND THE ADULT ED STUDENTS ARE IN AN ADULT ED PROGRAM.

SO THEY COULD BE UNDER 18, THEY COULD BE OVER 18, SAME AS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT, COULD BE 18.

BUT THEY'RE STILL CONSIDERED A MINOR BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING FOR A TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAM.

SO THEN BY THAT CALCULATION, ALMOST ALL OF OUR STUDENTS WOULD BE ADULT ADULT STUDENTS.

WELL, THEY'D BE SPECIAL ADMIT STUDENTS IF THEY'RE EITHER IN.

YEAH, BUT THE THE QUESTION WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS WHO CAN BE A SPECIAL ADMIT STUDENT? AND RIGHT NOW, IT'S ONLY THE STUDENTS WHO ARE TRADITIONAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS.

THIS WOULD ALLOW IT TO BE STUDENTS WHO ARE IN A NONCREDIT PROGRAM GOING FOR LIKE A GED.

AND SO THAT'S NOW THE EXPANSION.

IT STILL DOESN'T INCLUDE STUDENTS WHO WOULD BE NON RESIDENT STUDENTS WHO WOULD BE IN EITHER OF THOSE PROGRAMS. WELL, WHO WOULD BE IN ADULT PROGRAMS? THAT'S ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD. BACK TO JOEL AND ROBERT.

AND JUST GOING BACK TO THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, I'VE SEEN A LOT OF COLLEGES MARKET TOTALLY FREE COLLEGE, RIGHT? LIKE YOU'VE SEEN IT ON THE BUSSES.

LIKE WE'RE GOING TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING, RIGHT? LIKE, IS IT COMPTON? RIGHT? THAT PAYS FOR EVERYTHING.

LIKE, COME TO OUR COLLEGE.

IT'S TOTALLY FREE, RIGHT? SO I'M JUST WONDERING, TYING BACK TO THE FIRST, THE CHEAPEST PRESENTATION IS LIKE, IS IT IS IT BETTER FOR US TO INVEST IN SORT OF A TOTAL FREE COLLEGE PROGRAM? IS IT LESS EXPENSIVE, I GUESS.

AGAIN, LIKE, ARE WE GOING TO.

ARE WE GOING TO LOSE MORE MONEY BY DOING FREE COLLEGE VERSUS THE POTENTIAL TO LOSE A GREATER AMOUNT LONG TERM? AND, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, THE REASON WHY IS I'M GOING BACK TO THE DUAL ENROLLMENT.

YOU KNOW, AS I'VE MENTIONED MANY TIMES, YOU KNOW, BOTH MY STUDENTS ARE DUAL ENROLLMENT STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE.

SO EVERYBODY THINKS I'M THE EXPERT, WHICH I'M NOT LIKE AND EVERYBODY ELSE ME.

AND, YOU KNOW, THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION I GET IS IT FREE? AND I'M ALMOST LIKE, YEAH, IT'S FREE.

AND THEN SOMEBODY ASKS ME, DO WITH MY KID NEED TO GET FINANCIAL AID? THIS IS A 16 YEAR OLD, RIGHT? A MOM WHO REALLY ASKS ME, DOES MY WELL, MY KID QUALIFY? I'M LIKE, TOTALLY FREE.

BUT AGAIN, LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF WE COULD MAYBE FINE TUNE THAT A LITTLE BIT BETTER BECAUSE AGAIN, STUDENTS ARE JUST NOT PARENTS ARE NOT UNDERSTANDING WHAT DUAL ENROLLMENT MEANS FROM A POCKETBOOK PERSPECTIVE.

RIGHT. AND THEN I'LL TRY AND TELL THEM, OH, YES, I TOOK MY KID TO THIS CLASS.

I DID IT ON MY OWN AND WE PAID $46, WHATEVER IT WAS, $38 FOR THE FEES AND STUFF.

BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, JUST TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT BECAUSE IT'S STILL A MYSTERY TO A LOT OF PARENTS, ESPECIALLY STUDENTS, ESPECIALLY IF THEY DIDN'T GO TO COLLEGE.

AND THIS IS THE FIRST GENERATION, THE STUDENT WHO'S GOING TO GO AND TRYING TO SELL THAT.

AND THEN THE OTHER PERSON HAS TO GO, OH, CAN I TAKE A WELDING CLASS? I'M LIKE, YES, ABSOLUTELY.

I HOPE THAT WAS THE RIGHT ANSWER.

BUT I WAS I GUESS I WOULD THINK.

RIGHT. I MEAN, THEY CAN TAKE A WELDING CLASS FOR FREE, TOO, RIGHT? BUT AGAIN, LIKE, JUST JUST UNDERSTANDING THAT AND EXPANDING THAT, I THINK IT WOULD BE HELPFUL.

SO, YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK WE CAN WORK A LITTLE BIT ON THE COMMUNICATION WE HAVE.

WE HAVE SELECTED A DIFFERENT BRAND TO DO THAT, BUT WHEN SOMEONE SAYS FREE COLLEGE, WE ARE GIVING FREE COLLEGE AS WELL.

AND IT'S VERY SIMILAR WAY.

IN FACT, I GAVE AN ASSIGNMENT TO DR.

BRAMLETT A FEW MONTHS AGO IN WHICH WE WERE GOING TO REVIEW YOUR AVERAGE AWARD AND FINANCIAL AID AND WE WERE GOING TO GO AND ISSUE FINANCIAL AHEAD OF TIME TO OUR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES, FINANCIAL AID LETTERS PROMISING THEM GUARANTEE.

LET'S SAY THE AVERAGE AWARD IS 1500, 1500.

BUT IN ORDER TO GET IT, YOU HAVE TO COME AND APPLY.

MOST OF THE STUDENTS WILL GET IT, BUT THOSE ARE THE ONE WE'RE GOING TO FIND THE MONEY TO COVER THE DIFFERENCE.

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THEY WILL GRADUATE YOU, THEY WILL WILL GET YOU TO GRADUATE BECAUSE WE FOCUS ON YOUR ACADEMICS AND THEN YOU GET THE TUITION FOR FREE RATHER THAN TO COME AND SAY, HERE IS FREE COLLEGE.

SO WE COULD PROBABLY KIND OF LOOK AND FINE TUNE SOME OF THE MESSAGES AND MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF BETTER COMMUNICATION, I THINK A.

BUT I REMEMBER IT WAS RECENTLY, I THINK ANDREA MENTIONED SOME OF THAT ON ON TALKING OF OUR RALLY OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ON ON SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT WHAT HE COULD GET.

AND HE IS A PRETTY DILIGENT STUDENT.

SO I'M ASSUMING THOSE STUDENTS THAT ARE NOT QUITE AS EXCITED ABOUT COLLEGE HAVE EVEN LESS KNOWLEDGE IN THAT REGARD.

SO SO WE CAN FINE TUNE THAT MESSAGE.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? LIKE COMPTON COLLEGE BEING SO LIKE, SIMPLISTIC ABOUT IT, LIKE WE HAVE FREE COLLEGE.

I'VE STARTED TO HEAR THAT A LOT.

PEOPLE LIKE, WELL, COMPTON IS FREE.

HAVE YOU GUYS EVER THOUGHT ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE THAT? AND YEAH, I THINK IT'S KIND OF CHANGED THE KIND OF COMMUNITY DIALOG A LITTLE BIT.

WE JUST HAD THAT DEBATE TODAY ABOUT WHETHER WE SHOULD BE MOVING TO FREE COLLEGE, AND THE ISSUE IS IF IT'S NONCREDIT, IT'S FREE.

IF THEY ARE FROM OUR LOCAL AREA AND THEY GO FOR CERRITOS COMPLETE AND THEY'RE FULL TIME STUDENTS AND IT'S FREE AND THERE ARE ALL THESE THINGS THAT IT'S FREE AND THEN THERE ARE SITUATIONS WHERE THEY'RE NOT.

SO IF THEY'RE COMING FROM OUT OF THAT AREA WHERE THEY DON'T TAKE FULL TIME CREDITS OR THEY'RE NOT TAKING NONCREDIT CLASSES OR THEY'RE NOT DUAL ENROLLMENT.

SO IT'S IT'S FREE FOR MANY STUDENTS.

MOST STUDENTS CAN PROBABLY QUALIFY FOR FREE, BUT THEY WE LOSE STUDENTS BY TELLING THEM IT'S FREE.

AND THAT FINE PRINT IS FAIRLY LONG UNDERNEATH THE FREE COLLEGE COMPONENT.

THAT'S THE TRICKY PART.

I THINK THIS WOULD BE SOMETHING GREAT FOR I THINK THIS WILL BE SOMETHING GREAT FOR US TO ADDRESS AT THE NEXT K12 PARTNERSHIPS MEETING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHEN WE'LL HAVE REPRESENTATION FROM THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT WE PARTNER WITH AND AS WELL AS MAKING SURE THAT THE SPECIALIST THAT WE HAVE AT THE DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, CAMPUSES POSSIBLY HOLD THOSE PARENT MEETINGS SO THAT THE PARENTS CAN BE WELL INFORMED ABOUT THE DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM AND NOT JUST THE PARENTS, BUT THE STUDENTS AS WELL.

THANK YOU. WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.

WE HAVE TO APPROVE THESE REVISION TO THE POLICY.

5010. SO ANY ONE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OBJECTION? ALL RIGHT, SO THIS ITEM IS APPROVED.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

LET'S MOVE ON TO 5.05 FOR POLICY REVIEW.

[5.05 Board Policies Review - Chapter 3 (Policies 3280, 3500, 3501, 3505, 3510, 3515, 3530 and 3810)]

35, TEN, 35, 15, 35, 30 AND 3810.

ALL BOARD GRANTS ARE RECOMMENDED AS IS GRANTS.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF 30 TO 80, I'M SORRY, WHICH IS GRANTS.

WE HAD A COUPLE OF MODIFICATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS PARTICULARLY.

I'M SORRY THAT WAS ON THE PROCEDURE.

BUT JUST TO LET YOU KNOW, ON THE PROCEDURE, WE HAVE A COUPLE OF MODIFICATIONS TO THE CURRENT POLICY.

THEY FOR SOME REASON, IN THE WORKFLOW OF THE CURRENT POLICY AND PROCEDURE, IT WAS NOT INCLUSION OF THE DEAN THAT OVERSEES GRANTS, WHICH IN TURN AND THAT LEADING TO SOME CONFLICTS IN WHICH WE SOME AREAS OF THE DISTRICT WILL ACQUIRE GRANTS.

AND THEN WHEN THE TIME OF REPORTING OR COLLECT DATA CAME, THE OFFICE OF THE DEAN WAS UNAWARE OF THAT.

SO WE CORRECTED THAT.

THE OTHER PART WITH ADDED ON ON GRANTS THAT REQUIRE INSTITUTIONAL COMMITMENT OR THE REQUIRE AN INVESTMENT OF THE COLLEGE OF ANY KIND.

WE ASKED FOR THOSE GRANTS TO THOSE APPLICATIONS TO BE CLEARED THROUGH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND THE DEAN OF GRANTS IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT WE ARE APPLYING FOR GRANTS THAT ARE MISSION SPECIFIC FOR THE COLLEGE AND THAT ARE GOING TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COLLEGE RATHER THAN GRANTS THAT ARE GOING TO CREATE ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE COLLEGE WITHOUT ALIGNING WITH OUR SERVICE AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE TRYING TO NARROW OUR EFFORTS TO SECURE GRANTS.

THEY WILL LEAD TO FORWARD MOMENTUM FOR THE DISTRICT OR TO SUPPORT PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE OR WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD INTO THE FUTURE.

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AND THE REASON THAT WE DID THIS IS THAT WE HAD IN THE PAST PRACTICE SOMETIMES TO SECURE GRANTS THAT WILL BE BRING RESOURCES TO THE INSTITUTION.

BUT THEY WERE OUTSIDE OF THE SCOPE THAT WE HAD TO DO.

SO GENERATED WORK AS A HOLDING AGENCY FOR THE DISTRICT WITH LITTLE BENEFIT FOR THE INSTITUTION.

SO WE'RE TRYING TO NARROW THE SCOPE TO ENSURE THAT WHAT WE DO ACTUALLY ALIGN TO OUR CURRENT GOALS AND INITIATIVES.

AND THAT WAS THE MAIN CHANGE, BUT THAT IS IN THE PROCEDURE.

OTHER THAN THAT, EVERYTHING IS RECOMMENDED AS IT WAS AND IT'S JUST FOR YOUR REVIEW.

ANYONE WHO HAS QUESTIONED.

NO. THIS ITEM NEED TO BE APPROVED.

YES. SO.

VERSION OF WOLF. SO.

ALL RIGHT. SO ANY OBJECTION? NO. SO THIS ITEM IS APPROVED.

[5.06 Consideration of Adoption of Resolution 23-022B Supporting an Increase in the Number of All Gender Restrooms on Campus]

CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 20 302 TO BE SUPPORTING AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF OR GENDER RESTROOMS ON CAMPUS.

YEAH. SO THIS FELLOW, THIS WAS A CONVERSATION THAT WE STARTED A FEW MEETINGS AGO.

AND DURING THAT MEETING, TRUSTEE PRESS SUGGESTED THAT WE SHOULD BRING RESOLUTION FOR THE BOARD TO TAKE FORMAL ACTION AND SUPPORT ON THE GENDER NEUTRAL RESTAURANTS IN THE CLASSROOM.

TODAY, I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET AMY PARKER, WHO WAS ONE OF THE STUDENT LEADERS WHO SUPPORTED THIS INITIATIVE.

SPEAKING OF AMY, SHE IS ONE OF THE EARLY ADMISSIONS INTO OUR COLLEGE, AND SHE WILL BE TRANSFERRING INTO CAL POLY POMONA AT THE END OF THIS SEMESTER.

SO IT IS 100% POSSIBLE, EVEN WITH THE LIMITATION OF THE 9 HOURS TO GRADUATE WITH AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE AND A HIGH SCHOOL DEGREE AT THE SAME TIME.

SO VERY SMART STUDENT, INCREDIBLY CURIOUS, WHICH WAS HOW WE END UP IN THE MEETING TODAY.

BUT I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE WORK THE AMY AND MANY OF HER COLLEAGUES DID DURING THE SEC WORK, AS WELL AS THE WORK AS VICE PRESIDENT LOPEZ AND CHIEF MUELLER DID DURING A VISIT WITH HCC AND THEN WITH THE SUPPORT OF ELIZABETH MILLER TO IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS TO TO BUILD ON A STRUCTURE IN ORDER TO STUDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOMS. TODAY, IT WAS REPORTED THAT WE HAVE 18 AND POSSIBLY 19 OR 20, BUT 18 BATHROOMS ALREADY.

THEY HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS GENDER NEUTRAL.

THEY ARE CONFIRMED OPEN TO THE PUBLIC WITH NO KEYS.

AND WE HAVE A MAP THAT IS READY TO BE UPLOADED INTO WEBS INTO OUR WEBSITE THAT WILL SHOW THE LOCATIONS OF WHERE THESE GENDER NEUTRAL BATHROOMS ARE.

THEY ARE NOT IN ONE LOCATION.

THEY ARE ACTUALLY SPREAD ALL OVER CAMPUS.

SO THE RESOLUTION THAT YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU SUPPORT THE WORK THAT IS BEING DONE TO SECURE THESE FACILITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND TO CONTINUE TO SECURE THESE FACILITIES AS WE ENTER INTO NEW CONSTRUCTION.

IT'S A LOT EASIER TO PLAN THESE AS WE MOVE FORWARD RATHER THAN HAVING TO GO BACKWARDS.

BUT EVERYONE WAS INCREDIBLY HELPFUL IDENTIFYING THESE THESE FACILITIES AND GETTING THEM ONLINE.

ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I DO HAVE A QUESTION.

IS THERE A WAY THAT WE CAN CLARIFY THAT THESE ARE ALL GOING TO BE SINGLE STALL RESTROOMS? BECAUSE I UNDERSTAND THAT'S THE UNDERSTANDING OF GOING FORWARD, BUT THE WORD SINGLE STALL IS NOT IN THE RESOLUTION.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE THAT A CLARIFICATION.

YEAH, OUR BOARD IS GOING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT BECAUSE, YEAH, I THINK WE CAN DO THAT.

WE CAN SET THE SINGLE STALL THAT'S ACCURATE AND CORRECT.

THE REST OF THE BOARD AGREES, OF COURSE.

YEAH. YES.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

SO OBVIOUSLY WE ALREADY APPROVED.

OKAY, WELL, I'LL.

I'LL MAKE A MOTION WITH THAT AMENDMENT.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

SO. ALL RIGHT, SO THE ITEM IS APPROVED BY THE AMENDMENT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

[6.01 Reports and Comments from District Officials]

[01:35:09]

OKAY. JOSE LUIS.

I WOULD BE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE FISHING DERBY THIS SATURDAY AT THE LA MIRADA REGIONAL PARK, HOSTED BY JANICE HAHN.

HOWEVER, IT IS VERY, VERY, VERY LIKELY IT WILL BE RAINED OUT, SO WE'LL HAVE TO PROBABLY RESCHEDULE THAT UNLESS GOD HAS OTHER INTENTIONS AND THE FISH WILL BE FISHED ANYWAY.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, THE STATE OF THE CITY.

I WANT TO THANK THE VICE PRESIDENTS AND MY FELLOW TRUSTEE AND MAYA AND MARTHA PELAYO FOR ATTENDING.

UNFORTUNATELY, DR. FERREIRA WAS NOT ABLE TO, BUT NONETHELESS VERY HAPPY THAT THE CITY OF LA MIRADA COULD HOST A GRAND DELEGATION FROM THE CERRITOS COMMUNITY COLLEGE OVER HERE.

AND I AM VERY, VERY PROUD OF MY CITY THAT I LIVE IN AND THAT I REPRESENT, ALONG WITH NORWALK, OF COURSE, AND OTHERS THAT ARE A PART OF THIS.

BUT LA MIRADA ALWAYS HAS A SPECIAL PLACE IN MY HEART.

SO THANK YOU AND LOOK FORWARD TO THAT NEXT YEAR AND TO ATTEND SOME OTHER CITIES AS TIME ALLOWS.

IF IT'S DURING THE DAY.

ONLY DURING THE DAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. JOSE PACHECO.

I ATTENDED THE LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE ON THE 29TH OR DURING THAT WEEKEND.

I THINK IT WAS VERY INFORMATIVE.

I LEARNED A LOT GOING THROUGH THE DIFFERENT SESSIONS, WHICH WAS I THINK WHAT WE DID IS WE ALL CHOSE DIFFERENT SECTIONS SO WE COULD DISCUSS THEM AFTERWARDS SO THAT NOT EVERYBODY WAS GOING TO THE SAME SESSION.

SO I THINK IN COLLABORATION WITH MY COLLEAGUES, IT WAS GREAT.

WE DID ON MONDAY GET TO GO TO MEET WITH THE EDUCATION AIDE RIGHT FROM BRENDAN'S OFFICE.

YEAH. SO WE WERE ABLE TO TALK TO THE LEGISLATIVE AIDE AND GO OVER EXACTLY WHAT OUR ASSETS WERE AND WHAT WE NEEDED SUPPORT FROM THE SPEAKER.

WE DID ALSO WERE ABLE TO SPEAK WITH THE THE CHAIR, FONG MIKE FUNG FROM THE EDUCATION COMMITTEE.

SO HE ALSO HEARD WHAT WE HAD TO SAY AND WHAT WAS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT SINCE HE'S THE CHAIR THAT HE SUPPORTS ALSO THE COLLEGES AND WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.

SO I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY BENEFICIAL TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

I WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THE TLC EVENT THIS SATURDAY.

RAIN OR SHINE, THEY ALREADY TOLD ME IT DOESN'T MATTER IF IT RAINS, WE I STILL NEED TO BE THERE.

SO I'LL BE I'LL BE THERE WITH A RAINCOAT OR WHATEVER.

SO THEY SAID THEY'RE STILL GOING TO HOLD THE FIVE K, SO I GUESS PEOPLE I WON'T I WON'T RUN AND I WON'T WALK.

HOW'S THAT? I'LL HAVE MY RAINCOAT ON IF ANYTHING, BUT I WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN THAT EVENT THIS COMING SATURDAY.

UH, DR. SALAZAR. NO REPORT.

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE BIRKEY NO REPORT.

TRUSTEE PARIS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I JUST WANTED TO THANK EVERYBODY TODAY WHO WENT TO STAY IN THE CITY IN LAKEWOOD.

SO THANK DR. FIERRO AND TONI AND MAYA, DR.

BREMER, FOR ATTENDING.

THAT WAS VERY NICE.

NICELY ATTENDED.

AND IT WAS NICE TO BE BACK.

LAST WEEK, DR.

FIERRO AND I WENT TO THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE TRAINING FOR FOUR TRUSTEES, AND IT WAS A REALLY GOOD START FOR HOPEFULLY AN ONGOING WELCOME AND EDUCATION FOR TRUSTEES ACROSS THE STATE BY THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE.

SO THAT WAS REALLY GOOD.

THE OTHER THING IS I WANTED TO SEE ABOUT FOR NEXT ITEM, FOR THE NEXT BOARD MEETING, REALLY STARTING TO HAVE A CONVERSATION ABOUT THE BOND, BECAUSE AS WE KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO THE VOTERS WHO SUPPORTED OR MEASURE CC AND WANTED TO SEE ABOUT KIND OF WHAT THE NEXT STEPS ARE.

I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE RE PROCUREMENT OF OUR PMC CONTRACT.

WE DECIDED WE WERE GOING TO CONTINUE IT ON AND WITH THE IDEA OF RE PROCURING IT OUT TO COME IF THE BOND WAS PASSED.

AND THEN I KNOW WE'VE ALSO TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PLAY AND THE PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT RIGHT NOW THAT WE, WE, WE OR TASK FORCE OR COMMITTEE

[01:40:08]

AND THEN ALSO TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DIVERSIFYING SOME OF OUR CONTRACTS TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE INCENTIVIZE POTENTIAL VENDORS WHO EMBRACE THE SAME VALUES THAT WE HAVE HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

SO I WANTED TO SEE ABOUT HAVING A CONVERSATION AND TALK ABOUT THAT AND KIND OF THE NEXT STEPS, BECAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF DIFFERENT CONTRACTS AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE ALL RELATED TO THE BOND. SO I WANT TO JUST KIND OF SEE A SCHEDULE AND SOME KIND OF KEY MILESTONES AND WHERE WE'RE GOING OVER THE NEXT YEAR OR SO ON THAT.

AND I THINK THAT'S IT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE GREEN. HI.

YES, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT I HAD A WONDERFUL TIME AT THE BOARD TRUSTEE TRAINING IN SACRAMENTO, SO I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND THAT, RECEIVED GREAT INFORMATION, RESOURCES AND NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES WHILE THERE.

I ALSO WANT TO GIVE A HUGE SHOUT OUT TO THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH PROGRAM THAT I WAS ABLE TO ATTEND LAST WEEK.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENT.

ENGINEERING OUR FUTURE WITH TRUSTEE BROWN.

I JUST WANT TO SAY A GREAT JOB TO THE BSE, THE HR TEAM AND ALL OF THOSE THAT WERE INVOLVED IN PLANNING THAT WONDERFUL EVENT.

DR. FIERO THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE LIU I WOULD LIKE FOR TO REQUEST TO THE BOARD IF WE CAN CLOSE THE MEETING ON MEMORY OF BEN DENTON.

AND JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS.

BEN IT CAME AS A SURPRISE FOR MANY OF US.

THAT WAS THAT WAS IN A HAPPY DAY WHEN WE FOUND OUT, I THINK IMPACTED ALL OF US, PARTICULARLY THOSE THEY GOT TO SEE BEN ALMOST DAILY AROUND HERE.

SO VERY SORRY TO SEE HIM GO.

BUT IT IS IMPORTANT ALSO TO REMEMBER THAT HE WAS A HAPPY PERSON, LIVED A HAPPY LIFE, AS ERIC DESCRIBED HIM.

GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR AND ALWAYS INCREDIBLY POSITIVE.

WE HAD ALL KINDS OF CONVERSATIONS WITH BEN RIGHT HERE ON THE TOP OF THE STAIRS.

EVERY TIME I USED TO COME IN, HE WAS HANGING AROUND THERE.

SO WE USED TO CHAT FOR A WHILE AND HE ALWAYS HAD SOMETHING FUNNY TO SAY AND WE JUST SPENT SOME TIME.

BUT AS IT HAS BEEN SAID PREVIOUSLY, HE WAS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT EVERYTHING THEY HAD TO DO, NOT ONLY WITH HIS WORK BUT THE GENERAL AREA WHERE HE WAS LOCATED, MENTOR TO MANY THE INSTITUTION AND SOMEONE THEY TRULY APPRECIATED.

CERRITOS COLLEGE AND WHAT CERRITOS COLLEGE MEANT FOR OUR LOCAL COMMUNITY.

AS WE CELEBRATE BEN'S MEMORY TOMORROW DURING HIS LIFE CELEBRATION.

I THINK HIS ACTIONS, WHAT HE HAS DONE FOR THE COLLEGE AND HOW HE HAS MENTOR.

MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES HERE WILL ENSURE THAT HIS LEGACY LIVE ON FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

SO VERY HARD NEWS TO HEAR ABOUT BEN.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK WE SHOULD REMEMBER HIM HOW HE WAS EVERY DAY THAT WE SAW HIM AS A HAPPY, POSITIVE, ENERGETIC AND HILARIOUS PERSON. AND I THINK THAT'S HOW WE SHOULD OR AT LEAST THAT IS HOW I WILL CONTINUE TO REMEMBER BEN.

I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO CONGRATULATE OR FACULTY WHO WERE AWARDED TENURE THIS EVENING.

WE WE AWARDED TENURE TO TEN FACULTY NOW IN BROWN, AS WERE CHAI AND CONTRERAS, CAMERON, FERRET, BROOK AND HANIF RACHEL HEAVILY CHRISTOPHER INSTEAD ROVER MIRADOR US AS MY SIDE AND JOY ZUCCATO.

THEY ARE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE.

I SO I BELIEVE ASMA WAS HERE.

I DON'T THINK SO ANYONE ELSE BUT CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF YOU.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUE TO WORK IN WITH YOU FOR FOR MANY YEARS TO COME.

TOMORROW IS TOMORROW, FRIDAY, FRIDAY.

RAIN OR SHINE, WE WILL HAVE A JOB FAIR AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

WOW. SO THE JOB FAIR.

WE USUALLY HAVE YOUR JOB FAIRS PROMOTING JOBS AROUND THE COMMUNITY.

[01:45:01]

SO IT WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES TO SPEAK WITH DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS.

I KNOW MANY OF OUR DEPARTMENTS THAT ARE HIRING ARE GOING TO HAVE REPRESENTATIVES THERE TO ASK QUESTIONS, TO GET INFORMATION RIGHT AWAY FROM THE CANDIDATES AND TO SHOWCASE WHAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING AT THE INSTITUTION, HOW THE STUDENTS DO WHAT WE HAVE TO OFFER AND AND ESSENTIALLY TRY TO GET A JUMP ON THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS AND TRY TO SELECT THE BEST CANDIDATES FOR THE JOBS WE HAVE AVAILABLE.

AS A FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT FOR CONVENTION, WE HAVE MULTIPLE FACULTY POSITIONS OPEN.

HE SUBMITTED 17 MEMBERS FOR COMMITTEE AND HE IS STILL CHAIR ABOUT TEN MORE.

SO, DENNIS, IF YOU HEAR ME, THANK YOU FOR THE WORK.

YOU STILL ALL MORE AND THIS IS WITHOUT COUNTING ALL THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE OPEN.

SO WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY MANY OPPORTUNITIES TO BECOME PART OF THE CERRITOS COLLEGE TEAM.

SO I WANT TO THANK DR.

GUTIERREZ AND HER TEAM FOR MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THOSE OPPORTUNITIES READY FOR OUR COMMUNITY NOT TO CONTINUE TO BEAT AT THEIR HORSE.

BUT BUT I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE VERY, VERY CLEAR.

THE COLLEGE IS IN A GOOD FINANCIAL POSITION, BUT WE ARE GOING TO BE ENTERING A POINT IN WHICH WE'LL BE LOSING FUNDING STARTING JULY 1ST, EVEN IF WE DO REALLY, REALLY WELL, OR APPORTIONMENT WILL NOW BE BASED ON THE 17,362 FTE.

SO WE ARE GOING TO ESSENTIALLY EXPERIENCE A LOSS OF $5.5 MILLION DIVIDE BY THREE.

WHATEVER THAT NUMBER ENDS UP BEING AT THE END IS ESSENTIALLY THE BEGINNING OF OR SLOWED DOWN IN OUR BUDGET. SO AS WE PRESENT THAT BUDGET, I WANT US TO KEEP IN MIND THE NOT ONLY THE STATE BUDGET IS GOING TO BE LESS RICH THIS NEXT YEAR, BUT ALSO OUR OWN ALLOCATION IS NOT GOING TO BE AS HIGH, WHICH MEANS WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO PLAN TO ENSURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO MAKE THOSE TOUGH DECISIONS DOWN THE ROAD.

SO SO WE'RE GOING TO OBVIOUSLY START WORKING VERY SOON.

AND HOW WE PRESENT THOSE ALLOCATIONS FOR ALL OF YOU.

LIKE TRUSTEE GREEN, I WANT TO THANK BACK, BACK EXCELLENT COMMITTEE AND THE OFFICE OF H.R.

FOR THE PHONE MEETING THAT WE HAD WITH TRUSTEE BROWN.

NO. KENT FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW AND HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH HIM QUITE A BIT AT THE STATE LEVEL.

AND THOSE OF YOU THAT WERE ABLE TO ATTEND HIS PRESENTATION, I KNOW THAT HE IS VERY, VERY FUNNY PERSON, VERY SMART.

AND OBVIOUSLY HIS APPROACH TO EDUCATION AND WHAT HE DOES IN HIS ADVOCACY IS VERY CLEAR.

SO I THINK HE WAS A VERY GOOD MAN AT SOME POINT.

AND I THINK WHAT HE MADE IT EVEN WORK EVEN BEST.

I MEAN, WE WERE ALL ENJOYING IT, BUT WE KNOW OF TRUSTEE BROWN WORK.

WHAT HE MADE IT THE BEST WAS SEEING THE STUDENTS IN ATTENDANCE CONNECT WITH TRUSTEE BROWN.

AT THE END, HE COULD NOT LEAVE THE ROOM.

THERE WAS A LINE OF STUDENTS TALKING TO HIM, TAKING PICTURES, ASKING HIM QUESTIONS.

AND I THINK THAT IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE, VERY TANGIBLE OF WHY REPRESENTATION MATTERS AND WHY THEY WORK IN DIVERSITY.

EQUITY AND INCLUSION THAT WE ARE DOING ON CAMPUS IS INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT.

SO AGAIN, THANK YOU TO BACK AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE H.R.

TEAM FOR PUTTING THIS EVENT.

THANK YOU FOR BACK FOR CONTINUING TO WORK ON THE CALENDAR MOVING FORWARD AND AGAIN, THESE EFFORTS, AS YOU COULD SEE IN THE BACK OF THE ROOM, ARE VERY, VERY EFFECTIVE FOR OUR STUDENTS.

SO I HOPE THAT WE CONTINUE TO SEE THEM ON CAMPUS AND I'LL BE HAPPY TO CONTINUE TO SUPPORT THEM.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AND I ALSO THANK YOU FOR DR.

GUTIERREZ OR ARRANGED FOR THE BLACK HISTORY MONTH.

AND AND I WAS VERY INSPIRED BY TRUSTEE KEN KENNEDY'S A BRONX SPEECH.

IT WAS VERY INSPIRING AND ALSO VERY FUNNY.

YOU KNOW, GREAT JOB, YOU KNOW, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT'S MY REPORT.

[7. Closed Session]

[01:50:09]

WE HAVE THREE PUBLIC EMPLOYEE EMPLOYMENT.

7.01 IS SOME FOR MANAGER.

THE CLINIC SOCIAL WORKER, 7.02 IS INTERIM CAPTAIN OF CAMPUS POLICE.

7.03 IS CAPTAIN OF CAMPUS POLICE.

WE HAVE TWO PUBLIC EMPLOYEES THIS SPRING.

THIS MEANS DISMISSAL OR RELEASE AND THAT'S 7.04 AND 7.051 IS CASE 2250 11983231 IS CASE 05234 30 29423 AND ALSO 7.0 A CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATION AND WE ARE GOING TO COME BACK FOR A REPORT IN THE OPEN SECTION.

ALL RIGHT. SO NOW WE CLOSE TODAY'S REGULAR MEETING.

WE ARE GOING TO GO TO OUR CLOSING SECTION RIGHT NOW.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

BESIDES JUST SAY, OKAY.

OKAY. SO WE ARE WE HAVE QUORUM RIGHT NOW.

[8.01 Reconvene to Open Session]

IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE EMPLOYMENT OF ANGELA WILLIAMS AS MANAGER.

LICENSED CLINICAL, CLINICAL, SOCIAL WORKER, GRADE 26, STEP FIVE, $9,917 PER MONTH OF THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE, EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 27, 2023.

FINAL RESOLUTION MOTION CARRY I SIX.

ABSENT MARISSA PEREZ 7.02.

IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE EXTENSION OF EMPLOYMENT OF ANTHONY ROTELLA AS CURRENT INTERN CAPTAIN OF CAMPUS POLICE GRADE 20 A STEP SIX $10,246 PER MONTH OF THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE NOT TO EXCEED MARCH 31ST, 2023.

FINAL RESOLUTION MOTION CARRIES I SIX ABSENT MARISSA PEREZ 7.03.

IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE EMPLOYMENT OF BRIAN HILL AS CAPTAIN OF CAMPUS POLICE GRADE 28, STEP THREE $9,917 PER MONTH OF THE MANAGEMENT SALARIES SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE ON OR AFTER FEBRUARY 23RD, 2023, AND PENDING COMPLETION OF ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.

OFFICIALS FINAL RESOLUTION MOTION CARRIES I SIX ABSENT MARISSA PERRY'S 7.06 IN CLOSED ACTION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AUTHORIZED THE VICE PRESIDENT OF BUSINESS SERVICE ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT TO IMPLEMENT CHANGE TO THE LEAVE BALANCE FOR REPRESENTATIVE CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE AS FOLLOWS ONE.

EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2022, CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES MAY USE A MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF 64 HOURS OF PERSONAL NECESSITY LEAVE OF ABSENCE PER FISCAL YEAR FROM THEIR ILLNESS.

LEAVE BALANCE TO EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2022.

CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES MAY SELL BACK TO THE DISTRICT UP TO A MAXIMUM OF 75 HOURS OF VACATION LEAVE PER FISCAL YEAR THREE.

EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2022, CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES ARE ALLOWED TO CURE A MAXIMUM OF TWICE THEIR ANNUAL VACATION LEAVE ALONE ELEMENT.

CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEES CURE VACATION HOURS WILL BE TABULATE AS OF JUNE 30 OF EACH FISCAL YEAR.

A CONFIDENTIAL EMPLOYEE WITH MORE THAN THE MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE AMOUNT OF VACATION LEAVE AS OF JUNE 30 OF EACH YEAR WILL HAVE THEIR FUTURE VACATION CURE OR CURE REDUCED PROPORTION.

NATALIE FINAL RESOLUTION MOTION CARRY I SIX EPSON MARISSA PARIS IN THIS IS END OF THE REPORT

[01:55:05]

RIGHT. THANK YOU.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.