[1.01 Roll Call] [00:00:03] PRESENT. PRESENT. PRESENT. TRUSTEE. MARIANA. PACHECO. PRESIDENT. TRUSTEE. MARIANA. HERE. TRUSTEE. SANDRA. SALAZAR. HERE. STUDENT. TRUSTEE. CARMELO. FABIAN HERE AND PRESIDENT. SUPERINTENDENT HERE. ALL RIGHT. CAN I [1.02 Pledge of Allegiance] PLEASE HAVE CARMELO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TODAY? PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY? BEGIN! PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE. [1.03 Agenda Organization] AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO LOOK AT THE AGENDA ORGANIZATION. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO REARRANGE THE AGENDA FOR THIS EVENING? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ITEM 1.0 FOR COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE. [1.04 Comments from the Audience] WE DO HAVE COMMENTS TONIGHT. AND THE FIRST SPEAKER UP TO THE PODIUM LET'S WELCOME JERRY RAMOS. OH, THEY'RE ALL TOGETHER. I'M SO SORRY. SPEAKERS. JERRY RAMOS PRICE P I'M JUST GOING TO SAY THAT FOR THE LAST NAME AND I DO APOLOGIZE. NATHAN FENG, HILDA RUBIANES, AND ISABELA SANTA CRUZ. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. TESTING NOW IT IS. YES. GOOD EVENING. PRESIDENTS, BOARD OF TRUSTEE MEMBERS, VICE PRESIDENTS COLLEAGUES, AND CAMPUS LEADERS. I'M ONE OF THE ADVISORS TO THE FUTURE BUSINESS LEADERS OF AMERICA, THE BUSINESS CLUB, OR OUR GREEK NAME, PHI BETA LAMBDA, THE BUSINESS CLUB AS WELL. WE HAD A WONDERFUL CONFERENCE IN LAS VEGAS A FIVE DAY CONFERENCE JUNE 5TH THROUGH THE NINTH. AND THE STUDENTS WILL SPEAK ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCE. IT WAS A CHALLENGE RAISING FUNDS FOR 13 STUDENTS AND TWO ADVISORS TO GO. AND I'M SO GLAD WE WERE ABLE TO, TO DO OUR DARNDEST AND ESPECIALLY WANT TO THANK ALL THE SUPPORT AND LOVE THAT WE'VE HAD THROUGH THE YEARS. A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO DOCTOR SALAZAR FOR A WONDERFUL BLESSING, A DONATION IF THAT WAS MEANT TO BE ANONYMOUS, STRIKE THAT. FROM THE RECORD, THE CLUB IS NOT ABOUT ME NOR THE CONFERENCE. LET'S HAVE THE STUDENTS SPEAK. HELLO, MY NAME IS PRICE. YET YOU CAN CALL MY LAST NAME BY P IF THAT'S EASIER TO. BUT I'M THE INCOMING VICE PRESIDENT FOR FBLA PHI BETA LAMBDA FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR. BUT FIRST, I'D LOVE TO SHARE THE RESULTS OF OUR NATIONALS TRIP TO THE BOARD TODAY. SO WE DID WE SENT ABOUT A DOZEN OF OUR MEMBERS TO THE NATIONALS WHO ALL QUALIFIED FROM OUR SPRING STATES COMPETITION. AND I'LL LET THIS GROUP TELL THEIR AWARD, BUT WE PLACED SEVENTH IN CUSTOMER SERVICE NATIONALLY, SIXTH, FIFTH AND FOURTH IN THE JOB INTERVIEW SIMULATION AND ALSO A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP IN CUSTOMER SERVICE AS WELL. I'M RIGHT THERE WITH HER LITTLE TROPHY. AND SO JUST TO GIVE YOU A SCALE OF OUR ACHIEVEMENTS, SO EACH STATE SENDS THEIR REPRESENTATIVES. THERE ARE ABOUT 300 DIFFERENT CHAPTERS. SO A NATIONAL PLACEMENT MEANS THAT YOU'RE A TOP TEN PLACER IN THE NATION OUT OF 300 CHAPTERS. SO I ALSO WANTED TO NAME SOME OF OUR TRANSFER OUTCOMES AS A CLUB. ALL OUR MEMBERS ARE EXTREMELY ACTIVE ON CAMPUS. WE'VE HAD OUR TRANSFER, OUR TRANSFER GRADUATES WHO ARE GOING TO MAJOR LEAGUE UC BERKELEY, AS WELL AS CDU, CSU FULLERTON, SO THE TOP UC AND CSU FOR BUSINESS MAJORS. SO I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE ALL OUR GRADUATING STUDENTS AS WELL. NOW IS NATHAN, WHO IS OUR INCOMING PRESIDENT. HELLO. GOOD EVENING BOARD. MY NAME IS NATHAN FANG, AND I'M GOING TO BE THE UPCOMING PRESIDENT FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR FOR FBLA. AND I SORT OF WANTED TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE OF WHAT NATIONALS WAS LIKE IN LAS VEGAS. AND HONESTLY, WHAT A PRIVILEGE TO REPRESENT CERRITOS COLLEGE, TO REPRESENT FBLA AND TO REPRESENT CALIFORNIA ON SUCH A NATIONAL STAGE, AND BEING ABLE TO COMPETE AGAINST SO MANY PEOPLE FROM ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY AND BEING ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THEM HAS BEEN REALLY SPECIAL. [00:05:06] AND ON TOP OF THIS, BEING ABLE TO CONNECT WITH PEOPLE JUST FROM EVERYWHERE AND JUST BEING ABLE TO MEET PEOPLE FROM ALL DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS HAS BEEN EXTREMELY SPECIAL AND HAS BEEN SUCH A GREAT MOMENT IN MY LIFE PERSONALLY. AND ME AND MY TEAM WERE SO FORTUNATE TO PLACE NINTH IN THE NATION IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP PITCH, AND IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BE DONE WITHOUT THE ONGOING SUPPORT AND FUNDING OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS WELL AS THE FOUNDATION. SO ON BEHALF OF FBLA, WE JUST WANTED TO THANK THE BOARD AND THE FOUNDATION, INCLUDING DOCTOR SALAZAR OF US THROUGH OUR ENDEAVOR, THROUGH NATIONALS, AND FOR NEXT YEAR. WE HOPE TO SEE THE CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR NEXT YEAR, AS NEXT YEAR'S NATIONALS WILL BE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND WE WILL AIM TO WORK HARDER WHEN WE MAKE IT TO NATIONALS TO GET MORE PLACEMENTS THAN THIS YEAR AND HAVING MORE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT. THANK YOU. OKAY. GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS ISABELLA SANTA CRUZ, AND I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE FBLA CHAPTER. I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO ATTEND THE FBLA NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE IN LAS VEGAS AND COMPETE IN THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PITCH COMPETITION. AND MY TEAM HAD THE HONOR OF OF PLACING NINTH IN THE NATION IN OUR EVENT. AND IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST REWARDING EXPERIENCES I HAD DURING MY TIME AT CERRITOS COLLEGE. BUT WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME WASN'T JUST THE COMPETITION ITSELF, BUT THE PEOPLE I MET ALONG THE WAY. SO I GOT TO CONNECT WITH STUDENTS FROM FROM COLLEGES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY, HEAR ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES AND SEE HOW DIFFERENT CHAPTERS OPERATE. AND IT WAS AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE GETTING TO MEET PEOPLE WHO SHARE SIMILAR GOALS AND INTERESTS WHILE REPRESENTING OUR COLLEGE. THE CONFERENCE ATMOSPHERE WAS ALSO SOMETHING I WON'T FORGET. THERE WERE A LOT OF. THERE WAS A LOT OF ENERGY THROUGHOUT THE EVENT AND EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE WAS COMPETING, PEOPLE WERE SUPPORTIVE OF ONE ANOTHER AND IT MADE THE EXPERIENCE EXCITING AND A LOT LESS INTIMIDATING THAN I EXPECTED. BEING ABLE TO REPRESENT CERRITOS COLLEGE AT THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE WAS SOMETHING I AM EXTREMELY PROUD OF, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. FBLA HAS HELPED ME FIND DIRECTION IN MY LIFE CAREER AND HAS HELPED ME DEVELOP AS A LEADER, COMMUNICATOR AND PROFESSIONAL. THOSE LESSONS WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE ME AS I. AS I TRANSFER TO CAL STATE FULLERTON THIS FALL. AND ON BEHALF OF OUR CHAPTER, THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN STUDENT SUCCESS AND FOR MAKING OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS POSSIBLE FOR EVERYONE. YOUR SUPPORT HAS A LASTING IMPACT ON STUDENTS LIKE ME, AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR THE CHANCE TO REPRESENT CERRITOS COLLEGE. THANK YOU. SO GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS HILDA RUBIANES. I DON'T WANT TO STAND HERE TONIGHT AND ONLY TALK ABOUT AWARDS BECAUSE FBLA IS SO MUCH BIGGER THAN THAT. YES, WE COMPETED AT NATIONALS LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE. YES, OUR CHAPTER BROUGHT HOME A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP TITLE. SEVERAL NATIONAL AWARD RECIPIENTS AND MY TEAM HAD THE HONOR OF PLACING NINTH IN THE NATION. AS PRESIDENT OF FLA, THOSE ARE ACCOMPLISHMENTS I WILL ALWAYS BE PROUD OF. BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT THE BOARD TO UNDERSTAND IS THAT THIS CLUB CHANGES LIVES. WHEN I BECAME PRESIDENT, MY GOAL WAS NEVER JUST TO WIN AWARDS. MY GOAL WAS TO CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS WHO WE HAVE NEVER IMAGINED THEMSELVES COMPETING ON A NATIONAL STAGE. THIS YEAR, I WATCHED OUR MEMBERS GROW INTO LEADERS, TRAVEL ACROSS THE STATE AND PROVE THAT CERRITOS COLLEGE STUDENTS CAN COMPETE WITH ANYONE. AS A LATINA STUDENT, I KNOW UNDERREPRESENTED. WE. I KNOW HOW UNDERREPRESENTED WE ARE IN BUSINESS. THIS FALL, I'LL BE TRANSFERRING TO UC BERKELEY'S HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS. ONE OF THE MOST COMPETITIVE UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS PROGRAMS IN THE COUNTRY. WITH THE TRANSFER ACCEPTANCE RATE RATE OF LESS THAN 5%. WELL, I RECEIVED THAT ACCEPTANCE. I DIDN'T JUST THINK ABOUT MYSELF. I THOUGHT ABOUT EVERY COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENT WHO HAS EVER QUESTIONED WHETHER THEY BELONGED IN THOSE SPACES. I THOUGHT ABOUT EVERY LATINA WHO RARELY SEES SOMEONE WHO LOOKS LIKE HER REPRESENTED IN THOSE BUSINESS LEADERSHIP. MBA IS THE REASON I HAD THE CONFIDENCE TO APPLY IN THE FIRST PLACE. THIS ORGANIZATION TAUGHT ME HOW TO LEAD, HOW TO PRESENT, HOW TO COMPETE, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, HOW TO BELIEVE THAT I BELONG IN THOSE ROOMS I ONCE THOUGHT WERE MEANT FOR SOMEONE ELSE. SO WHEN I SAY FBLA CHANGED MY LIFE, I MEAN IT. MY ACCEPTANCE TO HAAS IS NOT JUST. MY ACCOMPLISHMENT IS. IT IS A REFLECTION OF WHAT THE CLUB MADE POSSIBLE. IT IS PROOF THAT CERRITOS COLLEGE STUDENTS BELONG AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS. IT IS PROOF THAT LATINAS BELONG IN BUSINESS, AND IT IS PROOF THAT WHEN STUDENTS ARE GIVEN OPPORTUNITIES, THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH THINGS FAR BEYOND WHAT THEY IMAGINED FOR THEMSELVES. BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT, WE WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE NATIONAL LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, EARNED NATIONAL RECOGNITION, AND PUT CERRITOS COLLEGE ON THE MAP. WE ARE NO LONGER JUST KNOWN ON OUR CAMPUS. [00:10:04] STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY NOW KNOW THE NAME CERRITOS COLLEGE FBLA. I AM INCREDIBLY, INCREDIBLY PROUD TO REPRESENT OUR COLLEGE, OUR CHAPTER, AND MY COMMUNITY. I HOPE FUTURE STUDENTS SEE WHAT WE ACCOMPLISH AND REALIZE WHAT THEY BELONG. THAT THEY BELONG IN THOSE ROOMS TOO. THANK YOU FOR BELIEVING IN US. INVESTING IN US AND HELPING CREATE OPPORTUNITIES THAT TRULY CHANGE LIVES. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. MY NAME IS ALMA ROSA ALVARADO, AND I AM THE NATIONAL WINNER FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE. AND I JUST WANTED TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK YOU GUYS. MERCEDES KNOWS SOME OF MY PAST, WHICH HASN'T ALWAYS BEEN PERFECT, BUT THANKS TO ALL OF YOU GUYS, ALL THIS HAS BEEN POSSIBLE, AND I'M CAPABLE OF BELIEVING IN MYSELF AND THAT PEOPLE LIKE ME CAN TRULY CHANGE THINGS TO ALL OF YOU GUYS. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY. IT MEANS A LOT TO ME. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. GOOD JOB GUYS, AND CONGRATULATIONS. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK. GREAT JOB ON THE TRANSFER. I SEE YOU FOR A FEW MONTHS, AND EVERY TIME I SEE YOU, YOU GET MORE EXCITED AND MORE EXCITED ABOUT THE TRANSFER. SO I'M SURE YOU'LL DO GREAT. WELL DONE. YES. CONGRATULATIONS. I KNOW YOU GUYS ALL STATED THAT YOU WERE VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT CERRITOS COLLEGE, BUT WE ARE VERY PROUD THAT YOU WERE REPRESENTING US AS WELL. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THAT YOU HAVE DONE. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR THE WORK THAT YOU'RE DOING WITH OUR STUDENTS, AND I'M WISHING YOU CONTINUED SUCCESS. WOULD ANY OTHER MEMBERS LIKE TO SHARE ANYTHING? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. GREAT JOB EVERYBODY. [1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups] OKAY. AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 1.05 REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM CONSTITUENT GROUPS. FIRST UP, TERRENCE MULLINS, FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT. NO REPORT. NEXT DOCTOR. WILLIAM MITTENDORF CERRITOS. COLLEGE FACULTY FEDERATION. ORLANDO LOPEZ. I DON'T BELIEVE SHE SAID SHE COULDN'T MAKE IT. OH, OKAY. AND WE DO HAVE JULIO SOSA DIAZ, WHO IS THE A C C PRESIDENT. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. HELLO, AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME TODAY AS YOUR ACC PRESIDENT. I'VE HAD A FEW STUDENTS BRING UP A CONCERN TO ME. AS YOU KNOW, STUDENTS ARE AFRAID TO COME TO SCHOOL BECAUSE OF ICE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE OF HOW CERRITOS HAS HANDLED DEALING WITH STUDENT SAFETY REGARDING ICE IN THE PAST, SUCH AS SENDING OUT ALERTS ABOUT ICE ON CAMPUS LATE, AND INCORRECTLY IDENTIFYING ICE AS FEDERAL POLICE AND REPORTS, WHICH LED TO WIDESPREAD CONFUSION ON CAMPUS THAT MANY STUDENTS DID NOT EVEN KNOW ICE WAS HERE. SOMETHING THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP REPEATEDLY BY STUDENTS YET OFTEN IGNORED. ANOTHER CONCERN THAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP TO ME BY STUDENTS HAS BEEN THAT THERE IS FLIERS POSTED ON THE WALLS THAT STATE WHAT TO DO IF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICERS. AND FEDERAL IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ARE ON CAMPUS. THESE FLIERS, WHICH ARE MEANT TO INFORM STUDENTS OF WHAT TO DO IF ICE OR IMMIGRATION. IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS ARE ON CAMPUS ARE NOT WIDESPREAD. THEY ARE SCARCELY HUNG UP AROUND CAMPUS. THE ONE IN THIS PICTURE HERE, WHICH I WILL SHOW OF WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT, IS IN ONE OF THE GIRLS RESTROOMS. THESE FLIERS ARE MEANT TO BE A WAY OF. THE COLLEGE. PROTECT THEIR STUDENTS FROM ICE BY INFORMING THEM WHAT TO DO IF THEY ENCOUNTER AN INFORMANT. YET THESE FLIERS ARE INEFFECTIVE AND LACKLUSTER AND NOT ACTUALLY DISTRIBUTED EFFECTIVELY. WE, THE STUDENTS, ACTUALLY TAKE MORE PROACTIVE AND EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO INFORM STUDENTS OF WHAT TO DO IF THEY ENCOUNTER ICE, AND MAKE IT MUCH MORE WIDESPREAD KNOWLEDGE TO STUDENTS, AS SIMPLY HANGING A FEW UP IN THE BATHROOM ISN'T GOING TO BE ENOUGH. THIS NEEDS TO BE WELL KNOWN TO ALL STUDENTS HERE AT CERRITOS, AS ICE DOES NOT CARE IF THE STUDENTS HERE ARE LEGAL CITIZENS OR NOT. THE STUDENTS HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE THAT THE COLLEGE SERVES AND HAS ENROLLED HERE ARE THE EXACT DEMOGRAPHIC THE ICE TARGETS. I'LL GIVE YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT WE, THE STUDENTS THOUGHT WOULD BE AN EFFECTIVE MEASURE TO ACTUALLY INFORM STUDENTS WOULD BE MAKE IT WIDESPREAD IN THE CLASSROOM. HAVE THERE BE ACTUAL PRESENTATIONS IN CLASSROOMS THAT COVER WHAT TO DO IF STUDENTS ENCOUNTER ICE, AS WELL AS DISTRIBUTE THESE FLIERS MORE EFFECTIVELY ON CAMPUS AND MAKE IT MUCH MORE COMMONPLACE AND WIDESPREAD. AS STATED BEFORE, CORRECTLY IDENTIFY ICE AND REPORTS IF THEY ARE ON CAMPUS OR NEAR CAMPUS, [00:15:04] AND SEND THEM OUT IN A TIMELY MANNER AND NOT AFTER ICE IS ALREADY LEFT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON [2. Consent Items - Office of Business Services] TO CONSENT ITEMS. OFFICE OF BUSINESS SERVICES 2.01 AND 2.02. ARE WE GOING TO HAVE SPEAK ON THOSE OR BUT. I MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. BEAT YOU TO IT. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE, AYE. MOTION PASSES. WE'RE NOW GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM THREE. [3.01 Approval of the 2026 Institutional Self Evaluation Report (ISER) to be provided to the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC)] ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS. 3.01 APPROVAL OF THE 2026 INSTITUTIONAL SELF-EVALUATION REPORT PROVIDED TO THE ACCREDITING COMMISSION FOR COMMUNITY AND JUNIOR COLLEGES. A C C JC. I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE A QUICK COMMENT AND THEN OPEN IT TO QUESTIONS. THIS INSTITUTIONAL SELF-EVALUATION REPORT REPRESENTS MORE THAN AN ACCREDITATION REQUIREMENT. IT IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR CERRITOS COLLEGE TO REFLECT HONESTLY ON OUR STRENGTHS, IDENTIFY AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT, AND DEMONSTRATE OUR COMMITMENT TO CONTINUOUS INSTITUTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS AND STUDENT SUCCESS. THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, WE SOUGHT TO TELL THE STORY OF WHO WE ARE AS AN INSTITUTION, HIGHLIGHTING THE SYSTEMS, PRACTICES, AND OUTCOMES THAT SUPPORT OUR MISSION AND THE GOALS OUTLINED IN OUR STUDENTS FIRST FRAMEWORK. THE REPORT WAS DEVELOPED THROUGH A HIGHLY COLLABORATIVE PROCESS THAT INCLUDED FACULTY, STAFF, ADMINISTRATORS, STUDENTS, AND MEMBERS OF OUR GOVERNANCE COMMITTEES, ENSURING THAT MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES WERE REPRESENTED AND THAT THE REPORT REFLECTS THE COLLECTIVE WORK OF THE COLLEGE. HUNDREDS OF PIECES OF EVIDENCE WERE REVIEWED, NUMEROUS DRAFTS WERE DISCUSSED AND REFINED, AND FEEDBACK WAS INCORPORATED FROM ACROSS THE CAMPUS AND CAMPUS COMMUNITY. I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO CONTRIBUTED THEIR TIME, EXPERTISE, AND THOUGHTFUL INPUT TO THIS EFFORT. AS THIS REPORT TRULY REFLECTS OUR SHARED COMMITMENT TO SERVING STUDENTS AND CONTINUOUSLY IMPROVING AS AN INSTITUTION. SO I JUST WANT TO SHARE, I REMEMBER THE DAY THAT TERRENCE MULLEN CALLED ME AND SAID, CAN YOU COME TO MY OFFICE? I WANT TO ASK YOU SOMETHING. AND I CAME OVER AND HE SAID, I'M WONDERING IF YOU'D BE IF YOU WOULD CONSIDER BEING THE ACCREDITATION FACULTY LIAISON, AND I'M GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT I TOLD THEM. I SAID, I THOUGHT YOU WERE MY FRIEND AND BUT TO BE HONEST, IT HAS TURNED OUT TO BE QUITE A PLEASANT SURPRISE THAT SERVING IN THIS ROLE REALLY HAS BEEN A PLEASURE. AND IT'S BEEN JUST SUCH A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO WORK WITH PEOPLE ACROSS CAMPUS. I REALLY FEEL HONORED AND BEING ABLE TO WORK WITH FRANK ON THIS AND ALL OF YOU. AND IT REALLY, AS FRANK NOTED, HAS BEEN A COLLABORATIVE PROCESS. FACULTY AND STAFF, MANAGERS AND STUDENTS. AND WE'RE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE WE'RE HOPING TO CONTINUE ON IN THAT SPIRIT OF COLLABORATION AND HEAR YOUR FEEDBACK ON THE ACCREDITATION REPORT THAT WE ARE PREPARING FOR ACJC. OKAY. ANY DISCUSSION? OKAY. SEEING NONE, WE'LL MOVE INTO A VOTE. DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT WE HAVE ITEM 3.02 PRESENTATION AND CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF THE TENTATIVE [3.02 Presentation and Consideration of Approval of the Tentative Budget for the 2026-2027 Fiscal Year] BUDGET FOR THE 2026 2027 FISCAL SCHOOL YEAR. OUR FISCAL YEAR. GOOD EVENING, BOARD OF TRUSTEES. MINE WON'T BE THAT SHORT, BUT I WILL MAKE IT AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE. JOKES. ALL RIGHT. SO BRIEFLY AGENDA TOPICS. I'M GOING TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE, WHAT WAS RELEASED ON THE MAY REVISION AND THEN GO OVER OUR TENTATIVE BUDGET AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. AND SO THE MAY REVISION WAS RELEASED ON THE 14TH OF MAY. [00:20:06] OVERALL, THE STATE BUDGET GREW UP TO ABOUT $349.4 BILLION. THE MINIMUM GUARANTEE FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES IS NOW ESTIMATED TO BE AT $14.29 BILLION. SO THAT IS AN INCREASE FROM THE GOVERNOR'S JANUARY BUDGET PROPOSAL. THE MAY REVISION MAINTAINS THE PROPOSAL TO PAY OFF THE $408.4 MILLION DEFERRAL IN THE 2526 FISCAL YEAR. SO THAT IS STILL GOOD NEWS. WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO SEE THAT. IT ALSO INCLUDES IN THE MAY REVISION IN THE JANUARY BUDGET PROPOSAL, THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCLUDED A RESERVE DRAWDOWN THAT HE TAPPED INTO TO FUND EDUCATION BOTH FOR THE K-12 AND INTO COMMUNITY IN. AND ALSO USE A PORTION OF THAT FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE INCREASE IN REVENUES THAT ARE REFLECTED IN THE MAY REVISION THAT MANDATORY WITHDRAWAL HAS BEEN ELIMINATED. SO THIS IS WHAT THIS BULLET POINT IS HIGHLIGHTING. SO THE INCREASE OF REVENUES ELIMINATED THE $407 MILLION MANDATORY WITHDRAWAL IN THE 26, 27, OF WHICH 44.5 MILLION WAS EARMARKED FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES STATE APPORTIONMENT ON THAT. SO OBVIOUSLY, THE INCREASE OF THAT RELEASE THAT IN A NUTSHELL, THAT IS GOOD NEWS BECAUSE THAT MONEY THEN IS GOING TO BE UTILIZED TO PAY BACK THE SETTLEMENT. AND WHAT THAT IS, IS THE STATE PART OF THE LAW THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS IS HE USED MONEY THAT WAS EARMARKED FOR EDUCATION, BORROWED AGAINST THAT FOR OTHER STATE RESOURCES. AND THAT LAW REQUIRES HIM TO PAY THAT MONEY BACK. AND SO BECAUSE OF THESE REVENUES, SOME OF THAT MONEY GETS TO GET USED TO PAY THAT BACK QUICKER THAN ANTICIPATED. ALSO IN THE MAY REVISION FUNDING, PARTICULARLY FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES WAS ABOUT $249 MILLION HIGHER THAN HIS JANUARY BUDGET PROPOSAL. AND THESE FIVE ITEMS MAKE UP THE BULK OF THE INCREASE. THE STATUTORY COLA INCREASED SLIGHTLY HIGHER THAN THE JANUARY PROPOSAL, THE MAY REVISION NOW INCLUDES WHAT IS CALLED A DISCRETIONARY COLA. AND I'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN THIS PRESENTATION. AND THEN THERE IS ALSO A STATUTORY COLA THAT IS APPLIED TO CERTAIN CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS. AND THEN UP NEARLY ABOUT $13 MILLION FOR ONE TIME FUNDS. A BULK OF THAT IS FOR FUNDING PROGRAMS LIKE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. AND THEN THE REMAINDER AMOUNT IS WHAT THE STATE CALLS A TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENTS ARE MADE. SO ALL THESE FIVE ITEMS MAKE UP THE BULK OF THE $249 MILLION ADDITIONAL MONIES THAT ARE BEING FUNDED TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES. AND AS I MENTIONED BEFORE. FROM A SOME HIGHLIGHTS, SOME TAKEAWAYS FROM THE MAY REVISION. THE OBVIOUSLY, YES, WE'RE GETTING ADDITIONAL MONIES IN OUR OPERATING FUND. ROUGHLY ABOUT 4.31% ADDITIONAL APPORTIONMENT FUNDS APPLIED FOR COLA, BUT THAT COLA IS ACTUALLY BROKEN DOWN INTO TWO CLASSIFICATIONS. 2.87% OF THAT IS CLASSIFIED AS STATUTORY AUTHORIZED COLA. AND THE 1.44% OF THAT IS CLASSIFIED AS DISCRETIONARY COLA. [00:25:08] AND THAT ACTUALLY HAS A CONDITION APPLIED TO IT AS A CONDITION OF GETTING THAT COLA. WE ARE NOW REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT A B 65 AB 65. NOW IS GOING TO REQUIRE US TO PROVIDE ALL EMPLOYEES UP TO 14 WEEKS OF PAID PREGNANCY DISABILITY LEAVE. SO THAT IS A CONDITION OF GETTING THIS EXTRA FUNDS ON THAT. SO THAT'S CURRENTLY WHAT'S IN THE MAY REVISION ON THAT. AND THEN THOSE SAME CERTAIN CATEGORICAL FUNDS WILL ALSO GET THE STATUTORY COLA OF 2.87% AS WELL. SOME OTHER TAKEAWAYS. FUNDING IS STRONGER THAN EXPECTED. WE'RE SEEING STRONGER FUNDING IN PROP 98. COMMUNITY COLLEGE RESOURCES ARE INCREASING AND THE MAY REVISION ADDS $249 MILLION TO TO THE OVERALL SYSTEM COMPARED TO THE JANUARY BUDGET. ANOTHER TAKEAWAY IN THIS BUDGET WHAT WE'RE SEEING IS, IS REALLY THE PROPOSAL IS KIND OF DOUBLES DOWN ON EXISTING PRIORITIES. AND SO INSTEAD OF RESHAPING THE OVERALL BUDGET, IT REALLY KIND OF FOCUSES ON PROGRAMS THAT WE'RE, THAT WE'VE CURRENTLY HAD FOR EXAMPLE, IT DOUBLES DOWNS ON PROGRAMS LIKE OUR STUDENT SUPPORT GRANTS, WORKFORCE GRANTS. AND THEN DATA MODERNIZATION GRANTS AND GRANTS RELATED TO FACILITY INVESTMENTS SUCH AS CAPITAL OUTLAY AND DEFERRED MAINTENANCE. AND SO WE DON'T SEE ANY NEW TYPE OF PROGRAMS IN THIS BUDGET ON THAT. SO REALLY KIND OF FOCUSING ON EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE CURRENTLY HAVE. SO REALLY KIND OF WHAT I WOULD CLASSIFY A VERY VANILLA BUDGET ON IT AND REALLY FOCUSING ON REALLY CONSISTENT PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE ALREADY HAD IN EXISTENCE. AND JUST ANOTHER THING TO HIGHLIGHT THAT IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT, YOU KNOW, RISK HASN'T DISAPPEARED EVEN THOUGH, YES, WE ARE GETTING ADDITIONAL MONIES MONIES REVENUES ARE STRONGER. BUT THEY'RE NOT SUSTAINABLE AND THERE STILL EXISTS, THERE'S STILL A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT EXIST. AND SO WE STILL HAVE ROUGHLY A $10 BILLION STRUCTURAL DEFICIT IN THE STATE. SO KEEP THAT IN MIND THAT THAT HASN'T GONE AWAY. ON THAT. SO IN THE FUTURE YEARS, WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT YEAR AFTER YEAR ON THAT. SO YES, IT LOOKS GOOD CURRENTLY. BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR REVENUES ARE ALWAYS UP AND DOWN YEAR TO YEAR, AND SO WE CAN'T ALWAYS COUNT ON REVENUES BEING STRAIGHT UP ALL THE TIME. AND SO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO GO INTO EACH YEAR WITH THE MIND FRAME THAT REVENUES ARE NOT ALWAYS GOING TO BE ROSY EVERY SINGLE YEAR. SO THEY'RE GOOD FOR RIGHT NOW, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO GO INTO THE FUTURE YEARS WITH SOME CAUTION ON THAT. SO AND THIS KIND OF HIGHLIGHTS THAT AS WELL. AB 109, THIS IS THE LEGISLATURE'S VERSION OF, OF THE BUDGET BILL. THIS WAS JUST PASSED THIS MONDAY. SO JUNE 15TH, BOTH BOTH HOUSES, ASSEMBLY AND SENATE VOTED TO PASS THE BUDGET. BUDGET BILL AB 109. AGAIN, THIS AIMS TO REDUCE THE STRUCTURAL BUDGET DEFICIT TO LESS THAN $10 BILLION IN THE OUT YEARS IN ALIGNMENT TO THE GOVERNOR'S PLAN. SO AGAIN, THIS BUDGET ALIGNS WITH THE MAY REVISION. AGAIN, HIGHLIGHTING THAT THERE'S STILL A $10 BILLION BUDGET DEFICIT IN THIS BUDGET. SOME NOTABLE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE MAY REVISION AND THE LEGISLATURE'S BUDGET BILL IS THIS THIS BUDGET BILL PROVIDES $2.7 BILLION MORE TO SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITY [00:30:04] COLLEGES THAN THE GOVERNOR'S MAY REVISION. AND THEN WHILE APPROVING THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL FOR THE $3.9 BILLION SETTLEMENT SETTLE UP PROPOSAL ON THAT. SO, SO THIS DOES BUDGET DOES PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO K 14 PROGRAM. SO IT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT PROGRAM, WHAT FUNDING IS STRIPPED TO FUND THE ADDITIONAL $2.7 BILLION ON THAT. IN ADDITION, WHICH IS THE LAST BULLET POINT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT BECAUSE THIS DOES AFFECT COMMUNITY COLLEGES. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE AWARE, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN BATTLING BACK AND FORTH ON THAT. SO THIS ONE WHICH I WOULD ACTUALLY SUPPORT THIS VERSION THAN THE GOVERNOR'S MAY REVISION IS IN, IN STARTING IN FISCAL YEAR 2627, THE COST FOR TRANSITIONAL KINDERGARTEN WOULD BE INCLUDED AS A K-12 COST AFTER PROP 98 TK 12 COMMUNITY COLLEGE SPLIT IS CALCULATED CORRECTING THE STRUCTURAL DEFICIT FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, WHICH IS WORTH ABOUT $241 MILLION TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES. SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS, SO RIGHT NOW, PROP 98, THERE'S A SPLIT BETWEEN WE GET A PORTION OF PROP 98. SO PORTION OF THAT GOES TO K-12. PORTION OF THAT GOES TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES. DON'T QUOTE ME ON THE ACTUAL PERCENTAGE. SO BECAUSE I FORGET THE PERCENTAGE, LET'S JUST CALL IT 12%. SO WE GET 12% OF WHATEVER COMES OUT OF PROP 98 ON THAT. AND THE REST GOES TO K-12. WE GET THAT THE REST ON THAT. WHAT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT IS WHERE. WHEN DOES THAT CUT THAT TEAK CUT COME OUT OF. DOES IT COME OUT AFTER THE SPLIT OR BEFORE THE SPLIT? THAT'S A CRITICAL POINT BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WHAT'S HAPPENING IS IT'S COMING AFTER THE THE CUT, WHICH WE ARE ACTUALLY COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE GETTING AFFECTED BY IT BECAUSE WE'RE ACTUALLY LOSING MONEY ON THAT. SO RECENTLY THAT WAS CHANGED ON THAT. SO THIS ACTUALLY CORRECTS THAT, THAT DEFICIT TO COMMUNITY COLLEGES ON THAT. SO THAT ACTUALLY WOULD BENEFIT US THIS WAY BECAUSE WE WOULD WANT THE K-12 TO SHARE IN THAT PIECE. SO WE WOULD WANT IT TO GO INTO THE BUCKET TO PULL THAT OUT WITHIN THE PROP 98 SHARE BEFORE THEY DO THE SPLIT, BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT WANT TO TAKE ON THE FULL BURDEN OF THAT SPLIT OF TK ON THAT. SO SO THAT THAT PIECE IS A VERY IMPORTANT PIECE. ON, ON THAT, SO THAT WOULD BE INTERESTING TO SEE HOW THAT WORKS OUT AS THEY NEGOTIATE THIS WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE. SO NEXT STEPS IN THE BUDGET PROCESS. THE LEGISLATURE INDICATES THAT THEY PLAN TO NEGOTIATE WITH THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE FOR A FINAL PLAN OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 2 WEEKS, AND WE EXPECT THE GOVERNOR TO SIGN, VETO OR LINE ITEM VETO THE BILL ON OR BEFORE JUNE 29TH PER LAW. WE ALSO ANTICIPATE TRAILER BILLS TO BE TO IMPLEMENT POLICY CHANGES IN THE BUDGET. THERE WILL BE FORTHCOMING IN THE NEXT DAY, TWO WEEKS AHEAD. JUST LIKE ANY BUDGET IS RELEASED. ONCE THE REVISION DOES. THEY'LL START RELEASING TRAILER BILLS THAT ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THE DETAILS OF THE BUDGET. SO THOSE ARE GOING TO BE FORTHCOMING IN THE NEXT DAYS ON THAT. SO WE'LL BE ON THE LOOKOUT OF ALL THOSE ITEMS TO COME OUT IN THE NEAR FUTURE. AND THEN OF COURSE, ANY ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CHANGES TO THE STATE'S ENACTED BUDGET. WE WILL THEN INCORPORATE THOSE INTO THE DISTRICT'S FINAL 26, 27 BUDGET THAT WILL THEN GET ADOPTED AND BRING FORWARD FOR YOUR APPROVAL IN SEPTEMBER ON THAT. OBVIOUSLY, WE DON'T MAKE THOSE CHANGES IN TENTATIVE BUDGET. TENTATIVE BUDGET IS ONLY A APPROPRIATIONS BUDGET TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE SPENDING UNTIL WE FINALIZE OUR ACTUAL FINAL BUDGET. AND SO THAT ALLOWS US TO CONTINUE TO SPEND FOR THE SHORT DURATION UNTIL WE FINALIZE OUR FINAL [00:35:02] BUDGET, WHICH WILL BRING FORTH IN FRONT OF YOU FOR ADOPTION IN SEPTEMBER. OKAY. SO THAT IS THE NEWS REGARDING THE MAY REVISION RIGHT NOW. SO THAT IS THE LATEST WITH INCLUDING AB 109, WHICH JUST GOT VOTED ON THIS WEEK. SO NOW I'LL TRANSITION A LITTLE BIT TO OUR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS. TRUSTEE. BIRKEY. DO YOU HAVE A THOUGHT BEFORE I MOVE ON? I WAS GOING TO ASK ABOUT THE DO WE HAVE LINED UP AB 65 LIKE AS A PART OF WHAT'S OUR PLAN OF ADOPTION AS IT RELATES TO AB 65? IT WE HAVEN'T EVEN DISCUSSED IT RIGHT NOW. ONE, BECAUSE IT'S IN THE MAY REVISION YET. GOVERNOR HASN'T EVEN SIGNED IT YET. UNTIL IT ACTUALLY IS ENACTED INTO THE ACTUAL BUDGET. I THINK THERE'S GOING TO BE A GRACE PERIOD WHEN BY LAW, WE'RE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO ACTUALLY IMPLEMENT THAT. I CAN'T REMEMBER THE EXACT DATE, I DON'T KNOW, MERCEDES, DO YOU RECALL IF THERE'S AN ACTUAL TIMELINE ON, ON THAT? YEAH. YEAH. SO I DON'T, I CAN'T REMEMBER IF THERE'S ACTUAL TIMELINE ON THAT. SO THERE ARE A COUPLE OF PIECES. THE FIRST ONE ONE IS NO SIGN. TWO THERE IS A LOT OF SPECULATION AS TO WHAT TO DO WITH THE DOLLARS. FOR A COUPLE OF REASONS. THE FIRST ONE, THERE IS NOT NECESSARILY LANGUAGE THAT SAYS WHAT YOU HAVE TO DO, HOW YOU HAVE TO DO IT. AND TWO OTHER DATA. LOCATION DOES NOT FULLY FUND THE INTENTION OF THE MATERNITY LEAVE BILL. SO. AND THIS IS MOSTLY COMMENTARY OF WHAT I HAVE GOTTEN. THIS IS A MANNER OF APPEASING SOME OF THE MEMBERS THAT HAVE BEEN PUSHING FOR FUNDING TO IMPLEMENT MATERNITY LEAVE WITHOUT FULLY IMPLEMENTING THE LEAVE, BECAUSE IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY SAY THAT YOU HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THE BILL. WHAT IT SAYS IS THAT YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE LEAVE TO EMPLOYEES WHO REQUESTED. THE INTENTION OF THE BILL IS WAY LARGER THAN JUST. THAT DOESN'T SAY HOW MUCH AT WHAT PERCENTAGE. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU DON'T USE THE MONEY, WHETHER OR NOT THEY WILL DO IT AGAIN, AND A NUMBER OF PIECES THERE. SO MY EXPECTATION AT LEAST, IS THE WAY IT WILL BE SIGNED AND SOME CLARIFICATION WILL BE PROVIDED WITH THE TRAILER BILL LANGUAGE THAT AFTER. AND I DON'T THINK THAT LANGUAGE WILL BE FULLY NEGOTIATED UNTIL LATER ON THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, BECAUSE THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT GROUP OF PEOPLE WHO WANT THE BILL FULLY FUNDED, AND THIS DOES NOT DO THAT OR, OR REALLY SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO IMPLEMENT THE BILL. YOU JUST SIMPLY YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE LEAVE. SO WE MIGHT THEN HAVE TO DECIDE WHETHER OR NOT WE ACCEPT THE LANGUAGE OF THE BILL BEFORE IT'S WRITTEN. WE DON'T NECESSARILY GET A CHANCE. SO IF WE GET THE MONEY, WE'RE GOING TO GET THE MONEY. AND THE EXPECTATION IS GOING TO BE THAT WE IMPLEMENT SOME SORT OF PROGRAM, AND THEN THERE WILL BE TRAILER LANGUAGE THAT WILL SOMEWHAT SAY HOW YOU HAVE TO DO IT. SOME OF THE CONCERNS WITH THAT IS THE IT'S ALLOCATED AS COLA, AND THAT IS NOT WHAT IT DOES. AND IT HAS CONTRACT IMPLICATIONS FOR A LOT OF DISTRICTS BASED ON HOW CONTRACTS ARE WRITTEN. SO I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE QUITE A BIT OF CONVERSATION ABOUT THAT BECAUSE SOME THE EARLIER LANGUAGE AND I CAN'T REMEMBER IS THE LATEST VERSION SAYS SEPARATED, BOTH KNOW COMBINED THE COLA. AND THEN IT WAS A NOTE AS TO WHY THE COLA WAS GIVEN. AND IN THE SECOND ONE PEOPLE GOT UPSET. SO THEY WERE TRYING TO SEPARATE THE COLA PLUS THE 140 SOMETHING. BUT I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS GOING TO BE THE FINAL PIECE. IF IF IT IS IF IT IS COLA, THAT IS CONTRACT EXPECTATION IN A LOT OF PLACES THAT WILL ESSENTIALLY WILL REQUIRE THAT TO BE SPENT ACCORDING TO THE CONTRACT. BUT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT WILL DO WITH THE STATE BECAUSE THE STATE HAS A DIFFERENT EXPECTATION OF THE DOLLARS. SO IT'S A LOT OF CONFUSION REGARDING THAT REGARDING THAT PIECE OF THE ALLOCATION. BUT WE HAVE REALLY NO CHOICE BECAUSE THE MONEY WILL BE DISPERSED. [00:40:03] AND ONCE THE TRIBAL LANGUAGE IS PROVIDED, WE HAVE TO FOLLOW IT. THERE'S NO RETROACTIVE ADOPTION THAT'S AVAILABLE. I DON'T THINK SO. I THINK IT WILL BE MOSTLY USUALLY WHEN THIS CONTROVERSY LIKE THAT, THERE IS A GRACE PERIOD. THE LANGUAGE OF THE TRAILER BILL GETS A LOT OF TWEAKING. IT GOES TO ONE YEAR, IT GOES TO IMPLEMENTATION, AND THEN THE WHATEVER HAPPENS, THE PEOPLE DIDN'T LIKE, THEY WILL TWEAK THE TRAILER LANGUAGE BILL AGAIN. OKAY. I THINK MY THOUGHT WAS IT MIGHT BE HELPFUL TO HAVE AT LEAST A DISCUSSION, IF NOT A VOTE THAT'S SEPARATE THAN THE BUDGET ADOPTION IN SEPTEMBER. THAT WAY, WE CAN HAVE ENOUGH KIND OF BRAIN SPACE TO GO THROUGH ALL OF THAT. AND I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE THE AGENDA ALLOWS FOR IT IN TERMS OF TIMING, BUT IT SEEMS LIKE THERE'S KIND OF THESE ARE MAYBE TWO LARGE SUBJECTS THAT MAYBE AREN'T SEPARABLE. BUT IT WOULD BE NICE TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THEM INDIVIDUALLY. SURE. WE CAN DO THAT. HOPEFULLY BY THEN THERE WILL BE A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION ON THEIR USAGE. RIGHT NOW I THINK IT'S RELATIVELY GOOD INTENTIONS, BUT IN REALITY, IT DOES NOT NECESSARILY FUND THE INTENTION OF THE ORIGINAL BILL AT ALL. YEAH. I MEAN, I GUESS THIS IS A COMMENT THAT'S CONTINGENT UPON IT STILL BEING A CRITERIA FOR FUNDING. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. SO I'LL GO OVER SOME OF OUR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS THAT WE USE TO PUT TOGETHER OUR TENTATIVE BUDGET. SO THIS CHART HIGHLIGHTS OUR COLAS HERE. HERE ON THE LAST ONE I DO BREAK OUT THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE STATE STATUTORY COLA. AND THEN I DO SEPARATE THE DISCRETIONARY COLA SEPARATELY HERE TO HIGHLIGHT THAT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO THERE. AND IT IS LINE ITEM BOTH IN THE BUDGET THAT WAY AS WELL. ARFON HERE'S A HISTORICAL LIST OF WHAT OUR FULL TIME FACULTY OBLIGATION IS. FOR 27. IT IS, WE HAVE IT HERE AT 290. HOWEVER, WE ARE HIGHLIGHTING THE 290 IS WHAT IT WAS LISTED AT OUR ADVANCE FUND. HOWEVER, WE ARE PROJECTING OUR FAWN ONCE IT'S OFFICIALLY RELEASED AT P TWO TO REFLECT 270. AND SO EVEN ALTHOUGH I'M SHOWING 290 THERE, BECAUSE THAT IS THE ACTUAL DOCUMENT THAT WE ONLY HAVE OUT THERE. WE INTERNALLY, WE DO TRACK OUR FUN. WE ARE ESTIMATING IT TO BE 270. AND OUR ACTUAL COMPLIANCE FOR IT IS THE LOWER OF ADVANCE OR P TWO. SO WE ARE ANTICIPATING OUR FUN OVERALL TO BE 270 WHEN IT'S SAID AND DONE. AND OUR BUDGET REFLECTS THAT 270 AMOUNT. SO YOU'LL SEE THAT AS WE GO THROUGH OUR POSITIONS ARE BASED ON THAT. 270 NUMBER, NOT 290. OKAY. THESE ARE STATUTORY BENEFITS BROKEN DOWN BY EACH OF THE GROUPS ARE CLASSIFIED. AND THEN ALL OF OUR ACADEMIC FOLKS JUST A LITTLE BIT HARDER TO SEE. THESE, THIS IS A HISTORICAL CHART OF ALL OF OUR FTES. AND AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOTTOM, WE ARE BEGINNING TO RISE. IF YOU LOOK AT THE CURRENT YEAR WHICH IS THE SECOND TO THE LAST ROW OF THE FISCAL YEAR 25, 26, THAT IS OUR REPORTED P2 NUMBER. SO IF YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE COLUMN THE THIRD COLUMN FROM THE RIGHT WHERE IT SAYS TOTAL FTES REPORTED THAT NUMBER IS 17,133.10. SO THAT IS WHAT WE REPORTED AT P2. SO THAT IS ROUGHLY WHAT WE WERE AT BEFORE THE PANDEMIC. SO WE BASICALLY REACHED BACK OUR FULL FTES FROM THE PANDEMIC. SO WE HAVE BASICALLY FULLY RECOVERED FROM THE PANDEMIC. [00:45:01] SO HOW DOES THAT COMPARE TO OTHER INSTITUTIONS ACROSS THE STATE? TRUSTEE. BIRKEY. I HAVE ENOUGH TO DO, LET ALONE TRACK EVERYONE ELSE. SO LUCKILY I DO FOLLOW A LOT. SO WITHIN THE LA COUNTY SECTOR, ORANGE COUNTY SECTOR ESPECIALLY ORANGE COUNTY, A LOT OF OUR ORANGE COUNTY COLLEAGUES ARE DECLINING. A LOT OF THOSE DISTRICTS HAVE HEAVILY BEEN DECLINING OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. ON THAT IN THE LA COUNTY REGION, IT'S SPORADIC. YOU KNOW, LACCD HAS BEEN SUFFERING FOR QUITE SOME TIME ON THAT. THE ONLY LA LA DISTRICT THAT SEEMS TO BE PRETTY COMPARABLE. ON THAT I WOULD SAY IS PROBABLY LBCC IS PROBABLY THE ONE THAT'S PROBABLY COMPARABLE TO, TO, TO US. EVERYONE ELSE HAS BEEN PRETTY LACKLUSTER ON THAT. BUT THE AREA THAT HAS BEEN PROBABLY BOOMING AND IT MAKES SENSE IS THE INLAND EMPIRE YOUR RIVERSIDE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES JUST STRICTLY BECAUSE OF HOUSING, EVERYONE'S MOVING DOWN THERE AND THEY'RE BOOMING, YOU KNOW, DOUBLE DIGITS OUT THERE. AND SO THOSE AREAS, RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT MOUNT SAN JACINTO DISTRICTS ARE BOOMING. EVEN YOUR MOUTH SACHSE ARE STRUGGLING. YOU KNOW, THOSE USED TO BE LIKE THE SUPERSTARS. YOUR YOUR SANTA MONICA'S ARE STRUGGLING. YEAH. SO THOSE ARE USED TO BE THE, YOU KNOW, TEN YEARS AGO, THOSE WERE THE, THE PRIMO COLLEGES ON THAT. NOT, NOT ANYMORE. THOSE ARE DISTRICTS THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY STRUGGLING. ON THAT, YOU KNOW, FROM AN INTERNATIONAL STUDENT STANDPOINT, YOU KNOW, BUDGET STANDPOINT, THEY'RE NOT THE SAME DISTRICTS THEY WERE TEN YEARS AGO ON THAT. SO ON THAT BEYOND YOU KNOW, CENTRAL CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, DON'T ASK ME BECAUSE I DON'T GO THAT FAR ON THAT. BUT YEAH, LA COUNTY, ORANGE COUNTY, MY, MY COLLEAGUES IN THE, THAT AREA, BECAUSE I DO LIVE OUT IN THAT AREA. AND SO I DO KNOW THAT AREA PRETTY WELL ON THAT. SO. OKAY, SO AND AGAIN, WE ARE ANTICIPATING OUR CONTINUED GROWTH ON THAT. AND SO WE ARE NOT, WE, WE DON'T ANTICIPATE SLOWING DOWN ANYTIME SOON. EVERYTHING INDICATES WE'RE DOING WELL. PEOPLE STILL WANT TO COME TO CERRITOS COLLEGE ON THAT. AND SO EVERYTHING THAT WE'RE DOING, ALL THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE PEOPLE ARE ATTRACTED TO COME HERE. AND SO, AND WE DON'T SEE ANY, ANY WE'RE STEADY, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT SEEING ANY HUGE INCREASES. WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE PRETTY CONSISTENT, STEADY INCREASING YEAR AFTER YEAR. AND SO WE'RE LIKING THAT. AND SO, OKAY. NOW THAT HE'S COMPETING WITH ANYONE. SO IN OUR BUDGET, THIS IS WHAT ALL THE POSITIONS THAT WE HAVE BUDGETED FOR A TOTAL OF 700. 717 POSITIONS. SO THAT'S THAT 270 FULL TIME FACULTY POSITIONS. I WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT THE PHONE NUMBER THAT WE ARE CALCULATING THAT WE'LL BE AT P2. THIS CHART IS JUST HIGHLIGHTING THE BREAKDOWN OF EACH OF WHAT WE CLASSIFY AS MAJOR OBJECT CODE. SO EACH OF THESE CLASSIFICATIONS IS A PARTICULAR OBJECT CODE, WHAT WE CALL THE 1000 2003 AND SO ON. SO OUR 1000 IS ALL OF OUR ACADEMIC SALARIES. AND SO THAT WOULD BE EVERYONE, INCLUDING ALL OF OUR FACULTY ALL OF OUR ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATORS AS WELL WILL BE ALL IN THE ACADEMIC SALARIES. SO THAT MAKES UP THE BULK OF ALL THE EXPENDITURES. SO ALMOST $80 MILLION OR 44% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET. AND THEN ALL THE CLASSIFIED SALARIES ARE NEXT. SO OBVIOUSLY ALL OF THOSE WOULD BE ALL THE CSEA CONFIDENTIAL. [00:50:03] ALL THE CLASSIFIED MANAGERS WOULD FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY AS WELL. SO ROUGHLY A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN $32 MILLION OR A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 18% OF THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FALL INTO THIS CATEGORY. AND THEN THE NEXT SECOND LARGEST CATEGORY IN THE BUDGET IS OUR EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. JUST SLIGHTLY MORE THAN $51 MILLION. JUST A LITTLE LESS THAN 29% OF OUR BUDGET IS DEVOTED TO EMPLOYEE BENEFITS. AND THEN THE NEXT CATEGORY IS SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS. ABOUT A LITTLE LESS THAN $1.4 MILLION. THAT'S REALLY LESS THAN 1% OF OUR BUDGET IS FOR SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS. CATEGORY. WE, IT'S CLASSIFIED AS WHAT WE CALL OUTSIDE SERVICES. IT'S REALLY CONTRACTED SERVICES. THIS IS OUR SERVICES, UTILITIES. ANY, ANY OF THOSE CONTRACTED SERVICES, LEGAL AUDITORS, ANY, BASICALLY ANY CONTRACTED SERVICES THAT WE HAVE? IT'S ALMOST ABOUT $9.3 MILLION, A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 5% OF OUR BUDGET THERE FOLLOWED BY CAPITAL OUTLAY. THIS IS GOING TO BE ANYTHING. THIS COULD BE COMPUTERS, ANYTHING EQUIPMENT WISE, ABOUT $1.2 MILLION WORTH OF CAPITAL OUTLAY, LESS THAN 1% OF OUR GENERAL FUND BUDGET. MOST OF WHAT YOU WE CLASSIFIED AS CAPITAL OUTLAY. THAT'S OUR BOND DOLLARS. AND SO BOND DOLLARS DON'T FUNNEL THROUGH OUR GENERAL FUND MONIES. THOSE ARE PAID THROUGH A DIFFERENT FUND ON THAT. SO AND THEN OUR TRANSFERS OUT, IT'S A LITTLE LESS THAN 2%. THAT'S ABOUT $3 MILLION. THE BULK OF THESE ARE TO FUND OUR OUR PROPERTY AND LIABILITY FUND. AND SO SO THIS FUNDS ARE, ARE PREMIUMS TO PAY OUR PROPERTY AND LIABILITY PREMIUMS FOR INSURANCE ON THAT. SO SO THAT'S THE BULK OF ALL THIS IS TO FUND THAT. NEXT TIME. WE THANK YOU FOR DOING DOING THIS NEXT TIME WE DO IT. COULD WE HAVE A COMPARISON OF THE YEAR PRIOR SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND THE ANY SORT OF SHIFTS OF ANY MAGNITUDE? SURE. BUT I'M NOT QUITE DONE. BUT I'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTION IN ABOUT TWO SECONDS. ALL RIGHT. SO THIS IS THE SAME VERSION BUT IN A DIFFERENT FORMAT. SO I'LL KIND OF SKIP THROUGH THAT AND GET I'M GOING TO SKIP THROUGH THIS, BUT YOU CAN STILL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS, BUT I'LL BRING UP WHAT TRUSTEE BIRKEY WANTS, WANTS TO SEE FOR HIM RIGHT NOW. BECAUSE I KNOW WE HAVE IT IN THE PACKET MATERIAL. YEAH. I'LL BRING IT UP FOR YOU RIGHT NOW. TRUSTEE. BIRKEY. JUST AS A GENERAL COMMENT AS YOU'RE GOING THROUGH, I THINK EVERY SINGLE YEAR, I'M ALWAYS A LITTLE BIT LIKE, LIKE MY HEART SORT OF LIKE GETS STUCK IN MY THROAT WHEN I SEE THAT THERE'S LIKE A 1% MARGIN JUST COMING FROM LIKE LOOKING AT BUDGETS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR WHERE 1% MARGIN MARGIN WOULD BE LIKE LUDICROUS. BUT SOMEHOW, YOU KNOW, I GUESS WE LIVE IN THAT STEADY STATE, AS YOU SAID IT'S JUST NOT, IT'S NOT A LOT OF WIGGLE ROOM. SO I, I APPRECIATE THE CARE THAT WE TAKE EVERY YEAR TO, TO MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS. AND, YOU KNOW, IT TAKES A LOT OF FINANCIAL NOT JUST PLANNING, BUT ATTENTION. SO THIS IS OUR MULTI YEAR BUDGET THAT DOES INCLUDE OUR CURRENT YEAR THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY IN OUR TENTATIVE BUDGET. AND THEN WE ALSO DO TWO PROJECTED BUDGETS OUT LIKE WE ALWAYS DO. AND THIS WILL SHOW THE COMPARISON THAT YOU'RE TALKING TO. TRUSTEE. BIRKEY. SO IF YOU WANT TO SEE PARTICULARLY THAT THAT SAME LINE ITEM PER SE, I WANT TO STOP HERE BECAUSE I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT THIS RIGHT HERE. SO THIS TENTATIVE BUDGET DOES, WE ARE PROJECTING A OPERATING SURPLUS JUST SLIGHTLY UNDER $2 MILLION. [00:55:04] WE DO ANTICIPATE THIS LIKELY TO GROW AS WE FINALIZE OUR YEAR END CLOSE. BUT I DO WANT TO POINT OUT THE NEGATIVE $14.7 MILLION. IS, WHICH IS THE PURCHASE, YOU KNOW, WE DID PURCHASE A PIECE OF LAND FOR, YOU KNOW, $14.99 MILLION. SO WE WOULD HAVE HAD A SURPLUS THIS YEAR WITHOUT IF WE DID NOT PURCHASE THAT PIECE OF LAND. SO BUT I JUST DID WANT TO HIGHLIGHT, WE DO FOOTNOTE IT HERE DOWN IN THE FOOTNOTES TO HIGHLIGHT THAT. BUT I DID WANT TO CALL THAT OUT IN THIS PRESENTATION THERE ON THAT. SO SO IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT THE YEAR BEFORE THE CURRENT YEAR, THE TRANSFERS OUT WERE 3.4 3,400,000. OUR BUDGET RIGHT NOW IS FOR 3 MILLION ON THAT. SO AND SO SOMETIMES THOSE CAN FLUCTUATE DEPENDING ON ACTIVITY AND THE PROPERTY AND LIABILITY. AND SO DEPENDING ON THE CLAIMS, IF WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE CLAIMS ON THAT. SO WE MAY HAVE TO PROVIDE A LITTLE BIT MORE SUPPORT TO THE PROPERTY AND LIABILITY FUND ON THAT. AND SO BUT YEAH, SO, BUT, BUT TYPICALLY EVERYTHING PRETTY MUCH STAYS IN LINE IN PARTICULAR WITH THE SUPPLIES AND MATERIALS, CONTRACT SERVICES, YOU SEE THE CAPITAL OUTLAY, YOU DO SEE THE BIG JUMP IN THIS YEAR WITH THAT $16.5 MILLION, OBVIOUSLY THAT IS THE PURCHASE OF THE PIECE OF PROPERTY ON THAT. BUT OTHER THAN THAT, YOU SHOULD SEE MODERATE CHANGES IN CERTAIN CERTAIN ITEMS. YES. FINAL COLUMN, I SEE THAT WE'RE ALSO ANTICIPATING A DEFICIT. YEAH. SO BECAUSE WHAT WE DO BECAUSE AGAIN, IN THE OUT YEARS, HOW WE, WE ALWAYS, AGAIN, WE ALWAYS DO A VERY CONSERVATIVE BUDGET IN THE OUT YEARS. SO OUR OUT YEARS ALWAYS DON'T INCORPORATE A COLA IN THE OUT YEARS, JUST SO YOU KNOW. AND THAT PROVIDES US REASONABLE INSURANCE. IF THERE WAS NEVER A COLA WHAT OUR BUDGET LOOKS LIKE, BECAUSE I WOULD NEVER I DON'T WANT US TO ASSUME WE'RE GOING TO GET ADDITIONAL MONIES. RIGHT. SO SO IF THERE IS NO MONEYS THAT WE CAN KIND OF START PLANNING FOR DIFFERENT THINGS, BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO, BECAUSE I CAN EASILY MANIPULATE THE OUTER BUDGETS AND PUT A NUMBER IN THERE TO MAKE IT LOOK GOOD, BUT I DON'T WANT TO DO THAT. SO I ALWAYS WANT TO HAVE A CONSERVATIVE BUDGET TO MAKE SURE IF WE DIDN'T GET A COLA, WHAT WOULD THAT NUMBER LOOK LIKE ON THAT? AND SO AS INFORMATION DOES COME IN, WE DO MAKE ADJUSTMENTS TO THAT. BUT FOR NOW, BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT FUTURE IS, IT IS A ZERO. BUT OBVIOUSLY IT WILL CHANGE AS INFORMATION DOES COME AVAILABLE ON THAT, BUT FOR NOW IT STAYS ZERO. AND SO IF THERE WAS NO COLA? YES, THERE WOULD BE A NEGATIVE THERE. THAT 1% GOES REALLY FAST, DOESN'T IT? SO THE THE THE PART, THE PART OF THE REASON WHY WE DO THAT, IN ADDITION TO WHAT FELIPE MENTIONED, IS THAT THE ONLY UNLIKE THE PRIVATE SECTOR, THERE ARE ONLY TWO WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN GENERATE ADDITIONAL REVENUE AT THE DISTRICT BY COLA AND ENROLLMENT AND SOME SOME OF THE GRADUATION METRICS. BUT ENROLLMENT IS THE BULK OF IT, WHICH IS PARTIALLY WHY WE'RE LIKELY GOING TO GET ADDITIONAL DOLLARS AT THE END OF THIS YEAR, BECAUSE ENROLLMENT WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND WHAT WE WERE TARGETING. BUT THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN GET ADDITIONAL REVENUE. COLA THAT IS BASICALLY MEANT TO COVER THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE DISTRICT. AND TWO. ENROLLMENT. SO ASSUMING THAT ALL THINGS STAY THE SAME, THAT THE BUDGET STILL DECREASES BECAUSE THERE ARE OBLIGATIONS LIKE A STEP AND COLUMN AND PREVIOUS CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS THAT THE DISTRICT HAS ENGAGED ON THE INCREASE THE COST OF SALARY AND BENEFITS. SO I WILL SAY THE MAJORITY OF OUR EMPLOYEES, EVEN IF THERE WAS NO COLA, WILL RECEIVE A SALARY INCREASE BASED ON MOVING AT LEAST A STEP AND SOME MAY MAY MOVE ON A STEP ON A COLUMN BASED ON CHANGES IN EDUCATION. [01:00:02] AND THAT IS ALREADY ALL BECAUSE THAT IS A CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT. SO LET'S SAY I GO FROM GR TEN TO GR11. EVEN IF THERE WAS NO COLA, I WILL STILL GET A SALARY INCREASE BY MOVING TO GR 11. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE BUDGET DECREASING EVERY YEAR. GETTING INTO THE RED. HOWEVER USUALLY SOMETHING CHANGES WHERE IT'S ENROLLMENT OR COLA HAPPENS AND WE'RE ABLE TO BALANCE SOME OF THOSE PIECES. THAT'S ALSO PARTIALLY WHY WE APPROACH THE ENTIRE BUDGET PROCESS AS A WHOLE. AND, AND WITH A LOT OF SKEPTICISM WHEN THE, WHEN THE, WHEN THE STATE FIRST BEGIN ROLLING OUT THOSE BUDGETS, BECAUSE OUR MARGIN OF ERROR IS ALSO PRETTY SLIM. I THINK THIS YEAR, 92% OF OUR BUDGET IS TIED ON SALARY AND BENEFITS. SO ANY CHANGES THERE THROW A BIG SWING IN OUR EXPENSES. YEAH. AND SO RIGHT HERE IN THE BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS YOU CAN SEE. SO I KEEP THINGS FROM A CONSERVATIVE STANDPOINT. YOU'LL NOTICE HERE ON THE COLAS AND THE OUT YEARS. THEY'RE ZEROS. SO I DO NOT PLAN OUT COLAS ON THAT. SAME THING ON GROWTH ON FTES. I DO NOT BUILD IN FUTURE GROWTH ON FTES BECAUSE I ALWAYS GO INTO FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT, I'M ALWAYS THINKING FROM A WORST CASE SCENARIO, HOW, WHAT WOULD WHAT HOW DO I MANAGE OPERATIONS FROM A WORST CASE SCENARIO? NOT EVEN WORST CASE SCENARIO THOUGH, BECAUSE THERE CAN BE NEGATIVE COLA, RIGHT? SO THERE COULD, BUT YEAH, BUT IT'S NOT EVEN LIKE DOOMSDAY, RIGHT? YEAH. BECAUSE I WANT TO OPERATE FROM THAT STANDPOINT BECAUSE EVERYTHING ELSE THEN IS JUST GRAVY, YOU KNOW, THEN IF I, IF I, SO I'M ALWAYS IN THAT MINDSET FIRST AND THEN ANYTHING EXTRA, THEN THEN I CAN MOVE. AND IT JUST PUTS US IN A MUCH STRONGER POSITION MOVING FORWARD ON THAT. AND SO FOR ACCREDITATION. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. SO IT JUST, YEAH, IT JUST PUTS US IN A MUCH BETTER POSITION DOING IT THAT WAY. BECAUSE IT MAKES SURE THAT WE MEET OUR OBLIGATIONS FIRST AND THEN ALLOWS US TO KIND OF PROCEED ON THAT. SO OTHERWISE ANYONE CAN JUST FLUFF UP THE BUDGET, MAKE IT LOOK WHATEVER IT LOOKS. IT'S TRULY NOT, YOU'RE NOT DOING ANY, ANYONE YOU'RE DOING, YOU'RE DOING THE BOARD A DISSERVICE. SO. I DO SINCE THIS IS A BUDGET STUDY, I WANTED TO SEE PHILIP. IF YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO ME WHEN YOU GO IN THE BUDGET, THIS DOCUMENT AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT GENERAL FUND PROGRAMS, HOW DO YOU, HOW DO YOU DETERMINE HOW MUCH EACH PROGRAM GETS? LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE, CAN YOU TELL ME VETERANS AFFAIRS, HOW THAT AMOUNT IS DETERMINED? ARE YOU WHAT PAGE ARE YOU LOOKING AT? THERE ARE NO PAGES. OH, IT JUST 1.3 PROGRAM LIST. OH, SO YOU'RE IN THE CATEGORICALS. SO THOSE ARE THOSE ARE SET BY THE STATE. SO I DON'T SET THOSE. SO THOSE ARE CATEGORICAL FUNDED PROGRAMS THAT THE STATE ALLOCATES TO US. SO WE DON'T SET THOSE BUDGETS. SO THE ONLY BUDGET I SET IS THE GENERAL FUND UNRESTRICTED BUDGET. SO SO ONCE YOU GO INTO ANYTHING THAT IS A 01.3. NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. IF YOU MAY I, I'M GLAD YOU ASKED ABOUT THE VETERANS. SO. THE THE VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER HAS A LINE, A BUDGET LINE ITEM THAT COMES STRAIGHT FROM THE STATE'S OFFICE. SO WE CANNOT ALLOCATE THOSE DOLLARS FOR ANYTHING ELSE. THEY HAVE TO BE SPENT EXCLUSIVELY AT THE VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER FOR THE LONGEST TIME. THE LINE ITEM ALLOCATED FOR ALL VETERANS RESOURCE CENTERS ACROSS THE STATE HAS BASICALLY BEEN THE SAME, WITH VERY LITTLE CHANGE. THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, WE HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET EITHER A BILL INTRODUCED TO CHANGE THE FUNDING FOR VETERANS RESOURCE CENTERS OR A LOCAL DIRECT ALLOCATION FOR CERRITOS COLLEGE TO BE ABLE TO EXPAND OUR SERVICES. SO IN ORDER FOR US TO EXPAND SOME OF THOSE SERVICES WE PARTNERED WITH COUNSELING AND FINANCIAL AID AND OTHER AREAS OF CAMPUS. [01:05:04] SO WITHOUT US INTERFERING WITH THE BUDGET LINE ITEM FROM THE STATE, WE'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE EXPANDED SERVICES TO THE STUDENT VETERANS. IT HAS BEEN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO CONVINCE SOMEONE AT THE STATE LEVEL TO CHANGE HOW VETERAN RESOURCE CENTERS ARE FUNDED, HOW COLA IS ALLOCATED, AND HOW TO INCREASE THEIR LINE ITEMS. EVERYONE LIKES THE IDEA WHEN WE GO ON TO SPEAK IN IN SACRAMENTO ABOUT IT, EVERYONE SAY THAT IT'S GREAT AND WE'RE YET TO RECEIVE AN ALLOCATION. CURRENTLY, WE ARE WORKING WITH SENATOR BOB ARCHULETA AND HE HAS MOVED FORWARD FOR DIRECT ALLOCATION, AT LEAST FOR CERRITOS COLLEGE. SO WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT THIS YEAR, ADDITIONAL DOLLARS FOR THE VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER AT CERRITOS COLLEGE COME IN, BUT OUR GOAL HAS BEEN FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS TO ACTUALLY CHANGE THE WAY IN WHICH ALL VETERANS RESOURCE CENTERS ACROSS THE STATE ARE HAD ALLOCATED. SO WHEN PHILIPPE TALKS ABOUT CATEGORICAL DOLLARS, JUST LIKE THE VETERANS RESOURCE CENTER, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF OTHER ITEMS THERE IN THE SAME PAGE AS YOU SEE THERE, LIKE DOCUMENTED RESOURCES, LESSONS AND SO ON. THOSE ARE BUDGETS ALSO THAT COME EARMARKED FROM THE STATE, AND THEY COME CATEGORIZED THERE. AND WE CAN NOW SPEND THAT IN ANYTHING DIFFERENT THAN THAN THOSE SPECIFIC TASKS. WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT GENERAL FUND. SO ESSENTIALLY THE LARGEST ALLOCATION OF THE BOND IS OF THE OF THE BUDGET. IT'S THE ONLY PART THAT WE CAN MODIFY DIRECTLY INTERNALLY. OTHER THAN THAT, WE TRY TO SUPPLEMENT SOMETIMES SERVICES WITH OTHER AREAS OF CAMPUS, BUT WE CANNOT DO ANYTHING BEYOND WHAT IS STATED ON THOSE LINE ITEMS. YEAH. ALL OF OUR CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS HAVE A PROGRAM MANAGER ASSIGNED TO IT. AND SO THOSE INDIVIDUALS WORK WITH THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE HAS ASSIGNED LIAISON THAT THEY WORK WITH, AND SO THEY SUBMIT A. WHEN THE FUNDING COMES TO US, THEY SUBMIT A APPROVED BUDGET DIRECTLY TO THE STATE FOR ADOPTION. ON THAT OF WHAT THEY CAN SPEND IT ON. AND THEY WORK DIRECTLY WITH THE STATE ON THAT. AND SO AND THEN IT COMES BACK TO US AND THEN THEY, THEY SPEND IT. AND SO, SO WE DON'T NECESSARILY SET THE BUDGET THAT THAT IS WORKED OUT BETWEEN THE PROGRAM MANAGER AND THE STATE. SO THE, WHEN IT COMES, WHEN THOSE ARE STATE FUNDED PROGRAMS, THE REALLY, THE STATE IS THE ONE THAT THAT ALLOCATES THOSE FUNDS AND APPROVES THE OVERALL BUDGET. AND THEN ONCE IT GETS APPROVED BY THEM, THEN IT COMES BACK TO US. WE THEN PUT IT IN OUR BUDGET BASED ON WHAT IT WAS APPROVED, AND THEN WE SPEND ACCORDING TO WHAT THAT BUDGET WAS GIVEN TO US. AND SO SO WE HAVE LITTLE CONTROL ON WHAT WE CAN DO. SO IF WE WANTED TO SPEND IT ON SOMETHING ELSE, WE WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK UP TO THE STATE, REQUEST THEM, HEY, CAN WE MOVE IT TO THIS CATEGORY AND THEN GET THEIR APPROVAL TO SPEND IT ON A DIFFERENT CATEGORY AND DO THAT. SO IT'S PRETTY RESTRICTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS ON THAT. AND SO SO THEY CAN, THEY CONTROL THE MECHANISM WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE TYPE OF PROGRAMS. THANK YOU ANDREA, BECAUSE YEAH, THIS IS, THIS IS THE PAGE I WAS REFERRING TO. AND IT SOUNDS PRETTY NEGATIVE ON HOW IT IS AND IT'S DIFFICULT TO CHANGE, DIFFICULT TO INCREASE. HOWEVER, IT'S A WAY OF PROTECTING FUNDING FOR A SPECIFIC GROUPS THEIR BUDGET CUTS IN THE PAST AND TOUGH YEAR COLLEGES HAD THE HABIT OF CUTTING SPECIAL PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO MOVE DOLLARS TO, YOU KNOW, GENERAL BUDGETS IN ORDER TO FUND BASIC OPERATIONS, WHICH MAKES SENSE BACK THEN, BUT CREATED SIGNIFICANT ISSUES FOR POPULATIONS THAT NEEDED THE ADDITIONAL SUPPORT. SO THE, THE STATE MOVING TO CREATING THESE BOXES, WHICH ARE PRETTY RESTRICTIVE, AS PHILIP MENTIONED, AND SOMETIMES THEY FORGET THEY CREATED THESE BOXES AND THEY DON'T EVEN ALLOCATE COLA FOR IT, BUT LARGELY KEEP THESE PROGRAMS ALIVE AND, AND MOVING FORWARD, EVEN IF IT'S A SLOWLY SO IT SOUNDS MORE NEGATIVE THAN IT IS, BUT BUT WORKS SOMEWHAT WELL. YEAH. COLA ONLY GETS APPLIED TO ROUGHLY ABOUT FIVE PROGRAMS ONLY. THAT'S IT. SO ADULT ED, I THINK I THINK CHILD CARE. CALWORKS. EPS. YEAH. [01:10:08] SACHSE. YEAH. VERY FEW. SO WE'VE BEEN AT THE STATE ADVOCATING FOR EXPANSION, ESPECIALLY OUR BIGGEST PROGRAM WE HAVE ON CAMPUS OUR SEAT PROGRAM. AND SO THAT'S THE BIGGEST PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN TRYING. EVERYONE IN THE STATE HAS BEEN TRYING TO GET A COLA ON THAT. AND SO HELP ME. I KNOW THAT, YEAH. STUDENT EQUITY AND ACHIEVEMENT. IT'S THE LARGEST PROGRAM IN THE STATE AND THAT ONE DOES NOT HAVE A COLA ADJUSTMENT ASSIGNED TO IT. AND EVERYONE IN THE STATE IS STRUGGLING BECAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF SALARIES TIED TO THAT. AND SO A LOT OF DISTRICTS ARE HAVING TO MAKE CUTS TO THAT PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY'RE MAXED OUT ON THE PROGRAM AND LIKE DOCTOR FIERRO SAID, EVERYONE'S SALARY TYPICALLY INCREASES BECAUSE THEY HAVE STEP AND COLUMNS THAT ARE AUTOMATIC. YOU KNOW, EVERYONE MOVES UP A STEP. YOU KNOW, IF YOU HAVE COLAS, YOU MOVE UP AUTOMATICALLY. AND AND THOSE PROGRAMS ARE, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE HAS TO PAY FOR THOSE EXTRAS. AND SO THOSE PROGRAMS ARE GETTING HAMMERED YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT. AND THOSE PROGRAMS ARE PEOPLE ARE MAKING CUTS TO THOSE. AND SO SO WE'VE BEEN ADVOCATING TO TRY TO GET AT LEAST THAT PROGRAM COLA ADJUSTMENT TO IT. IT'S IN DESPERATE NEED BECAUSE IT'S THE LARGEST PROGRAM IN THE STATE. THERE'S A LOT OF SALARY TIED TO IT. AND SO, BUT WE HAVE BEEN CURRENTLY UNSUCCESSFUL TO GET THAT ONE THROUGH. THANK YOU TO YOU BOTH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD. OKAY. WITHOUT ANY WE'LL MOVE INTO APPROVE. MOTION. MOTION. MOTION. DO WE DO. NO. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. AYE. MOTION PASSES. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO ITEM 3.03. [3.03 Final Action Regarding Student Expulsion Recommendation — Student Discipline Matter Case No. XX940] FINAL ACTION REGARDING STUDENT EXPULSION. RECOMMENDATION. STUDENT DISCIPLINE MATTER. CASE NUMBER XX940. WE WILL NOW MOVE TO VOTE. TO APPROVE THE MOTION TO APPROVE. NO. I'LL JUST GIVE A LITTLE CONTEXT FOR THIS ITEM. IT IS RECOMMENDED THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE THE EXPULSION OF THE STUDENT IDENTIFIED IN STUDENT DISCIPLINE. EXPULSION MATTER. CASE NUMBER XX940. PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS AND DISTRICT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES. I WILL GO. WE WILL MOVE INTO A VOTE. SORRY. MOVE TO EXPEL THE STUDENT. SECOND. OKAY. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR? AYE. MOTION PASSES. NEXT, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO SECTION FOUR. REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM DISTRICT OFFICIALS. [4.01 Reports and Comments from District Officials] WE WILL START WITH OUR STUDENT TRUSTEE REPORT. DOCTOR SALAZAR, I ATTEND THE CAR SHOW THIS PAST SATURDAY. IT WAS A NICE EVENT. I WANT TO THANK ALL THE STAFF WHO MADE IT HAPPEN. YEAH, I KNOW IT TOOK A LOT OF WORK, BUT IT WAS VERY NICE. IT WAS COOL. IT WAS IN THE SHADE. GREAT JOB. IT WOULD HELP. OKAY. I PARTICIPATED IN THE LA MIRADA AMERICA AMERICAN 250 250TH CELEBRATION. IT WAS A GREAT CELEBRATION. AND THEY HAD THE DRONE SHOW AND IT WAS JUST THEY, THEY PUT ON A GREAT SHOW AND TRUSTEE ZURICH WAS THERE. SO WE HAD FUN. I ALSO WENT TO THE NORWALK FIVE K RUN. AND I WANT TO THANK DOCTOR FIERRO, ANDREA, AND THE REST OF THE CERRITOS COLLEGE TEAM WHO RAN AND PARTICIPATED IN THE FIVE K AND THEY DID A GREAT JOB. SO THANK YOU FOR REPRESENTING THE COLLEGE. I ALSO WENT TO THE MEMBER MIXER. IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. I MET WITH SEVERAL DIFFERENT MEMBERS OF NAHLIEL FROM THE DIFFERENT CITIES, CITY OFFICIALS. SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET WHO WE ARE OUT THERE SO THAT THAT WAY WE RECEIVE THE SUPPORT FROM THAT ORGANIZATION. I ALSO ATTENDED THE ANNUAL CAR SHOW. [01:15:05] IT WAS A GREAT EVENT. I DO HAVE TO ADMIT THAT THE SHADE MADE A HUGE DIFFERENCE. LIKE, LIKE DOCTOR SALAZAR SAID BUT IT WAS A GREAT EVENT AND IT WAS WELL ATTENDED. I ALSO WENT, I KNOW IT'S NOT PART OF OUR CITY, BUT I ALSO WENT TO THE LA HABRA MEAL ON WHEELS RECEPTION AND IT WAS BASICALLY A FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS AND PROVIDE THEM MEALS. AND IT'S A WAY OF THAT PARTICULAR CITY RAISING FUNDS FOR THAT PARTICULAR TYPE OF HELP TO THE COMMUNITY. SO, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY COMMENTS. TRUSTEE AS A TRUSTEE, PACHECO GAVE A PREVIEW OF. THERE WAS A DRONE SHOW AT THE CITY OF LA MIRADA. THAT IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'VE HAD IT, CERTAINLY IN LA MIRADA, AND I DON'T THINK ANY OTHER CITY, TO MY KNOWLEDGE IN OUR AREA, HAS DONE THAT. AND IT WAS VERY, VERY WELL DONE. AND IT WAS RAVED ABOUT FOR QUITE A WHILE BY MANY MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY, SAYING, YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD REPLACE THE FIREWORKS WITH THIS. BUT I'M LIKE, YOU KNOW, I KIND OF GREW UP WITH FIREWORKS, AS DID A LOT OF PEOPLE. SO WHY NOT BOTH? AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING, AT LEAST CERTAINLY THIS YEAR FOR THE TWO 50TH. SO IT WAS A GREAT TIME. AND I WANT TO THANK TRUSTEE PACHECO AND ASSEMBLY MEMBER PACHECO FOR COMING OVER AS WELL. SO LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL AT LA MIRADA FOR THE 3RD OF JULY CELEBRATION IN THE PARK. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. BIRKEY. I SHORT REPORT. I WANT TO ENCOURAGE EVERYBODY WHO IS INTERESTED IN STREET FEST TO COME OUT TOMORROW NIGHT IN BELLFLOWER. IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN WHERE WE GET TO HAVE A LOT OF COMMUNITY FUN. ALSO BE SAFE IN YOUR CELEBRATIONS OF THE WORLD CUP. ESPECIALLY AS I JUST CHECKED, THE SCORE IN COLOMBIA AND UZBEKISTAN ARE TIED. SO, BUT IT'S IN THE 63RD MINUTE, SO BE SAFE TONIGHT. WHEN WHEN WHEN EVERYTHING FINALLY COMES TOGETHER. TRUSTEE RIOS, NO REPORT. BIG THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT CAME AND SUPPORTED THE SHOW. NEARLY 200 CARS. COUPLE OF THINGS. REALLY SPECIAL. AT THE END, WE THOUGHT THE PEOPLE WERE READY TO LEAVE. BECAUSE IT WAS LONG. IT STARTED AT NINE, AND IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE ALL THE WAY UNTIL ONE. SO I STARTED SEEING SOME PEOPLE KIND OF GETTING ANXIOUS. SO I THOUGHT. AND I WAS LIKE, OKAY, I NEED TO RUSH THIS UP TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO THE AWARDS AND GET PEOPLE TO GO. AND WE DID THE AWARDS, PEOPLE CELEBRATED, AND NEXT THING WE KNEW, NO ONE WAS LEAVING. THEY JUST WERE HANGING OUT, TAKING PICTURES ON THE CARS. SO THERE WAS THIS BIG BANNER WITH THE CERRITOS COLLEGE LOGO AND THEY WERE DOING. THEY WERE IN LINE TO PUT THE CARS BY THE BANNER AND TAKE PICTURES AND SO ON. AND THE OTHER PART THAT I FOUND VERY IMPRESSIVE, AND I WANT TO THANK ALL THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT BROUGHT THEIR CARS, IS THAT THEY LEFT THE PARKING LOT IMPECCABLE. EVERYTHING THAT THEY BROUGHT IN, THEY CONSUMING THE PARKING LOTS, THEIR DRINKS, THEIR FOOD, THEY PUT IT IN A BAG AND THEY TOOK WITH THEM. SO BY THE TIME THE CARS LEFT, THE PARKING LOT WAS IN THE SAME EXACT WAY IN WHICH THEY FOUND IT. SO IT WAS REALLY EASY TO BASICALLY PACK EVERYTHING UP AND GO SO GREAT. GREAT EFFORT BY EVERYONE AND OBVIOUSLY THE CAR COMMUNITY THAT CAME THEIR, THEIR BEHAVIOR AND THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE COLLEGE WAS INCREDIBLE. MANHATTAN. BROUGHT A DRAGSTER. HE WAS A DRAGSTER RACER FROM THE 60S. WON A NUMBER OF CHAMPIONSHIPS. LOCAL PERSON HERE JUST BELLFLOWER AND LAKEWOOD, JUST RESIDENT THERE FOR LIKE 60 PLUS YEARS. AND IT WAS AN OLD SCHOOL DRAGSTER. THE HE TURNED THAT THING ON, AND EVERY TIME HE WILL ACCELERATE, YOU WILL FEEL EVERY SINGLE ORGAN IN YOUR BODY MOVING BECAUSE IT WAS SO THAT ALL IS COOL. SO ALSO GREAT FUN. EVERYONE ENJOYED IT. AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS, EVERYONE SHOWED UP, THEY DID THEIR PART AND THEY MADE THE CAR SHOW POSSIBLE. SO THANK YOU TO EVERYONE. OKAY. NO REPORT ON MY END. AND THAT LEAVES US WITH OUR FINAL AREA OF CLOSED SESSION. [5. Closed Session] AND WE WILL RETURN WITH A READOUT. BUT WE WILL BE LOOKING AT AREAS 5.01 OR ITEMS 5.01 THROUGH 5.04. [01:20:06] THANK YOU. RETURNING BACK FROM CLOSED SESSION ITEM 5.02, IT IS [6. Closing Items] REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES CONDUCTED DOCTOR FIERRO'S ANNUAL EVALUATION. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES HEREBY AUTHORIZES MODIFICATIONS TO THE PRESIDENT SUPERINTENDENTS ORIGINAL AGREEMENT FOR EMPLOYMENT AND FIRST THROUGH 13TH AMENDMENTS IN THE AREA OF TERM OF EMPLOYMENT AS PRESENTED IN CLOSED SESSION AND ATTACHED. THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS UNANIMOUS. SIX. YES ZERO. NO. ONE ABSENT. TRUSTEE LIEU ITEM 5.03. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES TOOK THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS IN THE CLOSED SESSION ON AGENDA ITEM NUMBER 5.03, THE BOARD APPROVED A SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT WITH TAFT ELECTRIC CO FOR RESOLUTION OF ALL DISPUTES AND CLAIMS BETWEEN THE DISTRICT AND TAFT ELECTRIC, ARISING OUT OF CONSTRUCTION OF THE CERRITOS COLLEGE HEALTH AND WELLNESS PROJECT. THE BOARD AUTHORIZED DIRECT STAFF TO IMPLEMENT THE TERMS OF THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT. THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS UNANIMOUS. SIX. YES. ZERO. NO. ONE ABSENT. TRUSTEE LEW. ITEM 5.04. IT IS REPORTED THAT IN CLOSED SESSION, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVED THE EMPLOYMENT OF MICHAEL MYERS AS ACTING DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES RISK MANAGEMENT. GRADE 37. STEP ONE 13,631 A MONTH OF THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2026 AND NOT TO EXCEED SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2026. THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS UNANIMOUS SIX. YES. ZERO NO. ONE ABSENT TRUSTEE LEW. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.