Sep 02, 2026 Board Meeting

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THE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2026 REGULAR BOARD MEETING IS CALLED TO ORDER AT 7:02 P.M.

[1.01 Roll Call]

PRESENT BOARD VICE PRESIDENT ZURICH LEWIS WILL BE ARRIVING SHORTLY.

BOARD CLERK. DOCTOR SHIN LIU HERE. TRUSTEE. JAMES CODY BIRKEY.

PRESENT. TRUSTEE. MARIANA. PACHECO. PRESENT. TRUSTEE.

MARIANA RIOS HERE. TRUSTEE. DOCTOR. SANDRA SALAZAR WILL BE ARRIVING SHORTLY.

STUDENT TRUSTEE. CARMELO FABIAN HERE. AND PRESIDENT.

SUPERINTENDENT PIERRO HERE. AT THIS TIME, WE'LL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK TRUSTEE PACHECO IF SHE CAN LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE THIS EVENING.

[1.02 Pledge of Allegiance]

THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. PACHECO. AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 1.03.

[1.03 Agenda Organization]

[1.04 Comments from the Audience]

[1.05 Reports and Comments from Constituent Groups]

OH SORRY I DIDN'T HAVE THE PAPER IN FRONT OF ME.

GO AHEAD, MR. MULLINS. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GO FIRST, PLEASE.

OKAY. CAUSE ANY DRAMA WITH THE SON. OH. GOOD EVENING.

TRUSTEES, DOCTOR PIERRO FRIENDS, AT OUR LAST NEGOTIATION SESSION ON THE OUT-OF-CLASSROOM WORK, REOPENER CSEA DELIVERED A PROPOSAL THAT, AS PROMISED, MADE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC MOVEMENT IN RESPONSE TO THE DISTRICT'S FIRST ECONOMIC OFFER.

WHEN DISCUSSING ECONOMIC ISSUES, SPECIFICALLY SALARY INCREASES, THERE ARE THREE QUESTIONS THAT BOTH THE EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYEE SHOULD BE ASKING.

FIRST, CAN THE EMPLOYER AFFORD IT? SECOND, DOES THE EMPLOYEE DESERVE IT? AND FINALLY, WHAT IS FAIR COMPENSATION LOOK LIKE? SO CAN THE CAN THE EMPLOYER AFFORD IT? THE SHORT ANSWER HERE IS YES.

SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STUDENT CENTERED FUNDING FORMULA, CERRITOS COLLEGE HAS CONSISTENTLY OUTPERFORMED OUTPERFORMED ITSELF YEAR AFTER YEAR.

HITTING THESE SUCCESS METRICS MEANS THAT IN THE LAST TWO YEARS, THE DISTRICT HAS RECEIVED FULL FUNDING AND FULL COLA EACH YEAR, AND AN ADDITIONAL $4.5 MILLION IN ONGOING FUNDING.

OUR PROPOSAL FITS WITHIN THIS ADDITIONAL FUNDING.

SO YES, THE DISTRICT CAN AFFORD TO PROPERLY COMPENSATE FACULTY.

SECOND, DOES THE EMPLOYEE DESERVE IT? THE ANSWER IS A RESOUNDING YES.

THE STUDENT CENTERED FUNDING FORMULA HAS BEEN SO FINANCIALLY BENEFICIAL FOR THE DISTRICT, IT'S DRIVEN BY STUDENT SUCCESS.

EVERYONE AT THE COLLEGE DESERVES A PIECE OF THE CREDIT FOR THIS SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENT.

BUT LET'S BE CLEAR CLASSROOM SUCCESS IS DRIVEN BY FACULTY.

OUR FACULTY, BOTH FULL AND PART TIME, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MEETING SUCCESS METRICS.

THIS INCREASE IS ALSO DESERVED BECAUSE THERE'S CURRENTLY A GAP IN THE AMOUNT OF WORK COMPLETED BY FACULTY AND WHAT THEY'RE PAID.

IN THE LAST MEETING, I SHARED THAT FOR EVERY HOUR, PART TIME FACULTY WORK IN THE CLASSROOM.

THEY WORKED TWO HOURS OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM. NOW THAT TWO HOURS WAS DETERMINED THROUGH A FACULTY SURVEY.

WHEN WE PRESENTED THAT NUMBER AND ALL THE RAW DATA TO THE DISTRICT IN A NEGOTIATION SESSION, THEY WERE SURPRISED TO LEARN THAT PART TIME FACULTY WERE DOING A THIRD MORE WORK THAN THE DISTRICT THOUGHT THEY WERE DOING.

THEY THOUGHT IT WAS 1 TO 1. IF THE DISTRICT THOUGHT THEY HAD BEEN PAYING FOR ALL THE WORK PERFORMED OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM, BUT ONLY THOUGHT IT WAS ONE HOUR INSTEAD OF TWO.

I SHOULD KNOW BETTER. THAT'S MY FAULT. I PROJECT IN THE CLASSROOM, SO I'M USED TO HEARING IT SOUND LIKE THIS NORMALLY.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS WHERE I'M GOING TO CATCH MYSELF UP HERE.

SO IF YOU HAVE ONE HOUR IN THE CLASS AND TWO HOURS OUTSIDE THE CLASS.

BUT THE DISTRICT SAID IT WAS ONLY ONE HOUR OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM AND THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE PAYING FOR EVERYTHING.

THERE'S AN HOUR OF WORK THAT WAS NOT COMPENSATED.

THE DISTRICT DID NOT KNOW THAT THAT WORK WAS BEING DONE.

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I THINK THAT'S A REASONABLE REQUEST. BUT OUR PROPOSAL IS ASKING THAT THE DISTRICT COMPENSATE PART TIME FACULTY FOR THE SECOND HOUR OF WORK OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM.

MOREOVER, THE DISTRICT RECEIVES 100% FUNDING FROM THE STATE FOR A CLASS, WHETHER IT'S TAUGHT BY A FULL TIME INSTRUCTOR OR A PART TIME INSTRUCTOR, THEN PART TIME INSTRUCTORS GET 80% OF WHAT FULL TIMERS GET FOR TEACHING THE SAME COURSE.

IN FACT, IT'S LOWER THAN THAT. SOME PART TIMERS HAVE MORE EDUCATION OR MORE EXPERIENCE, BUT THE PART TIME SALARY SCHEDULE DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME COLUMNS AND THE SAME STEPS THAT THE FULL TIME SALARY SCHEDULE HAS.

THE PART TIME SCHEDULE STOPS WHERE THE FULL TIME SCHEDULE CONTINUES GOING.

SO A PART TIME FACULTY WITH 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE GET PAID AS IF THEY HAD SEVEN PART TIME FACULTY WITH TWO MASTER'S DEGREES OR MASTER'S AND A JD, OR WORKING ON THEIR DOCTORATE. THEY GET PAID AS IF THEY ONLY HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE.

THE DISTRICT ISN'T JUST BENEFITING FROM EXCELLENT TEACHING.

THEY'RE TAKING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FULL TIME AND PART TIME SALARY AND SPENDING THAT MONEY ELSEWHERE.

SO YES, FACULTY DESERVE THE INCREASE. SO WHAT IS FAIR COMPENSATION FOR FACULTY WORK LOOK LIKE? OUR PROPOSAL INCLUDES A UNIFIED SALARY SCHEDULE, ONE SCHEDULE WITH THE SAME EDUCATIONAL COLUMNS AND THE SAME EXPERIENCE STEPS FOR EVERYBODY WHO TEACHES HERE. IN FACT, RIO HONDO ALREADY HAS A UNIFIED SALARY SCHEDULE, AND IT'S A MODEL WE CAN FOLLOW.

THE UNIFIED SALARY SCHEDULE CAN ALSO BE PRICED VERY AFFORDABLY IF WE IMPLEMENT IT CORRECTLY.

AND THAT'S A DISCUSSION THAT WE'RE VERY EXCITED TO HAVE.

SO AGAIN, WHEN WE EXAMINE THESE THREE QUESTIONS THAT I'VE POSED, CAN THE EMPLOYER AFFORD IT? DOES THE EMPLOYEE DESERVE IT? AND FINALLY, WHAT IS FAIR COMPENSATION LOOK LIKE? THE ANSWER TO ALL THREE IS YES. IN THIS PROPOSAL, CSRF HAS PROVIDED AN AFFORDABLE PROPOSAL THAT APPROPRIATELY ADDRESSES THE WORK BEING DONE IN AND OUTSIDE THE CLASSROOM BY OUR DEDICATED FACULTY.

SO WE ASK YOU, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES, RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF OUR FACULTY AND PLEASE ACCEPT OUR PROPOSAL.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NEXT, WE'LL HAVE TERRENCE MULLINS, FACULTY SENATE PRESIDENT.

SORRY. THANK YOU. NEXT, I DO NOT SEE MISS ERLINDA LOPEZ, CSEA PRESIDENT.

SO WE WILL MOVE FORWARD. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO SECTION TWO OPEN SESSION AGENDA.

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

TONIGHT, WE HAVE THE HONOR OF RECOGNIZING CERRITOS COLLEGE OUTSTANDING EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH FOR AUGUST 2026.

JOSEPH CARRILLO FROM OUR FACILITIES DEPARTMENT.

I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE SOME WORDS. JOSEPH HAS WORKED IN THE FACILITIES DEPARTMENT FOR THE PAST SEVEN YEARS AND HAS CONSISTENTLY DEMONSTRATED PROFESSIONALISM, RELIABILITY AND A STRONG WILLINGNESS TO HELP WHEREVER NEEDED.

HE REGULARLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND HIS NORMAL JOB DUTIES AND IS SOMEONE STAFF CAN DEPEND ON TO GET THE JOB DONE, NO MATTER THE TASK. JOSEPH STEPS IN WITH A POSITIVE ATTITUDE, STRONG WORK ETHIC AND COMMITMENT TO SUPPORTING HIS FELLOW EMPLOYEES AND THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY. ONE OF JOSEPH'S GREATEST STRENGTHS IS HIS WIDE RANGE OF SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE.

HE HOLDS JOURNEYMAN CARDS IN CARPENTRY AND LATH AND PLASTER, AND IS ALSO AN EXPERIENCED WELDER.

HIS DIVERSE SET SKILL SET ALLOWS HIM TO CONTRIBUTE IN MANY DIFFERENT AREAS AND MAKES HIM AN INVALUABLE ASSET TO OUR COLLEGE.

JOSEPH, YOUR HARD WORK AND DEDICATION, AS WELL AS WILLINGNESS TO ALWAYS STEP UP AND HELP, DO NOT GO UNNOTICED.

YOU ARE A VALUABLE PART OF OUR TEAM AND WE TRULY APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR CERRITOS COLLEGE.

THANK YOU FOR ALWAYS BEING SOMEONE WE CAN COUNT ON.

CONGRATULATIONS.

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THANK YOU.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE ON TO SECTIONS THREE, FOUR.

[3. Consent Items - Office of Academic Affairs]

[4. Consent Items - Office of Business Services]

[5. Consent Items - Office of Human Resources]

ITEMS 3.01 THROUGH 3.03. SECTION FOUR CONSENT ITEMS. OFFICE OF BUSINESS SERVICES ITEMS 4.01 THROUGH 4.05 AND CONSENT ITEMS IN SECTION FIVE.

OFFICE OF HUMAN RESOURCES ITEMS 5.01 THROUGH 5.02.

DOES ANYONE. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO PULL ANY OF THE CONSENT ITEMS? MADAM PRESIDENT, I DO WANT TO PULL ITEM 4.4.4004.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. CAN WE ALSO PULL 3.01, 3.01? YES. ANY OTHERS? 4.01, 4.01.

OKAY. MOTION. THE REMAINING PASSED. OKAY, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. SECOND. ALL RIGHT.

WE ARE GOING TO GO INTO A ROLL CALL. VOTE FOR THIS COLLECTION OF CONSENT ITEMS, RIGHT.

STUDENT TRUSTEE FABIAN TRUSTEE BIRKEY I TRUSTEE GREEN AYE TRUSTEE.

LEWIS. TRUSTEE LU TRUSTEE. PACHECO. TRUSTEE RIOS.

AYE AND TRUSTEE. SALAZAR IS ABSENT. THE MOTION PASSES.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, SO NOW WE'RE GOING TO ENTER INTO DISCUSSION FOR ITEM 3.01.

[3.01 Faculty Stipend for Arete Program in Fall 2026 and Spring 2027]

IT IS SPECIALIZED TUTORING FOR PHILOSOPHY. IT IS SPECIALIZED TEACHER VOICE LIKE WILL SPECIALIZED TUTORING FOR PHILOSOPHY. TRUSTEE.

BIRKEY. IT'S BEEN ON CAMPUS FOR PROBABLY 20 YEARS.

IT USED TO BE RELEASED TIME. IT IS NOW AN HOURLY POSITION AND IT'S PAID BY THE HOUR.

SO IF THE, WHEN THE FACULTY MEMBER DOES THE TUTORING, WE PAY THEM FOR THE HOURS, AND IT'S TO TRY TO HELP STUDENTS BE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR PHILOSOPHY CLASS. PHILOSOPHY IS PARTICULARLY ABSTRACT.

A LOT OF READING, A LOT OF WRITING. AND SO WE'VE CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THIS WHILE TRYING TO BE FISCALLY RESPONSIBLE AS WELL.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE BOARD OTHER THAN TO COMMENT? THAT PHILOSOPHY TO ME WAS LIKE MY MOST RECENT CLASS IN ACCOUNTING WAS A VERY STRANGE LANGUAGE.

SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS FOR THE STUDENTS.

THAT'S WILL'S DISCIPLINE. YES. ALL RIGHT. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR ITEM 3.01? SECOND, AND WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO ROLL CALL.

VOTE FOR THIS ITEM. STUDENT TRUSTEE. FABIAN TRUSTEE.

BIRKEY. AYE. TRUSTEE GREEN. AYE. TRUSTEE. LEWIS TRUSTEE LU TRUSTEE PACHECO AYE TRUSTEE RIOS AYE AND TRUSTEE SALAZAR IS ABSENT.

THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. NEXT WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO ITEM 4.01 ASSOCIATED STUDENT CERRITOS COLLEGE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDING JUNE 30TH,

[4.01 Associated Students Cerritos College (ASCC) Financial Report for the Period Ending June 30, 2026]

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YOUR QUESTION. YES. OH WHAT'S AHEAD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF EXPENSES IS UNDER SPECIAL OPERATIONS.

I WOULD HAVE TO GET BACK TO YOU ON THAT. I DON'T I DON'T KNOW ALL THE DETAILS OF THE ASSOCIATED STUDENTS EXPENSES.

SO I CAN GIVE YOU A FOLLOW UP ON, ON THAT. SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT, THESE ARE ALL THESE ACCOUNTS ARE ALL OCC EXPENSES. SO THESE ARE ALL APPROVED THROUGH.

A SEC CABINET, SO I WOULD HAVE TO PULL UP THEIR DETAILS TO TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY THOSE EXPENSES ARE.

THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF THEIR FINANCES AS OF JUNE 30TH OF 2026.

BUT ANY DETAILS? I WILL BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SHARE THOSE.

SO YOU'RE LOOKING SPECIFICALLY FOR SPECIAL OPERATIONS.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? YES. YES. OKAY.

I CAN GET YOU THAT AND PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO YOU.

SO THANK YOU. AND THEN A LOT OF THIS INFORMATION ALSO CAN COME DIRECTLY FROM DOCTOR MILLER AS WELL.

BECAUSE THESE ARE ALSO PROVIDED THESE ARE OVERSEEN THROUGH HER DEPARTMENT IS AS WELL.

OKAY. FOR FOR CLARIFICATION. TRUSTEE. I'M TALKING ABOUT THE EXPENDITURES ON THE 600 OH THREE.

YES. OKAY. YES, I'LL I'LL LOOK INTO IT. OKAY.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. FELIPE, WE WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH A VOTE FOR ITEM 4.01.

DO I HAVE A MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE? SECOND.

OKAY. WE'LL GO INTO ROLL CALL. VOTE. STUDENT TRUSTEE.

FABIAN AYE. TRUSTEE. BIRKEY. AYE. TRUSTEE GREEN.

AYE. TRUSTEE. LEWIS. TRUSTEE. LU. TRUSTEE. PACHECO.

AYE. TRUSTEE RIOS. YES. AND TRUSTEE SALAZAR IS ABSENT.

THE MOTION PASSES. NEXT ITEM 4.04 RATIFICATION OF AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION

[4.04 Ratification of Amendment No. 4 with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority]

SO HAPPY TO SHARE ABOUT THE GO PASS PROGRAM THAT WE'VE HAD.

WE STARTED THIS IN 2022. AND AT THAT TIME WE JUST HAD ABOUT 409 STUDENTS WHO WERE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS, WHICH IS PAID FOR THROUGH THE CLUB MONEY. AFTER THAT, IT GREW SUBSTANTIALLY.

AND WE'VE BEEN OVER 2000 SINCE FOR EVERY YEAR.

WHEN WE START LOOKING AT OUR STUDENTS AND THEIR NEEDS, IT'S ESTIMATED THAT ABOUT 20% OF THEIR FINANCIAL NEED COMES FROM TRANSPORTATION. AND THESE PASSES ARE NOW MAKING UP ABOUT 13% OF METRO'S BUSINESS.

SO IT'S GOOD FOR THEM. IT'S GOOD FOR US AND OUR STUDENTS.

AND THERE'S BEEN SOME DATA SHOWING THAT ACROSS THE REGION THAT THE PROGRAMS LIKE THIS HAVE HELPED ATTENDANCE.

THEY HELP PERSISTENCE AND THEY ARE BENEFICIAL TO EVERYONE INVOLVED.

SO IT HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL. WE SEE A HUGE DEMAND AT THE BEGINNING OF THE YEAR FOR PEOPLE TO COME GET THEIR GO PASSES, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO CONTINUE THE PROGRAM.

IS THERE ANY SPECIFIC QUESTION ABOUT THE PROGRAM? YOU ANSWERED THEM. I WANTED TO KNOW WHAT THE GROWTH WAS IN REGARDS TO WHEN IT STARTED.

AND NOW AS A PILOT AND THE USAGE OF IT. AND YOU'VE ANSWERED THAT.

I ALSO WANTED TO KNOW PROMOTION, LIKE HOW DO THE STUDENTS KNOW THAT THIS IS AVAILABLE TO THEM? THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS IT IS ON THE APP WHEN YOU POP RIGHT IN, IT WILL THERE'S A TRANSPORTATION BUTTON AND THAT'S WHERE STUDENTS CAN INSTANTLY SEE THAT IT'S ON WEB PAGES. IT'S ADVERTISED ON THE STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND STUDENT CAMPUS LIFE ACTIVITIES PAGE.

AND SO WE, WE HAVEN'T SEEMED TO HAVE ANY DEMAND OR ANY, ANY STUDENTS REALLY SAYING THAT THEY DON'T HEAR ABOUT THIS AS A WORD OF MOUTH COMPONENT TO IT'S ADVERTISED FROM FINANCIAL AID. IT'S ADVERTISED WHEN THEY GET THEIR ID.

SO ALMOST EVERYWHERE PEOPLE ARE HEARING ABOUT THE BUS PASS AND YOU KNOW, HAVING OVER 2000 STUDENTS USING IT IS SIGNIFICANT.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, DOCTOR BRAMMER.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE HAVE THIS INITIATIVE AND WE'RE BRINGING THIS OPPORTUNITY TO OUR STUDENTS.

WE ARE ONE OF OUR INSTITUTIONAL, I GUESS YOU WOULD SAY CORNERSTONES OR COMMITMENTS IS ACCESS.

AND THIS IS PROVIDING EXACTLY THAT. SO HAVING ACCESS TO TRANSPORTATION IS DEFINITELY SETTING UP OUR STUDENTS AND POSITIONING THEM TO STAY CONNECTED TO THE

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SO THANK YOU FOR THE WORK IN CONTINUING THIS PARTNERSHIP WITH THE METRO.

TRUSTEE. MAYOR. JUST TWO PIECES, ONE FROM THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT.

THE METRO PROGRAM BEGAN A WHILE BACK THROUGH AN EARMARK FROM THAT WE WORK TO GET THROUGH THEN ASSEMBLY MEMBER CRISTINA GARCIA. SO WE GOT, I THINK IT WAS A LITTLE OVER $700,000 TO GET THE PROGRAM STARTED. STUDENTS RALLIED BEHIND IT. DECIDED THAT THEY WANTED TO BE READY FOR WHEN THE MONEY RAN OUT. SO THOSE WHO WERE BENEFITING WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT EVEN WHEN THE EARMARK WENT AWAY.

SO THEY DECIDED TO INCREASE THEIR OWN FEES. AND I THINK IT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE ONLY TIMES I THINK I'VE SEEN THE FEES COME TO US TO BE INCREASED. AND THEY DECIDED TO INCREASE THE FEE BY $9 PER SEMESTER FOR ALL.

SO THOSE WHO NEED THE TRANSPORTATION WERE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO ACCESS THAT.

SO THAT WAS IT WAS A NICE ACTION OF THE STUDENTS AT THE TIME, AND SINCE THAT POINT ON, STUDENTS HAVE BEEN CONTINUING TO SUPPORT STUDENTS THROUGH THROUGH THE PROGRAM AND, AND MAKE SURE THAT IT'S AVAILABLE TO THEM AS STUDENTS DO SOCIAL MEDIA AND CAMPAIGN AROUND IT.

SO, SO THEY, THEY KIND OF GOT EACH OTHER'S BACK THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHICH IS REALLY NICE TO SEE THE, THE EARMARK. OH, SHE, OH, YES. WE ALSO GOT AN ADDITIONAL YEAR MARK FROM SUPERVISOR.

AND SO, SO THERE WERE A COUPLE OF EARMARKS THAT WE GOT TO GET THE PROGRAM GOING.

AND AFTER THAT. YEAH, THAT IS JUST THAT'S WHY I PULLED IT, NOT BECAUSE THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THIS ITEM.

I THINK IT'S JUST AMAZING. I HAVE TO LOOK AT DOCTOR LIU BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE IN TAIWAN, WE WENT ON THE METRO EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE.

AND WHEN I WAS AND THEN WHEN I WAS ASKED, HOW DO YOU GET AROUND? I'M LIKE MY CAR, BUT BUT PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION OBVIOUSLY IS AMAZING.

IT SAVES TONS OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND IT'S A GREAT WAY TO TRAVEL.

AND IT'S JUST ENCOURAGING TO SEE THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE UTILIZING THE PROGRAM MORE AND MORE.

SO IT'S AWESOME. THANK YOU. SO I'D LIKE TO MOTION APPROVAL.

DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND. ROLL CALL. VOTE. STUDENT.

TRUSTEE. FABIAN TRUSTEE BIRKEY I TRUSTEE GREEN.

AYE. TRUSTEE. LEWIS. TRUSTEE. LU. TRUSTEE. PACHECO.

I TRUSTEE RIOS I AND TRUSTEE. SALAZAR IS ABSENT.

THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, I WOULD LIKE TO REENTER INTO THE DISCUSSION FOR ITEM 4.01.

WE DO HAVE AN UPDATE AVAILABLE. YEAH. TRUSTEE THE ZERO THREE.

ACTUALLY, THAT LANGUAGE NEED TO BE REPLACED. THAT IS THE A C, C OPERATIONAL BUDGET.

SO THAT IS THE BUDGET WHERE STUDENT SENATE ALLOCATE SOME OF THE MONEY FOR CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS AND SOME OF THEIR OWN OPERATIONAL FUNDS.

THE OTHER ONES ARE EARMARKED FOR, SPECIFIC PROGRAMS, AS YOU SEE THERE ON ATHLETICS AND STUDENT SERVICES AND SO ON.

BUT SPECIFICALLY, THE ZERO THREE IS THE BUDGET THAT IS USED BY STUDENT GOVERNMENT FOR THEIR OWN OPERATION AND TO ALLOCATE MONEY FOR THE STUDENT GOVERNMENT INITIATIVES.

THAT'S WHAT YOU SEE OUTSIDE OF THE STRUCTURED PROGRAMS, HOW THOSE THINGS GET PAID.

NO PROBLEM. JUST TO JUMP ON TO THAT, I THINK I KNOW WE'RE JUMPING AROUND, SO APOLOGIES, MADAM PRESIDENT.

I THINK STUDENT TRUSTEE FABIAN IDENTIFIED AN IMPORTANT.

MAYBE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE USEFUL IS IN THE.

SINCE THAT IS THE LARGEST BUCKET OF EXPENSES MAY BE USEFUL IN THE FUTURE TO HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON INSIDE OF THE THAT PART OF THE ACCOUNT. BECAUSE IT SOUNDS LIKE THERE'S REALLY A DIVERSITY OF DIFFERENT THINGS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS IS HARD TO DECIPHER.

YEAH, WE CAN MAKE THAT CHANGE. ABSOLUTELY. TRUSTEE. BIRKEY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NEXT WE ARE GOING TO MOVE INTO SECTION SIX.

[6.01 Presentation and Consideration of Approval of the 2026-27 Adopted Budget]

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MR. FELIPE LOPEZ PRESENT TO US.

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AND THEN FROM THERE, I'M GOING TO TRANSITION TO OUR ADOPTED BUDGET AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

SO QUICKLY ON THE GOVERNOR'S ENACTED BUDGET. AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, IT WAS SIGNED ON JUNE 29TH OF THIS YEAR, AND IT REALLY FOCUSED ON MAINTAINING FUNDING STABILITY AND AIMED ON CONTINUING PRIORITIES OF ACHIEVING THE VISION 2030. OVERALL, THE STATE BUDGET GREW TO ABOUT $351.7 BILLION. BUT FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES. THE MINIMUM GUARANTEE GREW TO AN ESTIMATE TO ABOUT $14.6 BILLION. THAT IS UP FROM LAST YEAR.

IT'S UP ROUGHLY ABOUT $1.8 BILLION. AND I'LL GO.

I HAVE A SLIDE ON THAT OF WHY THAT IS. THE ENACTED BUDGET MAINTAINS ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THAT. LAST YEAR, YOU MAY HAVE HEARD ME TALK ABOUT DEFERRALS BECAUSE OF THE STATE'S GOOD CASH FLOW THIS YEAR. WE ARE NOT DEALING WITH DEFERRALS THIS YEAR.

IN FACT, THE DEFERRALS WERE ABLE TO BE PAID OFF.

SO ALL $408.4 MILLION OF DEFERRALS WERE PAID PAID OFF.

AND SO WE DID NOT HAVE TO FACE ANY OF THE DEFERRALS ON THAT.

SO THAT WAS GOOD NEWS. FOR US THE ENACTED BUDGET ALSO INCLUDES $775 MILLION OF ONGOING FUNDING. SOME OF THOSE KEY ITEMS INCLUDE $292 MILLION FOR A STATUTORY COLA $159.7 MILLION FOR A DISCRETIONARY COLA, $31 MILLION TO, FOR COLA FOR CERTAIN CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS. THE BIG THING WAS, FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER THE STUDENT EQUITY AND ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM GOT A COLA.

SO THAT WAS, THAT IS OUR LARGEST STATE PROGRAM THAT WE HAVE HERE AT CERRITOS.

AND THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THIS PROGRAM ACTUALLY GOT COLA.

SO THAT WAS A VERY GOOD THING FOR ALL OF US TO SEE THIS YEAR.

SO IN FACT, THAT ACTUALLY GOT WHAT WE WHAT YOU WOULD CONSIDER A SUPER COLA.

SO THERE WAS $30.1 MILLION SET ASIDE FOR THAT.

AND THE LAST TWO THINGS THERE'S $153.1 MILLION FOR GROWTH FUNDS AND $47.7 MILLION FOR SKIFF FUNDING, FORMULA FUNDING MODIFICATION.

SO WHAT I'LL EXPLAIN ABOUT THIS. AND SO RIGHT NOW THE STATE IS, IS MODIFYING THE FUNDING FORMULA SLIGHTLY IN HOW THIS IS GOING TO WORK.

AND I BELIEVE THIS IS GOING TO BE AT LEAST WHAT I'M AWARE OF IS A ONE TIME THING.

AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, WE'RE CURRENTLY FUNDED ON A THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE.

RIGHT? SO BUT THERE'S ALSO BEEN A LOT OF, OF CONCERN WITH, WITH OTHER DISTRICTS OF UNFUNDED GROWTH OUT THERE. SO ONE OF THIS IS ONE OF THE WAYS THAT THE STATE IS TRYING TO ADDRESS THAT UNFUNDED GROWTH OUT THERE. AND SO WHAT THEY'RE GOING WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO IS THEY'RE GOING TO TAKE THE, THE, THE HIGHER OF WHATEVER YOUR THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE IS OR YOUR CURRENT, YOUR FUNDED FTES.

FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY CERRITOS COLLEGE IS THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE FTES IS 10,000.

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TRADITIONALLY, WE WOULD HAVE BEEN PAID ON THE 10,000 BECAUSE THAT'S OUR THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE.

BUT FOR THIS ONE TIME ONLY. NOW, BASED ON THIS NEW MODIFICATION, WE'LL BE PAID ON THAT 11,000.

SO WE ACTUALLY WILL GET AN ADDITIONAL 1000 FTES BUMP FOR FOR THAT.

SO THAT'S WHAT THIS CF FORMULA FUNDING MODIFICATION IS.

SO THERE'S ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR THAT. WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT THIS YEAR BECAUSE LIKELY WE MAY FALL INTO THIS BUCKET THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF HOW OUR THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE IS LOOKING AT AND HOW OUR GROWTH IS PROJECTED TO LOOK LIKE THIS YEAR.

AND SO, SO THIS ACTUALLY COULD WORK INTO OUR FAVOR THIS YEAR.

SO ALSO IN THE BUDGET IS SOME ONE TIME FUNDING.

THEY INCLUDE $147.2 MILLION FOR STUDENT SUPPORT BLOCK GRANT 120 $20.7 MILLION FOR DEFERRED MAINTENANCE, $71.1 MILLION FOR THE DREAMER RESOURCE LIAISON $35 MILLION FOR CREDIT FOR PRIOR LEARNING AND $36 MILLION FOR THE COMMON CLOUD DATA PLATFORM. AND SO SOME KEY TAKEAWAYS ON THAT IS REALLY IS IS THE STATUTORY COLA OF THE 2.87%.

THE DISCRETIONARY COLA OF 1.44% IS CONDITIONAL.

BY GETTING THIS, WE ARE REQUIRED TO IMPLEMENT A B 65 WHICH WILL REQUIRE US TO PROVIDE UP TO 14 WEEKS OF PAID PREGNANCY DISABILITY LEAVE. ALSO IS A CERTAIN CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS WILL GET THE 2.87% COLA. AND LIKE I MENTIONED BEFORE, THE STUDENT EQUITY AND ACHIEVEMENT PROGRAM WILL GET THE SUPER COLA OF 5.74% THIS YEAR.

I MENTIONED A LITTLE EARLIER THAT THE MINIMUM GUARANTEE IS UP.

THIS SLIDE FOCUSES ON THAT REASON WHY THAT IS UP.

AND SO A LOT OF THAT HAS TO DO WITH TWO, TWO REASONS.

ONE PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF INCREASE IN TAX REVENUE.

BUT THERE'S ALSO A, ANOTHER REASON, BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN A CHANGE IN THE SPLIT OF PROP, THE SPLIT OF PROP 98 FUNDING. AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, US K-12 AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SPLIT PROP 98 FUNDING.

PREVIOUSLY THE SPLIT WAS 89.1% K-12, 10.9% COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

THAT IS NOW CHANGED AT 88.9% K-12. OUR SHARE HAS NOW BEEN INCREASED TO 11.1%.

THAT CHANGE INCREASE OUR SHARE BY 209 $217.7 MILLION OF ONGOING DOLLARS TO THE SYSTEM. AND SO THAT LITTLE CHANGE MADE A BIG DEAL OF PROVIDING ADDITIONAL ONGOING DOLLARS TO THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM. AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE SEEING ADDITIONAL MONIES COME THROUGH THE SYSTEM THIS YEAR, BOTH BETWEEN BECAUSE OF THAT AND RELATED TO A CONTINUING INCREASE IN TAX REVENUES.

OKAY. AND I THINK THOSE THAT IS WHAT I HAVE ON THE ENACTED BUDGET, THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET.

ANY QUESTIONS ON THE STATE'S BUDGET BEFORE I SHIFT OVER TO.

AND THEN THIS LAST SLIDE IS THE LAST TAKEAWAY, REALLY ON THE.

WHAT I WILL SAY ABOUT THE BUDGET IS THIS BUDGET REALLY, DOESN'T IT? RATHER THAN RESHAPING THE BUDGET REALLY FOCUSES ON MAINTAINING PRIOR PRIORITIES AND REALLY FOCUSES ON WHAT THE STATE HAS

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AND THEN CONTINUE WITH DATA MONETIZATION SUCH AS THE COMMON CLOUD PLATFORM PROGRAM.

SO REALLY CONTINUING PROGRAM IS EXISTING PROGRAMS THAT THE STATE HAS CONTINUING TO SUPPORT.

SO REALLY CONTINUING THE SAME PRIORITIES THEY HAVE FROM IN THE PRIOR YEARS, NOT NOT RESHAPING AND, AND REFOCUSING, BUT JUST CONTINUING TO FOCUS ON THE SAME PRIORITIES THAT THEY HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

OKAY. HOW, HOW MUCH OF THE INCREASED REVENUE GOES TOWARDS PAYING DOWN THE DEFERRED? THE, THE DEFERRED REVENUE FROM LAST YEAR ON THE STATE LEVEL.

I DIDN'T QUITE CATCH THAT IN THE EDITION WITH THE MATHEMATICS THAT WE WERE DOING HERE.

IT WAS ABOUT 400. YOU MEAN THE 408.4 MILLION ON THE ON THE DEFERRAL ALL GOING TO BE PAID OFF THIS YEAR? YEAH, IT WAS IN ONE. OKAY. YES. AND THEN THE BECAUSE I THOUGHT IT WAS LARGER, A LARGER PROPORTION THAN THAT.

BUT THAT'S JUST ME. AND THEN THE OTHER 7075 MILLION IS DIVIDED ACROSS THE 116 COMMUNITY COLLEGES.

RIGHT. OBVIOUSLY NOT NOT EXACTLY EVENLY BUT IS DISTRIBUTED ACCORDINGLY.

RIGHT. YES. YEAH. SO THIS IS TO THE SYSTEM IN TOTALITY.

YES. BUT THEN ALLOCATED BASED ON FTES BASED ON, YOU KNOW, DIFFERENT ALLOCATIONS ON THAT.

SO NOT EVERYONE GETS GROWTH DOLLARS OBVIOUSLY ONLY THOSE THAT YOU KNOW ARE ACHIEVING THOSE.

AND SO IT'S NOT SPLIT EVENLY, BUT. YES. RIGHT.

OKAY. OKAY. OKAY. NOW SWITCHING ON TO OUR ADOPTED BUDGET. SO FIRST TO KIND OF GO OVER SOME OF OUR BUDGET ASSUMPTIONS.

IF IF YOU SAW DOCTOR FIERRO'S EMAIL THAT WENT OUT ABOUT A WEEK AND A HALF AGO WE HAVE HIT A MILESTONE. WE ARE NOW HIT 8000 FTES, WHICH IS THE LARGEST 18,000. YES. SO FIRST TIME EVER WE HIT THAT MARK.

AND SO REVENUES ARE UP, OBVIOUSLY. AND SO COMPARED TO PRIOR YEAR.

AND SO WE, WE HAVE HIT THAT MARK. SO FIRST TIME EVER.

AND BASED ON WHAT WE'RE SEEING THIS YEAR, THE START OF THIS SEMESTER, WE ARE NOT SLOWING DOWN.

THIS BUDGET YEAR IS GOING TO ALLOW US TO ALLOCATE AN ADDITIONAL $1.1 MILLION OF RESOURCE ALLOCATIONS THROUGH OUR BUDGET RESOURCE PROCESS. SO WE WERE ABLE TO INCORPORATE A $1.1 MILLION THROUGH THAT, THAT PROCESS. WE HAVE ADJUSTED OUR BUDGET TO ACCORDINGLY BASED ON THE EIGHT, 2.87% COLA AND THE 1.44% DISCRETIONARY COLA. I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT RIGHT NOW. CAMPUS WIDE, WE HAVE 7 OR 62 VACANT POSITIONS WITHIN OUR BUDGET WITHIN THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND.

THAT TOTAL IS 48 POSITIONS AND THEY'RE BROKEN DOWN ACCORDINGLY.

AND SO OBVIOUSLY, THIS NUMBER WILL DIMINISH AS AS WE PROGRESS BECAUSE THEY'RE IN THE QUEUE IN DIFFERENT STAGES. AS WE SPEAK, YOU KNOW, AND SO, SO THIS NUMBER WILL DIMINISH, BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE VACANT POSITIONS, THIS, THIS DOES CREATE SOME COST SAVINGS WITHIN OUR BUDGET BECAUSE OF THE TIMING, THESE PEOPLE DO START ON THAT.

SO IT'S, THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT HERE.

THIS IS OUR STATUTORY BENEFITS FOR OUR CLASSIFIED AND ACADEMIC.

FOLKS. SO FOR OUR CLASSIFIED, IT'S A TOTAL OF 35.91%.

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OUR BUDGET HAS A TOTAL OF 717 FULL TIME POSITIONS IN IT.

WITH 268 OF THEM BEING FULL TIME FACULTY. 348 OF CLASSIFIED, 59 OF MANAGEMENT, 17 OF CONFIDENTIAL, 12 CDC, FIVE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AND EIGHT BOARD OF TRUSTEES.

OUR TOTAL COMPUTATIONAL REVENUE. THIS IS OUR STUDENT CENTERED FUNDING FORMULA.

THIS IS OUR TOTAL REVENUE BASED ON THE SKIFF.

SO THIS IS A COMPARISON OF OUR PRIOR YEAR. OUR YEAR.

WE JUST CLOSED OUT THE 2526 AND OUR PROJECTION OF WHAT WE THINK THE SKIFF WILL LOOK LIKE FOR THE 2627 BUDGET YEAR.

SO WE JUST CLOSED OUT THE 2526 SKIFF AT $157.5 MILLION. AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING THE SKIFF IS GOING TO LAND ABOUT $167.5 MILLION. SO THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT A $10 MILLION INCREASE.

SO THAT REPRESENTS ABOUT A 6.4% INCREASE, OBVIOUSLY MAJORITY OF THAT IS RELATED TO THE COLA, BUT THE REST IS RELATED TO THE INCREASE IN FTES AS WELL.

HERE IS OUR THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE. AS YOU CAN SEE, THE 2526 IS REALLY WHEN OUR THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE IS REALLY KIND OF HIT HIT BOTTOM.

AS YOU RECALL, REMEMBER WE WERE IN THAT ECA, THAT EMERGENCY CONDITION ALLOWANCE.

REMEMBER DURING THAT PERIOD WE WERE ARTIFICIALLY PROPPED UP BECAUSE WHEN WE WERE IN THAT PERIOD, WE HAD THAT, AS I MENTIONED ON THE BOTTOM, THAT WE WERE AT THAT 17362 NUMBER.

SO WHEN WE WERE IN THAT STAGE OF EMERGENCY CONDITION ALLOWANCE, WITHIN THAT THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE, WE HAD 17362 AS ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS. SO IN THE 2425, THAT WAS THE LAST YEAR OF THE THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE THAT WE HAD ONE OF THOSE NUMBERS STILL IN THERE.

SO IN THE 25, 26 WAS THE FIRST, FIRST THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE WHERE WE DID NOT HAVE THAT 17, 362 EMBEDDED IN THERE. SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT DROP IN THAT OVERALL THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE.

HOWEVER, BECAUSE WE'VE BUMPED UP IN THAT 18,000, WE'RE PROJECTING NOW THE THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE TO JUMP UP. THIS IS WHERE I THINK WE'RE GOING TO RUN INTO THAT SKIFF FUNDING MODIFICATION SITUATION. BECAUSE IF I'M CORRECT, AND LET'S SAY WE'RE PROJECTING OUR THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE TO BE 17. 328 WHICH IS RIGHT THERE.

IF I MOVE TO THE NEXT SLIDE AND LOOK AT MY BUDGET FOR THIS YEAR AND PROJECT THAT MY ACTUAL FTES IS GOING TO BE 18,031. OBVIOUSLY, MY ACTUAL IS LARGER THAN MY THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE.

THEREFORE, WE WOULD BE FUNDED ON THE ACTUAL, NOT THE THREE YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE, WHICH WE WOULD THEN BE QUALIFIED FOR THAT SKIFF MODIFICATION. THEREFORE, WE WOULD BE IN THAT BUCKET OF EXTRA FUNDING.

THAT'S WHY I MENTIONED WHY THAT BIT OF EXTRA MONEY IS IMPORTANT, BECAUSE WE LIKELY WOULD COULD FALL INTO THAT SECTION BECAUSE OTHERWISE WE'RE FUNDED AT 17,000 SOMETHING. EXACTLY. PROVIDE FOR 18,000.

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SO THE STATE IS REQUIRING US TO CHANGE THE WAY WE ACCOUNT FOR OUR CONTACT HOURS.

AND SO WE ARE IN THE PROCESS THIS YEAR OF MAKING THAT MODIFICATION.

SO THIS YEAR WHEN WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO CORRECTLY IDENTIFY SOME, SOME MISSED OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN SOME OF OUR CLASSES THAT WE MAY HAVE NOT BEEN REPORTING SOME CONTACT HOURS.

I THINK THAT COULD ALSO PLAY A ROLE IN WHY WE, YOU SEE A QUICK JUMP IN SOME OF THESE NUMBERS.

BECAUSE WE MAY HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME CLASSES THAT WE MAY HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO THAT DURING THIS PROCESS, WE IDENTIFIED SOME CLASSES THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PICK UP CONTACT HOURS ON THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND SO, BUT IN THIS PROCESS, WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW THAT WE'RE NOW AT THAT 18,000 MARK. SO.

OVERALL, THAT PUTS US OUR REVENUES. TOTAL REVENUES AT $188.3 MILLION, BROKEN DOWN BETWEEN OUR STATE AND LOCAL.

COMPARE THAT TO OUR 2526 UNAUDITED ACTUALS AT 178.7 MILLION.

THAT'S ROUGHLY AN INCREASE OF $9.6 MILLION.

FROM AN EXPENSE STANDPOINT. THAT PUTS OUR TOTAL EXPENSES AT 188.2.

THAT ALSO INCLUDES THE $1.1 MILLION OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION REQUESTS THAT WE ALSO ADDED AND IMPROVED THIS YEAR.

THROUGH OUR PLANNING AND BUDGET PROCESS. TOTAL SALARY AND BENEFITS ARE AT 170.1 MILLION. THAT'S NEARLY 91% OF OUR OVERALL BUDGET.

AND IT ROUGHLY LEAVES US ABOUT 100,000 SURPLUS.

ALWAYS MAKES ME NERVOUS. DON'T BE NERVOUS. YOU'D THINK AFTER NINE YEARS I'D SETTLE IN. YEAH. WHAT WOULD BE YOUR IDEAL NUMBER? LIKE 5%. NOT THIS, WHICH IS YEAH. SO THIS IS 1/1000.

YEAH. YEAH. WELL, YOU KNOW, LIKE, IN ANYTHING, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS LOOK AT YOUR OVERALL FUND BALANCE AS LONG AS YOU'RE NOT DEPLETING YOUR FUND BALANCE. IT DOES.

WE WE STILL AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT YOU KNOW, WE'RE INCREASING OUR FUND BALANCE.

YOU KNOW, WE, WE END THE YEAR AT OUR FUND BALANCE OF, YOU KNOW, INCREASING FROM 24.78% TO 25.12% ENDING FUND BALANCE. SO WE'RE STILL FROM A STATEWIDE PERSPECTIVE BECAUSE I DO CHART OUR FUND BALANCE TRACKING FROM A STATEWIDE PERSPECTIVE, WE'RE SMACK IN THE MIDDLE OF COMPARISON STATEWIDE.

AND SO YOU KNOW, WELL ABOVE THE MINIMUM. AND SO, YOU KNOW, SO REALLY, YOU KNOW, IN A GOOD POSITION. YEAH. AND THE, THE OTHER PART TO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION IS THAT OVER THE LAST SEVERAL

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BUT OUR OBJECTIVE HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO CORRECT A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT THAT THE COLLEGE HAD.

I DON'T KNOW, EIGHT YEARS AGO, MAYBE. YEAH. SO THE COLLEGE HAD MONEY IN RESERVES, BUT WE HAD A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT STRUCTURAL DEFICIT AT THE TIME. SO OVER TIME, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO TO CORRECT THAT LOWER A LITTLE BIT THE RATIO OF SALARY AND BENEFITS ON EMPLOYEES VERSUS WHAT WE HAVE LEFT SLIGHTLY.

SO, SO WE KIND OF CORRECT THAT BENEFIT AND OR THAT DEFICIT, THAT STRUCTURAL DEFICIT.

SO OVER TIME, WE CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD ON ON A BALANCED, SAFE BUDGET THAT GUARANTEES LONGEVITY FOR THE DISTRICT BECAUSE HAVING MONEY IN YOUR SAVINGS ACCOUNTS DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN LONGEVITY IS IN THE HORIZON.

AND OVER TIME, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO KIND OF DO THAT MAINTAIN THE, THE RESERVES IN A, IN A, IN A GOOD SPOT, BUT SHIFT FROM THE ONGOING STRUCTURE DEFICIT LONG TERM TO SOMETHING THAT IS MORE STABLE. SO WE'RE PROBABLY GOING TO SEE BALANCES SIMILAR TO WHAT.

PHILIPPE MENTIONED OF $100,000. YOU KNOW, A FEW THOUSAND, A FEW HUNDRED THOUSAND UP OR DOWN.

BUT THAT THAT IS INTENTIONAL. SO WE CAN MAINTAIN A, A TRUE SQUARE BUDGET RATHER THAN CARRYING AN, A STRUCTURAL DEFICIT. THAT TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF TIME, BUT WE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS NOW, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN CONTINUE TO PLAN THAT WAY.

I ENCOURAGE US TO SEE IF WE CAN, YOU KNOW, STAY IN THE BLACK.

THAT WOULD BE GOOD. THAT'S THE GOAL. YEAH. APPRECIATE THAT.

SOME TAKEAWAYS THAT I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH WITH PARTICULARLY WITH THE INCREASE IN ENROLLMENT.

I DO WANT TO HIGHLIGHT TWO PROGRAMS THAT REALLY HAVE ACHIEVED AND GOT US TO THAT 18,000 MARK.

AND I KNOW THE BOARD HAS BEEN WANTING TO SEE THIS.

AND ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS IS DUAL ENROLLMENT.

SO OUR DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM IS ONE OF THE MARKERS THAT HAS BEEN BLOWING UP HERE AT CERRITOS.

AND TWO OUR CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAM. I THINK.

IT'S IT'S YOUR HEARTBEAT. NOW WE KNOW YOU'RE A ROBOT.

SPEAKERS IN HERE, BUT YOU ARE STILL BROADCASTING ONLINE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO I TURN IT BACK ON. ALL RIGHT.

SO OUR OTHER ONE.

WE WANT TO TURN OFF THE MICROPHONE TEMPORARILY.

ALL RIGHT. YEAH. AND OUR OTHER ONE I WANT TO TALK ABOUT IS OUR CREDIT RECOVERY PROGRAM.

WE STARTED WITH ONE WITH DOWNEY UNIFIED. WE EXPANDED IT TO NORWALK, LA MIRADA, AND RIGHT NOW WE'RE CURRENTLY EXPANDING IT ON TWO ADDITIONAL DISTRICTS, ONE WITH ABC AND THE OTHER ONE WITH BELLFLOWER UNIFIED.

SO WE'RE DOUBLING THESE PROGRAMS ON THAT. AND WE'RE.

SO THESE, THESE PROGRAMS ARE WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE GROWTH IN THIS ON THAT.

SO WE DON'T ANTICIPATE SEEING A SLOWDOWN IN OUR, IN OUR GROWTH IN OUR FTES NUMBERS.

TRUSTEE. ZURICH. SO UNIVERSAL DUAL ENROLLMENT HAS BEEN PROPOSED AND IS BEING PILOTED PRETTY SHORTLY.

SO IF THAT GOES THROUGH AND ALL GOES SWIMMINGLY, ARE WE PROJECTED TO GO OVER 20 K JUST BASED ON THAT ALONE?

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YOU KNOW THAT THAT IS IN OUR FUTURE WE'RE NOT, WE'RE NOT FAR BEHIND THAT.

YOU KNOW, 2000 FTES ISN'T, ISN'T AN ACHIEVABLE, YOU KNOW, WE, WE ARE, IT IS IN THE GRAPHS OF, OF THERE. AND SO WITH, YOU KNOW, JUST WITH THE CREDIT RECOVERY YOU KNOW, BY DOUBLING THAT PROGRAM, WE'RE ALMOST HALFWAY THERE, YOU KNOW, SO AND THEN, YOU KNOW, EXPANDING MORE IN THE DUAL ENROLLMENT AND GIVEN WHAT THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF OUR SEMESTER HERE ON CAMPUS LOOKS LIKE, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE GOING TO BE KNOCKING ON THAT DOOR REALLY QUICK.

ABSOLUTELY. AND I'D BE CURIOUS TO SEE THE NUMBERS AS TO, YOU KNOW, BY DISTRICT HOW MUCH DUAL ENROLLMENT HAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE FTES AND CREDIT RECOVERY OVERALL SPECIFICALLY. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, DOWN A UNIFIED HAS GROWN, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE AS TO, YOU KNOW, THE STATEWIDE TREND AND OTHER NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS LIKE NORWALK, LA MIRADA, WHICH YOU KNOW THERE DOWNEY HIGH HAS IT'S BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, AN ELECTRIC DAISY CARNIVAL OVER THERE.

EVERYBODY'S JUST ALL CROWDED LIKE SARDINES. JUST SO MANY PEOPLE THERE.

AND THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO HOW MUCH DOWNEY UNIFIED HAS BEEN DOING TO BRING FAMILIES BACK INTO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND I THINK THAT IF WE CAN TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY THERE, AT LEAST CERTAINLY WITH DOWNEY, TO HAVE UNIVERSAL DUAL ENROLLMENT AND ALL THOSE SAME STUDENTS THAT ARE BEING BROUGHT BACK BY THE K THROUGH 12 DISTRICT TO THEN BE MORE OR LESS AUTOMATICALLY ENROLLED AS A CERRITOS COLLEGE STUDENT.

I THINK THAT WILL EASILY SHOOT US ABOVE 20 K.

YEAH. AND A LOT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO TO, TO HELP WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY CAPACITY IS, YOU KNOW, WILL RUN UP TO THAT. AND WE'RE TRYING TO WORK WITH AUTOMATING A LOT OF THESE, YOU KNOW ONBOARDING PROCESSES AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. BRINGING ON ONE DISTRICT IS ONE THING, BUT BRINGING ON HALF A DOZEN OF THEM IS IS A DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT THING. SO YOU KNOW, SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER COLLECTIVELY TO TRY TO, TO AUTOMATE ALL THESE PROCESSES. SO, YOU KNOW, WE CAN STREAMLINE THE PROCESSES AND, AND MAKE, MAKE THIS WORK VERY QUICKLY.

SO IT'S NOT A BURDEN FOR BOTH US AND, AND OUR K12 PARTNERS TO BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, GET THIS DONE.

SO I LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING I'LL BE REMISS IF I NOT, I DON'T TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO A PLUG.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT WILL BE GREAT TO ENROLL ALL STUDENTS IN OUR LOCAL DISTRICT SEAMLESSLY INTO CERRITOS COLLEGE.

IT HAPPENS THAT WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SOMETHING THAT IS CALLED A B 1636 THAT IS CURRENTLY SITTING ON THE GOVERNOR'S DESK.

SO I'D ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO, YOU KNOW, HELP BY CONTACTING THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE AND SAYING, HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS? BECAUSE THE ABILITY TO ONBOARDING STUDENTS CHANGES DRASTICALLY WITH A B 1636. WE HAVE DONE THE PILOT ON BELLFLOWER HIGH, AND THEN WE DID THE PILOT MOVING INTO DOWNEY HIGH WITH SOME AUTONOMY AND NOT ALL DOWNEY UNIFIED ACTUALLY DOING SOME AUTOMATION OF THE SYSTEMS. AND THIS TIME WE DID NORWALK, LA MIRADA. SO IF WE'RE ABLE TO GET 1636 THROUGH, IT WILL GIVE US TEMPORARY PERMISSION TO ACTUALLY ONBOARD EVERY SINGLE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT AS A CERRITOS COLLEGE STUDENT.

AND THEY CAN OPT OUT IF THEY WANT, BUT BY THE TIME THEY FINISH OR THEY DO DUAL ENROLLMENT OR CREDIT RECOVERY, THEY WILL HAVE ALL THE PAPERWORK READY TO BE CERRITOS COLLEGE STUDENTS WITHOUT SIGNIFICANT EFFORT.

NOW, I DO LIKE ALL THE STUDENTS TO COME HERE.

OF COURSE, WE ARE THE BEST CHOICE. THE BEST EDUCATION, THE BEST FACULTY, STAFF, CLASSIFIED BOARD EVERYONE.

BUT THEY COULD ALSO GO SOMEWHERE ELSE THROUGH THE SAME PROCESS THAT JUST HAVE TO ANSWER A FEW DIFFERENT QUESTIONS WHEN THEY DECIDE TO GO TO

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I DO I DO HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS, IF I CAN. YEAH.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. MINE IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT.

SO WITH THIS PARTICULAR ITEM, THERE'S QUITE A FEW ATTACHMENTS.

CORRECT. YES. SO ONE OF THE ATTACHMENTS IS THE AREA RESOURCE REQUEST.

HAVE ALL THOSE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE BUDGET. YES.

SO LET ME PULL THOSE UP. YOU DON'T NEED TO CAN YOU PULL UP THE THE BUDGET SUMMARY.

I CAN PULL IT UP. OKAY. YEAH. IT'S 108 PAGES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO I WOULD I JUST HAVE LIKE FOUR QUESTIONS. I WOULD LOVE TO IF I WAS TAKING THE COURSE, THE ACCOUNTING COURSE I WAS MENTIONING, WHICH I APPROVED THIS N GAUGE PROGRAM IN THE EARLIER BUDGET ITEM.

AND I LOVE THAT IT WAS A BOOK BECAUSE I READ THAT THING FOUR TIMES OR IT WAS READ TO ME.

I LIT THAT THING AND I STILL GOT TO BE IN THAT CLASS.

SO SORRY. FELIPE, I DO HAVE I DO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS HERE.

YEAH. GO AHEAD. SO AS I WAS LOOKING AT PAGE TWO AS PAGE TWO, I NOTED THAT THERE'S NO FEDERAL REVENUE.

WE DON'T GET ANY FEDERAL REVENUE. WE DO, BUT NOT IN THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND.

ALL OF OUR FEDERAL REVENUE COMES THROUGH 0.01.3.

SO OUR RESTRICTED FUNDS. SO IF YOU KEEP FLIPPING THE PAGE I PROBABLY SHOULD JUST ELIMINATE THAT LINE ITEM.

SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION WHERE IT SAYS REVENUE.

TYPICALLY FEDERAL REVENUE IS A RESTRICTED SOURCE.

THE ONLY TIME IT WOULD BE UNRESTRICTED IF YOU WOULD GET LIKE MEDI-CAL DOLLARS REIMBURSEMENT, MEDI-CAL, WHICH WE DON'T. AND SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY TIME YOU WOULD GET UNRESTRICTED.

UNRESTRICTED FEDERAL DOLLARS. SO IT'S VERY RARE THAT YOU WOULD GET UNRESTRICTED FEDERAL RESOURCES.

MOST OF YOUR FEDERAL RESOURCES HAVE RESTRICTIONS ON THEM.

THEREFORE THEY WOULD GO INTO THE RESTRICTED GENERAL FUND.

SO RIGHT HERE IN THE RESTRICTED FUND FUND, 01.3 IS WHERE YOU WOULD SEE OUR RESTRICTED DOLLARS. SO THERE'S TWO FUNDS WHERE OUR FEDERAL DOLLARS WILL SHOW UP.

ACTUALLY, THERE'S THREE FUNDS THEY'RE GOING TO SHOW UP IN OUR CHILD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS ARE RESTRICTED GENERAL FUND AND OUR STUDENT FINANCIAL AID FUND, OUR STUDENT FINANCIAL AID FUND BY FAR IS GOING TO BE OUR LARGEST BECAUSE IT IS IS OUR LARGEST PROGRAM.

WE HAVE. SO BETWEEN THOSE THREE FUNDS WE'LL HAVE OUR FEDERAL FEDERAL REVENUE IN, AS I RECALL, PELL GRANTS OR FEDERAL FUNDS. RIGHT. YES. THEY ARE.

YEAH. SO STUDENT FINANCIAL AID IS A CLUSTER PROGRAM AND SO IT'S PELL FSCOG.

IS, IS ONE OF THE PROGRAMS FEDERAL WORK STUDY IS PART OF THE FEDERAL IS PART OF STUDENT FINANCIAL AID PROGRAM.

AND I THINK THERE'S ANOTHER SMALL PROGRAM THAT IS PART OF THAT CLUSTER PROGRAM.

OKAY. AND I'M GOING TO JUMP A QUESTION SINCE WE'RE ON THAT PAGE THE TENTATIVE BUDGET AND THE ADOPTED BUDGET HAVE TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS.

WHY IS THAT? SO THE TENTATIVE BUDGET IS BASED ON PRELIMINARY INFORMATION THAT MAY REVISE.

AND THE ADOPTED BUDGET IS BASED ON WHEN THE GOVERNOR SIGNS THE BUDGET.

AND ONCE WE KNOW WHAT THOSE FINAL NUMBERS, THEN THOSE NUMBERS ARE THEN ARE FINALIZED AND TRUED UP.

AND SO, SO USUALLY THE TENTATIVE BUDGET IS ONLY LIKE A ITS PRELIMINARY PRELIMINARY NUMBERS WITHIN THE RESTRICTED FUND. A LOT OF TIMES WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THOSE NUMBERS ARE BECAUSE THOSE ARE GRANT DOLLARS.

AND SO WE BASE THOSE OFF OF JUST PRELIMINARY INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE.

BUT ONCE THOSE, ONCE THE BUDGET IS SIGNED AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE MADE AWARE, THEN WE CHEW UP WHAT THE FINAL NUMBERS ARE WITHIN THE ADOPTED BUDGET. SO THERE ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ALWAYS THE TENTATIVE BUDGET VERSUS THE ADOPTED BUDGET.

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THEY'RE GOING TO BE MAJOR DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE TWO I SEE.

AND WHAT YOU'RE SUBMITTING IS RIGHT. LIKE WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING US RIGHT HERE ON SEPTEMBER 15TH, RIGHT? YES.

YEAH. SO THE TENTATIVE BUDGET IS WHAT I WHAT WHAT THE BOARD APPROVED BACK IN JUNE.

AND THEN THE ADOPTED BUDGET IS WHAT YOU ARE APPROVING TODAY.

AND JUST TO CLARIFY AGAIN, IF WE CAN GO BACK TO PAGE TWO, ANDREA, AND IT SAYS INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

RIGHT. AND THEN IT'S IT'S STILL BLANK. DO YOU SEE THAT? WHERE IS IT? THERE WAS A STRUCTURAL MATERIALS.

RIGHT. GENERAL. MATERIALS. THERE'S LIKE NOTHING.

AND THEN IF WE GO TO PAGE FIVE THERE'S LIKE A BUNCH OF THEM.

I'M LOOKING AT IT CORRECTLY. DO YOU JUST OUTLINE LATER ON OR WHY.

WHY IS THE DIFFERENCE OF. BECAUSE I'M LIKE, YOU DON'T HAVE ANY INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS.

SO WHAT WHAT THIS WHAT THIS IS, IS WE USED TO TRACK OUR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND, BUT WE HAVE NOW SEPARATED OUT INTO A SUB FUND FOR JUST TRACKING PURPOSES BECAUSE THESE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS, THESE ARE MATERIALS THAT THE ACTUAL STUDENT PURCHASES.

AND SO BY LAW WE ARE REQUIRED TO PASS ON THE COST TO THE STUDENT.

SO WE'RE JUST ISOLATING THESE INDIVIDUALLY FOR A BETTER FOR BETTER TRACKING PURPOSES.

AND SO WE'RE JUST SEPARATING THIS OUT INTO A SUB FUND.

SO WE THEY USED TO BE IN THE GENERAL FUND. AND AGAIN, I PROBABLY SHOULD JUST ELIMINATE THAT LINE ITEM ON THE ON THE PAGE TWO.

SO THERE'S NO CONFUSION THERE. AND SO THEY'RE JUST ON THIS PAGE BECAUSE IT'S IT'S JUST THERE AS A SEPARATE LINE ITEM.

I MEAN, YOU DO A GREAT JOB. I PROBABLY WOULD BE CONFUSED EVEN IF YOU STILL IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE IT IN THERE. SO I'M JUST TRYING TO GET A LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY. YEAH. SO THESE, THIS, THIS JUST REPRESENTS REVENUES THAT WE ARE COLLECTING FROM FROM THE FEES THAT WE'RE COLLECTING FROM STUDENTS WHEN THEY'RE PAYING THEIR INSTRUCTIONAL INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL FEES.

LIKE IF YOU'RE ENROLLING IN CERAMICS AND YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR YOUR CLAY, THIS IS ALL THOSE MATERIALS.

IF YOU'RE IN THE WELDING DEPARTMENT AND YOU'RE PAYING FOR THOSE MATERIALS FOR THE WELDING, THOSE ARE ALL THE MATERIALS THAT ARE COLLECTED ON THAT FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR FOR THE CAMPUS.

AND SO THESE ARE ALL THE INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS THAT THAT THE COLLEGE IS COLLECTING CAMPUS WIDE FOR THE ENTIRE FISCAL YEAR BECAUSE IT MADE SENSE SINCE WE DO HAVE THE ZERO TEXTBOOK. THE ZERO BOOKS PROGRAM, CORRECT FOR MOST OF OUR STUDENTS IS ZERO COST TEXTBOOKS.

YEAH. FOR INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS IN THAT SENSE.

WHY IS THERE A PROPERTY TAX DECREASE? IF YOU LOOK AT THE PROPERTY TAX PROJECTIONS NEXT YEAR THERE'S A DECREASE AND THEN THERE'S AN INCREASE AGAIN. SO LOCAL REVENUE PROPERTY TAXES.

THAT'S PAGE TWO STILL.

RIGHT THERE. YOU ALREADY ANSWERED THE QUESTION.

YEAH. THAT'S OUR TENTATIVE BUDGET. YEAH. SO AND AGAIN IT WAS A GUESSTIMATE.

YEAH. SO WE PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE INFORMATION BECAUSE WE GET OUR TAX INFORMATION FROM THE COUNTY.

SO THE COUNTY PROVIDES US THE TAX INFORMATION.

SO THAT'S WHERE THAT INFORMATION COMES FROM. SO WE GET INFORMATION BOTH FROM EITHER THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE OR THE COUNTY ON THAT.

AND SO THE INFORMATION WE HAD AT THAT TIME WAS PROBABLY LIKELY PRELIMINARY.

AND SO THAT'S WHY THERE'S A DISCREPANCY THAT YOU SEE THERE.

SO THERE WAS ONCE WE WERE ABLE TO GET UPDATED INFORMATION, THERE WAS A CHANGE MADE TO IT.

SO AND THE LAST ONE IS THE CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS.

I I WAS IMPRESSED THAT MOST OF IT IS REALLY DECREASING.

THAT MEANS MOST OF OUR PROJECTS ARE BEING DONE IS HOW I UNDERSTOOD IT.

IS THAT RIGHT. SO YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE EXPENSES, CAPITAL OUTLAY PROJECTS.

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YEAH, IT'S RIGHT THERE. YEAH. SO WHAT THAT IS, IS WITHIN THE GENERAL FUND WE DON'T TYPICALLY HAVE.

SO WHAT IS IN CAPITAL OUTLAY FOR THE GENERAL FUND IS GOING TO BE.

THIS IS NOT GOING TO BE WHAT YOU SEE OUT HERE.

CONSTRUCTION. THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR BOND DOLLARS.

MOST OF WHAT'S CLASSIFIED AS CAPITAL OUTLAY IN THE GENERAL FUND IS GOING TO BE THINGS LIKE LIKE COMPUTERS EQUIPMENT THAT EXCEEDS $5,000. WHAT YOU SEE THE BIG PURCHASE HERE FOR THE GENERAL FUND OBVIOUSLY IS THE PURCHASE OF THE CHURCH ACROSS THE STREET. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE IT A HIGH PURCHASE, BUT NORMALLY OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY COSTS RANGE IS ROUGHLY ABOUT $1.2 $2 MILLION RIGHT AROUND THAT RANGE, CONSISTENTLY ACROSS THE BOARD.

THAT'S USUALLY WHERE OUR SPEND IS YEAR AFTER YEAR ON THAT.

WE JUST HAD ONE ISOLATED, BIG, BIG PURCHASE. THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THE, YOU KNOW, INCREASE IN THE COST.

BUT USUALLY OUR CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENSES WITHIN THE UNRESTRICTED GENERAL FUND ARE REALLY CONSISTENT ON THAT.

SO YEAH. SO ON THE CAPITAL OUTLAY EVERY YEAR AND I CAN'T REMEMBER WHEN WE STARTED PUTTING MONEY THERE, BUT MAYBE TEN, 11 YEARS AGO THERE WAS A SURPLUS THAT WE GOT FROM THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE ON SOME FTES THAT WERE NOT PAID AND WE GOT A LUMP SUM.

SO WE PUT THAT MONEY THERE. AND FROM THAT POINT ON, WE CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN THE CAPITAL OUTLAY TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ALWAYS HAVE DOLLARS FOR CURRENT EQUIPMENT AND TO BE ABLE TO ROTATE CLASSROOM AND OFFICE AND HAVE, HAVE CURRENT THINGS TO WORK WITH.

SO RATHER THAN DEPEND EXCLUSIVELY ON THE GENERAL FUND, WE MAKE A CONSISTENT EFFORT TO ENSURE THAT THERE IS SOME MONEY THERE AND CONSISTENTLY ROTATE THE EQUIPMENT. SO FOR THE MOST PART, MOST OF THE THINGS THAT WE USE IN THE CLASSROOMS AND OUR PERSONAL DEVICES THAT WENT IN A RELATIVELY NEW SPEC NOT IN, I THINK IT'S FIVE YEARS.

I THINK WE DO A ROTATION OF COMPUTERS OR FOR FOUR YEARS CLASSROOM EQUIPMENT WE TRY TO MAINTAIN TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY.

SO, SO WE, THAT, THAT MONEY IS USED VERY SPECIFICALLY FOR THOSE PURPOSES OUTSIDE OF THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION THAT YOU SAW THERE. WE TRY TO EVERY YEAR FUND NEARLY THE ENTIRE RESOURCE ALLOCATION ALLOCATION REQUESTS.

SO CLASSROOM NEEDS DO NOT GO ON MED. AND THEN I, I, I'M NOT GOING TO TOUCH UPON THE CHART OF ACCOUNTS BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHAT THAT MEANS, BUT I WAS ABLE TO APPRECIATE THE TABLE OF CONTENTS BECAUSE I WAS GOING THROUGH THE DOCUMENT.

I WAS LIKE, OH MY GOODNESS. AND THERE I JUST, I DON'T KNOW WHY CULINARY ARTS CALLS TO ME, BUT I'M LIKE, OKAY, LET ME GO TO PAGE 38. LET ME CHECK THESE PROGRAMS OUT INDIVIDUALLY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. YEAH. NO PROBLEM. THAT'S A LOT OF STUFF.

ALSO IN THERE. I MENTIONED THE RESOURCE ALLOCATION, THE $1.1 MILLION.

SO I DO HAVE THE $1.1 MILLION LIST OF RESOURCE ALLOCATION THAT WAS APPROVED THROUGH PLANNING AND BUDGET.

SO LINE ITEM THERE FOR, FOR YOUR VIEWING, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT ACTUAL REQUEST WAS FOR APPROVED THERE, THAT IS THERE ALSO, THERE IS THE ACTUAL CAPITAL OUTLAY EXPENSES THAT WERE RESOURCE REQUESTS THAT WERE APPROVED AS WELL. AND AS PART OF A BOARD BOARD POLICY, YOU ALSO HAVE THE VINTAGE REQUEST THAT ARE REQUIRED TO BRING TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. SO THOSE ARE ANNUALLY REQUIRED TO BRING AS PART OF THE BUDGET PROCESS AS WELL.

TO, TO BE APPROVED. SO THOSE ARE ALSO THERE FOR YOUR REVIEW REVIEW AS WELL.

SO THOSE DO MEET BOARD POLICY. THEY DO SUPPORT STUDENT SUCCESS PER THE POLICY.

AND I WOULD BE REMISS IF I DID FINISH THERE, BUT I LIKE, I NEED TO POINT THIS OUT ON PAGE THREE.

IT IS PAGE THREE. THE FULL TIME SALARIES AND THE PART TIME SALARIES ARE VERY SIMILAR.

IF YOU LOOK AT HOW MUCH IS ALLOCATED. YEAH, THEY'RE PRETTY MUCH AROUND THE SAME AMOUNT.

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I THINK AS WE TRY TO CONTINUE THE CERRITOS COMPLETE PROGRAM AND WE LEVERAGE A LOT OF THAT MONEY FOR THAT PURPOSE, IT'S IMPORTANT TO KEEP TRACK. OKAY. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMENTS. JUST TO THANK THE BOARD FOR LETTING ME EXPLORE THIS.

IT'S IT'S JUST IT SEEMS A LOT. SO THANK YOU. YEAH.

NO, IT'S 108 PAGES IN THE ONE DOCUMENT. YEAH.

OKAY. SO NOW WE WILL ENTER INTO ACCEPTING A MOTION.

MOTION. SECOND. OKAY. WE'LL GO INTO A ROLL CALL VOTE.

STUDENT. TRUSTEE FABIAN. TRUSTEE BIRKEY AYE. TRUSTEE GREEN AYE TRUSTEE LEWIS TRUSTEE LU TRUSTEE.

PACHECO. AYE. TRUSTEE RIOS AYE AND TRUSTEE. SALAZAR IS ABSENT.

THE MOTION PASSES. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE MADE IT TO SECTION SEVEN.

[7.01 Reports and Comments from District Officials]

WE'LL BEGIN WITH OUR STUDENT TRUSTEE. HI, EVERYONE.

I'M HAPPY TO SHARE THAT THE CLUB RUSH YESTERDAY WAS A SUCCESSFUL EVENT.

IT BROUGHT TOGETHER MANY STUDENTS FROM DIFFERENT BACKGROUNDS AND INTERESTS AND GAVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO CONNECT WITH ONE ANOTHER AND BECOME MORE INVOLVED ON CAMPUS.

IT WAS ENCOURAGING TO SEE SO MANY STUDENTS COME TOGETHER, CONNECT WITH THE CAMPUS COMMUNITY, AND LEARN MORE ABOUT THE RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT THEM THROUGHOUT THEIR COLLEGE EXPERIENCE.

AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. NEXT, WE'LL HAVE TRUSTEE PACHECO.

THERE WE GO. WHEN I ATTENDED WAS THE TEN YEAR CELEBRATION OF OPENING OF THE OLIVE GARDEN IN DOWNEY. THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT. AND OF COURSE, I WAS THERE IN REPRESENTATION OF THE COLLEGE AND A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE, ACTUALLY A LOT OF THE STUDENTS THAT WERE THERE ACTUALLY COME HERE TO THIS COLLEGE.

AND THEN I ALSO WENT TO THE CONVOCATION. THAT WAS A GREAT EVENT.

I REALLY ENJOYED IT AND HAD A LOT OF FUN AND A LOT OF INFORMATION WAS PROVIDED TO ALL OF US.

THE OTHER EVENT THAT I WENT TO AND I'M SURE ZURICH LEWIS WAS ALSO THERE.

YOU WERE THERE? ZURICH WAS THERE. BOTH YOU AND YOUR DAD.

IT WAS THE RETIREMENT OF FROM LAPD, OF THE MAYOR OF LA HABRA OF LA MIRADA.

NOT LA HABRA, LA MIRADA. HE WAS RETIRING FROM THE LAPD.

ANOTHER GREAT EVENT. A LOT OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE THERE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS WERE ALSO THERE.

HE HAD A LOT OF CONNECTIONS THROUGH BECAUSE HE WORKED FOR L.A.

CITY. SO HE HAD QUITE A FEW CONNECTIONS, THAT OF PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT.

IT WAS IT WAS WELL ATTENDED. AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE EVERYONE.

THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE.

PACHECO. NEXT WE HAVE TRUSTEE LIU ALONG WITH MANY OF OUR COLLEAGUES.

I ATTEND THE CONVOCATION. IT WAS FUN. IT WAS GREAT.

I WAS SO PROUD OF, YOU KNOW, AS CERRITOS COLLEGE.

THANK YOU FOR DOCTOR FIERRO'S LEADERSHIP. I BELIEVE WE ARE THE BEST.

WE OFFER SO MUCH, SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. LIU. TRUSTEE. LEWIS.

I ALSO ATTENDED COMPENSATION AND THE PRICE IS RIGHT AND.

ALSO ATTENDED CONVOCATION. GOT TO BE PRICE IS RIGHT MODELS ALONG WITH SOME OF OUR COLLEAGUES HERE JUST IN THE PATHWAYS TO POSSIBILITIES.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE DO HERE AT CERRITOS. ALSO WENT TO THE RETIREMENT PARTY OF MAYOR OTERO.

AND THE LET'S SEE, WHAT ELSE DID I DO? LA MIRADA CHAMBER EARLIER THIS WEEK, ACTUALLY YESTERDAY RATHER AND OH YEAH, LA MIRADA LITTLE LEAGUE IS THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONS.

YES. SO IT HAPPENED ABOUT 20, 25 YEARS AGO AS WELL.

BUT WE HAD A PARADE THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO CELEBRATE OUR LITTLE LEAGUERS COMING BACK WITH THE WORLD SERIES TROPHY, WHICH IS ALMOST AS GOOD, PROBABLY. YOU KNOW WHAT?

[01:20:02]

SO WE BROUGHT IT HOME FOR LA MIRADA ONCE EVERY GENERATION.

IT SOUNDS LIKE ONCE EVERY GENERATION, 25 YEARS OR SO I GUESS.

THAT'S RIGHT. IT'LL COME BACK. IT'S IT'S A CYCLE.

IT'S A CYCLE. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE. LEWIS. NEXT.

TRUSTEE. BIRKEY. I ALSO GOT TO ENJOY MYSELF AT THE CONVOCATION.

AND I GOT ROPED INTO BEING A MODEL AS WELL. GOT TO BRING UP THE, THE CHARITY PROJECT IS REALLY WHAT I WAS ON THE, ON THE MODELING. USUALLY I AM AND IT WAS A, IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.

I WAS REALLY IMPRESSED AT REALLY WITH THE PRESIDENT OFFICE STAFF INCLUDING THE PRESIDENT.

GOOD JOB. TO BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER SUCH AN INFORMATIONAL EXPERIENCE THAT HAD SO MANY DIFFERENT VOICES REPRESENTED AND AT THE SAME TIME WAS REALLY FUN AND CLEVER AND MULTIMEDIA.

I WAS TRYING TO DESCRIBE IT TO SOMEBODY AFTERWARDS. I WAS LIKE, AND THEN THEY DID THIS, AND I THINK THEY WERE LIKE, WHAT ARE YOU EVEN TALKING ABOUT? I WAS LIKE, OH, YOU GOT TO BE THERE.

SO I WAS VERY IMPRESSED. ANDREA, WENDY, TORY.

AND OF COURSE DOCTOR FIERRO. WELL DONE. THANK YOU.

TRUSTEE. BIRKEY. NEXT. TRUSTEE RIOS. SO I ACTUALLY GOT TO ATTEND.

WHAT A PRIVILEGE. I LOVED IT. AND I AM MOVED WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT HOW THEY HELP OTHER PEOPLE.

IF YOU'RE ABLE TO CHANGE SOMEBODY'S LIFE. I MEAN, THAT TO ME IS LIKE, WOW, YOU'RE LIKE IT.

AND THIS YEAR I HAVEN'T BEEN TO YOUR PREVIOUS YEAR'S ONES, BUT THIS YEAR IT WAS TITLED WELL, PATHWAYS TO POSSIBILITIES, BUT IT WAS THEMED AS THE GAME OF LIFE AND THERE WERE QUITE A FEW SPEAKERS UP THERE.

I WILL HIGHLIGHT TWO. I DON'T KNOW THEIR NAMES.

I APOLOGIZE, DOCTOR FIERRO. YOU CAN YOU CAN CITE THEM.

ONE OF THEM WAS A STUDENT AT THE TIME. SHE'S A HYGIENIST.

RIGHT. AND SHE DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO TAKE HER STATE TEST.

NOW YOU GO THROUGH COLLEGE, HOWEVER MANY YEARS YOU FINISH YOUR PROGRAM AND THEN YOU CAN'T CERTIFY YOURSELF LIKE.

WOW. AND ONE OF OUR PROFESSORS HERE GAVE HER THE MONEY.

WELL, DIDN'T GIVE HER THE MONEY. LENT HER THE MONEY, WHICH IS MORE IMPORTANT, RIGHT? BECAUSE SHE ACTUALLY GOT TO PAY IT BACK AND SAY, I'M THE ONE THAT, YOU KNOW, WAS ABLE TO PAY FOR MY OWN TESTING.

BUT A PROFESSOR HELPED HER OVER OVERCOME THE, THE HURDLE.

AND NOT ONLY DID SHE PASS, NOW SHE'S HERE IN OUR COLLEGE TEACHING OTHER STUDENTS AND I'M SURE MOTIVATING PEOPLE IN DIFFERENT WAYS PERSONALLY.

THE OTHER STUDENT WHICH IS ACTUALLY TOUCHED ME BECAUSE OF MY PATH.

RIGHT? SHE WENT TO COLLEGE, SHE GOT A B.A., AND THEN SHE CAME BACK TO HER COLLEGE AND BECAME A WELDER.

AND NOT ONLY IS SHE A WELDER, SHE'S MOTIVATING OTHER INDIVIDUALS, OTHER WOMEN, TO ALSO BE WELDERS AND WELDERS.

AND OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW A MALE DOMINATED FIELD.

BUT THOSE TWO STORIES AMONGST EVERYBODY ELSE, EVERYBODY WAS HAD AN AMAZING STORY.

I MEAN, NOW THAT I'M THINKING ABOUT IT, I SHOULD HIGHLIGHT EVERY SINGLE ONE. BUT BUT THOSE TWO STOOD OUT BECAUSE IN MY TRAJECTORY, SOMEBODY TOUCHED MY LIFE. THEY HAD TO PUT ME ASIDE AND SAY, HEY, YOU'RE COLLEGE BOUND, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BE DISTRACTED.

AND, AND MADE THAT DIFFERENCE. AND THAT OUR PROFESSORS, OUR LEADERS HERE IN OUR COLLEGE ARE TALKING TO EACH OTHER, MOTIVATING EACH OTHER, MOTIVATING US AS LISTENERS, AS, AS A TRUSTEES SITTING THERE AND JUST LIKE, WHOA, YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING. IT'S JUST HOW IT HIGHLIGHTS WHAT DOCTOR LU SAID, YES, WE ARE THE BEST.

AND IN EVERY EVENT I GO TO. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M SAYING.

IT'S A PRIVILEGE. IT'S JUST I SEE SO MANY THINGS GOING ON AT CERRITOS COLLEGE.

AND MOST IMPORTANT PEOPLE CARING FOR EACH OTHER, WHICH IS SO, SO IMPORTANT.

WHEN TIMES ARE, ARE VERY HARD IN SOME PEOPLE'S LIVES AND WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON INTERNALLY.

WE JUST SEE THE FACE, WE SEE THE SMILING. BUT WHAT'S GOING ON INSIDE IS, IS IT MAY BE SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE, FOR THE PRIVILEGE. I LOVE THE ORGANIZATION GAME OF LIFE.

AND THE STORIES THAT WERE SHARED. THANK YOU. TRUSTEE RIOS AND BASICALLY MY REPORT IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME.

IT WAS AN AMAZING EVENT. I WASN'T ABLE TO BE THERE THE FULL TIME, BUT THE TIME THAT I WAS THERE JUST LIKE YOU MENTIONED, I WAS JUST LIKE, WOW, THIS IS GREAT. AND DOCTOR FIERRO, YOUR EMAIL, THAT SUMMARIZED KIND OF LIKE THE EVENT GOES TO WHAT YOU JUST SAID. TRUSTEE RIOS IT JUST TAKES ONE PERSON TO BELIEVE IN YOU.

IT TAKES ONE PERSON TO CHANGE THE DIRECTION OF SOMEONE'S LIFE.

AND SO WE JUST HAVE TO DEFINITELY BE MINDFUL THAT EVERY INTERACTION MATTERS.

[01:25:03]

RIGHT. AND THAT IS OUR GOAL AND THAT IS OUR WHY.

SO AN AMAZING JOB WITH THE CONVOCATION FOR 2026, OPENING UP THE SCHOOL YEAR.

I KNOW WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN AMAZING YEAR AND WELL, I'M USC, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO FIGHT ON TO THAT TO, TO, WE'RE GOING TO FLY AND FLY HIGH FIGHT ON TO, YOU KNOW, THAT 20,000.

BUT NO, WE ARE DOING AMAZING THINGS AND WE DO HAVE AN ABSOLUTELY GREAT COLLEGE FILLED WITH AMAZING STUDENTS STAFF HERE AT CERRITOS COLLEGE FACULTY AS WELL. YES. SO THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR EVERY EVERY CONTRIBUTION THAT YOU MAKE TOWARDS THIS.

DOCTOR FIERRO. YOU KNOW THE SAME I, I FEEL VERY LUCKY TO BE ABLE TO DO THESE THINGS WITH ALL OF YOU. YOU KNOW IT, IT JUST GET TOGETHER WITH FANTASTIC GROUP OF PEOPLE AND PUT IDEAS TOGETHER AND REACH OUT TO OTHERS ON CAMPUS.

AND AS WE BEGAN SPEAKING WITH PEOPLE, WE KIND OF LOOKED AT THE GAME OF LIFE WAS SOMETHING WAY BIGGER THAN JUST SIMPLY THE THEME.

AND WE ARE VERY EXCITED THAT THAT WAS REFLECTED ON HOW IT WAS RECEIVED BECAUSE THE POINT IS EXACTLY WHAT ALL OF YOU HAVE DESCRIBED IS WE HAVE A FANTASTIC COLLEGE, BUT WHEN WE SAY COLLEGE, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE PEOPLE BECAUSE COLLEGE IS JUST A COLLECTION OF BUILDING. WE HAVE A FANTASTIC GROUP OF PEOPLE THAT WORK HERE, COME TOGETHER AND WE ARE.

FERTILIZING THE GROUND FOR THE FUTURE. AND WE JUST SIMPLY HAPPEN TO BE SO LUCKY THAT SOME OF THE FRUITS FROM THE PAST COME BACK AND HELP BUILD UP THE GROUND FOR THOSE THAT ARE COMING UP THE CHAIN.

I WISH WE HAD HAD STUDENTS THERE SEEING SOME OF OUR CURRENT CERRITOS COLLEGE EMPLOYEES, HOW THEY CAME THROUGH THE SCHOOL AND NAVIGATED A SERIES OF SITUATIONS.

AND NOW THEY ARE THE ONES MAKING THOSE CALLS AND HELPING THE STUDENTS AND, AND SERVING AS A ROLE MODEL.

SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST I FEEL VERY FORTUNATE TO BE HERE.

ALL CREDIT GOES TO ON THE DESIGN OF THE GAME AND EVERYTHING IN THE BACKGROUND.

AND WENDY AND TORI DID A FANTASTIC JOB AND THE THEATER TEAM.

THEY WERE NOT IN CHARGE, BUT AMAZING. WE STARTED WORKING ON IT.

AND AS WE WERE SITTING THERE, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE START TALKING AND I WAS LIKE, OH, HOW ABOUT WE DO THAT? AND RATHER THAN SAYING, NO, WE HAVE EVERYTHING READY, THEY'RE LIKE, OKAY, WHAT IS IT? OKAY, LET'S FIGURE OUT A WAY TO GET IT DONE. AND, AND THEY DID IT.

SO MY PART WAS EASY. I HAD TO MEMORIZE THINGS, SHOW UP AND, AND BE HAPPY, WHICH I WAS ALREADY HAPPY.

SO THAT WAS EASY TO DO BECAUSE THE, THE THE BIG PART, THE HEAVY LIFTING WAS, WAS THE TEAM.

SO IT WAS, IT WAS GREAT. THIS WEEKEND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK THE ENTIRE WEEKEND AND, AND, AND DO SOME ESTATE WORK. SO WE DID SOME ADVOCACY WORK, CONTINUING TO, TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE THE BACCALAUREATE DEGREE BILLS A LITTLE BETTER FOR EVERYONE AT THE STATE.

IT'S IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THE, THE WORK THAT WE HAVE DONE COLLECTIVELY PLACES CERRITOS COLLEGE STRONGLY EVERY TIME SOMETHING'S HAPPENED.

SO THE BILLS THAT ARE COMING UP, YES, THEY'RE MODIFICATIONS.

YES, THEY COULD BE BETTER AND THEY WILL BE BETTER AS WE CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION OVER THE NEXT YEAR.

BUT CERRITOS COLLEGE PLACE ACTUALLY IN A GOOD PLACE TO MOVE AHEAD TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITIES BASED ON THE WORK THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING ALREADY. SO THE ADVOCACY WORK OBVIOUSLY WILL HELP US DO MUCH BETTER, BUT IT'S WORK THAT WILL IMPACT COLLEGES ACROSS THE STATE. SO I, I SPENT A SATURDAY HERE ON PHONE CALLS AND ZOOM MEETINGS AT THE STATE LEVEL TRYING TO GET SOME TRACTION ON SOME OF THE CHANGES.

EVEN TRUSTEE PACHECO AND TRUSTEE GREEN PARTICIPATED IN A COUPLE OF THOSE MEETINGS.

[01:30:03]

AND WE GOT SOME TRACTION WHICH WAS THE FORTUNATE PART.

THE UNFORTUNATE PART IS THAT DUE TO THAT, I HAD TO THEN HEAD OUT TO SACRAMENTO ON SUNDAY.

AND I HAD NEVER SPENT AN EVENING IN THE CAPITOL BUILDING, SO IT WAS PRETTY NICE AND AN INTERESTING EXPERIENCE.

SO BUT LONG STORY SHORT, AGAIN, I FEEL THAT IT'S A PRIVILEGE TO GET TO DO ALL THAT.

AND I FEEL THANKFUL THAT I HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.

AND AND THAT I GET TO DO IT IN A LARGER SCALE, RATHER THAN EXCLUSIVELY BEING CONCERNED ABOUT CERRITOS COLLEGE BECAUSE OF THE WORK THAT WE COLLECTIVELY HAVE DONE, PLACES THE COLLEGE USUALLY IN A PRETTY CONSISTENT AND SOLID FOOTING.

LAST, I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE ENTIRE CAMPUS COMMUNITY FOR A FANTASTIC START OF THE SEMESTER.

WE HAVE DONE A LOT OF WORK, EVEN WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND EVERYTHING.

THE STUDENTS FOUND THEIR CLASSROOMS. THEY WERE ABLE TO MEET WITH PEOPLE SO THAT THAT REQUIRES EVERYONE WORKING TOGETHER TO DO THAT AND TO AND THE LAST POINT WE, WE WENT FROM ABOUT 14,000 STUDENTS IN 2021, 2022 TO 18,000 STUDENTS IN 2025, 2026. THAT IS NOT SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS JUST BECAUSE IT HAPPENS.

AS PHILIPPE MENTIONED, WE HAD TO DO CLEAN UP IN OUR DATA, BUT WE ALSO HAVE TO WORK WITH OUR FACULTY TO MAKE SURE THAT STUDENTS WERE BEING SERVED, EVEN AT A HIGHER LEVEL, AND TENSIONS WERE HIGH.

WE HAD TO WORK WITH OUR COUNSELORS, SO THE STUDENTS HAD PLANNED.

THEY WERE PLACED IN THE CORRECT PIECES. AND WE HAVE TO COLLECTIVELY, ALL OF US, THE STUDENTS IN DIFFERENT FACETS OUTSIDE OF THE CLASSROOM, MAKE SURE THAT THEY FELT WELCOME. SO THEY STAY AND ON RETENTION INCREASE.

AND THEN WE CREATED OF HOW WE EXPAND OUR CONCURRENT AND DUAL ENROLLMENT PROGRAM AND OUR CREDIT RECOVERY.

SO THOSE NUMBERS ARE NOT JUST SIMPLY NUMBERS.

IT'S A REFLECTION OF COLLECTIVE WORK. AND I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THAT.

ONE MORE COMMENT. IT IS TRUE. THIS WEEKEND WAS LIKE A MARATHON.

THE LAST DAY OF SESSION FOR THE ASSEMBLY WAS ACTUALLY ON MONDAY.

THAT MEANT THAT ANYTHING THAT WAS GOING TO GO THROUGH.

HAD TO BE VOTED ON BY MONDAY OR IT WOULD DIE.

AND THAT BILL WOULD NOT MOVE FORWARD. AND THROUGH THE COLLECTIVE EFFORT OF ALL THE WORK THAT DOCTOR FIERRO DID AND ALL THE MEETINGS HE WAS ON I PARTICIPATED IN SOME OF THOSE ZOOM MEETINGS ONLY BECAUSE I WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY UNDERSTOOD THAT THE TRUSTEES WERE BEHIND HIM AND THIS WAS IMPORTANT TO US. SO I WANT TO THANK DOCTOR FERRO FOR ALL HIS HARD WORK THIS WEEKEND.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, THAT BILL DID MOVE FORWARD TO THE GOVERNOR'S DESK.

IT WAS VOTED ON AND IT PASSED. SO HOPEFULLY THE GOVERNOR SIGNS IT.

AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO GET MORE BACCALAUREATE PROGRAMS AT THIS COLLEGE BASED ON THAT BILL THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.

SO BUT THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK.

OKAY. THANK YOU. SO AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO GO INTO SECTION EIGHT CLOSED SESSION.

[8. Closed Session]

AND WE WILL RETURN WITH ONE READOUT. THANK YOU.

RETURNING FROM CLOSED SESSION WE HAVE ITEM 8.03.

[9. Closing Items]

GRADE 27. STEP FIVE $11,328 PER MONTH OF THE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2026. THE VOTE FOR APPROVAL WAS SIX YES ZERO.

NO. ONE ABSENT TRUSTEE SALAZAR. AND THAT CONCLUDES OUR REGULAR MEETING FOR SEPTEMBER 2ND, 2026.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.