Amended in Senate May 23, 2014

Senate Resolution No. 47

Introduced by Senator Leno

May 19, 2014

Senate Resolution No. 47—Relative to begin delete the end delete City College of San Francisco.

WHEREAS, begin delete The end delete City College of San Francisco, founded in
1935, is a long-running and established entity in the San Francisco
Bay area; and

WHEREAS, begin delete The end delete City College of San Francisco is the largest
community college district with a student enrollment of
approximately 80,000 students in 2012; and

WHEREAS, begin delete The end delete City College of San Francisco gives individuals
who lack English language skills the ability to learn English to
gain employment and participate and contribute to the economy;
and

WHEREAS, begin delete The end delete City College of San Francisco is the first stop
for many recent immigrants to take naturalization courses to
integrate into the broader society; and

WHEREAS, begin delete The end delete City College of San Francisco provides a
pathway to career and participation in the California dream for
thousands of people each year; and

WHEREAS, begin delete The end delete City College of San Francisco is a valuable
tool in maintaining the middle class in the City and County of San
Francisco by being one of the few resources low-income students
can utilize to climb the economic ladder; and

WHEREAS, begin delete The end delete City College of San Francisco is an important
resource that provides opportunities for low-income students to
gain job skills and adults to obtain their graduate equivalency
diplomas; and

WHEREAS, begin delete The end delete City College of San Francisco offers over 50
educational programs and more than 100 work training courses
and specializes in training the future workforce of the City and
County of San Francisco in the hospitality, culinary, automotive,
and construction industries; and

WHEREAS, California’s Student Success Score Card, a
performance measurement system created by the Board of
Governors of the California Community Colleges to track student
success at all community colleges in California, shows that begin delete the end delete
City College of San Francisco has a higher percentage of students
who transfer to a four-year university or earn a vocational
certificate than the statewide average; and

WHEREAS, begin delete The end delete City College of San Francisco is a major job
creator in the City and County of San Francisco, employing about
1,500 faculty members; and

WHEREAS, The San Francisco Budget and Legislative Analyst
has found that begin delete the end delete City College of San Francisco generates well
over $300 million in economic activity every year; and

WHEREAS, In July, 2012, the Accrediting Commission for
Community and Junior Colleges sanctioned begin delete the end delete City College of
San Francisco with a ‘show cause’ order, which required the
college to remedy issues identified by the commission; and

WHEREAS, begin delete On July 31, 2014, the Accrediting Commission
for Community and Junior Colleges will determine the
accreditation status of the City College of San Francisco; end delete begin insert end insert begin insert In July
2013, the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior
Colleges voted to terminate City College of San Francisco’s
accreditation effective July 31, 2014, subject to review and appeal; end insert
and

WHEREAS, Since the ‘show cause’ order issue in 2012, begin delete the end delete
City College of San Francisco has made substantial progress in
remedying the issues identified by the commission; and

WHEREAS, begin delete The end delete City College of San Francisco has hired a
permanent chancellor, chief financial officer, chief counsel, and
chief instructional officer, and filled other leadership positions;
and

WHEREAS, begin delete The end delete City College of San Francisco has met nearly
begin delete 85 end delete begin insert 95 end insert percent of the 350 objectives begin delete laid out end delete begin insert identified end insert by the
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior begin delete Colleges to
maintain its accreditation end delete begin insert Colleges and the Fiscal Crisis and
Management Assistance Team, and in the college’s Roadmap to
Success, and is now in substantial compliance with the
accreditation standards, end insert but begin delete is not likely to meet them all by end delete begin insert there
are still changes the college must complete that will not be finalized
by end insert July 31, 2014, begin delete when the fate of its accreditation will be
determined; end delete begin insert the date upon which the Accrediting Commission for
Community and Junior Colleges revocation decision is scheduled
to become final; end insert and

WHEREAS, begin delete The end delete City College of San Francisco has asked for
an extension of time to allow them to fully address the issues
identified by the Accrediting Commission for Community and
Junior Colleges but the commissioners have declined the request
stating that federal law prevented them from granting an extension;
and

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WHEREAS, The California Community College Board of
Governors has requested the Accrediting Commission for
Community and Junior Colleges to rescind its termination of City
College of San Francisco’s accreditation and send a visiting team
to the college to document the progress that has been made; and

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WHEREAS, The United States Department of Education
recently stated that the Accrediting Commission for Community
and Junior Colleges has the flexibility to give begin delete the end delete City College of
San Francisco additional time to remedy all outstanding issues
without jeopardizing the commission’s standing with the
department; now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate of the State of California, That the Senate
urges the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior
Colleges to consider the progress begin delete the end delete City College of San Francisco
has made and, as necessary, provide the college with additional
time to continue solving problems and keep its accreditation intact;
and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate transmit copies of
this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.