BILL ANALYSIS
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Date of Hearing: April 20, 2010
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON HIGHER EDUCATION
Marty Block, Chair
AB 2482 (Furutani) - As Introduced: February 19, 2010
SUBJECT : Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges: consultation process.
SUMMARY : Would require the California Community Colleges (CCC)
Board of Governors (BOG) to include two classified employees of
CCC, one from each of the two statewide collective bargaining
organizations that represent classified employees of CCC, in the
membership of the Consultation Council (Council) established by
BOG.
EXISTING LAW requires BOG to establish and carry out a process
for consultation with institutional representatives of CCC
districts to ensure their participation in the development and
review of policy proposals. Requires the process to ensure CCC
organizations and interested individuals and parties have an
opportunity to review and comment on proposed policies before
those policies are adopted by BOG. Designates the exclusive
representative of the classified employees as the sole party
responsible for making appointments to community college shared
governance committees.
FISCAL EFFECT : Unknown
COMMENTS : Purpose of this bill : According to the author, the
present Council disproportionately represents CCC faculty and
administrators. The author argues that legislation is necessary
to include additional membership that represents classified
employees. The author notes that this bill is intended to
create parity in the representation of classified employees, in
order to ensure that the development and review of policy
proposals affecting CCC is adequately informed by its respective
constituencies.
Background : As noted above, California law requires BOG to
establish a consultation process. Through Standing Orders, BOG
established the basic structure of the consultation process and
required the CCC Chancellor to adopt Executive Orders to
implement the consultation process, including convening and
regularly meeting with the Council to discuss various policy
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matters. The CCC Chancellor's Executive Orders establish the
membership of the Council, the responsibilities of Council
members and the Chancellor's staff, the Council meetings
process, the Council participant training, and the availability
of consultation materials.
Council Membership : The CCC Chancellor's Executive Orders
outline the membership of the Council, as follows:
Institutional Representatives:
2 CCC district chief executive officers, selected by the Chief
Executive Officers of the CCC
2 CCC faculty members, selected by The Academic Senate
2 students, selected by the Student Senate
1 chief business officer, selected by the Association of Chief
Business Officers
1 chief student services officer, selected by the CCC Chief
Student Services Administrators
1 chief instructional officer, selected by the Chief
Instructional Officers of CCC
1 chief human resources officer, selected by Chief Human
Resources Officer
Organizational Representatives:
1 representative of the Association of CCC Administrators
1 representative of the California Student Association of CCC
1 representative of the CCC Association/California Teachers
Association
1 representative of the CCC/California Federation of Teachers
1 representative of the CCC Independents
1 representative of the Community College League of California
1 representative of the California School Employees Association
1 representative of the Faculty Association of CCC
Additionally, the Executive Orders provide that, to further
inform and facilitate discussion, the CCC Chancellor may invite
other organizations, individuals, and staff to participate in
selected discussions of the Council.
CCC employees : Based on CCC Chancellor's Office data,
classified employees represented approximately 31% of CCC
district employees in 2008; with 1554 Classified Administrators,
2136 Classified Professional, and 20,035 Classified Support
employees. In 2008, just over 67% of CCC employees were faculty
(18,200 tenured/tenure track faculty, and 45,257
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part-time/temporary faculty), and Educational Administrators,
with 2051 employees, were approximately 2.2% of CCC employees.
Issues to Consider :
1)This bill would require that the Council, which is not defined
in state law, include two classified employee representatives
in its membership. The Committee may wish to consider whether
it is appropriate to establish a requirement in state law that
speaks to the representation of classified employees on the
Council when neither the Council nor its membership are
currently defined in state law.
2)The Committee may wish to consider if legislation is
necessary. As noted previously in this analysis, the CCC
Chancellor's Executive Orders outline the membership of the
Council. The CCC Chancellor could revise the Council
membership outlined in the Executive Orders. It is unclear if
the author and sponsors have approached the CCC Chancellor to
request a revision of the Council membership to include
additional representation for classified employees.
REGISTERED SUPPORT / OPPOSITION :
Support
California Federation of Teachers (sponsor)
Faculty Association of California Community Colleges
Opposition
Chief Executive Officers, Board of Directors of the Community
College League of California
Analysis Prepared by : Laura Metune / HIGHER ED. / (916)
319-3960