P1 1WHEREAS, The City College of San Francisco, founded in
21935, is a long-running and established entity in the San Francisco
3Bay area; and
4WHEREAS, The City College of San Francisco is the largest
5community college district with a student enrollment of
6approximately 80,000 students in 2012; and
7WHEREAS, The City College of San Francisco gives individuals
8who lack English language skills the ability to learn English to
9gain employment and participate and contribute to the economy;
10and
11WHEREAS, The City College of San Francisco is the first stop
12for many recent immigrants to take naturalization courses to
13integrate into the broader society; and
14WHEREAS, The City College of San Francisco provides a
15pathway to career and participation in the California dream for
16thousands of people each year; and
17WHEREAS, The City College of San Francisco is a valuable
18tool in maintaining the middle class in the City and County of San
19Francisco by being one of the few resources low-income students
20can utilize to climb the economic ladder; and
21WHEREAS, The City College of San Francisco is an important
22resource that provides opportunities for low-income students to
P2 1gain job skills and adults to obtain their graduate equivalency
2diplomas; and
3WHEREAS, The City College of San Francisco offers over 50
4educational programs and more than 100 work training courses
5and specializes in training the future workforce of the City and
6County of San Francisco in the hospitality, culinary, automotive,
7and construction industries; and
8WHEREAS, California’s Student Success Score Card, a
9performance measurement system created by the Board of
10Governors of the California Community Colleges to track student
11success at all community colleges in California, shows that the
12City College of San Francisco has a higher percentage of students
13who transfer to a four-year university or earn a vocational
14certificate than the statewide average; and
15WHEREAS, The City College of San Francisco is a major job
16creator in the City and County of San Francisco, employing about
171,500 faculty members; and
18WHEREAS, The San Francisco Budget and Legislative Analyst
19has found that the City College of San Francisco generates well
20over $300 million in economic activity every year; and
21WHEREAS, In July 2012, the Accrediting Commission for
22Community and Junior Colleges sanctioned the City College of
23San Francisco with a ‘show cause’ order, which required the
24college to remedy issues identified by the commission; and
25WHEREAS, On July 31, 2014, the Accrediting Commission
26for Community and Junior Colleges will determine the
27accreditation status of the City College of San Francisco; and
28WHEREAS, Since the ‘show cause’ order issued in 2012, the
29City College of San Francisco has made substantial progress in
30remedying the issues identified by the commission; and
31WHEREAS, The City College of San Francisco has hired a
32permanent chancellor, chief financial officer, chief counsel, and
33chief instructional officer, and filled other leadership positions;
34and
35WHEREAS, The City College of San Francisco has met nearly
3685 percent of the 350 objectives laid out by the Accrediting
37Commission for Community and Junior Colleges to maintain its
38accreditation but is not likely to meet them all by July 31, 2014,
39when the fate of its accreditation will be determined; and
P3 1WHEREAS, The City College of San Francisco has asked for
2an extension of time to allow them to fully address the issues
3identified by the Accrediting Commission for Community and
4Junior Colleges but the commissioners have declined the request
5stating that federal law prevented them from granting an extension;
6and
7WHEREAS, The United States Department of Education
8recently stated that the Accrediting Commission for Community
9and Junior Colleges has the flexibility to give the City College of
10San Francisco additional time to remedy all outstanding issues
11without jeopardizing the commission’s standing with the
12department; now, therefore, be it
13Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, That the
14Assembly urges the Accrediting Commission for Community and
15Junior Colleges to consider the progress the City College of San
16Francisco has made and, as necessary, provide the college with
17additional time to continue solving problems and keep its
18accreditation intact; and be it further
19Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies
20of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.
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