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S ECTION 7 Participatory Governance ............................................................................................................................................52

S ECTION 8 Recruitment, Increasing Diversity, and Title 5 ............................................................................................................54 A. Overview of Laws and Regulations Governing Recruitment and Diversity .................................................55 B. The Prohibition Against Discrimination........................................................................................................56 1. The “Pre-Proposition 209” Landscape.................................................................................................56 2. The Passage of Proposition 209 ...........................................................................................................57 C. The Diversity Commitment Post-Proposition 209 ........................................................................................57 1. The Statutory Response to Proposition 209 .........................................................................................57 2. The Regulatory Response to Proposition 209......................................................................................57 D. Diversity Hiring Pursuant to Federal Grants .................................................................................................61 Opportunity Plan..........................................................................................................................................................61 A. Drafting the EEO Plan Components..............................................................................................................63 B. Timelines and Adoption Procedures .............................................................................................................79 C. Applying the New EEO Fund Allocation Model ..........................................................................................79 D. Title 5 and Hiring Procedures .......................................................................................................................79 S ECTION 10 Responding to a Discrimination Complaint.................................................................................................................81 A. Investigating Allegations of Harassment, Discrimination, or Retaliation .....................................................81 B. Determine an Appropriate Remedy...............................................................................................................83 S ECTION 11 Records Use and Records Retention............................................................................................................................85 A. Personnel Files ..............................................................................................................................................85 1. How Long Must Records Be Retained?...............................................................................................86 2. What Information May Be Placed into a Personnel File......................................................................86 3. What May NOT Be Placed into a Personnel File ................................................................................86 B. The Right to Inspect ......................................................................................................................................87 1. Inspection.............................................................................................................................................87 2. The Right to Review Derogatory Information: Education Code Section 87031..................................88 3. Reasonable Rules Regarding Inspecting Personnel Files ....................................................................89 C. Proper Use of Criminal Records....................................................................................................................90 1. Introduction..........................................................................................................................................90 2. Academic Employees ..........................................................................................................................91 3. Classified Employees...........................................................................................................................94 4. Student Employees ..............................................................................................................................96 5. Other Offenses .....................................................................................................................................96 6. Labor Code § 432.7 Restricts the Use of Criminal Records ................................................................99 7. Use of Marijuana Convictions that are More than Two Years Old....................................................100 D. Student records............................................................................................................................................102 1. What Must Be Retained .....................................................................................................................102 2. How Long Must Records Be Retained?.............................................................................................102 3. Access to Student Records.................................................................................................................103 4. Challenging the Contents...................................................................................................................104 E. Use of Social Media ....................................................................................................................................104 S ECTION 9 Diversity Plans in the Community College Context: Creating your Equal Employment

S ECTION 12 Conclusion.................................................................................................................................................................105

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