Name that Section - Frequently Used Education Code and Title 5 Sections for Community College Districts

Name that Section: Frequently Used Education Code and Title 5 Sections for Community College Districts

governance committee, and the district may appoint a classified employee to such a committee

without the employee being designated by the exclusive representative.

Finally, Districts must adopt policies and procedures that provide students the opportunity to

participate effectively in district and college governance. The District must consult with the

Associated Student Government Organization regarding the formulation and development of

district and college policies and procedures that have or will have a significant effect on

students.

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These issues include grading policies; codes of student conduct; academic

disciplinary policies; curriculum development; courses or programs which should be initiated or

discontinued; processes for institutional planning and budget development; standards and

policies regarding student preparation and success; student-services planning and development;

student fees within the authority of the district to adopt; and any other district and college policy,

procedure, or related matter that the district governing board determines will have a significant

effect on students.

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Section 8

ECRUITMENT

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As California has become increasingly rich in ethnic and cultural diversity, so has the population

of its community colleges. In addition to race and ethnicity, significant changes in law and

society have expanded access to, and equity in, the workplace for a wide range of protected

statuses, including gender, disability, religion, sexual orientation and gender identity.

Throughout this time of growth and change, the community college system and state legislature

have sent a clear message that, “the vitality and stability of California will thrive in direct

proportion to its ability to foster productive citizenship in this diverse, multicultural environment

[and that] [t]he community colleges play a major role in ensuring educational opportunity and

success for all of California’s people . . . .”

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One of the ways California’s community colleges are expected to prepare their students for

success in a diverse world is through their own hiring practices. Community colleges are

uniquely regulated with regard to their recruitment and hiring procedures. For example, since

1999, a minimum qualification for all community college administrative and academic positions

has been a demonstrated “sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic,

socioeconomic, cultural, disability, and ethnic backgrounds of community college students.”

Additionally, for many years, these regulations included the use of traditional affirmative action

tools to increase hiring from underrepresented groups. However, in 1996, the people of

California passed Proposition 209, which amended the California Constitution to state:

The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential

treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex,

color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public

employment, public education, or public contracting.

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