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

regarding adverse impact on significantly underrepresented groups, and where adverse impact is

identified, to determine whether or not it is based on job-related factors. The Opinion provides

two measures that districts should use to analyze whether or not hiring practices have an adverse

impact on monitored groups: 1) whether actual representation among employees is less than 80%

of "projected representation"; and 2) whether the selection rate for a monitored group is less than

4/5ths (or 80%) of the selection rate for the group with the highest rate. The Opinion also advises

that data should be collected at each stage of the hiring process.

In designing EEO Plans and hiring practices in this area, we recommend consulting with legal

counsel. In particular, districts should be cautious in the following areas:

As discussed above, the revised regulations were adopted in part because the State Chancellor's

Office determined that it is currently impossible to develop availability data needed to determine

projected representations. Unless and until the State Chancellor is able to produce reliable

availability data, it is not clear that districts are required to analyze current work force against

"projected representations." Before attempting to develop local data of projected representation,

districts should consult with legal counsel.

In applying any adverse impact analysis, districts should keep in mind that reliable data depends

on having sufficient numbers to be statistically reliable. Districts should consult with legal

counsel before concluding that the data suggests the existence of an adverse impact.

The revised regulations eliminated the pool certification process due to concerns that

implementing remedies to correct underrepresentation after a search was underway could run

afoul of Proposition 209. Districts should consult with legal counsel in designing the remedial

steps they will take where they identify an adverse impact.

Finally, Component 15 singled out disabled individuals for EEO procedures different from other

protected groups. The revised regulations require the same EEO, recruitment, and hiring

procedures for all groups.

i. “Old” Component 12: Methods to Address Any Underrepresentation

We use the numbering of the

Model Plan

components for clarity. (Title 5 retained but revised

but revised some components.)

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It simply requires the EEO Plan to include methods for

addressing any underrepresentation identified pursuant to the required data analysis.

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l. New Plan Component 14: Other Measures Necessary for Further Equal

Employment Opportunity

i. Legal Requirements

Title 5 provides the heart of the revised regulations.

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It requires districts to have a process for

developing and implementing strategies necessary to demonstrate on-going, institutional

commitment to diversity and equal employment opportunity.

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District compliance is

demonstrated through institutional behavior—providing districts with both a responsibility and

opportunity to take charge of their own EEO planning and tailor it to the unique needs of their