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. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this
section to foster the creation, implementation, and phase-in of a
comprehensive community college accountability system that describes
the performance of community colleges in meeting the postsecondary
educational needs of students. This educational and fiscal
accountability system shall provide performance data on students,
programs, and institutions.
It is further the intent of the Legislature that this
accountability system assist all participants in the community
college system, including students, faculty, staff, administrators,
local governing boards, the chancellor, the state board of governors,
the public, and other interested constituencies, in identifying the
educational and fiscal strengths and weaknesses of colleges in order
to improve educational quality in community colleges.
(b) The board of governors shall develop and implement a
comprehensive community college educational and fiscal accountability
system. In developing and implementing this system, the board of
governors shall solicit consultation from institutional and
organizational representatives of the California Community Colleges,
including statewide faculty and staff organizations. At a minimum,
the system shall do all of the following:
(1) Be consistent with the Legislature's intent as expressed in
this act, Chapter 136 of the Statutes of 1987, and Chapter 1465 of
the Statutes of 1986.
(2) Draw from, and build upon, the system proposed in the report
entitled "AB 3409 Community College Accountability Report," prepared
pursuant to Chapter 1465 of the Statutes of 1986.
(3) Be designed to promote student success in community colleges.
(4) Define and measure, quantitatively and qualitatively,
accountability information, including all of the following:
(A) Student access to community colleges.
(B) The extent to which the community college student body
reflects proportionately the adult population of the state.
(C) Student transfer rates and programs.
(D) Academic standards and student achievement.
(E) Student goal satisfaction and success in courses and programs.
(F) Completion rates of courses and programs.
(G) Occupational preparation relative to state and local work
force needs and for entry-level employment, occupational advancement,
and career changes of students.
(H) Adequacy of basic skills and English as a second language
courses and instruction in preparing students to succeed in
collegiate level work.
(I) Adequacy of, and student satisfaction with, student services.
(J) The extent to which the community college work force reflects
proportionately the adult population of the state.
(K) Fiscal conditions of community college districts.
(5) Be designed to streamline the use of multiple performance
measures from appropriate sources of data, including, but not limited
to, matriculation evaluations, categorical program evaluations, the
community college management information system, and other existing
data collection and evaluation systems.
(6) Provide feedback to individual colleges in order to improve
access to community colleges, student performance, and educational
programs where needed.
(7) Produce a published report of community college
accountability.
(c) The Legislature finds and declares that successful
implementation of a comprehensive educational and fiscal
accountability system is, in part, dependent upon an adequate data
collection and reporting system. The accountability system developed
and implemented pursuant to this section shall be phased in, to the
extent necessary, with the funding and local implementation of the
community college management information system.