Accreditation - Hartnell College!!

The institutional planning and assessment processes are better understood and embraced as
the college strives for continuous improvement. Business Office staff, under the leadership of
the Chief Business Officer (CBO) is committed to an ongoing monitoring of the budget
status and budget to actual. Continuous communication of the financial status is
accomplished though the dissemination of relevant information at the RAC regular meetings,
emails, staff and town hall meetings. (III.D.2 RAC Minutes, III.D.6.a-c Budget
presentations)
The college meets this standard.
Planning Agenda
None.
III.D.2
To assure the financial integrity of the institution and responsible use of its financial
resources, the internal control structure has appropriate control mechanisms and widely
disseminates dependable and timely information for sound financial decision making.
III.D.2.a
Financial documents, including the budget and independent audit, have a high degree of
credibility and accuracy, and reflect appropriate allocation and use of financial resources
to support student learning programs and services.
Descriptive Summary
Hartnell relies upon its mission and goals as the foundation for financial planning and
allocation to ensure appropriate use of resources and to fully support student learning
programs and services. The college uses an integrated planning and budget process to ensure
that budgeting decisions are aligned with strategic planning goals. The process was used
effectively in FY 2009–10 to implement budget cuts, and to implement a strategy to make
strategic cuts based on college priorities, state established priorities and to protect our core
student populations as much as possible. The college budget is formulated to appropriately
support student learning programs and services, and budget decisions are guided by data
collected in program reviews, SLOs and college and district research efforts. All groups
prioritizing requests are asked to submit a rationale and to link their priorities to the strategic
plan and the improvement of student learning. Our financial documents, including the
tentative and adopted budget, quarter-end reports, 311 reports, 320 attendance reports,
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