Accreditation - Hartnell College!!

Institutional Self Evaluation – 12-05-12
practices in community colleges. The subscription service provides twice a year updates to
policies as new laws and regulations impose new or different requirements on colleges. The
Board is in the midst of a comprehensive review and update of its policies to align with the
CCLC‘s suggestions.
The superintendent/president ensures that others in the community also are apprised of
proposed and passed changes to laws and regulations impacting community colleges, through
public comments (IV.B.94), e-mail, Town Hall meetings, and reports to the Board (IV.B.95).
Self Evaluation
The current Superintendent/President is continuing the path set previously to assist the Board
in its comprehensive review of board policies, and to assist staff in completing the
administrative procedures that implement them. The Superintendent/President places a high
priority on communicating changes in the legal and policy landscape that affect community
colleges, and assuring that everyone knows what they are and what they mean.
The college meets this standard.
Planning Agenda
None.
IV.B.2.d
The president effectively controls budget and expenditures.
Descriptive Summary
Since at least 2007, the Superintendent/President has effectively exercised control over the
budget and expenditures.
CONSERVATIVE FISCAL PLANNING AND BUDGET CONTROL
Soon after taking office, the former Superintendent/President ordered a forensic analysis of
the District‘s finances and a financial planning document through 2016. At the same time,
she began training all of her managers, not just those in the business office, about community
college finances. Everyone was educated about how the college received money from the
state, the relationship between FTES and revenue, and possible ways to increase funding
from the state. Budget workshops were not simply an annual presentation for the Board; they
became topics for town hall meetings, shared governance committee meetings, and e-mails to
all employees. (IV.B.97)
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