Fall 2007
Committee:
President
Whereas, The Student Senate for California Community Colleges is the representative body of all the California community college students;
Whereas, The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Legal Affairs Division has authored legal opinions E 01-09, E 01-13, and E 04-02 that concluded local colleges, community college districts, and student governments do not have the legal authority to raise the eligibility requirements for district student trustees and student government members above the California Education Code §76061 requirements of five units and minimum standards of scholarship (typically a 2.0 G.P.A.), where those who do are not in compliance with state law;
Whereas, Many schools within the state are out of compliance in their local governing documents with state law by requiring various positions within their student government and/or district student trustee to be enrolled in greater than five units or maintain a G.P.A. greater than a 2.0; and
Whereas, In addition to the state laws and legal compliances stated above, many local student governments have established in their local governing documents a variety of other requirements that create even more barriers for students to participate at the local level and thus at the regional and/or district levels;
Resolved, The Student Senate for California Community Colleges strongly urge those student governments identified as being out of compliance with state law to adopt changes to their local governing documents and district board policies to get in compliance with state law by formally removing inappropriate unit and G.P.A. requirements to the state minimum of five units and minimum standards of scholarship adopted by their college or district for G.P.A.;
Resolved, The Student Senate for California Community Colleges strongly urge those student governments identified to in the meantime declare their current non-compliance standards permanently unenforceable until the changes are formally adopted since state laws supersede local college, district, and student government authority;
Resolved, The Student Senate for California Community Colleges strongly urge all local student governments within the state to strongly consider developing changes to their local governing documents and adopt such changes that eliminate all additional requirements that have been established locally and are not addressed in the California Education Code §76061 that can be a barrier for access in student participation; and
Resolved, The Student Senate for California Community Colleges take a formal position on encouraging greater open access for student participation in student government at all levels within the California Community Colleges System and; have copies of this resolution distributed widely, including, but not limited to, all local Chief Student Services Officers, all local Chief Executive Officers, all local college and/or district legal counsel, district Boards of Trustees, all local associated student organizations, and the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Legal Affairs Division.
Whereas, The California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Legal Affairs Division has authored legal opinions E 01-09, E 01-13, and E 04-02 that concluded local colleges, community college districts, and student governments do not have the legal authority to raise the eligibility requirements for district student trustees and student government members above the California Education Code §76061 requirements of five units and minimum standards of scholarship (typically a 2.0 G.P.A.), where those who do are not in compliance with state law;
Whereas, Many schools within the state are out of compliance in their local governing documents with state law by requiring various positions within their student government and/or district student trustee to be enrolled in greater than five units or maintain a G.P.A. greater than a 2.0; and
Whereas, In addition to the state laws and legal compliances stated above, many local student governments have established in their local governing documents a variety of other requirements that create even more barriers for students to participate at the local level and thus at the regional and/or district levels;
Resolved, The Student Senate for California Community Colleges strongly urge those student governments identified as being out of compliance with state law to adopt changes to their local governing documents and district board policies to get in compliance with state law by formally removing inappropriate unit and G.P.A. requirements to the state minimum of five units and minimum standards of scholarship adopted by their college or district for G.P.A.;
Resolved, The Student Senate for California Community Colleges strongly urge those student governments identified to in the meantime declare their current non-compliance standards permanently unenforceable until the changes are formally adopted since state laws supersede local college, district, and student government authority;
Resolved, The Student Senate for California Community Colleges strongly urge all local student governments within the state to strongly consider developing changes to their local governing documents and adopt such changes that eliminate all additional requirements that have been established locally and are not addressed in the California Education Code §76061 that can be a barrier for access in student participation; and
Resolved, The Student Senate for California Community Colleges take a formal position on encouraging greater open access for student participation in student government at all levels within the California Community Colleges System and; have copies of this resolution distributed widely, including, but not limited to, all local Chief Student Services Officers, all local Chief Executive Officers, all local college and/or district legal counsel, district Boards of Trustees, all local associated student organizations, and the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Legal Affairs Division.