Spring 2024
WHEREAS, The Student Senate for California Community Colleges’ (SSCCC) Constitution states, in part, that the organization’s purpose is, “to improve student access [and] engage and empower local student leaders,” [1] and the region a community college is in impacts the regional representation, partnerships, and relationships between schools and student leaders [2];
WHEREAS, Current policy dictates only that, under typical circumstances, colleges may request to move regions in a “reasonable geographic vicinity” once every six years [3], however, it does not require these requests to be honored, nor does it require the student body association to request to move regions before the college is moved, thus removing local agency; and
WHEREAS, Under current policy, colleges can be and have been moved between regions without a request from that college, and without the college being contacted beforehand [4] which is inherently disempowering and further removes autonomy from the local student leaders the SSCCC is charged with empowering; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges amend Board Policy #2001 and Administrative Policy #2001 to reflect the following by June 30th, 2024, which is the end of the 2023-2024 officers term [5]: colleges shall only be moved between regions on receipt of an affirmative and explicit written request to do so (which specifies the region the college wishes to move to), from the college’s delegate, or associated student body president if the college does not have a delegate, and absent an explicit and affirmative written request, a college shall not be moved between regions — furthermore, all requests from colleges to move regions within a reasonable geographic vicinity must be honored, regardless of whether they moved during the most recent prior redistricting period;
RESOLVED, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges allow colleges to move one time outside of the typical redistricting period, between June 30th, 2024 and the start of the next typical redistricting period, while following all other requirements outlined in Board Policy #2001 and Administrative Policy #2001.
WHEREAS, Current policy dictates only that, under typical circumstances, colleges may request to move regions in a “reasonable geographic vicinity” once every six years [3], however, it does not require these requests to be honored, nor does it require the student body association to request to move regions before the college is moved, thus removing local agency; and
WHEREAS, Under current policy, colleges can be and have been moved between regions without a request from that college, and without the college being contacted beforehand [4] which is inherently disempowering and further removes autonomy from the local student leaders the SSCCC is charged with empowering; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges amend Board Policy #2001 and Administrative Policy #2001 to reflect the following by June 30th, 2024, which is the end of the 2023-2024 officers term [5]: colleges shall only be moved between regions on receipt of an affirmative and explicit written request to do so (which specifies the region the college wishes to move to), from the college’s delegate, or associated student body president if the college does not have a delegate, and absent an explicit and affirmative written request, a college shall not be moved between regions — furthermore, all requests from colleges to move regions within a reasonable geographic vicinity must be honored, regardless of whether they moved during the most recent prior redistricting period;
RESOLVED, That the Student Senate for California Community Colleges allow colleges to move one time outside of the typical redistricting period, between June 30th, 2024 and the start of the next typical redistricting period, while following all other requirements outlined in Board Policy #2001 and Administrative Policy #2001.