Adoption of the Updated Paper, Student Equity: Guidelines for Developing a Plan

Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges adopted in 1993 the document Student Equity: Guidelines for Developing a Plan in furtherance of the Board of Governors' Student Equity Policy;

Whereas, The Board of Governors established in 1996 the adoption of a student equity plan as a minimum standard for districts' receipt of state funding but did not require that those plans be regularly updated;

Whereas, The Chancellor's Office Task Force on Equity and Diversity recommends, in its soon-to-be-published report, that district student equity plans be updated and implemented; and

Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, in Resolution 6.01 F00, has called for the regular updating of district student equity plans;

Resolved, that the Academic Senate adopt the updated paper Student Equity: Guidelines for Developing a Plan; and

Resolved, That the Academic Senate work with local academic senates on the revision and implementation of their district student equity plans. MSC Disposition: Local Senates