Whereas SB 695 (Presley) permits students from K-10 to enroll in community college classes for credit, and
Whereas community college credit courses are postsecondary and designed for adult students, and
Whereas community college instructors are not required to take the relevant courses in child and adolescent development or primary or secondary pedagogy,
Resolved that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges request that the Board of Governors commission a study of the participation of K-10 students in the California Community Colleges and that the study include the following:
Responsibility for assessment for readiness
Criteria for special admission
Legal standards for denial of admission
Implications for rights of faculty, including the right to deny entry
Age-appropriateness for certain subject matter classes arid the legality of consequent restrictions
Minor status as it relates to participation in extracurricular activities
Necessity to provide parents' orientation and the contents of such a meeting
Tracking of student progress
Special conditions for probation and course repetition
Time restrictions, e.g., length of class and when offered
Implications for support services, especially counseling and library
Legitimacy of age segregation
Cost benefit ratio of all of the above
Consequent recommendations to local governing boards, including a set of guidelines for K-1O student attendance in California Community Colleges