Testimony, turmoil was created in terms of transition. They couldnt keep track of they lost staff. They lost continuity, okay. Thats one thing i see. The other thing and i guess they cant answer it is regarding some of the deficiencies that were found in terms of mta, in terms of the new pension standards. I believe they were given being given about two years to resolve that problem, not three quarters to one year, okay. So, theres a time element involved in terms of in terms of correcting the deficiencies. Finally, mta has some compliance problems that i heard the item specifics, but would have warranted shutting down mta. Thats all. Thank you for your comment. Are there any other members of the public that would like to comment on item number 3 . Okay, seeing none, Public Comment for item number 3 is closed. [gavel] may i entertain a motion to file this to the call of the chair . Thank you, motion made by supervisor tang, seconded by supervisor campos. This motion is filed to the cal
For the third could i just read one of them, the best one . Just one. Okay, just one. This is from my next door neighbor. There are world class instructors teaching at city college, graduating High School Students deserve their expertise. The problem ccsf faces in regard to the budget need to be addressed needs to be addressed in other ways, not by compromising its accreditation. And she was a student at city college and shes a High School Teacher. And i got these comments to give to accjc and they just ignored it. So, could you make copies and give it to all your compatriots . Thank you. Next speaker. applause hi, my name is patrick [speaker not understood]. Im a former [speaker not understood] student. Im a pretty quiet person so i dont really speak up a lot but i feel like this is important so i wanted to make a few comments as well. I want to reiterate what some people said. Its really difficult helping [speaker not understood] inter disciplinary studies. Im helping out with enroll
Accjc is a nonstate agency lacking adequate state accountability and has unleashed authority to oversee state funded Community Collegeses. It is also a bureaucratic mess of contradictions. While the Community College faculty staff and administrators are being forced to ban their normal student and campus responsibilities in order to comply with unsubstantiated accjc mandates. When did a Community College become based more on the institutions governance process, which is thank you dedicated by california state laws and less on the quality of education being provided . These are important questions that we believe the state audit will answer and im honored to be joined by [speaker not understood] in this effort to examine whether our Community Colleges and students are being treated fairly, consistently and without bias. We ask for your support to ensure our safe public Community Colleges are not being forced to waste [speaker not understood] through the fees and taxpayer dollars. [inaud
So, there is the commission for the senior colleges and universities. There is the commission that deals with elementary, middle school, and high schools. And this is the one for junior and community colleges. So, as far as like our department of education for the state of california, that doesnt have necessarily a role that is played in terms of how standards are set [multiple voices] there needs to be alignment, of course, with whatever the federal regulations are, state regulations. So, is that for the acc jc role of accountability with directly with state or federal level . They are reviewed by the u. S. Department of education and theres another body called the Council Higher Education council of Higher Education of accreditation. Its called chia. Thank you. And i can send more formal information on that as well. The commissioners of the accrediting commission are faculty members from other institutions. There are 19 commissioners. There are some that represents there are three me
Ive been a counselor at city college of San Francisco for over 23 years. I want to say that we serve so many different populations and its not just San Francisco. It is a the bay area, naturally the whole country. ~ its i have students from city college of San Francisco not only for our wonderful technical programs, but also labor studies, for lgbtq programs, for any of the ethnic studies programs that we provide that Many Community colleges and even fouryear institutions do not. So, we are serving under served populations that are ignored, thor denied access, and it is important that we maintain our excuse me, our community and that Community Word was taken out of our Mission Statement in deference to the accjc. ~ that are it is imperative we maintain our city college. Not only that, but when you talk about this workplace education, i lived in nevada for four years and i served as a counselor at the Nevada Community college. That is a state that is a right to work state that has no re