Promoting efficiencies including institutional coordination and partnerships in the community and technical college system.
Summary
Requires that community college districts coordinate with districts in the region to avoid unnecessary duplication of student services and administrative functions.
Requires the State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) to establish criteria and procedures for consolidating district structures to form multiple campus districts and, in collaboration with the boards of trustees, identify and study potential administrative efficiencies, complimentary administrative functions, and complimentary academic programs in adjacent college districts.
Requires colleges to collaborate with faculty and staff representatives appointed by their respective unions when deliberating about system efficiencies and complimentary administrative functions.
Requires that if educational programs are identified for consolidation, the SBCTC to convene faculty and staff to help in developing consolidation plans that would impact their programs and collective bargaining agreements.
Requires the SBCTC must submit a preliminary report on the development of detailed implementation plans for removing or modifying district boundaries by December 1, 2010, with a final report due on December 1, 2011.
Requires the SBCTC to identify any districts that can be consolidated and, by December 1, 2012, to submit any required legislative changes to the Governor and appropriate committees of the Legislature.
From the Engrossed Substitute House Bill Report (ESSB 6359), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗