WHEREAS the State of California in AB 1725 (1988) later enshrined in Education Code 70902 (b) (7) states that local governing boards will “Establish procedures not inconsistent with minimum standards established by the board of governors to ensure faculty, staff, and students the opportunity to express their opinions at the campus level, to ensure that these opinions are given every reasonable consideration, to ensure the right to participate effectively in district and college governance, and to ensure the right of academic senates to assume primary responsibility for making recommendations in the areas of curriculum and academic standards,

WHEREAS, BP 7120 “Hiring and Recruitment” of the Governing Board of Palomar Community College District states faculty hiring procedures shall be established and implemented in accordance with Board Policies and Administrative Procedures regarding the Faculty Senate’s role in local decision-making (see BP 2510 titled Participation in Local Decision-Making) as an academic and professional matter,

WHEREAS, BP 2510 states pursuant to rules adopted by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the Governing Board elects to rely primarily upon the advice and judgment of the Faculty Senate on academic and professional matters,

WHEREAS, BP 2510 further provides inclusion of a list of academic and professional matters including #11. Faculty Hiring Policy, Faculty Hiring Criteria, and Faculty Hiring Procedures,

WHEREAS, the Faculty Hiring Procedures as reviewed and amended by the Faculty Senate on October 26, 2015 states in section G that the first-level hiring committee shall be composed of a Committee Chair or Co-chairs (Department Chair/Director or faculty designee), faculty members from the discipline or a related discipline (Note: may substitute one community member or a faculty member from another institution with expertise in the appropriate discipline, at the discretion the committee), one faculty member from outside of the department, one student (optional – non-voting), and one compliance officer,

WHEREAS, the Faculty Hiring Procedure further states that the Joint Selection Committee will interview all finalists forwarded by the Selection Committee and then will considerFaculty Senate Meeting, October 2, 2017
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the Superintendent/ President’s assessment and recommendations before coming to consensus,

WHEREAS, Section 3 “Selection/Seeking Consensus” states that the Joint Selection Committee and the Superintendent/President meet after completing separate interviews of each of the final candidates. Each candidate is discussed and assessed relevant to the separate interviews, reference checks, teaching demonstration, and needs of the discipline/ department. The Superintendent/President considers input from each Committee member and works towards consensus as much as possible in making the final selection. The Superintendent/ President will make the final recommendation to the Governing Board,

BE IT RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate of Palomar College maintain that administrators shall not serve on the first level of faculty selection committees as they do not meet the criteria laid out in the procedure as to qualify for membership,
And be it further RESOLVED that the Faculty Senate encourages the Superintendent/President to follow the spirit of the procedure and work “towards consensus as much as possible” with the Joint Selection Committee and to recommend to the Governing Board the decision for hire made through this collaborative process.

Adopted by the Faculty Senate of Palomar College: 10/02/17 The motion carried.