DOCUMENT RESUME 4/ EV 213 444 JC 810 232 AUTHOR Alt, Weston M. TITLE peorganizatibn of the Peralta Community College District:tA Study of Reorganization of the Territory Presently Included in the Plumes County Portion of the District. Assembly Concutrent Resolution No. 54. INSTITUTION Califorp-ia Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. PUB DATE Mar 81 . NOTE 338p.; Maps may not 'reproduce well. Study done in cooperation with the California Postsecondary Education Commission. EDRS PRICE 14701/PC14 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Community Colleges; Educational Finances *Governance; Governing Boards;, Legal Problems; Legal .._.......... Responsibiliity;Long Range Planning; Rural Schools; . / *School District Reorganization; School Districts; Small Colleges; State School District Relationship; Two Year Colleges . IDENTIFIERS Feather River College CA; *Peralta Community College District CA .ABSTRACT .3 In comliance with legislatiVe mandate., this two-part report provides a comprehensive feasibility assessmdnt of ple reorqanization'of territory presently included in the PlumesCounty portion of the'Peralta Community College District (PCCD). Part I begins with an overview of-the study and its background,and then discusses barriers to and qualities of good district organization. After tracing "the history of Feather River College (FRC) and movements to di ssociate the college with .the PCCD, the report describes the dvisory Board and its interaction with the PCCD Board.of Trustees. reas of concern and dissatisfaction with the present district Organization are'examined priorto a discussion of the legal consideratioqs involved in district reorganization. Decisions' required by the. PCCD Board of Trustees inthe event of reorganization are cited, follo6d by enumerations oAloproblems associated with the operation of a'smallcollege district and with'a multicollege district: Finally, coninunity reactionsto the oefeorganization are summalized. Part II begins with populationand inancia1 projections,- and then considers the funding implicationsof district-)reorganization. Next, detailed analysesare presented for 29 reorganization alternatives. Extensive appendicesinclude analyses of special problems, discussions of the possibilities ofoperating PRC as a college center or as part of the Plumes Unified School District, and other related materials. (KL) *********************************************************************** Reproductions supplied ty EDRS are the best thatcan be made from-the original document. ,* ****%*********************************************************i******** ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 54 REORGANIZATION OF THE 'PERALTA COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT A Study of Reorganization of the Territory Presently Included in the . V Plumas *County Portion of the District PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GPIANTED BY G. Guichard TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (E,Rit) U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OF EDUCATION EDUCATI L RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTERIEMCI The document has been reprqduced as rec./wee from the person or otoandahon ormtnettno rt Mona changes have been made to imptove reProduchon outlay Rownsofeeworossnonseatedindysdocu em do not necesanty represent offend NIE posrhon or poles Chancellor's Office California Comminity Colleges March 1981 2 ./ 'Foreword Assembly Concurrent Resolution No. 54, filed withthe Secretary of State September 5, 1979, requested the Chancel {or ofthe California Community Colleges to conduct a comprehensive feasibilitystudy of the reorganization of territory presently included in the PlumasCounty portion of the Peralta Community College'District. The study was done in Cooperation with the CaliforniaPostsecondary Education 'Commission, the Board of Trustees ofthe Peralta Community College District, and the County Board of Educationof Plumas County. Boards of trustees and administrators of the community college_districts concerned cooperted*and participated in the study: Weston M. Alt,.Specialist, Financial Services and DistrictOrganization, California Community Colleges, directed the study. The purposes of the study,were to identify problemsand suggest solu- tions, (not only for the short haul but /for the longrange point of view so thatethe two were compatible), to stimulate discussion andconcern for various aspects of community college operation, to assistin developing g rational approaches to district organization, andto assist those who will sit in judgment by providing a strong foundation ofeducational, financial and legal aspects, upon which decisionscan be made, Finally, it is a comprehensive,treatise whichmay be used as a reference document in future studies. The study is therefore comprehensive and detailed. Lay citizens, Boards of Trustees, college personnel, the Board of Governors, andthe Legislature should benefit. Grateful acknowledgement is made of the services of Dr. CharlesDuffy, Assistant Dean, Institutional Research, Laney College,as coordinator and liaison among this office, Feather River College and Per4lta Community College District. Appreciation is expressed. to all those county auditors,assessors, planners, and superintendents of schools who providednecessary information and analyzed growth and de4lopment in their areas, to those community college, boards of trustees, superintendents, presidents; other personnel, and deans of college centers who contributed greatly with their analyses of the educational, financial aril community problems involVed in_the operation of small colleges, and to staff at the Department of inance and the Chancellor's Office who participated in the study. Gerald C. Hayward Chancellor Sacramento March 1981 AG 45 TABLE OF CONTENTS // ki Foreword ( 4 , i / Table of Contents ii Illustratidns ,, v District Reorganization Conclusions and RecommenOatiOns . vi. Part I- The Circumstances ' . 1 Introduction , . 1 Assembly Concurrent Resolution 54 1 Sitting inAludgment , .., , 1 _Responsibilityof'pard of Governors 2 Procedures andConductof the Study '2 Options ih District Reorganization- 3 Background Legislative7Policy and Procedures , . Plumas County Committee Proceedings , . 6 Correspondence With Districts ...--- T Anne5cation Ag'reement.With Peralta 8 Feather River(College Operation, Options 10, . r Identified Problems 11 Housing 11 Vocational Education Building , 11 Cost of Facilities 12 Cost of Operation 12 Football 12 Communication (Diftance) 13 Board Representation 13 Maintenance' , 13 Insurance and Related Costs t 13 District Policies 13 Local Autonomy 14 ...Operationof the College 14 Recruitment P 14 Stability 14 Financing , , 14 Economy of kale 14 Curriculum 1 . 15 'Transportation 15 egal Noblem' , 15 riers to Good District Organization 16 Bases for Board of Governors' Decision 19 Educational Programs 19 Operation and Administration 19 Other Consider;ationS 20 ' Noncontiguous'Territory 20 , Determining Isolation. , 20 . Education Code'Provisioms, 21 .History of.Feither,River College 22 /. Movements to Disassociate 26 Feather River College AdlOsory Board 29 ,.. Areas of Concern'and Dissatisfaction 32, Feather River College Application for Accreditation 1978' - t 32 Accreditation Recommendations, 1973, Responses 34 Advisory BoareMinutes . , 39 . ii M1 ^ 4 5 4.1 Page ... , Advisory Board, Meetings With 1 40 . , Plumas Count? Board'of Education 41 Summary.- Atvisory Board, Board 4f Trustees 42 i.'Legal Considerations ,I 43 /Rights and Options Of Certificated Employees 44 4tightsvnd Options of Classified Personnel 46 Student Body Property, Funds, Obligations 47 , District Property, Funds, Obligations - 47 . ) "Eqpitablen Division of Oroperty 49 Payment for Facilitisa, . ; 50 HUD Repayment 1 50 , Status of Original Agreement 51 Amending Original', Ngreement 51 TranSfer of Obltgations 51 i. Liens on FRC Site , 52 Dormitory Obligations Peralta. ,. : 52 Agreement to Terms by Plumas Board, 53 ', Legal Problems to be Res6lvedr Transfer.of Tax. Monies with Territory N Reclassificatiop as "College" 54 Decisions by Peralta Board of Trustees 55 Payment for Facilities .1 55 --Division of Funds.... t 55 Operation as a College Center f 56' Operating a Small College District '58, Advantages , 58 Disadvnfages 58 Mdlticonege/Multicampo Problems 61 Community Reactions '. 66 'Part LI - District Reorganization Alternatives 68 1 Population,Projections 4 69 Assessed Valuation Projections 70 4 Financial Projections. , 70 Funding Implications of District Reorganization. 71 2relther 'River Community College District 71 Butte Community'College District 71 Lassen CommunityCollege.District 72 Shasta-Tehama-Trinity Community College District . 72 Sierra Community College District 73 Yuba Community College District 73 ,Deficit Factor . ..., : v 73 Forest Reserve Funds 74 Further Proviso of,Enabling L gisla ion 74 . General Fund Expenditures -eather River College. 74 1 No. 1 Feather River Community, CollegiDistct 76 No. 2 Plumas Unified/Commuhity College District 100 No. 3 Plumas County Community C liege District 109 No. 4 Plumas-Sierra Community Co ege District 113 No.5 ,Transfer to Lassen Communit College District . 117 No. 5B Transfeill, and Annexation of B ance of Plumas County, to Lassen Community College District 126 5 4P Page No. 5C Transfer, and Annexation of Balance of-Plumas County and a Portion of Sierra County, to Lassen Community College District 128 No. 6 Transfer to Butte Community College District. 130 No. 6B Annexation of Plumas County to Butte CCD 138 No. 6C Annexation of Plumas County and Part of Sierra County to Butte Community