State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education SBCCOE Regular Meeting - April 10, 2019 SBCCOE Minutes Regular Meeting of March 13, 2019 STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION Meeting Minutes March 13, 2019 Colorado Community College System 9101 E. Lowry Blvd., Denver, CO 80230 Executive Conference Room and Telephonically I. CALL TO ORDER (8:35 a.m.) A. Roll Call Dr. Byron McClenney, Chair, called the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education (SBCCOE) to order at 8:35 a.m. MST, at which time a quorum of the board members were present. Due to severe weather across Colorado the Board and many others participated via teleconference. Members Present – all via telephone: Dr. Byron McClenney (Chair) Dr. Russ Meyer Pres Askew Daniel Villanueva Giugi Carminati Len Barrera – SSAC Representative Rollie Heath Appointed Members (Awaiting Senate Confirmation): Landon Mascareñaz Terrance McWilliams Hanna Skandera Members Absent: Kelly O’Dell (SFAC), Jim Johnson, Ken Weil II. EXECUTIVE SESSION Rollie Heath moved that the Board convene in Executive Session pursuant to Colorado Revised Statutes sections 24-6-402(3)(a)(II) and 24-6-402(3)(b)(I) to confer with the Board’s attorney for the purpose of receiving legal advice and to discuss personnel matters. Dr. Russ Meyer seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. There being no further business to bring before the Board in Executive Session, Pres Askew made a motion to exit the Executive Session and Dr. Russ Meyer seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. The Executive Session ended at 8:44 a.m. III. WORK SESSION A Work Session for the Board ensued before the Regular meeting was called to order. IV. CALL TO ORDER (9:47 a.m.) A. Roll Call Dr. Byron McClenney, Chair, called the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education (SBCCOE) to order at 9:47 a.m. MST, at which time a quorum of the board members were present. Members Present – all via telephone: Dr. Byron McClenney (Chair) Dr. Russ Meyer Pres Askew Daniel Villanueva Giugi Carminati Len Barrera – SSAC Representative Rollie Heath Appointed Members (Awaiting Senate Confirmation): Landon Mascareñaz Terrance McWilliams Members Absent: Kelly O’Dell (SFAC), Jim Johnson, Ken Weil V. GENERAL BUSINESS A. Approval of Minutes Dr. Russ Meyer made a motion to approve the February 13, 2019 regular session meeting minutes. Rollie Heath seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Dr. Russ Meyer made a motion to approve the March 7, 2019 special session meeting minutes. Pres Askew seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. B. Approval of Agenda Dr. Russ Meyer made a motion to amend the agenda as written to add an additional item – Arapahoe Community College – Naming of College Facilities. Pres Askew seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Dr. Russ Meyer made a motion to accept the amended agenda for the March 13, 2019 regular session. Rollie Heath seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. VI. CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS Dr. Byron McClenney asked the board members if, after having had a full discussion of all the consent agenda items in the work session, there were any other comments to add. There were none. A. Board Policy – Reserves Requirements and Use B. Request Approval of Arapahoe Community College Advisory Council Nominee: Marcus Notheisen for Appointment to a Full Term, Commencing April 1, 2019 and ending March 31, 2023. C. Request Approval of Otero Junior College Advisory Council Nominee: Andrew Huffman for Appointment to a Full Term, Commencing March 13, 2019 and ending March 12, 2023. Pres Askew made a motion to approve the Consent Agenda. Dr. Russ Meyer seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. VII. REPORTS A. Board Chair, Dr. Byron McClenney, reported: • Per Section 3.1 of the SBCCOE Bylaws; • Annually, in March, the Chair shall appoint a Nominating Committee, comprised of the Chair and two other Board members, responsible for submitting a slate of candidates to the Board for the position of Chair and Vice Chair. The Nominating Committee will present the slate of candidates to the full Board each May. Elections shall be by a majority of the voting members present. Dr. McClenney requested a motion to accept Rollie Heath and Pres Askew as members of the Nominating Committee. Dr. Russ Meyer made the motion and Daniel Villanueva seconded. The motion passed unanimously. B. Student Representative, Len Barrera, reported: • Members of the State Student Advisory Council (SSAC) attended the National Student Advocacy Conference put on by the American Student Association of Community Colleges (ASACC) in Washington DC. They felt it was a great conference for leadership development and they had the honor of hearing Ralph Nader speak. The team had opportunities to tour the Capitol and the Library of Congress. Given the experience the team has had this term with the SSAC bill, they felt well prepared for meetings with Congressman Tipton, Neguse, Buck, and Gardner. All seemed relatively receptive about the initiative to increase the payback period for student loans from six months to one year and to reduce the difficulty of discharging debt through bankruptcy. Congressman Neguse was very interested in the issue of significant delays in security clearances impacting cyber security graduates. C. Faculty Representative, Ms. O’Dell was not in attendance. No report given. D. System Chancellor, Joseph Garcia, reported: o Stated there was a lot of legislative activity reported on earlier in the work session during the legislative report; . Highlighted our successful Equity Day at the Capitol which included a meeting with Governor Polis (Feb 14). Indicated that a great deal of work was done on a bill to encourage supplemental academic instruction and co-requisite instruction. Discussed the bill to strengthen Concurrent Enrollment (an interest of the Governor and a Priority Area for this Board). Stated that the State budget included a 13% General Fund increase for higher education along with no increase in undergraduate tuition rates. There was a special meeting of the higher education CEOs and CFOs to discuss a consensus approach to the allocation of the FY 2019-2020 higher education budget. o Announced that Dr. Rhonda Epper will assume the presidency of Trinidad State Junior College (TSJC) on June 1, 2019. Recognized the work of the search committee in bringing forward three great candidates. Acknowledged Christina Cecil, Chief Human Resources Office for her work with the search consultant to ensure a robust process and acknowledged the students, faculty and staff at both the Trinidad and Alamosa campuses of TSJC for providing input into the process. Thanked Dr. Kerry Hart for coming out of retirement to provide steady leadership during the transition as Interim President. o Announced that Governor Polis has issued an Executive Order for the new and reappointed members for the State Board. Mr. Pres Askew was re-appointed to a four-year term, expiring December 31, 2022. Dr. Landon Mascareñaz was appointed to a four-year term, expiring December 31, 2022. Terrance McWilliams was appointed to a four-year term, expiring December 31, 2022. Hanna Skandera was appointed to serve out the term of Theresa Peña which will expire on December, 31, 2019. E. Ron Granger, President, Colorado Northwestern Community College (CNCC), reported: • Mikayla Green, Aviation Maintenance student, was named the James Rardon student of the year. They select one student in the entire country for this award. F. Dr. Betsy Oudenhoven, President, Community College of Aurora (CCA), reported: • Expressed appreciation that CCA had the support of the system, the Board, and our lobbyists to pursue a waiver of the 15-year waiting period for controlled maintenance dollars, and that the Capital Development Committee approved the request unanimously. • CCA was selected as a finalist for the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) Advancing Diversity award. There are three finalists nationally and the winner will be announced at the national conference in April. G. Jay Lee, President, Northeastern Junior College (NJC), reported: • The NJC Wrestling Team sent nine wrestlers to the National Junior College Championship. All nine wrestlers scored points for the team that finished 11th in the country. One wrestler earned All-American status. Quintel Fuchs, a Fire Science major, finished fourth in the 133 lb. weight class. H. Dr. Everette Freeman, President, Community College of Denver (CCD), reported: • Robert Mastronardi, PTK President at CCD, is a semifinalist for a Jack Kent Cooke scholarship to complete his 4-year degree program. Dr. Patty Erjavec, President, Pueblo Community College (PCC), reported: • PCC has its first ever All American Coca Cola scholar, Barbara Wilson. She will be recognized at the PTK Breakfast at the AACC Conference in April. I. Dr. Diana Doyle, President, Arapahoe Community College (ACC), reported: • Over the past nine months, a committee of representatives from ACC, the ACC Foundation, and CCCS have been in discussions with the Sturm Family Foundation to provide a gift up to $10,000,000 for the naming of the new ACC Collaboration Campus that is under construction in Castle Rock. The gift includes grant funding specified for Castle Rock Campus faculty and staff positions, technology and equipment, endowed scholarships for students, innovation grants for faculty and staff, and incentive funds for Phase II of the campus. The formal proposed name of the campus, in recognition of this historic gift, is “Arapahoe Community College Sturm Collaboration Campus at Castle Rock,” informally to be identified as the “ACC Sturm Collaboration Campus” and/or the “Sturm Collaboration Campus.” • ACC has two Coca Cola Scholars this year. Ellie Mayer: Gold Coca Cola Scholar . Ryan Holmes: Bronze Coca Cola Scholar J. Dr. Curt Freed, President, Morgan Community College (MCC), reported: • Morgan Community College celebrated its 20th Annual Gala on February 22, 2019. The Gala broke a record for fundraising, bringing in just over $100,000.