Spring 2023; Resolution Number 6.01 Whereas, AB 607 (Kalra, as of February 17, 2023)[1] proposes to modify California Education Code §66406.9[2] by adding the requirement that the California Community Colleges “prominently display, by means that may include a link to a separate internet web page, the estimated costs for each course of all required course …

6.01 Support AB 607Read More »

Spring 2023; Resolution Number 13.01 Whereas, Resolution 17.05 F22 Adopt Student Senate for California Community Colleges Low-Cost Recommendation[1] encourages local academic senates to adopt $30 or less as their locally established cost threshold that must not be exceeded for a course to be considered low-cost for reporting purposes and designation in the class schedule; Whereas, …

13.01 Low Textbook Cost Designation and Search in CVC Online Course FinderRead More »

Spring 2023; Resolution Number 13.06 Whereas, Resolution 13.01 F17 Recognition of Course Sections with Low-Cost Course Material Options established that the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges encourages colleges to implement a mechanism for identifying course sections that employ low-cost course materials and supports efforts to increase student access to high-quality open educational resources and …

13.06 Establishing Low-Cost Textbook ParametersRead More »

Fall 2022; Resolution Number 07.04 Whereas, California Education Code §78052 states that community colleges must “[d]evelop degrees with consideration for sustainability after grant funding is exhausted, including how content is updated and presented,”[1] suggesting that the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office should discourage colleges from employing unsustainable mechanisms to establish degrees such as buying textbooks …

7.04 Establishing an Effective and Sustainable Zero Textbook Cost ProgramRead More »

Fall 2022; Resolution Number 7.08 Whereas, Provisions of the Higher Education Opportunity Act require each institution of higher education receiving federal financial assistance to “disclose, on the institution’s Internet course schedule and in a manner of the institution’s choosing, the International Standard Book Number and retail price information of required and recommended college textbooks and …

7.08 Establishing Consistent Definitions for Course ResourcesRead More »

Fall 2022; Resolution Number 7.09 Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Colleges advocated to establish a course section data element that, at a minimum, differentiates between sections requiring the purchase of a textbook or other instructional materials including those requiring purchase of an access code and all instances when a printed resource is required and …

7.09 Clarify Components of XB12, the Instructional-Material-Cost Section-Level Data ElementRead More »

Fall 2022; Resolution Number 9.01 Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges encourages local academic senates to establish mechanisms to encourage faculty to consider open educational resources (OER) when developing or revising courses and to document the use of OER on the course outline of record (Resolution S19 09.05[1]); Whereas, The Academic Senate for …

9.01 Removing Barriers to the Adoption of Open Educational ResourcesRead More »

Fall 2022; Resolution 17.03 Whereas, The Academic Senate for California Community Colleges has urged local academic senates to identify an open educational resources (OER) liaison (Resolution F18 17.02)[1] and subsequently encouraged local colleges to identify and support a faculty OER coordinator because various opportunities for obtaining funding for local OER efforts require that a coordinator …

17.03 Using Zero Textbook Cost Funds to Support an Open Educational Resource/Zero Textbook Costs Faculty CoordinatorRead More »

Fall 2022; Resolution Number 17.05 Whereas, Resolution 03.04 F21, “Develop Statewide Recommendation for Definition of Low-Cost Course Materials” tasked the Academic Senate for California Community Colleges to work with the Student Senate for California Community Colleges and the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office to identify a recommended definition of low-cost to be considered for adoption …

17.05 Adopt Student Senate for California Community Colleges Low-Cost RecommendationRead More »