California Code of Regulations › Title 5 - Education › Division 6 - California Community Colleges › Chapter 4 - Employees › Subchapter 2 - Equal Employment Opportunity Programs › Article 2 - Other Specific Responsibilities of Community College Districts › Section 53024.1 - Strategies for Achieving Institutional Diversity

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
Establishing and maintaining a richly diverse workforce
						is an on-going process that requires continued institutionalized effort.
						Districts shall implement effective strategies to achieve their institutional
						commitment to diversity detailed in their EEO plans. EEO strategies shall be
						selected according to the individualized challenges to diversity faced by each
						institution within the district. EEO strategies may include, but are not
						limited to, the following:
(a) The
					 district conducts surveys of campus climate on a regular basis, and implements
					 concrete measures that utilize the information drawn from the
					 surveys.
(b) The district conducts
					 exit interviews with employees who voluntarily leave the district, maintains a
					 data base of exit interviews, analyzes the data for patterns impacting
					 particular monitored groups, and implements concrete measures that utilize this
					 information.
(c) The district
					 provides training on elimination of bias in hiring and employment.
(d) The district provides culturally
					 responsive training to members of the campus community.
(e) The district maintains a variety of
					 programs to support newly-hired employees such as mentoring, professional
					 development, and leadership opportunities.
(f) The district has audited and/or maintains
					 updated job descriptions and/or job announcements.
(g) The district's board of trustees receives
					 culturally responsive training as well as training on the elimination of bias
					 in hiring and employment at least once every election cycle.
(h) The district timely and thoroughly
					 investigates all complaints filed under this chapter, and all harassment and
					 discrimination complaints filed under subchapter 5 (commencing with section
					 59300) of chapter 10 of this
					 division, and takes appropriate corrective action in all instances where a
					 violation is found.
(i) The
					 district timely complies with the requirements of Government Code section
					 12950.1,
					 and includes all forms of harassment and discrimination in the
					 training.
(j) The district's
					 publications and website convey its diversity and commitment to equal
					 employment opportunity.
(k) The
					 district's mission statement conveys its commitment to diversity and inclusion,
					 and recognition that a diverse and inclusive workforce promotes its educational
					 goals and values.
(l) The
					 district's hiring procedures require applicants for all positions to
					 demonstrate sensitivity to and understanding of the diverse academic,
					 socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and
					 ethnic backgrounds of community college students in a manner relevant to the
					 position.
(m) District staff
					 members serve as resources, consultants, mentors and/or leaders to colleagues
					 at other districts in the areas of EEO and diversity enhancement.
(n) The district maintains updated curricula,
					 texts, and/or course descriptions to expand the global perspective of the
					 particular course, readings, or discipline.
(o) The district addresses issues of
					 inclusion/exclusion in a transparent and collaborative fashion.
(p) The district attempts to gather
					 information from applicants who decline job offers to find out why, records
					 this information, and utilizes it.
(q) The district conducts longitudinal
					 analysis of various employment events by monitored group status, in addition to
					 hiring as required by section
					 53006, such as promotion,
					 retention, voluntary resignation, termination, and discipline.
(r) The district modifies locally-established
					 "required," "desired" or "preferred" qualifications used to screen applicants
					 for positions in the job categories that may unnecessarily suppress diversity
					 in candidate pools.
(s) The
					 district provides incentives for hard-to-hire areas or disciplines.
(t) The district engages in focused outreach
					 by advertising and recruiting in diverse publications and forums.
(u) The district provides professional
					 development opportunities to all employees focused on diversity, equity, and
					 inclusion.
(v) The district
					 incorporates commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion into criteria for
					 employee evaluations and tenure reviews, to the extent permitted by the
					 district's collective bargaining obligations.
(w) The district establishes and maintains a
					 "grow-your-own" program, including, but not limited to, faculty intern or
					 leadership development programs.
(x) The district employs additional measures
					 designed to mitigate underrepresentation or adverse impact in monitored groups,
					 consistent with state and federal law.
1. New
						section filed 9-19-2013; operative 10-19-2013. Submitted to OAL for printing
						only pursuant to Education Code section
						70901.5
						(Register 2013, No. 38).
2. Change without regulatory effect
						amending subsection (i) and NOTE filed 2-2-2018; operative 2-2-2018. Submitted
						to OAL for printing only pursuant to Education Code section
						70901.5
						(Register 2018, No. 8).
3. Repealer and new section filed 9-20-2022;
						operative 10-20-2022. Submitted to OAL for filing and printing only pursuant to
						Education Code section
						70901.5
						(Register 2022, No. 40).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  66271.1,
						  66700,
						  70901 and
						  87105,
						  Education Code; and Section
						  12950.1,
						  Government Code. Reference: Sections
						  66010.2,
						  66030,
						  66071,
						  66270 and
						  87360,
						  Education Code; and Sections
						  11135,
						  11136,
						  11137,
						  11139 and
						  11139.8,
						  Government Code.