Taft College

This document outlines the Board of Trustees' goals for 2026, encompassing a strategic action plan, fiduciary responsibilities, and board effectiveness. Key areas include monitoring the completion of strategic objectives, ensuring accreditation compliance, enhancing student learning and success through initiatives like Guided Pathways and CTE programs, fostering community engagement, and promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and anti-racism. It also addresses long-range financial planning, internal controls, and strengthening trustee knowledge and collaboration.

The agenda for the Regular Meeting included a Study Session recapping the Annual Trustee Conference. Closed Session discussions covered public employee performance evaluations, labor negotiations, potential litigation, student discipline matters, and real property negotiations concerning the Parkside Development, LLC property sale or lease. Open Session items featured a presentation on the Associated Student Organization and the approval of the Educational Master Plan 2025-2035. New business also included ratification of an amendment to an LSA contract for coordination and field surveys for the Hillard/Sunset Property, second reading and approval for revisions to Board Policies BP #4100 (Graduation Requirements) and BP #5500 (Standards of Student Conduct), and the approval of a resolution honoring Student Trustee Jay Cuevas. The extensive Consent Agenda covered numerous items, including program and course revisions, grant agreement ratification with the CSU for the CAPP project, approval for off-campus residential leasing agreements for the TIL Program, professional services contracts, capital project approvals (Library 311 Distance Learning Project), and renewal of various subscriptions and agreements.

The agenda for the Regular Meeting scheduled for October 9, 2019, includes several key new business items, such as the second reading and request for approval for a 3.26% Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) increase to Faculty, Classified, and Management/Confidential salary schedules, retroactive to July 1, 2019. Other new business items involve the resolution authorizing the issuance and sale of up to $12 Million of 2019 Refunding General Obligation Bonds, approval of the 2019/20 WKCCD Board of Trustees Goals, and the second reading and approval for Board Policy #3725 regarding Information and Communication Technology Accessibility and Acceptable Use. The extensive consent agenda covers numerous requests for ratification and approval of contracts for professional services, including agreements with Capitol Public Finance Group, NASFAA for a Standards of Excellence Review, and services related to student planners, athletic webmaster support, and fire alarm monitoring.

The agenda for the meeting included several key items under New Business, such as the Request for Approval for the West Kern Community College District Board of Trustees Goals 2020/21 and Resolution No. 2020/21-06 regarding 21st Century Energy Systems, which advocates for balanced energy solutions retaining local control over technology choices. There were presentations on Quarterly Investment Reports and the Annual Human Resources Recruiting Report. New business also involved discussions and requests for approval concerning Board Policy Revisions and Board Policy Reviews across numerous policy numbers related to benefits, environment, library services, admissions, and fees. The extensive Consent Agenda covered items like Distance Education Course Approvals, the WKCCD Budget Development Calendar for FY 2021-22, records destruction approval, financial reports (CCFS-311A0 and CCFS-311Q), and various contractual matters including software maintenance, lease extension for the bookstore space, student planner production, and software support renewals. The meeting concluded with discussions on employment actions and various financial and staff reports.

The agenda for the regular meeting includes several items for discussion and action. New business features a second reading and request for approval of proposed revisions to the Faculty Collective Bargaining Agreement concerning grievance procedures, effective January 1, 2025. There is also a first reading concerning the revision of Board Policy #5130 regarding Financial Aid. The consent agenda involves numerous requests for approval, including the 2026-2027 Academic Calendar, agreements related to DualEnroll.com with Taft Union High School District, an amendment to the Healthcare Workforce Initiative Agreement, a sub-contract agreement ratification with CAPK for Early Head Start Services, contracts for professional services, student planner production, IT support renewal, software hosting agreement renewal, and a Statement of Work with Paycor. The agenda also covers employment actions, reports from various departments including financial reports, and a report from the Superintendent/President.