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AGENDA ITEM BACKGROUND
DATE
TO: GOVERNING BOARD
FROM: PRESIDENT
June 10, 2013
SUBJECT:
Board Policy Revisions: Office of Instruction, First Reading
REASON FOR BOARD CONSIDERATION
ENCLOSURE(S)
ITEM NUMBER
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INFORMATION
BACKGROUND:
The District is in the process of revising Board Policies utilizing the California Community College
League’s model policies as applicable. This Board Policy has been reviewed by the appropriate
committees on campus including the President’s Cabinet.
Attached are revisions to Board Policies in the Instruction component as listed below:
Board Policy
3070 Special Topics/Independent Studies
7090 Use of College Facilities by Non-college Users
7100 Alcoholic Beverages
Action
Updated to reflect League Language
Updated to reflect League Language
Updated to reflect League Language
Board policies are presented as a first reading for Governing Board review and will return for
action at the next Governing Board meeting.
Administrator Initiating Item:
Kathleen Welch, Vice President, Instruction
Academic and Professional Matter
If yes, Faculty Senate Agreement
Senate President Signature
Yes  No
 Yes  No
Final
Disposition
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Chapter Three: Instruction and Instructional Planning
BP 3070
Special Topics/Independent Studyies
Special StudiesTopics
The Cabrillo College Governing Board recognizes that the regular college curriculum, designed
largely for classroom instruction and learning, may not meet the individual needs of all students. To
provide students with the opportunity to develop and explore specific topics within a field of study,
students may enroll in Special Studies courses. Many departments offer special topics courses whose
content changes from semester to semester. While such courses add valuable depth and breadth to the
curriculum, the review of the content and appropriateness of these courses remains rigorous.
Independent Studies/Special Studies (80S, 80SB, 80SC, 180S)
The college will also offer selected classes in an independent, individualized mode in order to serve
those students unable to meet normal classroom schedules. Independent study courses are those
offered outside the traditional classroom environments which are under the supervision, control and
evaluation of, but not necessarily in the immediate presence of, an appropriately credentialed
instructor.
Legal Reference: Title 5 Sections 55230 et seq.
Adopted: April 4, 1988
Revised: January 14, 2013
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3070
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Independent Study
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CIVIC CENTER AND OTHER FACILITIES USE
Use of College Facilities by Non-college Users
BP 7090
Civic Center and Other Facilities Use Fee for Use of Facilities
(League BP 6700)
There are Civic Centers at Cabrillo College. The Civic Centers are the Crocker Theater, Music
Recital Hall, Black Box Theater, and Erica Shilling Forum. Those college facilities that serve as
Civic Centers are identified in the Facilities and Fee Schedule. Use of the Civic Centers shall be
granted as provided by law. The Superintendent/President shall establish procedures regarding
the use of District property and facilities, including property designated by the District as a Civic
Center, by community groups, outside contractors, and others.
The administrative procedure shall reflect the requirements of applicable law, including
Education Code Section 82537, regarding Civic Centers. The procedures shall include
reasonable rules regarding the time, place, and manner of use of District facilities. They shall
assure that persons or organizations using District property are charged such fees as are
authorized by law. Public use of District property shall not interfere with scheduled instructional
programs or other activities of the District on behalf of students.
No group or organization may use District property to unlawfully discriminate on the basis of
race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, sex (i.e., gender), or sexual orientation,
or the perception that a person has one or more of the foregoing characteristics, or on any basis
prohibited by law.
Use of the District’s Civic Centers will be only for the purposes described by the California
Legislature in Education Code Section 82537(a). These purposes include use by associations
“formed for recreational, educational, political, economic, artistic, or moral activities of the
public school districts” in order to “engage in supervised recreational activities” or “meet and
discuss, from time to time, as they may desire, any subjects and questions which in their
judgment appertain to the educational, political, economic, artistic, and moral interests of the
citizens of the communities in which they reside” (Education Code Section 82537(a)). In
granting permission to use the Civic Centers, the District will not discriminate on the basis of
viewpoint with regard to organizations engaging in expressive activities on the topics and subject
matters articulated above.
The Cabrillo College Governing Board authorizes the use of college buildings and grounds and
other properties for appropriate use by clubs, nonprofit groups, associations, and public agencies.
Authorized activities may include recreational, educational, political, economic, and/or activities of
an artistic nature.
The Governing Board reserves the right to deny facility use to any applicant when, in the
judgment of college officials, the request involves facility use which is not appropriate for a
college environment, or which may have a detrimental effect on college facilities.
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BP 7090
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Churches or religious organizations may use college facilities under conditions as authorized in
the California Education Code, established by the Governing Board and determined by the Vice
President/Assistant Superintendent, Instruction upon recommendation by the Community and
Contract Education Director. Churches and religious groups are charged a facility use fee that is
at least equal to the fair-rental value of facilities and grounds, plus all direct costs incurred.
Commercial organizations not affiliated with the college and which on a continuous basis charge
either a fee or tuition for a product or service are generally prohibited from using college
facilities. Exceptions to this may be made at the discretion of the Vice President/Assistant
Superintendent, Instruction.
Private parties are generally prohibited from using college facilities, except in accordance with
regulations established specifically for the use of the Sesnon House. Exceptions may also be
made at the discretion of the Vice President/Assistant Superintendent/Instruction. The user fee
charged to private parties will be the market rate for similar facilities including all direct costs
incurred.
The Governing Board sets a Schedule of Fees for facility use on an annual basis. Fee schedules
are presented by the Vice President/Assistant Superintendent, Business upon recommendation by
the Community and Contract Education Director.
User fees may be waived if, in the judgment of the Vice President/Assistant Superintendent,
Business, the college and/or the community benefit by doing so.
Legal Reference: Education Code Sections 82537 and 8254278300 through 78305 and 82530
through 82550; and Ca. Adm. Code, Title 5, Section 55001.
Adopted: June 6, 1988
Revised: May 1, 1989
Revised: May 1, 1995
Revised: November 4, 1996
Revised: December 5, 2011
Revised: June 10, 2013
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BP 7090
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Alcoholic Beverages
BP 7100
Use of Alcoholic Beverages and Illegal Drugs Forbidden on Campus
The use of any alcoholic beverage or illegal drug is prohibited on the Cabrillo College campus.
Under special circumstances, wine or beer may be served with food for educational purposes.
Such use requires the permission of the Superintendent/President for each individual occasion.
The Superintendent/President is authorized to enact procedures as appropriate and permitted by
law regarding serving alcoholic beverages on campus or at fund-raising events held to benefit
non-profit corporations. Alcoholic beverages shall not be served on campus except in
accordance with these procedures.
Legal Reference: Business and Professions Code Section 25608; 34 Code of Federal Regulations
Section 668.46(b)
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Adopted: June 6, 1988
Revised: June 10, 2013