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Board disapproves Concord Career College schedule; finds terms fall short of 10‑week instruction requirement
Summary
The board recommended disapproval of Concord Career College’s nine‑week instructional terms where the 10th week is used primarily for finals, citing 16 CCR definitions that equate a quarter/term to at least 10 weeks of instruction.
The Dental Hygiene Board’s education committee voted to recommend disapproval of Concord Career College’s request to accept its existing nine‑week‑plus‑finals term schedule for dental hygiene programs at Garden Grove, San Bernardino and San Diego.
The committee’s motion to disapprove was seconded and carried after extended discussion of academic‑year and quarter definitions in the California Code of Regulations. Board staff presented the board’s position that a quarter (and a community college term deemed equivalent to a quarter) requires at least 10 weeks of instruction and that final exam days…
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