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Calbright trustees approve consent agenda, accept CFA sunshine notice and authorize 50%‑law exemption request
Summary
At its Jan. 14 meeting the Calbright College Board of Trustees approved the consent agenda, accepted the Calbright Faculty Association's sunshine notice so bargaining can begin, and voted to submit an exemption request to the Chancellor's Office under the '50% law.'
The Calbright College Board of Trustees on Jan. 14 approved several procedural and policy actions, including acceptance of the Calbright Faculty Association's sunshine notice and the board’s endorsement for submitting an exemption from California’s 50% law.
The board moved quickly through a consent agenda that passed on a roll-call vote recorded as 12–0. Later in the meeting the board voted to accept the Calbright Faculty Association’s published bargaining proposals and to allow the union to proceed with negotiations. General Counsel Wanda Daniel explained that the sunshine notice is required by state law to make initial bargaining proposals public; CFA representative Cindy Carney outlined proposed changes including recognition of part-time faculty and counselors in the bargaining unit, revising working‑conditions language (reassign time/counseling caseloads), across‑the‑board salary negotiations effective July 1, 2026, and updates to evaluation and benefits articles. Trustee Pam Haines moved the sunshine‑notice acceptance; Trustee Joseph Williams seconded. The roll call recorded 11–0 in favor and the motion passed.
The board also considered and approved an application for an exemption from the so‑called 50% law, the statutory requirement that districts spend at least half of current‑expense education on salaries and benefits for classroom instructors. CFO Ed Lee said Calbright has filed CCFS‑350a and CCFS‑350b forms with the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office as part of the process, explained Calbright’s methodology for classifying student‑facing expenditures, and reported that the college’s reported current‑expense‑to‑instruction percentage rose from roughly 8% (FY 2022–23) to about 29% (FY 2024–25) under its differentiated accounting approach. The board opened a public hearing on the exemption (no public speakers), moved and seconded the recommended motion, and approved submission of the exemption request 12–0.
The board instructed staff to continue required public notices and to pursue the next administrative steps with PERB and the Chancellor’s Office as appropriate. No substantive policy decisions beyond accepting the sunshine notice and authorizing the exemption filing were made at the meeting.
