Charge

• The College’s planning process shall support student success.
• Board goals and priorities and College plans shall drive the budget process; funds when available shall be allocated to support the priorities stated in the plans.
• The College’s planning process shall involve broad participation by all segments of the College community and the Board of Trustees.
• The College’s planning process shall employ open procedures that affirm collegiality through a spirit of mutual respect and trust.
• All planning recommendations and decisions shall be consistent with the Education Code, the mission, vision and values of the College, accreditation standards and strategic institutional planning priorities.

Responsibilities

• Align and integrate College plans with Board goals and priorities.
• Integrate goals and priorities with the Planning subcommittees (Facilities, Educational Planning, Technology, Instructional Equipment and Student Services).
• Recommend annual institutional goals and strategic institutional plans (global, long-term, college-wide plans as distinguished from annual area and unit plans).
• Establish, with the Budget Committee, master and annual timelines to coordinate the efforts of the two committees to meet state mandates for budget adoption.
• Review all College plans and other related or pertinent documents.
• Establish appropriate timelines to complete tasks and make recommendations.
• Planning Committee recommendations will go to College Council as information items and as recommendations to the Superintendent/President.

Composition

• 6 faculty appointed by the Academic Senate one of whom will serve as a non-voting Co-chair except in the case of a tie.
• 2 classified staff appointed by the CSEA/SEIU Joint Committee
• 2 students appointed by the Student Senate
• 1 manager appointed by the Superintendent/President
• The Vice President of Student Learning will serve as a non-voting Co-chair except in the case of a tie.

Co-chairs Responsabilities

• The Vice President of Student Learning will serve as one Co-chair. The other Co-chair will be one of the 6 faculty members.
• Co-chairs will work together to set agendas and conduct meetings
• Co-chairs will be non-voting except in the case of a tie vote by the committee in which case the Co-chairs will have a total of one vote with which to break the tie. If they cannot agree to vote together to break the tie with their one vote, they will refer the matter to the Superintendent President.
• One or both of the Co-chairs will also serve on the Budget Committee.

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