Student Senate for the California Community Colleges
Student Senate for California Community Colleges (SSCCC) is a California nonprofit public benefit corporation. SSCCC came into existence on April 29, 2015 when a document titled "Articles of Incorporation of Student Senate for California Community Colleges" was filed in the office of the
The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges has recognized "the Student Senate for California Community Colleges as the statewide community college student organization to represent community college students within the California Community Colleges, including before the Board of Governors and the Chancellor's Office".[2]
History
Establishment
Chapter 973 of the
In 1996 the Council of Student Body Governments was renamed the "Student Senate".
On October 18, 2002, Thomas J. Nussbaum (who was then the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges) and the California Student Association of Community Colleges signed a
On May 7, 2006, community college students established an "unincorporated association" named "Student Senate for California Community Colleges".[11][12] The association solicited and received charitable contributions. It also solicited and received donations of student representation fees that had been collected in accordance with California Education Code Section 76060.5.[13]
In 2013 the
Predecessor organizations
The unincorporated SSCCC was established in May 2006. It was preceded by several similar organizations: the California Junior College Association;[18] the California Community College Student Government Association;[19] the Community College Student Lobby;[20] and the California Student Association of Community Colleges (CalSACC).[21]
CalSACC was established on November 15, 1987.[22] In 1999, CalSACC's membership included 72 community college student body associations. By 2005, CalSACC's membership had dwindled to just 31 student body associations.[9] And by 2007, CalSACC had become "virtually non-existent".[23] In 2008 CalSACC's remaining assets [24] were donated to the unincorporated SSCCC. The sum of $57,150.53 was transferred to the unincorporated SSCCC on June 3, 2008.
CalSACC had ten organizational subdivisions, which were called "regions". During the gradual disintegration and ultimate dissolution of CalSACC, its regions continued functioning autonomously. On May 6 and 7, 2006, representatives of the CalSACC regions and student leaders from throughout California gathered at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in San Diego, California. They considered several model constitutions for a new statewide student organization. They adopted constitutional model "E" by a vote of 59 in favor and 11 opposed.[25] The adoption of the new constitution established an unincorporated association named "Student Senate for California Community Colleges".
The Chancellor of the California Community Colleges has established a set of "Executive Orders" relating to the Chancellor's "Consultation Council". The first order provides that, "The Consultation Council shall consist of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges and the following membership... 1 representative of the California Student Association of Community Colleges" (CalSACC). The Consultation Council "Members" list does not include the name and contact information of a CalSACC representative. The absence of this contact information reinforces the belief that CalSACC is no longer in operation.
Noteworthy events
On March 5, 2012, the unincorporated SSCCC, the California State Student Association, and the University of California Student Association sponsored a rally at the California State Capitol. About 8,000 people gathered on the western steps of the capitol and listened to speeches by student leaders and by state leaders, including Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom, Assembly Speaker John Pérez, and Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg.[26] After the rally, protestors from the Occupy movement entered the capitol and refused to leave. Officers of the California Highway Patrol arrested 72 people for trespassing.[27] These events generated dozens of news reports.[28]
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The incorporated SSCCC
A document titled "Articles of Incorporation of Student Senate for California Community Colleges" was filed in the office of the
The United States
An
Corporate governance
The powers of the incorporated SSCCC are exercised by or under the direction of a "board of directors", as required by law.[48] The SSCCC Board of Directors includes 20 regionally elected Directors and six officers of the corporation. The officers are elected by "Delegates" during an annual meeting of the Delegates. Each community college student body association may designate one Delegate.[49]
Financial statements, 2017–2018
The incorporated SSCCC has produced
Principal office and officers
Each nonprofit public benefit corporation must periodically file with the California Secretary of State a form that contains information about the corporation. The incorporated SSCCC was formed in an odd-numbered year (the year 2015) so it must file a "Statement of Information" form for each succeeding odd-numbered year.[52]
A Statement of Information about the incorporated SSCCC was filed in the office of the California Secretary of State on February 12, 2021. A copy of that statement is posted on the Secretary of State's website.[53] The statement shows that the incorporated SSCCC's principal office is located in the California Community Colleges building at 1102 Q Street, Sacramento, California. The statement also includes the names of the corporation's principal officers.
Advocacy
On March 20, 2017, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges approved a "
Student representation fees are used to support the incorporated SSCCC's "Legislative Affairs" representatives. These representatives engage in legislative advocacy by contacting members of the
The Chancellor has established a "Consultation Council" in accordance with the Board of Governors' policy on Consultation and applicable law.[58] The Council of Student Body Governments was "renamed the Student Senate for purposes of the Consultation Process (the statewide shared governance program) and the Board of Governors Standing Orders".[59] More recently, the Board of Governors recognized the Student Senate for the California Community Colleges "as the representative of community college students in conjunction with the associated student organizations in the Consultation Process and before the Board of Governors and Chancellor's Office".[60]
On May 8, 2020, the Board of Governors and the incorporated SSCCC executed a "
Student Aid Commission nominees
The Student Aid Commission has delegated to its Director (its chief executive officer) the power to determine whether a particular student organization is "a composite group of at least five representative student government associations".[62] The Director may invite student organizations that meet this standard to nominate three to five students to serve as members of the commission. The Director has determined that the incorporated SSCCC is "a composite group of at least five representative student government associations" and that the incorporated SSCCC is eligible to nominate students to serve as members of the commission. The Director periodically invites the incorporated SSCCC to submit a list of nominees to the Governor.[63]
Board of Governors nominees
The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges is composed of 17 members, including 2 student members. In 2007 and earlier, students were periodically nominated to serve as members of the board of governors by an unincorporated association named "California Student Association of Community Colleges" (CalSACC). After January 1, 2008, students were nominated by a Board of Governors task force named "Student Senate for the California Community Colleges", which was then "the student organization recognized by the board of governors".[64] On July 21, 2020, the incorporated SSCCC became the student organization recognized by the Board of Governors. The incorporated SSCCC is now the student organization that nominates students to serve as members of the Board of Governors.
Reports to the California Attorney General
The incorporated SSCCC is registered with the
Recognition of the incorporated SSCCC
At its meeting of July 20–21, 2020, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges amended Section 50002 of Title 5 of the California Code of Regulations.[71] The amendment to Section 50002 deleted two references to the Board of Governors' task force named "Student Senate for the California Community Colleges". The amendment also provides that the corporation named "Student Senate for California Community Colleges" is recognized by the Board of Governors "as the statewide community college student organization to represent community college students within the California Community Colleges, including before the Board of Governors and the Chancellor's Office".[72]
References
- ^ California Corporations Code Section 5134 reads, "If initial directors have not been named in the articles, the incorporator or incorporators, until the directors are elected, may do whatever is necessary and proper to perfect the organization of the corporation, including the adoption and amendment of bylaws of the corporation and the election of directors and officers".
- ^ California Code of Regulations §50002.
- ^ California Education Code Section 70901 was added to the Education Code by Chapter 973 of the California Statutes of 1988 (Assembly Bill No. 1725, page 17).
- Educational Resources Information Center(ERIC), page 34.
- ^ Michalowski, Linda (July 12, 2008). The Student Senate and Shared Governance. California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, slide number 6.
- ^ Michalowski, Linda (2005). Update on Student Senate Memorandum of Understanding. Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, pages 1 and 2.
- ^ Section 50002(b), Title 5, California Code of Regulations. Section 50002 became operative on September 8, 1996.
- ^ California Education Code Section 71040.
- ^ a b Michalowski, Linda (2012). History of the Student Senate for California Community Colleges. California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office, slide number 7.
- ^ SSCCC (2006). A History of Student Representation, slide 11.
- ^ Roselada, Pauline. "ASSC students attend Student Senate Assembly". The Skyline View, May 14, 2006.
- ^ SSCCC (2015). "Until April 29, 2015, SSCCC was operated as an unincorporated association." Second page of the "Attachments" to SSCCC's Application for Recognition of Exemption Under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code ("Form 1023"; signed on November 13, 2015). A copy of that application was received by the California Attorney General's office on November 18, 2015.
- Bill No. 2576 proposed the enactment of Education Code Section 76060.5. That bill was drafted by Gregory G. Hayes, Vice President of the Student Association of American River College. It was introduced by Assembly Member Tom Hayden and signed into law by Governor George Deukmejian. The bill was chaptered by Secretary of State March Fong Eu as Chapter 1238 of the Statutes of 1987 (pages 4400–4401).
- ^ Senate Committee on Education (2013). "Bill Analysis". California State Senate, "SUPPORT" by SSCCC, page 8.
- ^ SSCCC (2013). "Support community college student representation – AB 1358". Change.org.
- ^ California Education Code Section 76060.5, as amended by Chapter 714 of the Statutes of 2013; Assembly Bill No. 1358, introduced by Assembly Member Paul Fong.
- ^ The name "California Community Colleges"; California Education Code Section 71025.
- ^ Winter, Carl G. "History of the Junior College Movement in California". California State Department of Education, December 21, 1964.
- ^ The history and structure of California Community College Student Government Association is presented in Opinions of the California Attorney General, opinion number 82-701, issued on December 30, 1982.
- ^ Community College Student Lobby; California Secretary of State's file number C1096599.
- ^ California Student Association of Community Colleges; in Chapter 35 of the Statutes of 2007 (Senate Bill No. 283).
- ^ Constitution of the California Student Association of Community Colleges, page 4.
- ^ Senate Committee on Education (2007). "Bill Analysis" of Senate Bill No. 283 (introduced by Senator Abel Maldonado). CalSACC is described as "virtually non-existent" on page 2 of the Bill Analysis.
- ^ Remaining assets; California Corporations Code Section 18130.
- ^ North, Wheeler (2006). "And the Red Rocket's Glare". Rostrum, Academic Senate for California Community Colleges.
- The Regents of the University of California, March 6, 2012.
- ^ Asimov, Nanette. "Sacramento higher-ed protest leads to 72 arrests". SFGate, March 6, 2012.
- ^ "March in March" articles and photographs archive. City College of San Francisco.
- ^ The filing of the Articles initiated SSCCC's existence as a corporation; see California Corporations Code Section 5120(c).
- ^ See Articles of Incorporation of Student Senate for California Community Colleges, page 2.
- ^ SSCCC is classified as a "Domestic Nonprofit" corporation.
- 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
- ^ SSCCC is a public charity (PC) and is eligible to receive tax-deductible charitable contributions. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ In 2016 the California Franchise Tax Board determined that SSCCC is exempt from taxation under §23701d of the California Revenue and Taxation Code. SSCCC's current status with the Franchise Tax Board may be obtained from the FTB's website.
- ^ SSCCC's original articles of incorporation are filed in the office of the California Secretary of State in file number C3782868.
- ^ Records maintained by the California Secretary of State show that SSCCC's legal status is "Active".
- ^ SSCCC is an "Active" California corporation and is therefore entitled "to carry out its business activities".
- ^ SSCCC was formed under the Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation Law for "charitable purposes".
- California Attorney General's Registry of Charitable Trusts. The Registry has assigned to SSCCC the file number CT0227572.
- ^ Street map.
- ^ (1) Coast Community College District has established "Auxiliary Organizations" named "Associated Student Government Coastline Community College" and "Associated Students Golden West College" and "Associated Students Orange Coast College". The District is conducting its affairs under these fictitious names. (2) On January 25, 2022 the Board of Trustees of California Online Community College established an organization named "Calbright College Student Body Organization" (CALIFORNIA ONLINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE/CALBRIGHT BOARD OF TRUSTEES RESOLUTION NO. 2022-02 RECOGNITION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STUDENT BODY ORGANIZATION AT CALBRIGHT COLLEGE). The Board of Trustees recognized Calbright College Student Body Organization as an organization that has "an official relationship with" California Online Community College (California Education Code section 72673). California Online Community College operates under the trade name "Calbright College".
- ^ And other staff.
- ^ A presiding officer and 5 vice presidents and 20 directors. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
- ^ SSCCC Newsletter (published monthly).
- ^ A complete copy of SSCCC's "Articles of Incorporation" is posted on the California Secretary of State's website; Articles of Incorporation of Student Senate for California Community Colleges.
- ^ Internal Revenue Service tax exemption determination letter of January 6, 2016.
- ^ Registry of Charitable Trusts. Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax for the tax year beginning July 1, 2017 and ending June 30, 2018.
- ^ "Board of directors". California Corporations Code Section 5210.
- ^ SSCCC (2020). "SSCCC BYLAWS" as adopted by the SSCCC Delegate Assembly on April 3, 2020.
- ^ Gilbert Associates, Inc. Accountancy license number 2642, valid through July 31, 2020. Retrieved 5-23-2019. Effective May 22, 2019, the corporate name Gilbert Associates, Inc. was changed to GILBERT CPAs.
- ^ SSCCC (2019). Student Senate for California Community Colleges, Financial Statements with Independent Accountant's Review Report, Year Ended June 30, 2018, page 1.
- ^ California Corporations Code Section 6210.
- ^ "Statement of Information" filed on February 12, 2021. Document identification number "GQ66749". Retrieved 10-30-2021.
- ^ Minutes of the Board of Governors meeting of March 20, 2017, page 3, "Item 2.2".
- ^ Memorandum of Understanding By and Between the BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES, the CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE and the STUDENT SENATE FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES, page 11, "Cancellation".
- California Government Code Section 81000.
- ^ California Secretary of State (2019). Political Reform Division. Retrieved 3-11-2019.
- ^ Subdivision (e) of California Education Code Section 70901.
- ^ Michalowski, Linda (2005). Update on Student Senate Memorandum of Understanding. Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, pages 1 and 2.
- ^ Procedures and Standing Orders of the Board of Governors, November 2018, section 333, page 50. California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office. Retrieved 3-28-2019.
- ^ "Consultation Council Members". California Community Colleges. Retrieved 10-28-2021.
- ^ California Education Code Section 69511.5(b).
- ^ California Student Aid Commission (March 27, 2017). Letter to SSCCC regarding the nomination of students to the Commission.
- ^ Beginning on January 1, 2008, students were nominated to the board of governors by the Student Senate for the California Community Colleges. Section 71000(b)(1)(C), California Education Code.
- ^ "Confirmation of Registration with the Attorney General's Registry of Charitable Trusts", December 21, 2015.
- ^ California Government Code Section 12586(a).
- ^ Annual Registration Renewal Fee Report to the Attorney General of California, filed November 14, 2017.
- ^ Annual Registration Renewal Fee Report to the Attorney General of California, filed November 14, 2017.
- ^ Annual Registration Renewal Fee Report to the Attorney General of California, filed November 14, 2017.
- ^ Statement of Information, filed February 8, 2017.
- ^ Board of Governors (September 2020). Minutes of the Board of Governors Meeting of September 21, 2020, Item 3.2.
- ^ California Code of Regulations §50002.
External links
- Incorporated SSCCC's website
- Incorporated SSCCC's profile at Charity Navigator
- Governor Pete Wilson's veto of A.B. 1297