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Equivalency Committee
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Charge
Every district must have an equivalency process. Education code §87359 (b) requires that “[t]he process, as well as criteria, and standards by which the governing board reaches its determination regarding faculty members shall be developed and agreed upon jointly by representatives of the governing board and the academic senate, and approved by the governing board.” While neither the Education code nor title 5 Regulations provide additional guidelines for what constitutes at least equivalent, each district’s governing board, acting on the advice of its academic senate, must establish its standard for equivalency, permitted the standard is not less than qualifications specified on the Disciplines list. Once the local equivalency process has reached a recommendation regarding an individual applicant, Education code §87359(a) requires that the governing board include action on the equivalency as part of its subsequent hiring action.
The Equivalency Committee Charge document was reviewed and approved in Spring 2022.
Scope Of Authority
Ed. Code §87359
Reports To
Academic Senate; Board of Trustees
Communicates With
The college community
Membership
Co-Chaired by Vice President of Instruction (or Presidential designee)* /and Faculty Chair;
Membership: At least 5 faculty representatives but no more than 7 with at least one representative from a career and technical area (CTE); prefer no two from same pathway.
Guest: Department chair (or designee) from the discipline under consideration as a voting member for the discipline applicant.
*VP Instruction or designee is nonvoting
Equivalency Committee members access and review documents within the Committee's SharePoint portal. For more information, please contact the committee (see: right panel, Contact Information).
Members
Chairs
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Vice President Designee, Dean | Anthony Cordova |
| Faculty | Kimberly Bligh |
Members
| Role | Name |
|---|---|
| Faculty, English | Sheena Bhogal |
| Faculty, Math | Tom Greenwood |
| Faculty, Fire Technology | Don Brady |
| Faculty, Health & Physical Education | Pam Kelley |
| Faculty, Behavioral Sciences | Ginger LeBlanc |
| Faculty, English | Cynthia Hubble |
| Faculty, Business Management and Information Technology | Murad Zikri |
Documents
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 Equivalency Committee Charge 2023.docx.pdf | 62.63 KB |
Links
Media
A Better BC
Bakersfield College is improving the main Panorama campus through a series of projects resulting from the voter approved Measure J bond of 2016. Our website, A Better BC has all of the information to keep you updated.
This video is an aerial view of our campus, before Measure J construction updates.
Contact Information
Please contact Tony Cordova (Equivalency Administrative Co-Chair) or Kimberly Bligh (Equivalency Faculty Co-Chair) for more information.