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State Board of Community Colleges
Raleigh, North Carolina
November 17, 2000
9:00 AM
CALL TO ORDER
The regular meeting of the State Board of Community Colleges was called to order. The following members were present:
G. Herman Porter, Chair
Harlan E. Boyles
Hugh F. Bryant
Jeannette M. Council
Meigs C. Golden
Bob H. Greene
E. B. Hale
R. Carolyn Harmon
Sandra L. Hayes
Thomas C. King, Jr.
Anne-Marie Knighton
Chester P. Middlesworth
Daryl J. Mitchell
Hilda Pinnix-Ragland
B. Joanne Steiner
E. Norris Tolson
Ann T. Turlington
Lt. Governor Dennis A. Wicker
Herbert L. Watkins
James J. Woody, Jr.Peter D. Hans was unable to attend.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
On a motion by Mr. Middlesworth, seconded
by Ms. Harmon, the Board approved the minutes of the October 20,
2000, meeting.
APPROVAL OF THE AGENDA
On a motion by Ms. Steiner, seconded by Middlesworth, the Board approved the agenda for the November 17, 2000, meeting of the State Board of Community Colleges with the changes stated below.
A. On a motion by Ms. Harmon, seconded by Mr. Bryant, the Board approved suspension of rules in order to move two Future Action items, "Curriculum Program Applications" and "Curriculum Standard Revisions" to the Action section of the agenda.
B. On a motion by Mr. Golden, seconded by Dr. Greene, the Board approved suspension of rules in order to add to the agenda a For Action item entitled "Catawba Valley Community College Audit Appeal".
C. On a motion by Mr. Woody, seconded by Mr. Watkins, the Board approved suspension of rules in order to make the following changes to the Finance and Capital Needs section of the agenda.
- Add two items " Presidential and Faculty Salary Studies" and "December Finance and Capital Needs Committee Meeting" to the For Action section of the agenda.
- Remove the item "Costs for Extracting Data from the Data Automation Center" from the agenda.
PRESENTATION ON FACULTY AND PRESIDENTIAL SALARY STUDY
DR. KENT CARRUTHERS
Dr. Kent Carruthers of MGT of America, Inc. presented two draft reports entitled Analysis of the Competitiveness of Salaries of Faculty and Professional Staff in the North Carolina Community College System and Assessment of the Salary Schedule for Community College Presidents.
The Faculty Salary Study is at the express request of the General Assembly. Dr. Carruthers stated that several reports over the past few years have found faculty salaries to be unacceptably low and have recommended increases. The General Assembly was studying faculty salary issues related to UNC and a decision was made to include in the study the North Carolina Community College System faculty salaries. Therefore the General Assembly requested that the State Board of Education conduct a faculty salary study. Concerning the issues related to administrative and professional staff, Dr. Carruthers reported that this category of staff typically has similar qualifications, credentials and experience as faculty and colleges place growing reliance on these staff due to increasing use of technology and external mandates. There is the concern that administrative and professional staff might be overlooked while needs of faculty and presidents were being addressed. Dr. Carruthers addressed some issues related to the presidents' salary study, including the concern that adjustments to "salary schedule" over the past decade have failed to keep pace with inflation and the concern that salaries of presidents are no longer competitive with those in other systems. There are also additional concerns beyond competitiveness about the structure and administration of salary schedule.
APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA
On a motion by Mr. King, seconded by Mr. Middlesworth, the Board approved the consent agenda, which consisted of the items listed below.
Policy Committee, Meigs C. Golden, Chair
A. Alamance
Community College Off-Campus Center Request
Attachment Pol. 1 in Folder 11-00
The Board approved the request from Alamance Community College to consolidate its Glenhope Off-Campus Center and Glen Raven Off-Campus Center to a new location within five miles of the current centers. The consolidation at the new Burlington Center will provide the college with more space at reduced costs. Approval of this recommendation would result in both the Glenhope and Glen Raven sites losing Off-Campus Center status. The approval of this recommendation affects center status only; any finance committee required approvals for the closing or opening of centers would still have to be obtained by the college.
B. Catawba Valley Community College
Off-Campus Center Request
Attachment Pol. 2 in Folder 11-00
The Board approved Catawba Valley Community College's Off-Campus Center request for a site in Alexander County. The college has been offering courses in Alexander County for several years in county-provided facilities and now has the opportunity to lease a larger facility from the county in Taylorsville. The college has submitted an application that meets the State Board's Criteria for Off-Campus Centers.
Program Services Committee, R. Carolyn Harmon, Chair
A. Curriculum Program Applications
The Board approved curriculum program applications for the following colleges on the condition that equipment funds are available to the college and operating funds generated by the budget formula will permit the offering of the program without any special allocation of funds. (23 NCAC 2E.0201 (a.)).
College of The Albemarle
A50420 Welding Technology (local)
Davidson County Community College
A25121 Business Administration/Electronic Commerce (local)
Mitchell Community College
A25290 Internet Technologies (local)
South Piedmont Community College
A40220 Geographic Information System/Global Positioning Systems (local)
B. Curriculum
Standard Revisions
Attachment Prog. 5 in
Folder 11-00
The Board approved curriculum standard revisions for A25340 Networking Technology, A45730 Speech Language Pathology Assistant, D15300 Lumber Specialist, C15380 Saw Filer, C15400 Sawyer, and A153660 Wood Products Technology.
C. Curriculum
Program Terminations
Attachment Prog. 6 in
Folder 11-00
The Board approved curriculum program terminations for D35180 Carpentry and A50120 Electronics Servicing Technology at Durham Technical Community College.
D. Instruction to Captive/Co-opted Groups
Attachment Prog. 7
in Folder 11-00
The Board approved courses of instruction for captive or co-opted groups (per 23 NCAC 2E.0403).
E. Course Modification to Continuing Education Master Course List
The Board approved a modification to the Continuing Education Master Course List.
Program Area Course Title Course Number Current Hours Recommended Hours
F30 Networking Technology CAS 3000 64 280
Finance and Capital Needs Committee, James Woody, Chair
A. Construction/Property
Attachment FC-13
in Folder 11-00
The Board gave project approval at Beaufort County Community College and approved acquisition or disposal of property at Durham Technical and Western Piedmont Community Colleges.
REGULAR AGENDA
POLICY COMMITTEE, Meigs C. Golden, Chair
For Action
A. Funding
of House Bill 275 Proposals
Attachment Pol. 3 in
Folder 11-00
On a motion by Mr. Golden, seconded by Ms. Harmon, the Board approved the funding of House Bill 275 proposals. Twenty-six proposals were received with total dollar requests exceeding $8,000,000. The following proposals for funding for 2000-2001 are as follows:
Central Piedmont Community College
"Charlotte Region Workforce Development Partnership." $ 392,175
Central Carolina Community College"Specialized Training Center to Address the Needs of
Telecommunications Industry" $ 400,000
Forsyth Technical Community College
"Information Technology Education Center" $ 399,770
Isothermal Community College
"Cooperative Creation of Composites Training Center
Serving Western North Carolina" $ 400,000
Piedmont Community College
"Center for Digital Media" $ 349,500
$1,941,445
The difference between the above total of $1,941,445 and $2,000,000 will be awarded to the proposal from Davidson Community College which was the highest rated remaining proposal.
The college is requested to resubmit a budget for $58,555, which is the remaining dollars available.
If the college feels it can not modify its proposal effectively, these dollars will be offered to the next highest rated proposal.
B. Catawba
Valley Community College Audit Appeal
On a motion by Mr. Golden, seconded by Mr. King, the Board denied
approval of an audit appeal by Catawba Valley Community College. The
issue regarded Iredell Prison conducting a course in furniture
manufacturing requiring one year to complete. The auditors ruled that it
was a violation of policy for a prison to conduct a course of such
duration that the average length of
stay by the prisoners in that prison is less than the length of time it
takes to complete the course.
Program Services Committee, R. Carolyn Harmon, Chair
For Information
House Bill 1840 Nurse Aide Training
Contract
Attachment Prog. 1 in Folder
11-00
The Board was presented information regarding House Bill 1840 Funds for
Nurse Aide Training Programs: Contract Pending. In response to House
Bill 1840, the North Carolina Community College System, the North
Carolina Health Care Facilities Association and the North Carolina
Division of Facility Services agree to coordinate efforts to improve
recruitment and reduce turnover of
certified nursing assistants in nursing facilities. A contract will be
brought to the Board at a later date.
For Action
A. Curriculum
Program Applications
Attachment Prog. 2 in Folder 11-00
On a motion by Ms. Harmon, seconded by Ms. Steiner, the Board approved curriculum program applications at Blue Ridge Community College, A5522B Early Childhood Associate/Teacher Associate (local); Johnston Community College, A25121 Business Administration/Electronic Commerce (local); and, Nash Community College, A2526D Information Systems Network Administration. Two curriculum programs for Halifax Community College were deferred for action at a later date in order to gather additional information.
B. Curriculum
Standard Revisions
Attachment Prog.
3 in Folder 11-00
On a motion by Ms. Harmon, seconded by Ms. Steiner, the Board approved a curriculum standard revision for A45310 Dietetic Technician. The two Dietetic Technician programs in the state are located at Gaston College and Lenoir Community College. The programs are seeking accreditation by the American Dietetic Association, which states that the use of the sentence in the curriculum standard that reads "graduates may be eligible to take the national Dietetic Technician Registered Examination" is misleading and inaccurate until full accreditation has been achieved. The Association will not evaluate the programs for accreditation until this sentence is removed from the standard.
On a motion by Ms. Harmon, seconded by Ms. Steiner, the Board approved a curriculum standard revision for A25400 Real Estate. The North Carolina Real Estate Commission has mandated that we offer a new 60-hour Real Estate Broker course. The law became effective October 1, 2000.
On a motion by Ms. Harmon, seconded by Mr. Middlesworth, the Board approved a curriculum standard revision for A60200 Aviation Systems Technology, effective Fall Semester 2001. Guilford Technical and Wayne Community Colleges are the only two colleges that have approval to offer this program. The modifications are based on new regulations from the Federal Aviation Administration which certifies the program.
On a motion by Ms. Harmon, seconded by Ms. Steiner, the Board approved a curriculum standard revision for A60270 Motorsports Management Technology, effective Fall Semester 2001. Rowan-Cabarrus Community College is the only college that has approval to offer this program.
FINANCE AND CAPITAL NEEDS COMMITTEE, James J. Woody, Jr., Chair
For InformationA. Bond
Status Report
Attachment FC-1
in Folder 11-00
The Board was given the Bond Project Status Report - Ongoing Projects as of October 31, 2000.
B. Project
Status Report
Attachment
FC-2 in Folder 11-00
The Board was presented a status report of projects funded with 1999 Capital Improvement Appropriation as of November 17, 2000.
C. Receipts Update
Attachment
FC-3 in Folder 11-00
The Board was given an update of estimated receipts as of October 31, 2000.
For Future Action
A. Two
Percent Carry Forward
Attachment
FC-5 in Folder 11-00
The Board will be asked to approve criteria that will be used to determine the carry-forward of funds remaining in college budgets at the end of each fiscal year in an amount not to exceed two percent of the state funds allocated to the institution for that fiscal year.
B. Bond
Proceed Allocation Criteria
Attachment FC-6
in Folder 11-00
The Board will be asked to approve possible criteria for capital funds allocation.
For Action
A. Transfers
Exceeding Two Percent
Attachment FC-8
in Folder 11-00
On a motion by Mr. Woody, seconded by
Ms. Steiner, the Board approved the requests from Caldwell Community
College and Technical Institute, Cape Fear, Carteret, Craven, Halifax,
Isothermal, Southwestern, Guilford Technical, Mayland, Stanly and
Tri-County Community Colleges to transfer funds in excess of the 2%
limitation.
On a motion by Mr. Woody, seconded by Mr. Watkins, the Board approved items B through E below.
B. Maintenance of Plant Allocation
Attachment
FC-7 in Folder 11-00
The Board approved the allocation of plant operations and maintenance funds for Mayland Community College, $55,303 and for Vance-Granville Community College, $218,906.
C. Contractual Services - Communication Specialist and Technical Writer
The Board approved a contract with Modis, Inc. for a Communication Specialist and Technical Writer to support the College Information Systems Project. The individual must have experience in developing and maintaining project documentation and reports in a website environment. The Communication Specialist and Technical writer will be responsible for developing process documentation and performing technical document formatting and editing. The total amount of this contract for November 27, 2000 through May 31, 2001 is $81,120. The cost of the contractual services is budgeted in the Management Information System project's $15 million budget for 2000-2001.
D. Distance
Learning Contract Approval for Fred Manley
Attachment FC-10
in Folder 11-00
The Board approved a contract extension for Fred Manley, for ten days per month during November and December, 2000. Mr. Manley will continue on a part-time basis as Director of Distance Learning while the position is vacant.
E. Automotive Youth Educational
Systems Partnership
Attachment FC-12 in Folder 11-00
The Board approved the Automotive Youth Educational Systems Partnership
Agreement.
F. Presidential and Faculty Salary Studies
Attachment FC-4 in Folder 11-00
On a motion by Mr. Woody, seconded by Mr. Watkins, the Board approved submission of the salary study report entitled Analysis of the Competitiveness of Salaries of Faculty and Professional Staff in the North Carolina Community College System and Assessment of the Salary Schedule for Community College Presidents, to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee for consideration at its December meeting.
G. Meeting Authorization for Finance and Capital Needs Committee
On a motion by Mr. Woody, seconded by
Mr. Watkins, the Board approved a December meeting for the Finance and
Capital Needs Committee, in order to conduct further discussion and
analysis on possible ranking criteria and to possibly approve those
pending construction projects through the design phase in order to
alleviate some delay. Colleges would not be authorized to begin the
construction phase until the State Board was satisfied that sufficient
construction funds would be available. Any projects approved in this
manner will be brought to the State Board for retroactive approval in
January.
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE, Thomas C. King, Jr., Chair
Mr. King reported on the following:
- The MGT study and strong data within supports our efforts with the legislature, as it documents the needs of this system very well.
- Dr. Ed Wilson from the Presidents Association and the presidents have suggested that they feel it is necessary to clarify the status of community colleges as local rather than state agencies.
- Distributed the fact sheet entitled Get the Facts, that describes what we have done with the monies we have received. This fact sheet is particularly important now that we have a very tight budget year coming up and many of our efforts must be focused on keeping what we have in the continuation budget.
- Distributed the expansion budget sheet, entitled NC Community College System Summary of Budget, which reflects our expansion budget request for 2001-2003. Mr. King stated that these two publications used in concert would impart the message of what the legislature has entrusted to us, what we have done with the money, who we are serving and what we will need in order to continue.
PERSONNEL COMMITTEE, SANDRA L. HAYES, CHAIR
Vice Chair Ann Turlington presented the Personnel Committee report for Chair Hayes.
The Board was presented for review a draft policy defining acting and interim presidency positions. This matter will be brought back to the Policy Committee at a later date, for further discussion in order to define more specifically the terms action and interim.
On a motion by Ms. Turlington, seconded by Ms. Steiner, the board went into closed session.
CLOSED SESSION FOR PERSONNEL MATTERS
By acclamation, the Board reconvened in
Open Session.
SYSTEM PRESIDENT'S REPORT, H. Martin Lancaster
The full text of President Lancaster's report is on the North Carolina Community College System Web site. The address for that site is http://www.nccommunitycolleges.edu.
CHAIR’S REMARKS, G. Herman Porter
Dr. Porter thanked the Board for its efforts toward the bond issue,
adding that we have developed innumerable relationships that will be
helpful to us along the way. The project offered us the a chance to pull
together on something important for North Carolina.
Mr. Middlesworth suggested a resolution for President Lancaster for his outstanding work on the bond referendum. President Lancaster asked that the Board not take such action, stating that the bond endeavor had indeed been a team effort; therefore, it would be unfair to single him out with a resolution.
Dr. Porter reported that this is our last meeting with Lieutenant Governor Wicker and State Treasurer Harlan Boyles.
Dr. Porter announced that there would be no meeting as a Board in December.
DATES OF NEXT MEETINGS
The next meetings of the State Board are scheduled for Thursday and Friday, January 18-19, 2001,in Raleigh.
ADJOURNMENT
By acclamation, the Board adjourned at 11:10 a.m.
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED BY:
Secretary
H. Martin Lancaster, System President
APPROVED BY:
Chair
G. Herman Porter
Agenda attachments referenced in this document were previously mailed and therefore are not attached to these minutes. If copies are needed, please contact the Office of State Board Affairs, North Carolina Community College System, 200 West Jones Street, Raleigh, NC 27603-1379, (919) 733-7051.
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