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Santa Barbara County Grand Jury
• 2020-2021
Aspects of Governance at Allan Hancock College
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⚠️ Este contenido ha sido traducido automáticamente. El texto original en inglés es la versión oficial. La traducción puede contener errores.
Findings 8 findings
F1
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The Santa Barbara County Grand Jury did not substantiate the specific allegations of financial mismanagement, as stated in the complaint.
F2
Page 116
The Santa Barbara County Grand Jury’s reading of the financial audits of Allan Hancock College is that the College’s financial management practices meet the standards for public education institutions and do not pose significant risks to the College’s funds, but improvements could be made.
F3
Page 116
The Santa Barbara County Grand Jury did not substantiate the allegations of grade manipulation in the K-12 partnership program of Allan Hancock College, as stated in the complaint.
F4
Page 116
The Santa Barbara County Grand Jury found that adequate human and electronic safeguards exist against systemic manipulation of grades at the College.
F5
Page 116
The Santa Barbara County Grand Jury did not find systemic evidence of corrupt hiring, evaluation, and personnel management practices at the College, as alleged in the complaint. 109
F6
Page 117
The Santa Barbara County Grand Jury finds that staff opinions on the work environment are sometimes below the norms of comparable educational institutions in the areas of incentives for good performance, training, and open communications.
F7
Page 117
The Santa Barbara County Grand Jury did not find systemic evidence of a difficult work environment at Allan Hancock College, as alleged in the complaint.
F8
Page 117
The Santa Barbara County Grand Jury finds that the College’s internal dispute resolution procedures meet the standards for public education institutions in California. REQUEST FOR RESPONSE Pursuant to California Penal Code Section 933 and 933.05, the Santa Barbara County Grand Jury requests each entity or individual named below to respond to the enumerated findings and
Recommendations 5
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R2Page 116That the Board of Trustees of Allan Hancock College direct the administration of Allan Hancock College to upgrade its financial management software (Banner) to flag exceptions to procedures in real time to the attention of supervisors and managers, permitting greater oversight of such exceptions.
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R3Page 116That the Board of Trustees of Allan Hancock College commission an external performance review of the K-12 partnership program over the past five years and the results of the review be made public.
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R4Page 116That the Board of Trustees of Allan Hancock College direct the Director of Admissions and Records to submit an annual report on grades – levels, rates and frequencies of grade changes, documented exceptions to procedures, patterns by academic department and discipline – to the Board of Trustees and post that report on the College website, in the interests of transparency and of maintaining public confidence.
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R6aPage 117That the Board of Trustees of Allan Hancock College direct the administration to make more effective use of peer-review evaluation practices.
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R6bPage 117That the Board of Trustees of Allan Hancock College commission a new survey of faculty and staff engagement, to be done by an independent external firm, focusing on questions of staff incentives, training, and internal communications with the results of the survey to be discussed in a public forum.