The Skyline College Strategic Planning and Allocation of Resources Committee (SPARC) met on Thursday, February 13, 2020.<\/p>\n
Carla Grandy, Director of Guided Pathways and Comprehensive Redesign shared with the committee the Guided Pathways Scale of Adaption Plan. In fiscal year 2017-18, the State Chancellor\u2019s Office provided funding of $797K over a period of five years to the college to implement Guided Pathways and Comprehensive Redesign initiatives. The college is charged to complete the Guided Pathways Self-Assessment on progress and to submit the report to the State by March 1, 2020. Of note, the college is at the \u201cPlanning to Scale\u201d or \u201cScaling in Progress\u201d on nearly all metrics. The final report will go to the Board of Trustees for their review and approval at the February 26th meeting. See Guided Pathways Essential Practices: Scale of Adoption Self-Assessment<\/a> for additional information.<\/p>\n Tri-chair Vice President of Administrative Services Eloisa Briones and Manager of Finance and Operations Paul Cassidy presented the college mid-year budget review. At the October 2019 SPARC meeting, the committee made a recommendation to the College Governance Council for the allocation of new Fund 1 monies for fiscal year 2019-20. Those recommendations were approved by the President and have been incorporated into the current year budget. Preliminary budget scenarios for fiscal year 2020-21 will be discussed at an upcoming meeting.<\/p>\n Last year, purview over the program review process transitioned from the Curriculum Committee to SPARC. To continue discussion about the committee\u2019s role in the program review process and to consider whether improvements are needed, members approved several motions. The motions are as follows:<\/p>\n\n