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Faculty Equivalency

​The Faculty Equivalency Committee is an Advisory Committee to the Academic Senate in fulfillment to the Education Code Section 87359. This section states, "that the equivalency process shall include reasonable procedures to ensure that the governing board relies primarily upon the advice and judgment of the Senate to determine that each individual employed under the authority granted by regulations possesses qualifications that are at least equivalent to applicable minimum qualifications." The committee shall:

1. Be available to screening and selection committees as a resource regarding equivalency determinations;
2. Review the decisions of the screening committees as described above;
3. Recommend all equivalency determinations to the governing board;
4. Further clarify the criteria to be used for determining equivalency;
5. Ensure that careful records are kept of all equivalency determinations;
6. Periodically review this equivalency procedure and recommend changes to the Senate and governing board.