Education Codes:

• Education Code: § 70902 (b)(7) Governing Boards; Delegation.
  Requires the local Board of Trustees to establish procedures to ensure effective participation.
• Education Code: § 87359 (b) Waiver Of Minimum Qualifications; Equivalency
  Requires the local Board of Trustees to rely primarily upon the advice of the senate regarding faculty meet minimum qualifications.
• Education Code: § 87360 (b) Hiring Criteria
  Requires the local Board of Trustees to develop hiring criteria, policies, and procedures for new faculty members.
• Education Code: § 87458 (a) Administrative Retreat Rights
  Requires the local Board of Trustees to rely primarily upon the advice and judgment of the academic senate regarding procedures regarding administrators retreating into faculty positions.
• Education Code: § 87610.1(a) Tenure Evaluation Procedures
  Requires that collective bargaining agents, or faculty collective bargaining units, consult with the academic senate prior to negotiating tenure evaluation procedures.
• Education Code: § 87663 (f) Evaluation Procedures
  Requires that collective bargaining agents, or faculty collective bargaining units, consult with the academic senate prior to negotiating faculty evaluation procedures.
• Education Code: § 87743.2 Faculty Service Areas
  Requires that collective bargaining agents, or faculty collective bargaining units, consult with the academic senate prior to negotiating Faculty Service Areas (FSA).

See Local Academic Senate/Collective Bargaining Unit Relations (Part II.A.5 of this handbook) for a discussion on how collective bargaining unit-senate consultation may differ from the “collegial consultation” in which senates and administrations engage.