Report 2017-102 Recommendation 13 Responses

Report 2017-102: California Community Colleges: The Colleges Reviewed Are Not Adequately Monitoring Services for Technology Accessibility, and Districts and Colleges Should Formalize Procedures for Upgrading Technology (Release Date: December 2017)

Recommendation #13 To: Cerritos Community College District

To ensure that its technology master plan supports the strategic goals of the district, Cerritos should update its master plan by June 2018, and should ensure that the plan includes detailed steps to accomplish its goals.

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From November 2020

Cerritos College has updated its Facilities Master Plan as of June 2019 and the Technology Master Plan was completed as of April 2020. Cerritos College has developed a prioritization of the projects outline in the plan and is ready to begin. Work has already began but Cerritos College will be hiring a project management team to assist in the implementation of the plan. This is anticipated to be approved in January 2021.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending

Cerritos College has not provided documentation for our review that supports its assertion of full implementation of this recommendation.


Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2019

Cerritos College has updated its Facilities Master Plan as of June 2019 and currently is under contract and currently working on updating the Technology Master Plan. This master plan will integrate into the Educational Master Plan and Facilities Master Plan. This master plan is will be completed by the end of January 2020.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending


1-Year Agency Response

Cerritos College is under contract and currently working on updating the Facilities Master Plan and Technology Master Plan that will integrate into the Educational Master Plan. As noted in the master plan timeline which I have will include as supporting documentation, the master plan is to be completed by the end of the 2018-19 academic term May 2019.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Pending


6-Month Agency Response

Cerritos College issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to update the Facilities Master Plan and Technology Master Plan that will integrate into the Educational Master Plan. The RFQ responses were due May 22, 2018. Currently the committee is reviewing the proposals for interview and recommendation for approval to the Board of Trustees by July 2018. The master plans will take approximately 3 - 6 months to complete.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending


60-Day Agency Response

Cerritos College is finalizing its request for qualifications (RFQ) in order to update both its Facilities Master Plan and Technology Master with the hopes of integrating both of these plans. The goal is to have the RFQ released in February 2018.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending


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Agency responses received are posted verbatim.