SENATE STIPENDS Initial proposal
May 1 Meeting
May 8 Meeting
$100
$500
$720
to senators
to senators
to officers
to officers
$300
$800
Local community colleges that pay student senators
to senators
$1,200 to officers
930 $1,200 62 80
to senators, who spend an expected
to officers, who spend an expected
hours
hours
working for DASB per quarter
working for DASB per quarter
Lianna Martinez STAFF REPORTER
De Anza College will implement a new First Year Promise program offering free tuition and $500 for Foothill College textbooks to students in their first year of college starting this fall. $650 to president “Eligibility is based on state $450 to vice presidents guidelines and is not based on $250 to senators income,” said Rob Mieso, vice president of student services, who Las Positas is overseeing the program. “We started a pilot fall 2018 $1,000 to president with about 175 students. We are $800 to vice president now scaling to full implementation starting fall 2019 with all new $700 to directors incoming students that qualify,” $300 to senators Mieso said. De Anza’s First Year Promise is funded by Assembly Bill 19, which Scholarships are awarded to allows districts to decide how to a limited number of students cover fees for first time or full time students. “We expect (the program) to continue as long as the state is Monterey Peninsula willing to fund it,” Mieso said. College The goal of the First Year $300 to officers Promise is to “increase college access, equity, and affordability,” $250 to senators said Mieso. “We hope more students will take Mission College paid their advantage of this great resource at De Anza,” Mieso said. “However, senators a one-time stipend enrollment is impacted by several in the fall 2018 quarter factors and this program alone will not resolve the enrollment challenges we face.” Foothill, Las Positas and Ashley Bryant, 25, criminal Monterey pay senators with justice major, said the program may have some drawbacks. student body funds “It’s good but then at the same time does that mean students who are on their second or third year at De Anza get a school year as free as well?” asked Bryant. Gulab Singh, 20, undecided, thinks this program can be very beneficial for students. senators and 7.3 for officers per Singh said the program will help week. in many ways, “from reducing the Su said senators do not have financial burden of rising costs of opportunities for field hours a college education, to allowing every week and not all shared students more time and energy to governance meetings are held focus on studies rather than part regularly. time work.” Office hours are managed According to De Anza’s through a sign-in sheet. Su said Institutional Research and Planning it is not heavily enforced, but that Office, students that received the is would be if senators received program reported higher success payment. rates compared to students during The DASB senate said they winter 2019. do not know who would manage Retention rates were high among the money to pay senators and students who received the program officers. Some senators suggested compared to all other De Anza to give the responsibility to the JIE PALOMA students, resulting in a 2% to 3% PALOMA DASB adviser, but SuJIE said this is increase. unlikely.
Scholarships
As of May 15, the DASB senate proposes paying per quarter
$
De Anza offers first year free
Stipends
$51,930 to $90,990 Annual cost for minimum 16 and maximum 30 senators, including 9 officers
DASB senate endorses resolution to pay senators, officers quarterly stipends Ethan Bennett Julia Kolman
the stipends to $500 for senators and $800 to executive officers per quarter. The DASB senate endorsed Kolar presented a draft of the student leader compensation the resolution on May 8, which resolution to pay senators $930 stated senators would be paid and executive officers $1,200 per $720 and officers be paid $1,200 quarter. per quarter. DASB President Lawrence Su Su and Chair of Finance Ian and Student Trustee Genevieve Robertsson said the senate is Kolar drafted the resolution, asking the district for a high which would cost a minimum compensation in hopes to of $51,930 to a maximum of negotiate the terms. $90,990 annually. “We started very low, but the Kolar initially proposed paying main idea of pushing it higher, senators $100 and executive higher and higher was so we officers $300 per quarter at the have something to negotiate CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES #REALCOLLEGE SURVEY May 1 DASB senate meeting. with the board of trustees,” said Senators suggested increasing Robertsson.
Accountability According to Su, senators should spend a total of 10 hours working for the DASB senate per week: two hours at senate meetings, two hours at shared governance meetings, two hours at committee meetings, two hours of office h ours a nd two hours of field hours. Su said officers should spend an additional two hours planning for committee meetings and writing agendas. The resolution states senators spend up to 62 hours and officers spend up to 80 hours per quarter working for the DASB senate. This would average 5.6 hours for
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