Be it resolved by the Ventura College Academic Senate that:
Whereas, we have diligently participated in and partnered with our District colleagues in the development of a District Administrative Procedure regarding Program Discontinuance (AP 4021 Program Discontinuance)
And
Whereas, all three colleges have their own distinct and functioning planning systems and resource allocation processes and models that should be respected and honored as much as possible regardless of financial exigencies and fiscal crises
Therefore Be It Resolved, the current college programs and class schedules be respected; and further that no irregular or extraordinary tactics, strategies or techniques be employed (such as decimating the number of classes scheduled or the removal of necessary ancillary resources that are essential for the viability of classes or programs) to effect the discontinuance of a program in lieu of working through existing, regular, open and transparent planning processes.   

*First Draft by P. Scott Corbett (Sept 4, 2009); Second Draft by VC Senate Exec (Sept 15, 2009); Presented to the Senate Council for First Reading Sept 17, 2009; Presented as a Second Reading and Adopted Oct 3, 2009. Reaffirmed by the Senate Council in 2010 (By acclamation on Oct 7, 2010) and again in 2012 (First Reading Sept 6, 2012; Second Reading Sept 20, 2012).