Resolution in Support of AS-3462-20/FA: Request for Amendments to the Title V Ethnic Studies Changes

RATIONALE: The Academic Senate of the CSU (ASCSU), twenty CSU campus Senates, the California Faculty Association (CFA), the CSU Council of Ethnic Studies and the SF State College of Ethnic Studies have all spoken out in opposition to the implementation of AB 1460 as designed by the Board of Trustees and the CSU Chancellor’s Office. Despite this overwhelming opposition to changes in Title V and Executive Order (EO) 1100 in response to AB 1460 (requiring a 3-unit course in Ethnic Studies of all CSU graduates), the Board of Trustees and the Chancellor’s Office approved the changes through their actions over the course of the fall 2020. The ASCSU in emergency session passed AS-3462-20/FA (ASCSU Opposition and Amendments to Title 5 Ethnic Studies Policy) in response. We support and demonstrate the importance of consultation and shared governance in relation to curriculum design and implementation.

Curriculum development and implementation are the purview of the faculty, and the strict requirements within the revision of Executive Order 1100 (December 3, 2020) make it impossible for faculty to have meaningful development of curriculum that follows necessary shared governance processes; and

The SF State Academic Senate, the College of Ethnic Studies, and SF State CFA have all spoke out in opposition to the implementation of A.B. 1460 as proposed by the CSU Chancellor’s office; and