Report 2020-111 Recommendation 1 Responses

Report 2020-111: Los Angeles Community College District Personnel Commission: Its Inconsistent Practices and Inadequate Policies Adversely Affect District Employees and Job Candidates, Leading to Concerns About the Fairness of Its Decisions (Release Date: May 2021)

Recommendation #1 To: Los Angeles Community College District

To increase the objectivity and transparency of its minimum qualification requirements, when possible the Commission should create qualification requirements based on time spent working in District job classifications or equivalent experience, rather than using ambiguous terms such as "professional-level."

Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From February 2025

As we noted in our initial response to your audit report released in May of 2021, we contend that there is already a sound process in place for how class descriptions, including class qualifications and minimum requirements, are developed. All job descriptions are based on solid research from information gathered on comparable jobs from the U.S. Department of Labor database, other public agencies, and internally related job classes within the LACCD. All class spec reviews follow a standardized process that is outlined in the Revision Flow Chart and constituent groups, such as administrators, supervisors, incumbents, union representatives, are all afforded an opportunity to participate in this process.

California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Will Not Implement

1-Year Agency Response

We contacted the Commission's personnel director who declined to submit a response.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: No Action Taken

To date the Commission has declined to provide a response. Thus, we cannot determine whether it has taken any action to implement this recommendation.

6-Month Agency Response

Although we contacted the Commission repeatedly to ask it to submit a 6-Month response, it did not do so.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: No Action Taken

60-Day Agency Response

Although we contacted the Commission repeatedly to ask it to submit a 60-Day response, it did not do so.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: No Action Taken

All Recommendations in 2020-111

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.