Report 2020-111 Recommendation 5 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 #5 To: Los Angeles Community College District
To ensure that its examination process is fair and evaluates all candidates consistently, the Commission should establish a rule by October 2021 requiring that when it creates examinations it establish a method for determining candidates' overall scores based on the ratings of the individual evaluation factors.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2022
Candidates' overall scores are calculated by summing all individual factor rating scores (fully implemented in July of 2021). More important factors are assigned a heavier weight than factors that are less important. All exams are administered using this new approach.
- Completion Date: July 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Partially Implemented
The Commission provided a sample interview scoring sheet with its response that includes a method for determining candidates' overall scores based on the ratings of the individual evaluation factors. However, it did not provide evidence that it established a rule requiring the use of this method for all candidate evaluations. Thus, the Commission has not fully implemented our recommendation.
- Auditee did not address all aspects of the recommendation
1-Year Agency Response
We contacted the Commission's personnel director who declined to submit a response.
- Estimated Completion Date: None
- Response Date: May 2022
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.
- Estimated Completion Date: Unknown
- Response Date: December 2021
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.
- Estimated Completion Date: Unknown
- Response Date: August 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: No Action Taken
All Recommendations in 2020-111
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.