DATE: June 4, 2024
TO: Board of Supervisors
SUBMITTED BY: John Zanoni, Sheriff-Coroner-Public Administrator
SUBJECT: Retroactive Agreement with Fresno City College, a college of the State Center Community College District
RECOMMENDED ACTION(S):
TITLE
Approve and authorize the Chairman to execute a retroactive revenue Agreement with Fresno City College, a college of the State Center Community College District, to allow the Sheriff's Office to offer law enforcement educational courses and share revenue from the training provided by the Sheriff's Office through Fresno City College, effective from May 1, 2024 through April 30, 2029 (estimated at $796,148).
REPORT
Approval of the recommended action will continue the County's partnership with Fresno City College (FCC), a college of the State Center Community College District (SCCCD), which will allow the Sheriff's Office to continue offering law enforcement educational courses and instruction through FCC Police Academy for five, one-year periods. The recommended agreement also allows the County to receive 60% in each academic year of the state base apportionment earned due to eligible instructional Full-Time Equivalent Student (FTES) hours (i.e. based on a percentage of the fees collected for the instructional courses). This enables the County to offset a portion of the cost for the Sheriff's Training Unit. This item is countywide.
ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
No viable alternative action exists to provide reimbursement costs for law enforcement in-service education. The recommended revenue agreement provides money to offset a portion of the costs to provide the education to public safety personnel. The classes exist to educate public safety personnel, thereby improving the service to the community. Without the reimbursement funds, in-service education classes would be reduced or limited, or personnel would be sent to costly outside venues to receive California Peace Officer Standards Training (POST) mandated training...
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