RANCHO SANTIAGO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT (22)

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Exhibit C Guidelines, Definitions and Reasonable Standards for Strong Workforce Funding Investment (Local and Regional Share) Reasonable Reasonable is defined by the dictionary as: agreeable to sound judgment, not exceeding the limit prescribed by reason (not excessive), moderate in price, and a rational decision. Systems that can guide this definition are: necessary for the performance of the funding; follow sound business practices (procurement processes, follow state and local laws, follow the terms of the funding source); use of fair market prices; acting with prudence under the circumstances; and having no significant deviation from established prices. The following, directly relate to Strong Workforce Education Code Requirements and some examples of the standard non -allowable activities that meet the "front-page of the newspaper" test of reasonable and the allowable indirect cost rate: Supplanting: Funds appropriated to community college districts for local or regional share investment shall supplement, not supplant, existing fending of community college career technical education programs. This shall not be interpreted to mean that a participating community college district is prohibited from eliminating or altering existing programs, but the percentage of that community college district's total full-time equivalent students enrolled in career technical education courses relative to the total full-time equivalent students enrolled in the district shall not be reduced from the percentage computed for the 2015-16 fiscal year. [EC§88824(e)] Funding CTE Only: Funds expended must show a direct benefit to the requirements of the Strong Workforce Program outcomes of increasing the number of quality students or programs in CTE courses programs and pathways and addressing the recornmendations of the Strong Workforce Task Force. [EC§88824(d)(.5)(A-C)J Duplication of Effort: To avoid duplication of effort, activities funded under the Strong Workforce Program shall be informed by, aligned with, and expand upon the activities of existing workforce and education regional partnerships, including those partnership activities that pertain to regional planning efforts established pursuant to the federal Workforce innovation and Opportunity Act (Public Law 113-128), adult education block grant consortia, and K-12 career technical education programs. [EC§8882](4)(d) District Procedures: All fiscal policy and program procedures adopted by the applicable Community College District shall be followed when expending (local and regional) allocations. 5.2(13)