Report 2012-113 Recommendation 14 Responses

Report 2012-113: California State University's Extended Education: It Is Unclear Whether Supplanting Occurred, and Campuses Did Not Always Document Their Adherence to Laws, Policies, and Procedures (Release Date: December 2013)

Recommendation #14 To: Long Beach, California State University

To ensure that it sets self-supported fees for extended education in accordance with state law and Executive Order 1054, CSU Long Beach should immediately take the following action: revise its student fee policy to specifically require the development, appropriate consideration, and retention of statements of revenues and expenditures when establishing or adjusting future fees for self-supported extended education courses and programs.

6-Month Agency Response

CSU Long Beach updated its web page regarding the student fee policy to specifically require the development, appropriate consideration, and retention of statements of revenues and expenditures when establishing or adjusting future fees for self-supported extended education courses and programs in accordance with CSU Executive Order 1054. (Attachment C)

Additionally, a unique record identifier has been created in the campus fiscal record retention schedule for the retention of Category V fee related documentation, such as statements for revenues and expenditures that support the fee request/change. The record identifier number 2.15.4. (Attachment A).

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Fully Implemented

60-Day Agency Response

CSULB has already begun ensuring that revenue and expenditure statements are prepared, considered, and retained. CSULB will revise its web page containing student fee policy to specifically require the development, appropriate consideration, and retention of statements of revenues and expenditures when establishing or adjusting future fees for self-supported extended education courses and programs.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending

All Recommendations in 2012-113

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.