Report 2017-119 Recommendation 50 Responses
Report 2017-119: California State University: It Has Not Provided Adequate Oversight of the Safety of Employees and Students Who Work With Hazardous Materials (Release Date: April 2018)
Recommendation #50 To: Sacramento, California State University
To ensure the health and safety of students in a laboratory setting, beginning in the Fall 2018 semester, Sacramento should require departments to have those students required to wear PPE sign the student safety training acknowledgement forms to demonstrate that they have received proper laboratory safety training.
1-Year Agency Response
Sacramento State has developed and implemented a campuswide Student Safety Training policy that requires departments to have students required to wear PPE sign student safety training acknowledgment forms to demonstrate that they have received proper laboratory safety training.
- Completion Date: April 2019
- Response Date: April 2019
California State Auditor's Assessment of 1-Year Status: Fully Implemented
6-Month Agency Response
Sacramento State developed and implemented a campuswide Student Safety Training (Interim) policy that requires departments to have students required to wear PPE sign student safety training acknowledgment forms to demonstrate that they have received proper laboratory safety training. The campus continues to work with appropriate faculty to ensure they have student safety training acknowledgement forms suited to their needs.
- Estimated Completion Date: December 2018
- Response Date: October 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Pending
60-Day Agency Response
Sacramento State developed and implemented a campuswide Student Safety Training (Interim) policy that requires departments to have students required to wear PPE sign student safety training acknowledgment forms to demonstrate that they have received proper laboratory safety training. This policy will remain in place until the adoption of a permanent policy to be approved by the Faculty Senate and other stakeholders during the 2018-2019 academic year.
- Completion Date: May 2018
- Response Date: June 2018
California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: Pending
Although Sacramento has issued a policy requiring departments to have students sign student safety training acknowledgment forms, as it noted in response to Recommendation 47, it has not yet developed the student safety training acknowledgment form. We will re-assess Sacramento's response to this recommendation after it has developed the student safety form.
- Auditee did not substantiate its claim of full implementation
All Recommendations in 2017-119
Agency responses received are posted verbatim.