Report 2020-111 Recommendation 7 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 #7 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 to require examiners to review scoring sheets to determine if raters have followed the Commission's candidate evaluation guidance, and if the raters have failed to follow the guidance request that the raters review their evaluation of the candidate.
Annual Follow-Up Agency Response From October 2022
PC already has a process in place that was implemented in early 2021 by which multiple examiners review rating sheets to ensure that the PC's evaluation guidance is being followed.
- Completion Date: March 2021
California State Auditor's Assessment of Annual Follow-Up Status: Pending
The Los Angeles Community College District Personnel Commission did not provide any documentation demonstrating that it has a process in place requiring multiple examiners to review rating sheets to ensure that the Commission's evaluation guidance is being followed. Thus, we are unable to evaluate whether it has implemented our recommendation.
- Auditee did not substantiate its claim of full implementation
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.