BOT Approves Policy and Hears Program Review
[Garden City, KS] October 19, 2022 -- The Garden City Community College Board of Trustees approved a Community College Property Management Policy and heard a program review from the Automotive Technology program during the regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, October 18, 2022.
Garden City Community College has received an allocation of $1,499,913 from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds of H.R. 1319 American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA). These funds are dedicated to expanding agricultural technology and welding programming at GCCC and will be used to increase access to education within the Agricultural Technology program through expansion of classroom space, lab and shop space as well as new equipment and machinery. GCCC is currently completing the final application for the ARPA funds which have been allocated through the State of Kansas to GCCC. As part of the application, the Board was asked to acknowledge the allocation of funds and adopt the policy. The Board approved adoption of the Community College Property Management Policy which acknowledges receipt of the ARPA allocation and complying with said policy on use of funds.
Additionally, the Board heard a program review from the Automotive Technology program which highlighted the increasing enrollment numbers and GPAs of the high school and postsecondary students enrolled in the program.
The next meeting of the Board of Trustees is scheduled for Tuesday, November 15, 2022, at 6 p.m. in the Logan Aviation Endowment Room inside the Beth Tedrow Student Center at GCCC.
--
Garden City Community College exists to produce positive contributors to the economic and social well-being of society.