Coast Community College District

{{Short description|Community College District in Orange County, CA}}

{{Infobox government agency

| name = Coast Community College District

| type = Community College District

| logo = Coast Community College District Logo.jpg

| formed = {{Start date|1947}}

| headquarters = 1370 Adams Avenue Costa Mesa, CA

| chief1_name = Lorraine Prinsky

| chief1_position = President

| chief2_name = Jim Moreno

| chief2_position = Vice President

| chief3_name = Elizabeth Dorn Parker

| chief3_position = Board Clerk

| chief4_name = Mary Hornbuckle

| chief4_position = Trustee

| chief5_name = Vacant

| chief5_position = Trustee

| parent_department = California Community Colleges

| website = {{URL|https://www.cccd.edu/}}

}}

The Coast Community College District (CCCD) is a community college district in Orange County, California that offers associate degrees and adult education certificates. It includes three colleges: Coastline Community College, Golden West College, and Orange Coast College. It is headquartered in Costa Mesa.

History

The Coast Community College District was created in 1947 following a special election to establish the district and Orange Coast College.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://orangecoastcollege.edu/about/ |publisher=Orange Coast College |access-date=January 3, 2024}} The district became a multi-campus operation following the construction of Golden West College in 1966, following being renamed from the Orange Coast Junior College District.{{Cite web |title=The History of Orange Coast College |url=https://orangecoastcollege.edu/75years/history.html |publisher=Orange Coast College |access-date=January 3, 2024}}

In 2002, the voters approved Measure C, which was a $365 million bond for improvements at the three campuses.{{Cite news |last=Pak |first=Ellyn |date=March 1, 2010 |title=Home of Orange Coast College crew gets revamping |work=The Orange County Register |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2010/03/01/home-of-orange-coast-college-crew-gets-revamping/ |access-date=January 3, 2024}} Measure M was a 2012 bond measure that was submitted to the voters in the district. Requesting $698 million for various facilities improvements, the measure was approved by voters.{{Cite news |last=Szabo |first=Matt |date=October 6, 2023 |title=Golden West College debuts Language Arts Complex |work=Daily Pilot |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2023-10-06/golden-west-college-debuts-language-arts-complex |access-date=January 3, 2024}}

In 2022, the District forgave $4.5 million of student debt following federal assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite news |last=Cardine |first=Sara |date=August 19, 2022 |title=Coast Community College District pays $4.5M to forgive student debt incurred during the pandemic |work=Daily Pilot |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2022-08-19/coast-district-allocates-4-5m-to-forgive-student-debt-incurred-during-pandemic |access-date=January 3, 2024}}

Campuses

Coast Community College District has three campuses:

Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa
Golden West College in Huntington Beach
Coastline Community College with three mini campuses in Westminster, Garden Grove, and Newport Beach

Governance

CCCD is governed by a five-member Board of Trustees, each elected to a four-year term.{{Cite web |title=Board of Trustees |url=https://www.cccd.edu/boardoftrustees/index.html |access-date=January 3, 2024}} Following a 2017 threat of lawsuit by attorney Kevin Shenkman, the district transitioned from from-district elections, where each trustee would represent and live in a district but still be voted at-large, to by-district elections where only the residents of each trustee area would vote for their trustee.{{Cite news |last=Zint |first=Bradley |date=July 20, 2017 |title=Coast college district OKs resolution to change election system after lawsuit threats |work=Daily Pilot |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-coast-elections-20170720-story.html |access-date=January 3, 2024}}{{Cite news |last=Zint |first=Bradley |date=August 3, 2017 |title=Trustees argue during hearing over changing Coast Community College District's election system |work=Daily Pilot |url=https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/tn-dpt-me-around-town-20170901-story.html |access-date=January 3, 2024}} The current members of the Board of Trustees are:

class="wikitable"

!Trustee
Area

!Name

!Year Last
Elected

|Jim Moreno

|2022

|Phu Nguyen

|2024

|Lorraine Prinsky

|2024

|Mary Hornbuckle

|2024