Fwd: Urgent: Legislative Vote for Ca Community College's 115th Online College (fwd)

[Noelle <noelle>]

's online community college. no one told them we already have online 
coding 
program at SBCC

 > From: Janet Robertson <http://www.sbcc.edu/~robertso>
 > To: Premeau <http://www.aol.com/~premeau>, "Doyon, Cindy" <http://www.nthrive.com/~cdoyon>,         
 > Maria Castillo <http://www.redlandshospital.org/~mcastillo>,         Noelle <
 > http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>,         Debra Collingwood <http://www.sbch.org/~dcolling>
 > 
 > Hi,
 > I am writing you to ask for your input on an urgent matter.  As you can 
 > see by the email below, I informed the CHIA Board about an issue with the 
 > Governor's proposed 115th Online College.    Could you read the email 
 > below and the articles attached/linked and give me your feedback?
 > The CHIA Legislative Committee meets tomorrow and Brian has asked if this 
 > could be added to the agenda.  I am hoping we can get some support from 
 > them.  Also, the Academics Committee will be discussing this at our 5/21 
 > meeting and I plan to send an email to the members of the Academics 
 > Committee encouraging them to work with their Academic Senates to support 
 > the cause.
 > The SBCC Academic Senate President is working with me to write an article 
 > for the Academic Senate of the Ca Community Colleges newsletter.  
 > If you could provide me with a statement to be used in the article from an 
 > industry stand point and in support of the online Medical Coding Program at 
 > SBCC, I would greatly appreciate it.
 > There was one more article that came out today which I will share with you 
 > in another email.  
 > Thanks for your attention to this matter.
 > Janet
 > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
 > From: Janet Robertson < http://www.sbcc.edu/~robertso ,http://www.sbcc.edu/~robertso, >
 > Date: Sat, May 5, 2018 at 10:10 AM
 > Subject: Urgent: Legislative Vote for Ca Community College's 115th 
 > Online College
 > To: Sharon Lewis < http://www.cahia.org/~sharon ,mailto:
 > http://www.cahia.org/~sharon, >, Connie Renda < http://www.sdccd.edu/~crenda ,mailto:
 > http://www.sdccd.edu/~crenda, >, Brian Faust < http://www.smcgov.org/~BFaust ,mailto:
 > http://www.smcgov.org/~BFaust, >, "Alizondo, Maria Caban" < http://www.mednet.ucla.edu/~MCAlizondo 
 > ,http://www.mednet.ucla.edu/~MCAlizondo, >, Deborah Collier < 
 > http://www.gmail.com/~debcollier75 ,http://www.gmail.com/~debcollier75, >, "Merryman, Melany 
 > A" < http://www.tmmc.com/~Melany.Merryman ,http://www.tmmc.com/~Melany.Merryman, >, 
 > http://www.ccfmg.org/~diane.brooks ,http://www.ccfmg.org/~diane.brooks, , 
 > http://www.parallon.com/~Roy.Shurtliff ,http://www.parallon.com/~Roy.Shurtliff,
 > Hello CHIA Board,
 > I would not normally email you directly; however, I feel that we have an 
 > urgent matter on our hands.
 > As you may have heard, Governor Jerry has proposed a 115th Ca 
 > Community College (CCC) as an Online College.   The State Legislature 
 > will vote this summer on the budget proposal for $100 million in funding to 
 > start up the online college and also $20 million in ongoing costs.  As an 
 > online instructor for the last 13 years,  I think this is a good idea.  
 > However, there has been a lot of opposition from the online college from 
 > the CCC State Academic Senate and others.
 > The recent news is that the Chancellor's Office is boasting a medical 
 > coding program as the first program for the online college.  This has 
 > raised concern among the HIM educators in the state because another online 
 > medical coding program would be in direct competition with current CCC 
 > medical coding programs available, four of which are online.  
 > Of major concern is that current HIT/HIA faculty have not been included in 
 > these discussions and the information being shared with the Legislature and 
 > public is vague and incomplete.  I think it is inaccurate, but I do not 
 > have facts to rebut it at this time, so I will say vague and incomplete.
 > I have voiced my concerns to several entities within the CCC District to no 
 > avail.  I have come to the conclusion that the Chancellor's Office does 
 > not want to hear what we    (educators) have to say and that our voices 
 > are not going to be heard.
 > I am writing you because the attached articles are of concern.  Also, this 
 > link to another article is disturbing,  http://caeconomy.o 
 > rg/reporting/entry/ca- online-community-college- 
 > announces-first-health-care- pathway ,
 > http://caeconomy.org/reporting/entry/ca-online-community-college-announces-first-health-care-pathway
 > , .     
 > At this point, it appears to be beyond the point of educators concerns 
 > about direct competition from within their own system.  I see this as a 
 > professional ethical issue.  It would be unethical for the HIM profession 
 > in Ca to stand by and watch the Legislature and public be deceived 
 > by the information in these articles.
 > I hope you will agree once you have read them.  I had a couple of ideas 
 > that I hope you will consider.  
 > 1) Could our Legislative Committee help with this issue? I am not sure if 
 > it is within their purview, but we need to present our concerns to the 
 > State Legislature. 2) If the HIM industry professionals feel that a four 
 > month coding program is not sufficient and students receiving a coding 
 > certificate will most likely not get that $30 hour job without coding 
 > experience, perhaps we could rally some of our high level professionals to 
 > voice their concerns.
 > Thanks for your attention to this matter. 
 > Respectfully,
 > Janet (310) 871-4645
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 > 
 > [IMAGE] ,http://www.sbcc.edu/marketing/files/SBCC_logo_5.1%28rgb%29.jpg, ,
 > http://www.sbcc.edu/
 > ,
 > 
 > Janet Robertson, RHIA
 > HIT Program Director/Faculty
 > 721 Cliff Drive,
 > Santa Barbara, CA 93109
 > 
 > (805) 965-0581 ext 3451
 > 
 > http://www.sbcc.edu/~robertso ,http://www.sbcc.edu/~robertso,
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 > 
 > [IMAGE] ,http://www.sbcc.edu/marketing/files/SBCC_logo_5.1%28rgb%29.jpg, ,
 > http://www.sbcc.edu/
 > ,
 > 
 > Janet Robertson, RHIA
 > HIT Program Director/Faculty
 > 721 Cliff Drive,
 > Santa Barbara, CA 93109
 > 
 > (805) 965-0581 ext 3451
 > 
 > http://www.sbcc.edu/~robertso ,http://www.sbcc.edu/~robertso,