A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of Community College District VIII, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, state of Washington, will be held on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. The business session will begin at 3:15 PM. This meeting will be conducted both in-person in B201 and remotely via Zoom. A telephone line will also be available. Pradnya Desh, Chair, will preside.
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Students, faculty, staff, and community members are welcome to address the Board of Trustees during the “Public Comment” portion of each meeting. Each speaker is allotted up to two minutes. The Board does not respond to questions or comments during this time, as operational matters are delegated to the college president.
Public comments may be provided in one of three ways:
The Board will convene in executive session under RCW 42.30.110(1) for the following purpose(s): (g) To review the performance of a public employee; and (i) To discuss with legal counsel representing the agency litigation or potential litigation. No final action will be taken during this executive session, but action may be taken upon the Board’s return to open session.
A special meeting of the Board of Trustees of Community College District VIII, 3000 Landerholm Circle SE, state of Washington, was held on Wednesday, April 22, 2026. Pradnya Desh, chair, presided. This meeting was held in B201 and on Zoom. A telephone line was also available.
Chair Desh called the business session to order at 3:17 PM.
A quorum of the Board was present.
Present: Chair Pradnya Desh, Vice Chair Rich Fukutaki, Trustee Greg Dietzel, Trustee Michelle Flowers-Taylor, President David May, Assistant Attorney General Tricia Boerger, and Board Secretary Alicia Keating Polson.
Absent: Trustee Richard Leigh
There were 38 guests in attendance.
Trustee Dietzel made a motion to approve the agenda (April 22, 2026.) Trustee Fukutaki seconded.
The motion passed unanimously.
Trustee Dietzel made a motion to approve the minutes (March 16, 2026.) Trustee Fukutaki seconded. Trustee Flowers-Taylor abstained.
Trustee Dietzel made a motion to approve the minutes (March 18, 2026.) Trustee Flowers-Taylor seconded. Trustee Fukutaki abstained.
The motion passed unanimously.
Marlowe Zoller, staff at Bellevue College, provided a public comment on communication.
Trustee Dietzel moved that the Board of Trustees of Community College District VIII hereby concurs with the recommendation of the Sabbatical Leave Committee and the President and authorizes sabbatical leaves for:
And authorizes:
to be listed as alternates for sabbatical leave.
Trustee Fukutaki seconded.
The motion passed unanimously.
It is recommended to identify third party bookstore vendor operations as a component of Policy 6720. The Bellevue College bookstore, a Follett vendor, operates within its own procedures, found at the college bookstore homepage.
Follett has operated the Bellevue College Bookstore since 2022.
Recent changes to legal guidance, office names, administrative titles, and process led to revision of the policies and procedures connected to research at Bellevue College. Last revised in 2015, this policy provides standards and expectations for research of various kinds at the college. From on-campus, academic work to student organization and governance, clear expectations are necessary to promote the integrity of research.
To protect and maintain the value of research surveys at Bellevue College, for academic, organizational, and institutional purposes, a regular review of related policies and procedures is advised.
Proposed changes include:
Bellevue College’s policy library is consistently reviewed as part of an ongoing quality review process. Minor, or housekeeping edits, such as corrections of grammatical errors, updated hyperlinks, or updated job titles are often necessary. Housekeeping edits are proposed to College Assembly and President’s Cabinet without the full creation, revision, deletion policy and procedure process. This takes place during a ten-day review period wherein Cabinet or Assembly may request a full review.
The following policies have been updated in April 2026. Future revisions will be shared with the Board as informational items during ten-day review period. Policies with minor or housekeeping edits have been reviewed by the policy contact. Any member of the Board of Trustees may request a full review.
There was no unscheduled business.
At 3:37 PM, Chair Desh announced the Board would convene for 20 minutes (beginning at 3:37 PM) in executive session under RCW 42.30.110(1) for the following purpose: (g) To review the performance of a public employee; and (i) To discuss with legal counsel representing the agency litigation or potential litigation. Assistant Attorney General Tricia Boerger was present for the litigation-related discussion. Chair Desh announced that no final action would be taken during the executive session.
At 3:57 PM, Chair Desh extended the executive session by 15 minutes.
The executive session ended at 4:14 PM.
There being no further business, Chair Desh adjourned the Board of Trustees meeting at 4:14 PM.
Attest: Alicia Keating Polson
Secretary, Board of Trustees
Community College District VIII
Pradnya Desh
Chair, Board of Trustees
Community College District VIII