Two years after that first law passed, two more regulations, approved by the CCCCO rather than a new state statute, enlarged the original language of the law.
For nearly fifty years now, the seventy-two community college districts have been required to abide by the CCCCO's "minimum standards" and codes, but, besides that, they've pretty much done as they've pleased.
This year, for example, the CCCCO released a new statewide strategic plan for the whole system as well as twenty-two recommendations for improvements that, if followed, could do a great deal of good.