MARYSVILLE, Calif. – The Yuba Community College District (YCCD) Board of Trustees voted at Thursday's regular meeting to rescind layoff notices and reinstate several full-time faculty members at Yuba College.

Those reinstated include Lynette Garcia, nursing; Li-Chiuan Hsieh, political science; and Veronica Torres, drafting/engineering.

All three professors will remain at Yuba College and will continue their faculty assignments for the 2010-11 academic year starting this fall semester.

“In these tough economic times, we are all pleased to be able to bring back positions that once were scheduled for elimination,” said YCCD Chancellor Dr. Nicki Harrington.

Harrington thanked the college's faculty for stepping up to the plate and making the necessary concession to allow reinstatement of the faculty positions.

“This, along with the 11 support staff positions, will provide our students with additional courses and student services that are badly needed,” said Harrington. “We remain hopeful that the state budget will prioritize resources to support students and the communities we serve to stimulate economic recovery.”

The reinstatement of these positions was made possible due to a faculty resignation, faculty concessions in the form of a 0.8-percent salary reduction and the foregoing of a $20,000 professional development/travel and conference fund.

In addition, thanks to the deficit factor coming in lower than anticipated 11 other positions were reinstated by the board, including a custodian, a library technical assistant and a computer help desk technician, to name a few.

Furthermore, a recent grant enabled a nursing clerical assistant to be brought back and the recent resignation of the chief of police allowed for a police officer position to be reinstated.

The Yuba Community College District spans eight counties and nearly 4,200 square miles of territory in rural, north-central California. It has colleges in Marysville and Woodland, an educational center in Clearlake, and will be adding outreach facilities in Sutter and Colusa counties as part of the Measure J facilities bond.

For more information about YCCD please visit www.yccd.edu.