To: Board of Supervisors
From: Dr. Grant Colfax, Health Services Director
Report Title: Unpaid Student Training Agreement #72-179-1 with California State University, Dominguez Hills
☒Recommendation of the County Administrator ☐ Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Health Services Director, or designee, to execute on behalf of the County Unpaid Student Training Agreement #72-179-1 with California State University, Dominguez Hills, an educational institution, to provide supervised field instruction in County’s Public Health Division to nursing students, for the period from January 1, 2026 through December 31, 2029.
FISCAL IMPACT:
None. This is a non-financial agreement.
BACKGROUND:
The purpose of this Agreement is to provide California State University, Dominguez Hills nursing students with the opportunity to integrate academic knowledge with applied skills at progressively higher levels of performance and responsibility. Supervised fieldwork experience for students is considered to be an integral part of both educational and professional preparation. The Health Services Department can provide the requisite field education, while at the same time, benefiting from the students’ services to patients.
In February of 2022, the County Administrator approved and the Purchasing Services Manager executed Unpaid Student Training Agreement #72-179 with California State University, Dominguez Hills to provide supervised fieldwork instruction experience with County’s Public Health Division for their students, for the period March 1, 2022 through February 28, 2025.
Approval of Unpaid Student Training Agreement #72-179-1 will allow Contractor’s nursing students to continue to receive supervised fieldwork instruction experience with County’s Public Health Division through December 31, 2029. This Contract includes a mutual indemnification provision to hold harmless both parties from any claims arising from the performance under this Agreement.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
If this Agreement is not approved, the Contractor’s nursingstudents will not receive supervised fieldwork instruction experience in County’s Public Health Division.