Each catalog covers an academic year that reflects enrollment beginning with the fall
term and includes subsequent spring and summer terms. Having “catalog rights” means
students are held to the graduation requirements listed in the catalog at the time
enrollment begins. Students may choose to use catalog rights for any subsequent year
of continuous enrollment. For Cañada College, College of San Mateo and Skyline College,
catalog rights apply to enrollment in any of the San Mateo County Community College
District colleges.
For the purpose of this policy, "continuous enrollment" means attending at least one
term (fall, spring, summer) each academic year. Attendance is required through the
fourth week of instruction for semester length classes or thirty percent (30%) of
summer classes and semester classes that are shorter than the full semester. Catalog
rights cannot supersede any State or Federal regulation or requirement in effect at
the time of graduation.
Catalog rights do not apply to any program that has been inactivated and no longer
offered by the respective college after the appropriate teach-out period has passed.
Refer to “Program Inactivation and Teach-out" for further information.
