About College OPTIONS College OPTIONS is a collaboration between California's two major public university systems, local community colleges, local private colleges and universities, the county offices of education, the California Education Round Table Intersegmental Coordinating Committee ( ICC ) and The McConnell Foundation of Redding, California. Providing schooland community-based college awareness and preparation services, College OPTIONS is making a difference in the lives of Shasta and Siskiyou county students and their families. This project is funded in part by The McConnell Foundation, Redding, California. The McConnell Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization, whose mission is to help build better communities through philanthropy.