Chancellor’s Office Update

April 27, 2011

Linda MichalowskiVice Chancellor, Student Services and Special Programs

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Budget

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Budget - 2

Best Case Scenario -- Signed on March 24: $400 million cut to the base, taken as a workload

reduction $10 increase in per-unit fees, which will mitigate the

base cut Rejection of the Governor’s census change and 1.9%

growth proposals New inter-year deferral ($129 million) One-time reduction of the 2% Financial Aid Svcs.

categorical program

Budget - 3

If no tax extensions, LAO suggests: $1 billion cut to the base offset by - $40 increase in per-unit fees ($66/unit)

Net reduction of $805 million Equivalent to 14% of the new Prop. 98 cuts,

after K-12 took none of the original cuts K-12 proposals also draconian: reduce school year by 20

daysWaiting for May Revise: Expected May 16

Budget - 4

What’s next?

Governor and Legislature are on the stump in Republican districts

Rumored options: Temporary extension of taxes with later voter ratification Late summer ballot with a correspondingly late budget Direct legislative vote for tax extensions (with reforms) All-cuts budget Mostly-cuts budget with some smoke and mirrors

Policy Options

If cuts are deep: Ideas on the table

Reduce funding for credit basic skills to the non-credit rate

Lower minimum quals for Basic Skills faculty Allow contracting out of Basic Skills instruction Extend/expand categorical flexibility Adopt statewide registration priorities Cap state-funded units

Policy Options

Ideas on the table - 2 Eliminate state funding for repeats in physical

education or other activity courses Move counselors and librarians to the instructional

side of the 50% Law or eliminate it Suspend the 75/25 full time faculty ratio Suspend funding for intercollegiate athletics

Thoughts on Enrollment Priorities

Principles:

Policy should be simple so that it can be clearly explained to policymakers and

the public and the cost of administering it is minimized focus on the system’s core priorities: Career Technical Education,

Transfer Preparation and Basic Skills promote student success recognize the need for student equity and protect access to

success for underserved populations allow districts flexibility where possible and enable them to add

enrollments as capacity allows

Thoughts on Enrollment Priorities - 2

Who should have enrollment priority?

Continuing students in good standing who are making progress toward a certificate, degree, transfer or career advancement goal

First-time students who complete orientation, assessment and develop an education plan toward a certificate, degree, transfer or career advancement objective

To address student equity goals, current statutory and regulatory provisions requiring or encouraging priority registration for active duty military and recent veterans, DSPS students and EOPS students should be retained and foster youth should be added.

Thoughts on Enrollment Priorities - 3

Who should be last to enroll?

Students who have completed 100 units Students placed for two consecutive terms on Academic

Probation (GPA below 2.0) or Progress Probation (failure to successfully complete at least 50% of their classes)

Students enrolling in PE or activity courses only unless they can demonstrate that the courses are needed to complete a certificate, degree, transfer or career advancement objective

Concurrently enrolled high school students, except those in formal Middle College High School and Early College High School programs

Thoughts on Enrollment Priorities - 3

More measures to improve efficiency and promote success

Cap apportionment for repeats (including withdrawals) at 3 + 1

Replicate models that provide orientation, assessment and college counseling in high schools for seniors to ensure them enrollment priority and spread out workload on campus

Encourage and incentivize full-time enrollment through financial aid and other policies

Reform Legislation

AB 1341 (Furutani)

Will be amended to address enrollment priorities First: returning students who are fully matriculated,

making progress toward a degree, certificate or transfer; and veterans

Next: first-time students who have participated in the matriculation process

Then: All others

Reform Legislation - 2

AB 1341 (Furutani) – 2

Give the BOG the authority to determine fees; limit increases to10% in any given year

Require all fee waiver students to complete a FAFSA Charge students who accumulate more than 100

units the full cost of instruction Charge full cost of instruction for “activity courses”

that are repeated

Reform Legislation - 3

Common Assessment – AB 743 (Block) Would support CCCAssess Amendments to reduce cost K-12 Common Core Standards/Common Assessment in

the mix e-Tran California – AB 1056 (Fong)

Requires Chancellor’s Office to implement by Jan. 1, 2012 Requires districts to participate by Jan. 1, 2013 if new one-

time funding is provided

Reforms in Progress

Implementing SB 1443 – Guaranteed Transfer to CSU Implementation and Oversight Committee is meeting

monthly: www.sb1440.org Challenges in dealing with impacted campuses and

programs Tremendous progress in developing Transfer Model

Curricula; first degrees approved Relationship to C-ID (Common Course Numbering

approach) Need to ID and certify degrees

Reforms in Progress - 2

Early Assessment Program 48 CCCs accepting “college-ready” result for

placement 2/3 of 11th-graders who took EAP released results to

CCCs Students directed to CCC/CSU joint Web site:

www.collegeEAP.org Database available to participating colleges Grant funds used for training, evaluation, STEPS pilot,

micro-grants

Other Legislation

AB 160 (Portantino) – Concurrent Enrollment Permit school-college partnerships Require notification to HS principle vs. obtaining

permission Permit concurrent enrollment for basic skills Remove 5% summer cap Raise priority from “low” to none; i.e., allow

participation in open enrollment

Other Legislation - 2

AB 230 (Carter) – Middle College High School Exempt students enrolled in Middle College High

Schools from the requirement that concurrently enrolled high school students receive low enrollment priority

AB 288 (Fong) – Student Expulsion Allow districts to deny or limit enrollment for students

expelled from another district within 5 years; allow information-sharing; require students to disclose; require due process

Other Legislation - 3

AB 194 (Beall) – Priority Registration for current and former foster youth

AB 515 (Brownley) – Credit Extension Programs Allow districts to establish fee-supported credit programs to

supplement state-funded instruction

AB 532 (Hernandez) – IB Program Credit Require districts to grant equivalent credit for an IB score of

5, 6, or 7 to that given for Advance Placement score of 4 or 5

Other Legislation - 4

AB 216 (Swanson) – Inmate Education Allow districts to provide “closed” courses in correctional

institutionsAB 130 and AB 131 (Cedillo) – Financial Aid for AB 540 students

AB 130 would allow AB 540 students to receive non-state funded scholarships. AB 131 would allow AB 540 students to receive state-funded financial aid. AB 91 (Portantino) – Financial Aid Pilot Program Require the Chancellor’s Office to administer a voluntary pilot

program to increase the number of students receiving financial aid

Other Legislation - 6

Veterans and Military AB 372 (Hernandez) – Require colleges to do a prior

learning assessment for military service personnel and veterans, trade apprentices and journey-level professionals, granting academic credit consistent with standards of the American Council on Education, the Council for Adult and Experiential Learning, or other equivalent standards.

Other Legislation - 7

Veterans and Military -2 AB 35 (Knight) – Reclassify “fees” as “tuition” for the

purpose of veterans education benefits. AB 636 (Knight) – Require colleges to refund

fees for a military withdrawal at any point in the term or, if the student elects a credit for a future term, require the credit be equal to 100% of the tuition charged.

Other Legislation - 8

Veterans and Military -3 AB 649 (Harkey) – Increase the priority registration entitlement

for veterans from 2 years to 5 years. SB 813 (Veterans Affairs Committee) – Increase the priority

registration entitlement for veterans from 2 years to 4 years. AB 853 (Blumenfield) – Extend resident classification for fee

purposes as long as a member of the military or dependent remains continuously enrolled.

SB 251 (Correa) – Require the DMV to facilitate Selective Service Registration.

Chancellor’s Office UpdateApril 27, 2011

Linda MichalowskiVice Chancellor, Student Services and Special Programs

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