CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGESCHANCELLOR’S OFFICE

$50M CTE Enhancement Fund

Preview of What’s Coming & Listening Session

Slides as of 8/5/14

California Community Colleges – Chancellor’s Office | 112 Colleges | 72 Districts | 2.3 Million Students

INTENT

To create greater incentive for California Community Colleges to develop, enhance, retool, and expand quality career technical education offerings that build upon existing community college regional capacity to respond to regional labor market needs.

One Time Funds

Not to be used for operational expenses such as instruction.

Funds may be used for Equipment curriculum development professional development Other related costs necessary to

develop, enhance, retool, and expand quality career technical education offerings.

CRITERIAFor CTE Programs developed with industry input, matched* by industry resources, and adopted by faculty upon

certification** by the regional consortia.

* Evidence of industry engagement and support will be required, but no fixed amount of match has been set.

** RC certify that programs meet the following criteria(A) Be for occupations and sectors that are demonstrated to be in demand in the regional labor market.(B) Be for occupations for which regional production of employees is insufficient to meet labor market demand.(C) Demonstrate regional alignment of program and curricula

Demand

Supply

Priority given to

Programs that meet all the criteria and meet at least one of the following

(A) Are in priority sectors identified by the region.(B) Are in emerging sectors identified by the region(C) Are articulated with K-12 or four year institutions.

Priority/Emergent Sectors

The Bay Region Consortium (BACCC) has identified all ten CCCCOEWD sectors as either priority or emerging.

• Advanced Manufacturing• Advanced Transportation &

Renewables• Ag, Water, Env Technologies• Energy Efficiency & Utilities• Health• Life Science/Biotech• Info Comm Tech Digital Media• Trade, Export, Logistics• Small Business• Tourism, Retail, Hospitality

Allocation of funds

60% made available as college “local shares”• Calculated on formula• Uses must conform to

criteria of budget language

• Distributed directly to colleges via apportionment process

40% made available to multi-college proposals• multi-college applications

within regions• multi-college applications that

cross regions• If over-subscribed, will be

ranked against criteria or made competitive

• Sub-granted to colleges by Regional Consortia Fiscal Agent

How much are we talking about?

60% allocation portion to Bay region = $6,789,991• 28 colleges• Minimum is $242,500• Based on formula, so

more likely $300,000 to $350,000

40% proposal portion to Bay region = $4,311,105• Competitively

awarded based on numerous factors

Timeline for 60% allocation shareLate Sept

College-level allocations announcedWebinars repeated

Early Oct Online Pre-Application for 60% share

Mid-Oct Colleges declare preliminary intentions for program areas, kinds of investments in online pre-app

Late Oct - Nov

Intentions submitted via pre-app shared publicly Critical conversations facilitated by RCs, DSNs, SNs, and self-organized

Begin Dec

Full application due, Reviewed by Regional Consortia for conformance with labor market criteria

Jan 2015 Applications approved

Feb 2015 68% of funds to colleges through P1 apportionment

Mar 2016 All funds must be fully spent

 

Timeline for 40% proposal share

• Early 2015 proposals submitted• Funding decisions announced shortly

thereafter• Mar 2016 all funds must be fully spent