Chancellors Office Update DSPS All Directors February 4
Chancellor’s Office Update DSPS All Directors February 4, 2019 Mia Keeley, Dean, Student Services 1
2019 -20 Budget Updates • Major Education Proposals • Expands early childhood education ($1. 25 billion one time and $125 million ongoing). • Provides significant new resources to UC and CSU ($540 million ongoing and $400 million one time). • Boosts student aid through supplemental awards for Cal Grant recipients with dependent children, additional competitive grants, and an expanded California College Promise Program ($171 million ongoing). • Initiates planning for statewide longitudinal student data system ($10 million one time). 2
2019 -20 Budget Updates • DSPS Budget • 2018 – 19 Amount: • 2019 – 20 Proposed: $120 M $125 M 3
AB 19 – Unit Requirements • Law requires “ 12 or more semester units or the equivalent” • “Or the equivalent” includes the equivalent in in quarter units and summer • Language doesn’t permit districts to set their own definition of full time • AB 19 does not authorize districts to set their own definition of full time for a summer term for categorical programs • Accommodations • Individual accommodation determinations must be determined based on a fact-intensive analysis that would depend on a student’s specific circumstance and therefore is more appropriately made by district legal counsel. 4
AB 705 Updates • Title 5 Regulations in progress • Developed in consultation with AB 705 Advisory Committee • Additional input from CCC Curriculum Committee • Presented to Consultation Council 1/10/19 • Presented to BOG on 1/14/19 – First Reading • https: //extranet. cccco. edu/System. Operations/Boardof. Governors/Januar y 2019 Agenda. aspx • BOG Action item March 2019 meeting 5
AB 705 Regulations • 55002. Standards and Criteria for Courses. • Noncredit courses may be a prerequisite for a credit course • 55003. Policies for Prerequisites, Corequisites, and Advisories on Recommended Preparation • Corequisite courses intended as support for transfer-level English or math (or quantitative reasoning) courses, corequisite course must increase the likelihood the student will pass the transfer-level course 6
AB 705 Regulations • 55063. Minimum Requirements for Associate Degree. • Clean-up language for consistency • Removes option of an assessment exam for demonstrating competency in written expression and mathematics. • 55500. Scope and Intent. • Changes for clarity. Removes SSSP EC and adds EC 78222 of the newly established Student Equity and Achievement Program (“SEA Program”). 7
AB 705 Regulations • 55522. English and Mathematics Placement and Assessment. • Added 55522(a) - Scope and Intent. • Reflects the scope and intent of AB 705. • Added 55522(b) - Placement Data. • requires districts to use certain high school data for placement and authorizes the use of self-reported high school performance data under certain circumstances 8
AB 705 Regulations • Added 55522(c) – Placement Methods • Establishes placement methods contemplated by AB 705, and to underscore the Legislature’s intent to focus placement efforts on the use of data • 55522(c)(1) authorizes use of three placement methods: (A) the Chancellor’s Office placement method, (B) district’s placement method based upon localized research, and (C) the district’s placement method based upon guided placement • 55522(c)(2) requires authorized placement methods fulfill the intent of AB 705 and prohibits placing students into remedial courses except under certain circumstances 9
AB 705 Regulations • Added 55522(c) – Placement Methods • 55522(c)(3) requires that districts using their own placement methods must report to the Chancellor to ensure compliance with the requirements of AB 705 and these amended regulations • 55522(c)(4) indicates that AB 705 and these proposed regulations apply retroactively to students currently placed in pre-transfer level courses, and requires Districts to implement retroactive placement. 10
AB 705 Regulations • Added 55522(c) – Placement Methods • 55522(c)(5) requires districts to begin complying with AB 705 and these proposed regulations by Fall or quarter in 2019. • 55522(d) • Amended 55522(a) to 55522(d) for consistency. • Added “and instruments” and “(or quantitative reasoning)” for clarity and consistency with the proposed amendments on approved assessment tests or instruments 11
AB 705 Regulations • Added 55522(e) • Amended 55522(b) to 55522(e) for consistency. • Added “utilizing approved assessment tests or instruments” for clarity and to remain consistent with the proposed amendments on approved assessment tests or instruments • 55522(f) • Amended 55522(c) to 55522(f) for consistency. • Amended “subdivision (d)” to “subdivision (g)” for accuracy in cross-referencing to an amended subdivision 12
AB 705 Regulations • Added 55522(g) • Amended 55522(d) to 55522(g) for consistency. • Amended “subdivision (c)” to “subdivision (f)” for accuracy in cross-referencing to an amended subdivision. • Added 55522(h) • Amended 55522(e) to 55522(h) for consistency. • Amended “subdivision (c)” to “subdivision (f)” for accuracy in cross-referencing to an amended subdivision. 13
AB 705 Regulations • Added 55522(i) • Proposed subdivision (i) to tie requirements of Assembly Bill 705 (amending Education Code section 78213) to receipt of Student Equity and Achievement Program funds. • Added 55522(j) • Proposed subdivision (j) as an enforcement mechanism for the Chancellor to enforce the proposed AB 705 regulations. 14
AB 705 Updates AB 1805: • Inform students of their rights to access transfer-level course work and multiple measures placement policies: catalog, orientation, website, etc. • Annual reports to the Chancellor’s Office regarding placement policies, placement results and course details, explanation of effectiveness and alignment with AB 705 (added to proposed regs) • Related to SEA eligibility 15
Chancellor’s Office Update Questions? Mia Keeley mkeeley@cccco. edu 16
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