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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Bill No: SB 1143
Author: Liu (D), et al
Amended: 8/17/10
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE : 7-0, 4/21/10
AYES: Romero, Huff, Alquist, Hancock, Liu, Price, Wyland
NO VOTE RECORDED: Maldonado, Simitian
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 8-0, 5/27/10
AYES: Kehoe, Alquist, Denham, Price, Walters, Wolk,
Wyland, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Cox, Corbett, Leno
SENATE FLOOR : 22-10, 6/3/10
AYES: Alquist, Calderon, Cedillo, Dutton, Hancock, Huff,
Kehoe, Leno, Liu, Lowenthal, Negrete McLeod, Oropeza,
Pavley, Price, Romero, Runner, Simitian, Steinberg,
Strickland, Walters, Wolk, Wyland
NOES: Ashburn, Cogdill, Corbett, Correa, Denham,
DeSaulnier, Ducheny, Florez, Wright, Yee
NO VOTE RECORDED: Aanestad, Cox, Harman, Hollingsworth,
Padilla, Wiggins, Vacancy, Vacancy
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 57-14, 8/19/10 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Community colleges: student success and
completion:
task force and plan
SOURCE : Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce
CONTINUED
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DIGEST : This bill establishes legislative findings that
the California Community Colleges Board of Governors shall
adopt a plan for promoting and improving California
Community Colleges student success after convening a
taskforce to examine best practices within the colleges and
effective models throughout the nation that accomplish this
objective.
Assembly Amendments delete the Senate version relating to
the calculation of full-time equivalent student enrollment
for purposes of revenue apportionment within the California
Community Colleges, insert new language, and made minor
technical changes.
ANALYSIS : Existing law establishes the California
Community Colleges (CCC), under the administration of the
Board of Governors of the CCC, as one of the three segments
of postsecondary education in this state.
This bill establishes legislative findings that the CCC
Board of Governors (BOG) shall adopt a plan for promoting
and improving CCC student success after convening a
taskforce to examine best practices within the colleges and
effective models throughout the nation that accomplish this
objective. Specifically, this bill:
1.Establishes legislative findings that the CCC BOG shall
adopt plan for promoting and improving a CCC student
success after convening a task force to examine best
practices within the colleges and effective models
throughout the nation that accomplish this objective and
requires the focus of the taskforce to include, but not
be limited to:
A. Multiple measures of assessing completion and
success, including, but not limited to, attaining
college-level skills, accumulating college-level
course credits, earning a degree or certificate, or
transferring to a four-year college or university.
B. Effective programs for ensuring student completion
and success.
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C. Statutory and regulatory barriers to student
success.
D. Best practices for promoting student success and
completion, including, but not limited to, basic
skills.
E. Alternative funding options for promoting best
practices in student completion and providing
necessary services to students.
F. Alternative funding options instituted in other
states.
G. The effective use of technology for CCC colleges
and districts to promote, evaluate, and improve
student success.
2.Specifies that the taskforce shall include a broad
representation of stakeholders, including but not limited
to faculty.
3.Requires the taskforce and the CCC Board of Governors,
prior to presenting its recommendations, as specified, to
facilitate discussions with key community college
stakeholders and others to provide input on the findings
and recommendations of the taskforce.
4.Requires the CCC BOG, prior to implementation of this
plan, to report its recommendations to the Senate
Education Committee and the Assembly Higher Education
Committee at a joint hearing to be convened no later than
March 1, 2012.
Comments
The Institute for Higher Education Leadership & Policy
(IHELP) has issued several reports in the last few years
calling on California to make CCC student completion, as
well as success, a state priority, particularly in light of
the need for a more highly skilled workforce. According to
IHELP, less than one-fourth of the students who enroll in
CCC intending to complete a college program do so, and much
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of the reason lies with the state's policies.
IHELP identifies the current financing system, which funds
CCC based on the number of full-time equivalent students
(FTES) it reports at a date in the early term, as policy
that disproportionately emphasizes the front end of the
student's college pathway and does not encourage support or
reward for the student's success. Thus, IHELP recommends
funding completions along with enrollments, with bonus
funding for completion by disadvantaged and under-prepared
students.
In addition to funding changes, IHELP recommends the
following policy changes, among others:
1.Increase the flexibility in hiring in order to meet
student demand.
2.Provide CCC more flexibility in the use of its funds.
3.Allow CCC to keep fee revenues.
4.Remove restrictions on campus-based fees.
5.Develop an affordability policy based on the total cost
of college attendance.
6.Revise assessment and placement policies.
7.Revise campus matriculation policies to provide a clear
guidance that students can follow to progress quickly
toward completion of their selected programs.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
SUPPORT : (Verified 8/23/10)
Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce (source)
Business Council of San Joaquin County
Cabrillo College
California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office
Campaign for College Opportunity
Chabot Las Positas Community College District
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Coast Community College District
Community College Funding
Community College League of California
Contra Costa Council
Glendale Community College
Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities
Kern Community College District
Long Beach Chamber of Commerce
Long Beach City College
Los Angeles Community College District
Los Angeles County Business Federation
Los Rios Community College District
Mt. San Jacinto Community College District
Orange County Business Council
Palo Verde College
Pasadena City College
REAL Coalition
Regional Chamber of Commerce- San Gabriel Valley
Rio Hondo College
San Bernardino Valley College
San Diego Community College District
Yosemite Community College District
OPPOSITION : (Verified 8/23/10)
California Federation of Teachers
California School Employees Association
California Teachers Association
Faculty Association of California Community Colleges
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT : According to the author's office,
increasing the rate of community college degree and
certificate completion will help build a skilled and
economically productive labor force. The author notes
that, of those entering the community colleges seeking a
degree (as opposed to remediation or enrichment); only 29
percent complete a certificate or degree or transfer to a
university within seven years of enrolling. This bill
seeks to establish a funding formula that rewards increased
completion rates. Using a student census that averages the
count of those enrolled one-fifth of the way into a course
with the count of students who complete the course, creates
an incentive for community colleges to assist students to
enroll in appropriate courses, and complete their courses,
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certificates, and degrees.
ARGUMENTS IN OPPOSITION : Opponents argue that this bill
would lead to a decrease in funding for community colleges
due to circumstances that are, many times, beyond the
college's control, without recognizing that community
colleges are currently underfunded. This bill would only
serve to reduce the resources that students need in order
to ensure success.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Adams, Ammiano, Arambula, Bass, Beall, Bill
Berryhill, Tom Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,
Conway, Cook, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, Evans,
Feuer, Fletcher, Fuentes, Fuller, Galgiani, Garrick,
Gatto, Gilmore, Hall, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill, Huber,
Huffman, Jones, Lieu, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Mendoza,
Miller, Nava, Nestande, Niello, Nielsen, V. Manuel Perez,
Portantino, Saldana, Solorio, Audra Strickland,
Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Tran, Villines, John A. Perez
NOES: Anderson, Blakeslee, Chesbro, DeVore, Gaines,
Hagman, Harkey, Knight, Monning, Norby, Silva, Skinner,
Smyth, Swanson
NO VOTE RECORDED: Eng, Fong, Furutani, Jeffries, Ma,
Ruskin, Salas, Yamada, Vacancy
PQ:nl 8/23/10 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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