OKAY THINK WE
HAVE EVERYTHING SQUARED AWAY NOW
WE'LL BEGIN TODAY'S ASSEMBLY
BUDGET, UM, SUBCOMMITTEE HEARING
ON EDUCATION FINANCE. TODAY IS
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE PORTION OF
THE BUDGET. UM. AS WELL AS WE'LL
HEAR FROM THE CAL BRIGHT COLLEGE
IN THEIR UPDATE, YOU KNOW, OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE THE
WORKHORSE OF THE HIGHER
EDUCATION SYSTEM IN CALIFORNIA.
WE USED TO ALWAYS SAY TWO
BILLION AND NOW THE NUMBER IS
APPARENTLY 1.2 BILLION, WHICH
LEADS TO ONE OF THE ISSUES THAT
WE NEED TO ADDRESS. THE MOST IS
ENROLLMENT AND WHAT'S HAPPENING
WITH OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES
THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA NOT JUST
THE COLLEGES, BUT THE STUDENTS
THAT THEY SERVE AND WHAT THIS
MEANS GOING FORWARD. COURSE OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOCUS ON A
LOT OF THINGS, NOT JUST STUDENTS
WHO ARE LOOKING TO GET AND THE A
DEGREE OR TRANSFER BUT ADULT
EDUCATION WORKFORCE TRAINING.
AND SO WE'LL GET INTO THE BASICS
OF THAT. BUT BACK TO ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT HAD BEEN DIPPING IN
OUR COLLEGES FOR A WHILE AND
CERTAINLY AFTER THE PANDEMIC,
THEY DIPPED A BIT MORE, AND
THEY'VE STAYED DOWN. WE HAVE
ABOUT 200,000 FEWER STUDENTS
ACCESSING HIGHER ED FROM BEFORE
THE PANDEMIC. THAT HAS IMPACTS
ON ALL NOT ONLY ON THEIR
COMMUNITY COLLEGES BUT FOR THE
WORKFORCE, BUT ALSO AS WE'VE
HEARD IN EARLIER HEARINGS HAS AN
IMPACT ON UC AND CSU AS FAR AS
TRANSFER, SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK
AS FAR AS WHAT WE COULD BE DOING
TO ADDRESS THOSE, UM AS WELL AS
GOING FORWARD. I KNOW THIS HOLD
HARMLESS THING IS NOT
POTENTIALLY THE ANSWER FOREVER.
SO YOU KNOW WHAT IS THE NEW
NORMAL FOR FUNDING FOR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES? SOME DISTRICTS WHO ARE
GROWING CAN SEE THE BENEFIT OF
THAT. SOME UM, MAYBE ON THE FLIP
SIDE, AND MAYBE THAT'S JUST THE
REALITY THAT WE NEED TO LIVE
WITH. UM IT'S NOT LIKE THE
MONEY'S FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES
ARE GOING TO GO ELSEWHERE. OTHER
PLACES IN THE STATE BUDGET YOU
KNOW, BY LAW, PROP 98 11% GOES
TO OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGES SO WE
HAVE TO LOOK AT CREATIVE WAYS TO
DO THAT, UM, COMMUNITY COLLEGE,
OF COURSE, HAVE THE BENEFIT THIS
YEAR OF A COLA. VERY GENEROUS
COLA. AND WHILE A LOT OF
COLLEGES ARE SAYING THEY WANT
MORE THAN 8% I'M REMINDING THEM
HOW MUCH DOES THE CHILD CARE
CENTER ACROSS THE STREET? GET
WITH THEIR COLA? 0% SO JUST BE
VERY MINDFUL. AS FAR AS THE
BUDGET SITUATION THERE LAST.
LASTLY AGAIN, WE'RE GOING TO
CHECK IN ON THE CALLE BRIGHT
COLLEGE. UH CERTAINLY GLAD TO
SEE THEIR ENROLLMENT IS GROWING
SLIGHTLY. BETTER REMAINS. STILL
ONE OF THE SMALLEST COLLEGES IN
THE SYSTEM AND WE STILL HAVE
MANY QUESTIONS. WHETHER OR NOT
THIS ENDEAVOR MAKES SENSE,
PARTICULARLY WHEN SO MANY
COLLEGES ARE OFFERING ONLINE
COURSES, AND WE'LL GET TO THAT A
BIT LATER AS WELL. SO WITH THAT,
LET'S GET STARTED ISSUE NUMBER
ONE ENROLLMENT. LET'S HEAR FROM
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE L. A.
OH, AND THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE.
AND YOU KNOW.
IT'S ALWAYS ON. OKAY. DEPARTMENT
OF FINANCE. PLEASE PROCEED.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING CHAIR
AND MEMBERS MADISON SHEFFIELD AT
THE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. TO
START WITH, LIKE TO QUICKLY
TOUCH ON THE COUCH, CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES MULTIYEAR
ROAD MAP THE ROADMAP BETWEEN THE
ADMINISTRATION AND THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. FOCUSES ON
EQUITY AND STUDENT SUCCESS.
BUILDING UPON THE SYSTEMS VISION
FOR SUCCESS. THE ROADMAP
ESTABLISHED AT THE 2022 BUDGET
ACT TO FIND THE SHARED
EXPECTATIONS AND AMBITIOUS
GOALS, INVESTING AVAILABLE PROP
98 RESOURCES. FOR THE COLLEGES
TO SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS AND
EXPANDING THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE CAPACITY TO BETTER
SUPPORT COLLEGES AND MEETING
THESE GOALS. IN PARTICULAR. THE
MULTI YEAR ROADMAP FOCUSES ON
GOALS RELATED TO INTER SEGMENTAL
COLLABORATION. FOR TIMELY
TRANSFER, REDUCING TIME
2 DEGREES CLOSING EQUITY GAPS
AND IMPROVING ALIGNMENT WITH K
12 AND WORKFORCE NEEDS. ON THAT
TURN TO ENROLLMENT. ENROLLMENT
AT THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES HAS DROPPED BY OVER 16%
IN HEADCOUNT ENROLLMENT SINCE
THE BEGINNING OF COVID 19
PANDEMIC AS YOU MENTIONED
MIRRORING A NATIONAL TREND OF
DECLINING ENROLLMENT FOR HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS. WHICH
HAS BEEN PARTICULARLY ACUTE FOR
THE NATION'S COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
LOCAL COMMUNITY COLLEGES MUST
CONTINUE OUTREACH, RECRUITMENT,
RE ENGAGEMENT AND RETENTION
EFFORTS. TO ADDRESS. REASON
ENROLLMENT IN CLIENTS DECLINES.
EXCUSE ME. THE BUDGET INCLUDES
AN ADDITIONAL 200,000,001 TIME
PROPOSITION 98 GENERAL FUND TO
CONTINUE THIS WORK, COMMUNITY
COLLEGE EFFORTS AND FOCUS
STRATEGIES TO INCREASE STUDENT
RETENTION RATES AND ENROLLMENT.
FURTHER THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET
INCLUDES FUNDING FOR 0.5%
ENROLLMENT GROWTH COMING TO 28.8
MILLION. THIS IS MORE OF A
TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT PROVIDES
FUNDING, WHICH CAN BE USED BY
DISTRICTS THAT ARE GROWING AND
ANY UNUSED GROWTH FUNDING IS
POTENTIALLY AVAILABLE TO COVER
INCREASES TO DISTRICTS
SUPPLEMENTAL AND SUCCESS
ALLOCATIONS. IN ADDITION TO
RESPONDING TO ENROLLMENT
DECLINES IN RECENT YEARS, THE
RECENT BUDGET ACTS HAVE PROVIDED
SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES,
INCLUDING STUDENT FINANCIAL AID
AND BASIC NEEDS, AS WELL AS FOR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE OPERATIONS.
THIS INCLUDES PROVIDING A
FUNDING FLOOR FOR THE STUDENT
CENTER AND FUNDING FORMULAS HOLD
HARMLESS PROVISION BEGINNING IN
FISCAL YEAR 25 26 TO THIS END,
THE ADMINISTRATION WILL BE
MONITORING DISTRICT LEVEL
ENROLMENT TRENDS. AS WE MOVE
PAST THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. IT
IS IMPERATIVE THAT DISTRICTS
REGAIN SOME OF THE ENROLLMENT
LOST DURING THE COVID 19
PANDEMIC. AS SUCH, THE
ADMINISTRATION WILL WORK WITH
STAKEHOLDERS TO CONSIDER OPTIONS
TO ADJUST DISTRICT BUDGETS
SHOULD A DISTRICT NOT DISPLAY
THAT THEY ARE REGAINING
ENROLLMENT LOST DURING THE COVID
19 PANDEMIC? ENTERING THE 24 25
ACADEMIC YEAR. I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE ABOUT THESE INVESTMENTS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. L A OH! THANK
YOU, MR CHAIR PAUL STEEN HOUSING
WITH THE ANALYST'S OFFICE. SO
THERE'S A FEW ISSUES BEFORE YOU
AN ITEM ONE. FIRST ENROLLMENT
FOR 2021 22 HAS BEEN FINALIZED
BY THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. AND
DATA INDICATES THAT NONE OF THE
$24 MILLION PROVIDED BY THE
LEGISLATURE FOR ENROLLMENT
GROWTH THAT YEAR IN 21 22 WAS
ACTUALLY EARNED BY DISTRICTS AND
I WAS DUE TO ENROLLMENT RAPPS
DURING THE PANDEMIC, SO THAT $24
MILLION FROM 21 22 IS NOW
AVAILABLE TO THE STATE TO SWEEP
AND USED FOR OTHER PROPOSITION
98 PRIORITIES. SO DATA ON THE
$27 MILLION AND ENROLLMENT
GROWTH MONEY FOR 22 23. THE
CURRENT YEAR IS NOT GOING TO BE
FINALIZED UNTIL FEBRUARY NEXT
YEAR. 2024 THERE'S LIKELY GOING
TO BE SOME UNUSED ENROLLMENT
GROWTH MONEY. UH AND SO THE
LEGISLATURE CAN SWEEP THOSE
FUNDS AT THAT TIME. NOW BY THE
TIME OF MAY REVISION AND JUST
FEW WEEKS, THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE WILL PROVIDE THE
LEGISLATURE WITH UPDATED
PRELIMINARY ENROLLMENT
INFORMATION FOR THE CURRENT YEAR
AND WE RECOMMEND THE LEGISLATURE
USED THAT DATA TO MAKE A
DECISION ON THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE ENROLLMENT
GROWTH MONEY FOR THE BUDGET
YEAR. 23 24. WE MAY SEE BASED ON
SOME PRELIMINARY INFORMATION
WE'VE SEEN, UH THERE MAY BE SOME
DISTRICTS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IN A
POSITION TO GROW TO GROW BRIEF
BEYOND PRE PANDEMIC LEVELS.
THAT'S VERY GOOD NEWS FOR THEM
AND SO PROVIDING ENROLLMENT
GROWTH MONEY IN THE BUDGET YEAR
WOULD BE GOOD POLICY. WE THINK
IT WOULD ENCOURAGE DISTRICTS TO
STRIVE AND IMPROVE THEIR
ENROLLMENT NUMBERS. AND ALSO IF
THE MONEY IS NOT ULTIMATELY
EARNED ITS THE LEGISLATURE CAN
ALWAYS SWEEP THAT MONEY AT A
LATER TIME, SO IT'S PRETTY, UM
KIND OF LOW COST LOW RISK TO
PROVIDE ENROLLMENT GROWTH MONEY.
SO IS THE AGENDA ALSO NOTES, THE
LEGISLATURE JUST PROVIDED $150
MILLION.01 TIME FOR ENROLLMENT
AND RETENTION FUNDS THAT'S IN
THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET. CAN BE
USED FOR OUTREACH DISTRICTS HAVE
THROUGH THE BUDGET YEAR TO
ACTUALLY SPEND THAT MONEY.
UNFORTUNATELY THERE IS NO SYSTEM
WIDE EXPENDITURE DATA THE
LEGISLATURE CAN TAP INTO SO WHAT
OUR OFFICE DID WAS KIND OF OLD
FASHIONED. CONTACTING DISTRICTS
MANY DISTRICTS AS WE COULD AND
SAID, DO YOU STILL HAVE MONEY
FROM THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET
THAT'S AVAILABLE NEXT YEAR FOR
OUTREACH FOR ENROLLMENT
RETENTION FUNDS AND WHAT WE
HEARD BY AND LARGE WAS? YES WE
HAVE SUBSTANTIAL MONEY LEFT OVER
THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE
AVAILABLE TO US NEXT YEAR. THEY
ALSO POINTED OUT THERE IS MONEY
IN THE CURRENT YEAR BUDGET FOR,
UH COVID 19 BLOCK GRANTS THAT
STATE MONEY $650 MILLION.01 TIME
THAT'S AVAILABLE TO DISTRICTS
THROUGH 26 27 DISTRICT SAID. WE
ALSO HAVE THAT MONEY AVAILABLE
NEXT YEAR FOR OUTREACH PURPOSES
, SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE DON'T
SEE THE RATIONALE. IT'S UNCLEAR
TO US WHY THE STATE WOULD WANT
TO PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL $200
MILLION. ONE TIME. UH UM, FOR
OUTREACH PURPOSES, WHEN THERE'S
ALL THIS REMAINING MONEY THAT
DISTRICTS HAVE FOR NEXT YEAR.
AND, OF COURSE, TO THE EXTENT
DISTRICT. SEE THIS OUTREACH
THESE OUTREACH EFFORTS AS
AFFECTIVE. THEY HAVE OTHER FUND
SOURCES, SUCH AS THEIR
APPORTIONMENT STAR GENERAL
PURPOSE MONEY. SO WE RECOMMEND
THE LEGISLATURE REJECT THE
GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL TO PROVIDE
AN ADDITIONAL $200 MILLION.01
TIME FOR OUTREACH AND RETAIN
THOSE FUNDS FOR FACILITY
MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. AND YOU
CAN HEAR MORE ABOUT THAT IN THIS
ISSUE OR IN THE LATER ISSUES
WHEN, UH, THE LEGISLATURE IN
THIS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES
FACILITIES MAINTENANCE THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT LET'S HEAR
FROM OUR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN MCCARTY
MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE. MY NAME IS MATT
NAVARETTE. INTERIM DEPUTY CHANCE
FOR THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. I WANT TO BEGIN BY
JUST HIGHLIGHTING THAT APRIL IS
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES
MONTH AND WE'RE VERY PROUD OF
ALL OF OUR STUDENTS, FACULTY AND
STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THAT THEY
DO IN OUR 1.8 MILLION STUDENTS
ACROSS THE STATE IS CHAIRMAN
MCCARTY MENTIONED WE ARE
CALIFORNIA'S COMING COLLEGES BY
SERVING OVER 70% OF PUBLIC
HIGHER AT STUDENTS A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT OUR STUDENTS BEFORE I
BEGIN ON ADDRESSING SOME OF
THESE ISSUES, UH 69% OF ALL OF
OUR STUDENTS COME FROM DIVERSE
BACKGROUNDS. THEY REPRESENT THE
RICH CULTURES OF OUR
COMMUNITIES. UM I'VE INCLUDED
SOME ADDITIONAL DATA. I WON'T GO
OVER ALL OF IT. UM BUT TO GIVE
YOU A SENSE OF WHO ARE THE
STUDENTS THAT WE ARE SERVING
RIGHT NOW? THIS IS VERY
IMPORTANT CONTEXT BECAUSE IT
REMINDS US OF OUR NEED TO BE
ADAPTABLE TO BE RESPONSIVE TO
THE INDIVIDUALS THAT WE SERVE
AND THEIR EVER CHANGING NEEDS
AND THE DEMOGRAPHICS AND WHERE
THEY COME FROM 64% OF OUR
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY. COLLEGE
STUDENTS ARE WORKING LEARNERS.
THAT MEANS THAT AS WE THINK
ABOUT ENROLLMENT AND RE
ENGAGEMENT. WE NEED TO CONSIDER
THEIR NEEDS, AND MUCH OF THAT
INCLUDES THE NEED TO BALANCE
SCHOOL AND WORK AND
AFFORDABILITY. OUR STUDENTS THAT
ARE WORKING AREN'T WORKING FOR
LUXURY FOR INTERNSHIPS FOR
EXPERIENTIAL. SOME OF THEM ARE
AND MANY ARE IN APPRENTICESHIPS
AND OTHERS, BUT MOST OF THEM ARE
WORKING FOR SURVIVAL TO PUT FOOD
ON THE TABLE. AND SO WE THINK
ABOUT THAT A LOT AS WE'RE
CONSIDERING ENROLLMENT AND OUR
STRATEGIES, NOT JUST BRINGING IN
NEW STUDENTS. BUT HOW DO WE
RETAIN AND HELP THE STUDENTS
THAT ARE ON OUR CAMPUSES PERSIST
SO A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR
STUDENTS? UM I ALSO WANT TO
HIGHLIGHT THAT FOR EVERY DOLLAR
THAT YOU SPEND ON OUR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS, UM, AND
FINANCIAL AID AND INVESTMENTS IN
THEIR EDUCATION. STUDENTS GAINED
$5. IN THEIR ECONOMIC EARNINGS.
THIS IS A COMMUNITY COLLEGES ARE
AN EFFECTIVE STRATEGY FOR
GENERAL ADDRESSING GENERATIONAL
POVERTY AND FOR SOCIO ECONOMIC
MOBILITY AS WE ENTER INTO
ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY ACROSS THE
STATE. SO TO THE ISSUE OF
ENROLLMENT. UM WE CONDUCTED A
STATEWIDE SURVEY THAT HAD 90,000
RESPONDENTS THAT HIGHLIGHTED
SOME OF WHAT STUDENTS NEED. WE
TARGETED TWO POPULATIONS,
PERSPECTIVE STUDENTS AND, UM,
STUDENTS THAT HAD STOPPED OUT
DURING THE PANDEMIC AND WHAT WE
FOUND AND YOU'LL SEE AND SLIDES
EIGHT AND NINE IT'S THAT MOST
STUDENTS STOPPED OUT BECAUSE OF
AFFORDABILITY NEEDS THEY NEEDED
TO WORK AND PRIORITIZE WORK. THE
COST OF LIVING WAS TOO EXTENSIVE
. AND WHAT WE ALSO FOUND OUT IS
ASKED IS WHAT WOULD BRING YOU
BACK TO OUR CAMPUSES, AND WHAT
WE FOUND IS THAT STUDENTS NEED
FLEXIBILITY. SO MANY OF THE
FLEXIBLE MODALITIES THAT OUR
FACULTY HAVE REALLY CHAMPIONED
AND INNOVATED. HIS REALLY SERVE
STUDENTS BECAUSE SOME STUDENTS
MAY FIND THAT THEY CAN COME ON
CAMPUS FOR A CLASS IN THE
EVENING, BUT THEIR MORNING CLASS
NEEDS TO BE ONLINE SO THAT THEY
CAN GO TO WORK OR TEND TO
CHILDCARE. AND SO THAT
FLEXIBILITY SOMETIMES IS NEEDED
IN ONE INDIVIDUAL, AND THEY NEED
TO DIFFERENT MODALITIES TO
ADDRESS THEIR EDUCATIONAL NEEDS,
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT MANY
HAVE FOUND VERY HELPFUL. DURING
THIS TIME, AND WE SEE OUR
FACULTY AND STAFF LEADING SOME
KEY OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE
IDENTIFIED IN THIS DATA IS THAT
WE NEED TO MAKE THE CONNECTIONS
TO WORK AND ECONOMIC MOBILITY.
VERY EXPLICIT. STUDENTS HAVE
COME TO OUR CAMPUSES. THEY WANT
TO KNOW. WHEN CAN I START? WHEN
WILL I COMPLETE? WHEN CAN I
START EARNING A LIVING WAGE? THE
OTHER IS THAT WE REALLY NEED TO
CONSIDER STUDENTS CENTERED
APPROACHES TO SCHEDULING AND
OFFERING PATHWAYS. UM AND WHERE
THAT REALLY BUILDS ON OUR WORK
AROUND GUIDED PATHWAYS AND MANY
OTHERS, AND THEN, LASTLY IS THAT
COLLEGES NEED TO USE A STATE
INVESTMENTS AND CONNECT ALL THE
VARIOUS SUPPORT SERVICES THAT
HAVE BEEN OFFERED TO THEM. THIS
INCLUDES BLOCK GRANT DOLLARS
EMERGENCY GRANTS REALLY
EFFECTIVELY USING THE RESOURCES
THAT THE STATE HAS REALLY PUT
FORWARD SOME HIGH IMPACT
PRACTICES ON SITES 12 AND 13
SHOW THAT THIS WORK IS BEGINNING
TO PAY OFF STEADY GAINS. WE HAVE
MORE WORK TO DO, BUT WE'RE
STARTING TO SEE THE TIDES TURN
AND WE'RE AHEAD OF THE NATIONAL
TRENDS THIS FALL. WE SAW
ENROLLMENT INCREASED BY 2.4% AND
WE EXPECT SPRING TO CONTINUE TO
BOUNCE BACK. EVEN FURTHER. FOR
OUR DIVERSE AND
DISPROPORTIONATELY AFFECTED
COMMUNITIES. UH THEY'RE
BEGINNING TO RE ENROLL OR COME
BACK TO OUR CAMPUSES, AND YOU'LL
SEE THAT THIS INCLUDES LATINO
STUDENTS AT 5.7% GREW AND
ENROLLMENT NATIVE AMERICAN
ALASKAN NATIVE 5.4 AND BLACK AND
AFRICAN AMERICAN STUDENTS 5.3%
INCREASE SO. THOSE ARE THE
STUDENT POPULATIONS OF WE'VE
BEEN REALLY TARGETING BECAUSE WE
SAW DECLINES IN THOSE AREAS, SO
WE'RE GLAD TO SEE THAT SOME OF
THESE PRACTICES ARE WORKING.
THOSE PRACTICES INCLUDE
FORGIVING DEBT AND FEES. SO
UTILIZING THE BLOCK GRANT THAT
THE L A O MENTIONED TO FORGIVE
DEBT AND BRING STUDENTS BACK.
REALLY THINK ABOUT HOW WE OFFER
COURSES, BOTH HYBRID AND HIGH
FLEX. EXPANDING DUAL ENROLLMENT.
PROVIDING PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT. UM AND FOR FACULTY
AND REALLY INVESTING IN OUR
FACULTY. ONE RESOURCE HAS BEEN
HIGHLY UTILIZED IS AT ONE. IT'S
AN ONLINE TEACHING. AND THEN THE
OTHER IS JUST REENGINEERING US
HOW WE PROVIDE STUDENTS SUPPORTS
SOME OF OUR CAMPUSES HAVE
CREATED A BASIC NEEDS COMMON APP
RATHER THAN GOING WINDOW TO
WINDOW TO TELL US THAT THEY NEED
HELP OR NEED ASSISTANCE. COLLEGE
IS A REALLY BEGINNING TO DO THAT
ALL AS THEY ONBOARD OR BEGIN THE
SEMESTER SO THAT THEY CAN
IDENTIFY THEM AND CONNECT THEM
TO ALL THE BASIC NEEDS AND
SUPPORT SERVICES THAT ARE
AVAILABLE TO THEM FOR WHICH THEY
QUALIFY. AND SO THE LAST TITLE
END FOR THIS SECTION IS JUST A
HIGHLIGHTING WHERE WE'VE BEEN
EXPLICIT AND CONNECTING FOR OUR
CAMPUSES HOW THEY CAN LEVERAGE
THE VARIOUS INVESTMENTS TO
REALLY ADDRESS WITH STUDENTS ARE
TELLING US THEY NEED AGAIN
INCLUDES MANY OF THE EFFORTS
THAT THE ASSEMBLY HAS CHAMPIONED
THAT WE'RE REALLY GLAD TO SEE
IMPLEMENTED AND WORKING. SO
THANK YOU VERY MUCH HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY THANK
YOU. QUESTIONS FOR COMMITTEE
MEMBERS, MR ALVAREZ. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH FOR THE PRESENTATION.
I, UM JUST WANTED TO GET A
LITTLE BIT MORE CLARITY ON THE
$200 MILLION.01 TIME
PROPOSITION. 98 FUNDING. SO UM,
THERE'S BEEN TWO YEARS NOW. 120
MILLION AND THEN 150 MILLION. UM
IN FUNDING. BRIEFLY IF YOU COULD
JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT IT WAS USED
FOR, AND THEN WHAT IS THE EXACT
PROPOSED USE. I SEE HERE THAT
IT'S UM THERE'S SOME DISCRETION
GIVEN TO THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE
ON THE ALLOCATION METHODOLOGY.
UM BUT I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THE
FUNDS WERE USED FOR AND WHAT THE
PLAN IS GOING FORWARD. THANK YOU
FOR THE QUESTION. MADISON
SHEFFIELD DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
UM YES. SO UM, AS YOU MENTIONED
, WE'VE HAD TWO YEARS OF THIS
FUNDING SO FAR, AND THE
INTENTION WITH THE 200 MILLION
IS TO IS TO REALLY BE. IT'S VERY
SIMILAR TO THE LANGUAGE. THE
BUDGET BILL LANGUAGE IS THE SAME
AND IT PROVIDES A VERY BROAD
FLEXIBILITY TO WITH JUST YOU
KNOW, A REALLY STRONG FOCUS ON
RETAINING ENROLLING STUDENTS
AFTER THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC, SO
THERE'S A FOCUS IN THE LANGUAGE
AROUND STUDENTS WHO MAY HAVE MAY
HAVE LEFT DURING BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC, VARIOUS IMPACTS OF THE
PANDEMIC IN TERMS OF HOW THE
FUNDING HAS BEEN USED. I'LL
SPEAK BRIEFLY. AND OF COURSE,
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE CAN ADD
ANYTHING. UM THE WE PROVIDE
BROAD, BROAD FLEXIBILITY FOR THE
LANGUAGE. AND WE, UM DEFER TO
DISTRICTS TO TAILOR STRATEGIES
FOR LOCAL AND REGIONAL MARKETS,
AND WE HAVE SEEN A WIDER VARIETY
OF STRATEGIES BOTH AT THE
DISTRICT LEVEL AND IN AND THEN
WE'VE HAD CERTAIN MONEY GOING TO
A STATEWIDE CAMPAIGN. SO OF THE
20, 2100 AND 50 MILLION
ALLOCATION. 11.9 MILLION WENT TO
AND I CAN GO TO COLLEGE DOT COM.
STATEWIDE AWARENESS AND
ENROLLMENT CAMPAIGN AND THEN 108
MILLION WENT TO CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES CAMPUSES TO
PROVIDE SUPPORT THE STATEWIDE
CAMPAIGN AND ALSO TO PROVIDE
SUPPORT LOCAL STRATEGIES FOR
CAMPAIGN FOR OUTREACH. SO YEAH,
YEAH, PLEASE, I AM HAPPY TO JUMP
IN, UM SOME OF THE STRATEGIES
THAT WE'VE SEEN A USED BY
COLLEGES. ALL NAME 51 OF THEM
HAS BEEN TO DEPLOY CALL CENTERS
SO THAT WE CAN OH, LOOK AT
STUDENTS THAT STOPPED OUT. AND
THEN CALL THEM AND REALLY FIGURE
OUT HOW TO BRING THEM BACK TO
THE CAMPUS. THE OTHER HAS BEEN
AROUND PEER OUTREACH OR FAMILY
ENGAGEMENT ON CAMPUSES, AND THAT
INCLUDES BOTH, UM HAVING
INDIVIDUALS THAT WILL WORK WITH
THEM TO GET THEM RE ENROLLED,
BUT ALSO SOMETIMES APPLYING FOR
FINANCIAL AID, OR CAL FRESH THE
OTHER IS FORGIVING FEES THAT MAY
HAVE BEEN OLD LEAST WE STUDENT
FEES, PARKING FEES. UM AND THEN
OTHERS ARE EMERGENCY GRANTS. UH
AND THEN, LASTLY, UH, EMERGENCY
GRANTS FOR STUDENTS, EMERGENCY
GRANTS FOR STUDENTS AND THEN
ANOTHER BIG ONE HAS BEEN AROUND
TECHNOLOGY SO LOT OF CAMPUSES
THAT PROVIDED LAPTOPS OR OTHER
CAMPUS HAD THEIR OWN PLAN AND
SUBMITTED IT TO THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE FOR REVIEW OR JUST FOR
INFORMATION ON SOME CAMPUSES
SUBMITTED THEIR PLANS FOR REVIEW
, AND THAT'S REALLY WHERE WE
BASED OUR DATA, BUT THEY DO NOT
HAVE TO, BUT WE RE RECEIVED AT
LEAST TWO THIRDS OF OVERALL
EXAMPLES FROM COLLEGES ON HOW
THEY USED IT. THANK YOU. I THINK
THOSE ARE ALL GOOD EXAMPLES. BUT
WHAT I ALSO HEARD HERE MENTIONED
IS THAT THE LEVELS OF SERVICES
AND THE LEVELS OF THE NEED IS
BEYOND JUST OUT REACHING TO
FOLKS THAT IT'S MUCH DEEPER THAN
THAT. AND SO, UM, I'M JUST
CURIOUS WHY THIS NEW FUNDING
CONTINUES. BASICALLY THAT
IMPORTANT OUTREACH WHICH IS
IMPORTANT, BUT DOESN'T UM, ALLOW
OR ISN'T PLANNED TO BE USED FOR
THE DEEP LEVEL OF NEEDS THAT
STUDENTS YOU JUST EXPRESSED HAVE
, UH, AT THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. WE WOULD BE
VERY SUPPORTIVE OF STRATEGIES
AND INVESTMENTS THAT ARE
ONGOING. THAT ADDRESS SOME OF
THESE NEEDS. ONE OF THEM IS, YOU
KNOW THE ASSEMBLY'S COMMITMENT
TO CAL GRANTS THAT IS ONE OF THE
MOST, UM, THAT WOULD BE ONE OF
THE MOST EFFECTIVE POLICIES THAT
CAN BE CHAMPIONED. TO REALLY
HELP STUDENTS BASED ON WHAT
THEY'RE TELLING US IS.
AFFORDABILITY IS STILL THE
BIGGEST HURDLE THAT THEY FACED
COMING BACK. THANK YOU. YOUR
ANSWER IS VERY HELPFUL TO FOR US
TO TRY TO MAKE THESE DECISIONS
ON WHAT WHAT THIS FUNDING CAN BE
USED FOR. I ALSO NOTE THAT 10%
OF THE FUNDS, UM UH, WILL BE SET
ASIDE FOR THE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE. UM, FOR WHAT EXACTLY
WOULD THAT BE? SO THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE UTILIZED
THESE DOLLARS UM, AND THE PRIOR
THE 150 MILLION. WE USED TWO
MILLION OF THOSE FOR STATEWIDE,
UM, CAMPAIGNS AND MULTIMEDIA
EFFORT. SO WE LAUNCHED I CAN GO
TO COLLEGE CAMPAIGNS IN 10
DIFFERENT LANGUAGES ACROSS THE
STATE SO THAT WE CAN LEVERAGE
THE BUYING POWER OF THE SYSTEM
RATHER THAN EACH OF OUR 72
DISCS. THREE DISTRICTS REALLY
GOING GOUT. AND UH, DOING MEDIA
BUYS ON THEIR OWN, WHICH BECOMES
VERY EXPENSIVE. THAT'S A $20
MILLION, THOUGH. UH POTENTIAL
AMOUNT FOR THIS NEXT YEAR. WHAT
IS THE ANTICIPATED UTILIZATION
OF THOSE DOLLARS FOR CURRENTLY
WE'RE LOOKING AT THOSE
STRATEGIES. I THINK WE PART OF
IT. IF THIS MOVES FORWARD, WE
WOULD WORK WITH OUR SYSTEM
PARTNERS TO IDENTIFY WHAT WORKS
BEST AND LOOK AT SOME OF THE
DATA THAT WE GOT FROM THE
CURRENT CAMPAIGNS. UM AND WE'RE
OPEN TO CHANGING OUR STRATEGY
BASED ON CAMPUS NEED THIS MOVES
FORWARD. ONE LAST THING I MR
MCCARTHY'S CO AUTHOR OF BILL
WITH ME THAT WENT THROUGH MR
FONG'S COMMITTEE, 80 91, WHICH
IS LOOKING TO ACTUALLY INCREASE
ENROLLMENT IN THE BINATIONAL
REGION. UM SO IT'S NOT
NECESSARILY AN OUTREACH
EXPENDITURE, BUT MORE OF AN
ENROLLMENT EXPENDITURE. UM, I
WOULD BE INTERESTED IN THE
PORTION OF THIS $200 MILLION SET
ASIDE AT THE MOMENT. FOR
OUTREACH ACTUALLY GETS SET ASIDE
FOR ENROLLMENT INCREASES AT THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES THAT WOULD BE
IMPACTED BY 18 91. AGAIN. THIS
WOULD ONLY BE THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES IN THE BORDER REGION DO
EITHER OF FINANCE OR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SYSTEM HAVE ANY COMMENTS
ON SETTING ASIDE SOME OF THOSE
FUNDS FOR ACTUAL ENROLLMENT
GROWTH, AS OPPOSED TO JUST
OUTREACH. UM THANK YOU. YEAH WE
ARE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT BACK
AWARE OF THE BILL AND HAPPY TO
REVIEW FURTHER AND TAKE THAT
BACK. OK LOVE TO HEAR YOUR
FEEDBACK ON THAT BEFORE BUDGET,
OBVIOUSLY AND TO THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE SYSTEM ARE YOU AWARE OF
MAYBE 91 THIS BINATIONAL
STUDENT'S PROGRAM THAT WOULD
ALLOW ENROLLMENT FROM STUDENTS
IN THE BORDER REGION INTO OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM? YES
AWARE OF IT, AND WE'RE HAPPY TO
LOOK AT THIS AND ENGAGE OUR
SYSTEM PARTNERS AROUND. THIS
PROPOSAL COULD ALSO PROVIDE SOME
FEEDBACK BEFORE BUDGET AND IF
THAT COULD BE INCORPORATED IN
THIS $200 MILLION.01 TIME
APPROPRIATION THAT WOULD BE
GREAT. HAPPY TO DO THAT. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. MR CHAIR. OKAY
THANK YOU, MR FOG. THANK YOU SO
MUCH, MR CHAIR AND THANK YOU SO
MUCH TO ALL OF YOU FOR THE
PRESENTATION HERE TODAY. WHEN WE
LOOK AT THE HIGH IMPACT
PRACTICES TO REALLY GROWER AND
ROMANCE BRINGS STUDENTS BACK. I
KNOW IT'S BEEN A CHALLENGING FEW
YEARS IN OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
SYSTEM AND DISTRICTS ACROSS THE
STATE HAVE BEEN AH. VEXED AND
CHALLENGED WITH BRINGING
STUDENTS BACK WHETHER ITS CALL
CENTERS WHETHER IT'S DIRECT
STUDENT OUTRAGE, AND THEN ALL
THE WORK AROUND BASIC NEEDS,
SUPPORT AND FINANCIAL AID. UM
THERE'S NO STUDENT DEBT
FORGIVENESS. I'M GLAD TO SEE
THAT THERE IS AN 18 COLLEGES
THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED GROWTH OF
10% OR MORE. AND WHEN WE MAKE
THE ROUNDS OF OUR LOCAL
COMMUNITY COLLEGES WE KNOW THAT
FLUX DYNAMICS SCHEDULING HAS
SEEMED TO BE, UH, PART OF THAT
GROWTH AND I'M GLAD YOU
MENTIONED THAT IN THE SLIDE 13.
HOW DO WE SHARE THE BEST
PRACTICES OF ENROLLMENT GROWTH
AMONGST THE DIFFERENT COLLEGES?
ARE THEY AND COMMUNICATION. I
KNOW A LOT OF TIMES. SOMETIMES
COLLEGE ISN'T NEARBY EACH OTHER
ARE COMPETING WITH EACH OTHER IN
TERMS OF THE WORK AND EFFORTS,
BUT WHEN WE LOOK AT IT FROM A
STUDENT PERSPECTIVE, WE REALLY
WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE
OPPORTUNITIES ARE AVAILABLE TO
THEM MEETING THEIR NEEDS WHEN
IT'S ASYNCHRONOUS, OR WHETHER
IT'S THE FLEX SCHEDULING, UM,
AND THE SHORTER LENGTH OF
CLASSES THAT HAS BEEN PREPARED
TO TOUGH FOR THE GROWTH IN
ROMANS. SO HOW DO WE SHARE THOSE
BEST PRACTICES AMONGST THE
ENTIRE SYSTEM? THANK YOU. SO
MANY MEMBER PHªN DYNAMIC
SCHEDULING REALLY IS ONE OF THE
MOST EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES THAT
COLLEGES ARE SEEING AGAIN. GET
TO SOME REMEMBER ALVAREZ LIKE
THOSE THOSE DEEPER REFORMS, UM
11 OF SEVERAL UPCOMING EFFORTS
IS, UM, WHEN WE STARTED SEEING
THESE ENROLLMENT DECLINES, AND
WE CONVENED A ROUNDTABLE OF
COLLEGES TO IDENTIFY WHAT WAS
WORKING AND ANALYZE BEST.
PRACTICES I'LL SHARE WITH ALL OF
YOUR OFFICES A PUBLICATION THAT
IS BEING RELEASED THIS WEEK ON
TOP 10 HIGH IMPACT STRATEGIES.
THAT RELEASE. UH COLLEGES ARE
SEEING HAVE WORKED, UM AND THAT
WILL CIRCULATE AROUND THE
CAMPUSES. THAT'S ONE START. THE
OTHER IS LOOKING AT WAYS THAT
ARE COLLEGES CAN OFFER A SHORTER
TERM COURSES THAT ARE ALIGNED TO
A PATHWAY, REALLY ADDRESSING
WORKFORCE NEEDS. THAT MORE
INTENSIVE WORK MAY REQUIRE US TO
CHANGE OUR ATTENDANCE.
ACCOUNTING UM SO I WON'T BORE
YOU WITH THOSE DETAILS, BUT THAT
EXTENSIVE WORK WILL BEGIN THIS
SUMMER. GREAT THANK YOU SO MUCH
AND IN TERMS OF AVERAGE FOR
STUDENTS WERE NOT COMING BACK.
ARE WE ALSO AND AS I READ A
SOCIAL MEDIA MENTIONED OUR RATES
BUT AS A TEXTING AS PART OF THAT
CAMPAIGN AS WELL WITH THE PHONE
BANKS TEXTING HAS BEEN VERY
EFFECTIVE, THE OTHER REALLY
EFFECTIVE STRATEGY THAT WE'VE
SEEN, UM, DEPLOYED BY MANY OF
OUR COLLEGES AND SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA, ESPECIALLY IS
BRINGING FAMILIES ONTO THE
CAMPUS BECAUSE WHAT WE'RE SEEING
IS THAT A STUDENT NEEDS A
SUPPORT NETWORK AND UM AND IF WE
CAN ENGAGE THEIR FAMILIES, YOU
CAN ALSO CONNECT AND ADDRESS
OTHER NEEDS. THAT MAY EXIST ONE
BIG ONE THAT I KEEP HIGHLIGHTING
HIS CAL FRESH. THAT HAS REALLY
HELPED STUDENTS AND THEIR
FAMILIES AS WELL ADDRESS SOME OF
THEIR NEEDS AND SO ON CAMPUS
EFFORTS, UM BOTH CREATE A
WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR THE
STUDENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES, BUT
IT HELPS THE FAMILY HAVE AN
EXPECTATION AROUND THE TIME
COMMITMENTS AND HOW THEY CAN BE
SUPPORTIVE OF THEIR STUDENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WE KNOW
THAT WE KNOW THAT WE'VE GOT TO
CONTINUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF
OUR STUDENTS IN TERMS OF BASIC
NEEDS. HOUSING FINANCIAL AID
REFORM OF IMITATION. SO WILL
APPRECIATE ALL THE COMMENTS HERE
TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. THANK YOU GOOD QUESTIONS.
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S TING. THANKS MR
CHURCHES QUESTIONED THE FINANCE,
DO YOU? UM WHAT REASONS HAVE YOU
LOOKED AT US TO THE DECLINING
ENROLLMENT AS WELL AS THE SLIGHT
UPTICK IN INCREASING A ROMAN
COMING BACK. WHAT WAS THE LAST
PART OF YOUR QUESTION? SORRY. UH
WHAT REASONS TO YOU? A TRIBUTE
TO THE DECLINING ENROLLMENT AS
WELL AS THE SLIGHT UPTICK IN
ENROLLMENT THIS LAST YEAR. UM,
THANK YOU. YEAH. GO. GO AHEAD.
GERMANY YEAH, UM, SO THANK YOU
FOR THE FOR THE QUESTION.
MADISON SHEFFIELD DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE, SO WE KNOW THAT AND I
WAS ALSO REPORT ON THIS THAT ONE
OF THE BIGGEST FACTORS IN
COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND HIGHER
EDUCATION ENROLLMENT IS THE
ECONOMY, SO IT'S A BIG BIG
PIECE. UM, AND THEN, OF COURSE,
THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC. CHANGING
CHANGING SHAPE AND STUDENTS
BEING ABLE TO COME BACK TO
CLASSES WHEN THEY CAN IN PERSON,
UM, AS IT IS A BIG FACTOR AS
WELL. SO, UM, I'LL DEFER TO ELIO
TO ADD THE WEIGHT THE WAY WE
THINK ABOUT. IT IS KIND OF TWO
PHASES SINCE UM, MARCH 2020. AH!
IT REALLY COUNTS FOR THE DECLINE
. THE FIRST IS THE PANDEMIC
ITSELF. YOU HAD THE PANDEMIC.
YOU HAVE THIS PUBLIC HEALTH
EMERGENCY HEALTH CONCERNS.
CLASSES CANCELED SCHOOLS CLOSED
AND THAT SORT OF THING. BUT THEN
SOMETHING INTERESTING HAPPENED
WITH THE ECONOMY PICKED UP AND
SO IT WASN'T SO MUCH THE PUBLIC
HEALTH CONCERN THAT WAS STILL
CONCERNED, BUT IT WAS MORE OF
THE ECONOMY IMPROVING AND, BUT
INFLATION AS WELL. AND SO YOU
HAD, YOU KNOW INDIVIDUALS.
SAYING I NEED TO DECIDE BETWEEN
GOING TO SCHOOL. UH AND THE COST
OF THAT VERSUS I HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO WORK NOW IN OUR
DECENT WAGE, AND ON TOP OF IT,
HOUSING COSTS HAVE GONE UP AND
OTHER THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
MENTIONED ON ON INFLATION. SO
THERE'S REALLY THIS COST BENEFIT
ANALYSIS. WE SEE INDIVIDUALS AND
DECIDING WHAT'S THE COST OF
COLLEGE VERSUS THE BENEFIT OF
WORKING WHILE THEY CAN AND THE
NEED TO PAY BACK SOME DEBT AND
THAT SORT OF THING. THERE HAS
BEEN AN UPTICK IT LOOKS LIKE AND
IN CERTAIN CASES, WHICH IS GOOD
NEWS. I THINK IT'S ABOUT 2% IN
THE FALL. UH THE LEGISLATURE
WON'T KNOW ABOUT CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOR A FEW
WEEKS IN TERMS OF THE SPRING,
BUT BASED ON SOME NATIONAL DATA
THAT'S JUST BEEN RELEASED AND
OTHER COMMUNITY COLLEGES THERE'S
BEEN AN UPTICK IN THE SPRING OF
ABOUT 2% VERSUS LAST SPRING, SO
IN CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN TRENDING
PRETTY CLOSELY TO THE NATIONAL
TRENDS, SO IT COULD BE THAT
CALIFORNIA SEASON UPTICK AND I
THINK THERE'S PROBABLY A NUMBER
OF REASONS FOR THAT. IT COULD BE
INDIVIDUALS DECIDING THAT, UM
THERE'S MORE FLEXIBILITY NOW,
WITH THE COLLEGES MORE
FLEXIBILITY IN THEIR OWN LIVES
WITH CHILDCARE AND SCHOOLS, AND
THAT SORT OF THING. THERE'S ALSO
BEEN A LOT OF ATTENTION TO MORE
PERSONALIZED OUTREACH. UM
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S PHªN YOU
MENTIONED ABOUT TEXTING. I
SOMETHING THAT COLLEGES HAVE
TOLD US HAS BEEN HELPFUL. IS
THEY LOOK AT INDIVIDUALS WHO
STARTED A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
APPLICATION BUT NOT COMPLETED IT
AND THEY'LL CONTACT THAT PERSON
SAY, HEY, WE SEE YOU'RE
INTERESTED. WHAT'S GOING ON?
WELL, I GOT STUCK ON THIS OR I
NEED HELP WITH BASIC NEEDS OR
OKAY, WELL, WE CAN WE CAN HELP
YOU WITH THAT SO MORE MORE OF
THAT PERSONALIZED ATTENTION. AND
BRINGING IN KIND OF THE MORE OF
THE SUPPORT SERVICES AND
UNDERSTANDING STUDENTS AND WHAT
THEY CAN BENEFIT OUT OF GOING TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGE FOR THEMSELVES
AND THEIR FAMILIES IS MISS
NAVARETTE MENTIONED. YEAH HAPPY
TO ADDRESS THAT. AND, UM I WANT
TO BEGIN BY HIGHLIGHTING THAT
WHAT WE'RE REALLY SEEING IS SOME
OF THE INVESTMENTS AND THE
ATTENTION TO CERTAIN REFORMS
THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS REALLY
PUT FORWARD OR PAYING OFF. FOR
EXAMPLE, THE ASSEMBLY CHAMPION
BASIC NEEDS CENTERS, AND THOSE
HAVE BEEN CRUCIAL DURING THE
PANDEMIC. BOTH OF BASIC NEEDS
CENTERS AS WELL AS FOOD PANTRIES
AND OTHER SUCH INVESTMENTS THAT
REALLY HELP US TARGET THE
FINANCIAL INSTABILITY THAT
ENSUED DURING THE PANDEMIC. THE
OTHER IS, UM YOU KNOW THE
FLEXIBILITY TO OFFER COURSES IN
DIFFERENT MODALITIES AT
DIFFERENT LENGTHS IS REALLY
HELPING INDIVIDUALS THAT MAYBE I
CAN'T MAKE IT AT DIFFERENT TIMES
OF THE SCHEDULE, SO THOSE ARE
THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY PAYING
OFF THE LAST ONE. OH, HIGHLIGHT
IS BEING VERY INTENTIONAL ABOUT
CREATING CARING CAMPUSES WHERE
WE'RE WELCOMING TO OUR MOST
DIVERSE STUDENTS AND OUR FIRST
GENERATION STUDENTS, ESSENTIALLY
NOT ASSUMING THAT ALL
COMMUNITIES KNOW HOW TO NAVIGATE
COLLEGE. SO I GUESS THE PROBLEM,
MR. FOLLOW UP QUESTION. IF THE
ECONOMY IS THE BIG ISSUE. HOW
HOW MUCH OF AN IMPACT CAN OUR
ENROLLMENT DOLLARS EVEN MAKE
WHEN YOU'RE PUTTING THAT MONEY
SORT OF AND IT'S SORT OF LIKE
SAILING DOWNWIND OR SELLING UP
WHEN WHATEVER THE RIGHT ANALOGY
IS, BUT YOU KNOW, YOU GOT A BIG
YOU GOT A BIG WIND AND NO MATTER
HOW BIG SAILBOAT YOU GOT YOU'RE
NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO FIGHT THAT.
NGUYEN. HOW DO YOU I'M JUST
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE
BEST USE OF THAT. RESOURCES
GOING, I THINK GOING BACK TO UM,
THE POINTS. UH, YOU ILLUSTRATED
JUST TALKING ABOUT BEING MORE
SUPPORTIVE OF STUDENTS, I THINK
MAKES A LOT OF SENSE, WHETHER
IT'S FOOD, OR, UM, SORT OF HAND
HOLDING THROUGH THE ENROLLMENT
PROCESS. BUT I'M JUST TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT WHAT WHAT REALLY IS
THE RIGHT INVESTMENT IN TERMS OF
ENROLLMENT. JUST MENTIONED WILL
FAST. THAT'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
UM ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S TANG WE HAD
CONVERSATIONS WITH A NUMBER OF
COLLEGES, AND SOME SAID THAT
THIS OUTREACH MONEY HAS BEEN
HELPFUL. UM ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS,
UH COLLEGE IN THE L, A AREA THAT
CHARTERED A BUS AND WENT TO THE
HIGH SCHOOL TO THE HIGH SCHOOL
SENIORS AND ACTUALLY BROUGHT THE
STUDENTS TO THE COLLEGE CAMPUS
AND TOWARD DID OUTREACH INTAKE
AND THAT SORT OF THING, AND SO
THEY ATTRIBUTE THAT THAT KIND OF
ACTIVITY IS HELPFUL, BUT BUT
YOU'RE RIGHT THERE. THERE'S BEEN
KIND OF A THEY'RE IN A WAY.
THEY'RE SORT OF SWING SWIMMING
UP CURRENT, YOU KNOW, SO IT IS
DIFFICULT. UM ONE CONVERSATION
WE HAD WITH A DISTRICT UM
EXPRESS THIS THIS CONCERN ABOUT
THEIR SPENDING ALL THIS MONEY ON
PHONE BANKS AND SOCIAL MEDIA
CAMPAIGN AND TEXTING THAT SORT
OF THING, BUT BUT WITH THE
ECONOMY SUCH THAT IT IS WITH THE
JOBS AVAILABLE IN THE INFLATION
, IT'S IT. IT'S REALLY HARD TO
OVERCOME INDIVIDUALS, UH, KIND
OF COST BENEFIT CONCERNS OR
CALCULUS. UM JUST TELL YOU 11
COLLEGE LEADER SAID THAT THE
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE OUTREACH
INITIATIVE HAS LESS TO DO WITH
OUR OUTREACH ACTIVITIES AND MORE
TO DO WITH THE POST COVID
ECONOMIC CLIMATE. I THOUGHT THAT
WAS A GOOD WAY OF PUTTING IT IN
EXPRESSING HOW THE KIND OF MIXED
RESULTS FROM DOING THIS OUTREACH
IN LIGHT OF THE ECONOMIC
SITUATION. HELP GO AHEAD. JUST
GOING TO ADD THAT THE ROMAN
FUNDING IS VERY BROAD AND CAN BE
USED FOR RETENTION AS WELL SO IT
CAN BE USED FOR HAVING STUDENTS
OVERCOME BARRIERS FOR STAYING
ENROLLED AND THEN ALSO HELPED
THEM HAVE SUPPORT ENOUGH
SUPPORTS IN BASIC NEEDS AND
OTHER RESOURCES IN ORDER TO AND
RON MORE UNITS AND FINISHED MORE
QUICKLY. I MEAN, I THINK I'D
REALLY LIKE WHAT MISS NEVER,
EVER SING AROUND BEING MUCH MORE
STUDENT CENTERED, SO IT'S LIKE
MEETING THE STUDENTS WHERE
THEY'RE AT RIGHT. SO IT'S SO THE
STUDENTS NEED FOOD. THE STUDENTS
NEED FOOD THAT THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE TRYING TO PROVIDE. UH, I
LIKE THE BUT BUT THE BUS
ANALOGY, BUT THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES CAN DO THAT AND HAVING
SETTING UP RELATIONSHIPS WITH
ALL THE ALL THE VARIETY OF HIGH
SCHOOLS. HOPEFULLY A LOT OF THAT
ALREADY IS. SORT OF THERE IN THE
WORKS, I KNOW ARE A LITTLE BIT
EASIER FOR MY CITY BECAUSE WE'RE
ONE BIG DISTRICT WHERE ONE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE A LITTLE BIT
EASIER WHERE THERE IS THAT
RELATIONSHIP THAT SET UP, UM I
WAS CURIOUS. JUST ASKED MS.
NEVER, UM, QUESTION. WITH THE
SLIDE ON PAGE EIGHT, WHEN YOU
TALK TO PREVIOUSLY ENROLLED
STUDENTS 19% SAID. NOT ENOUGH
ONLINE CLASSES IMPACTED THEIR
ENROLLMENT DECISION, BUT THEN
JUST BELOW THAT 14% SAID. MOST
CLASSES ARE ONLINE AND I PREFER
IN PERSON. YEAH HOW DO YOU
FIGURE OUT WHICH CLASSES AND YOU
SORT OF ALLUDED TO IT? BUT HOW
DO YOU FIGURE OUT WHICH CLASSES
YOU GOTTA PUT ONLINE? WHICH
CLASSES UM, YOU PUT IN PERSON. I
HAVE BEEN VERY CONCERNED THAT
THE SYSTEM OVERALL HAS BEEN
REALLY THE LAST ONES TO REALLY
COME BACK. AH TO CLASS. IT'S I
THINK, UM YEAH, I THINK ONLINE
LEARNING IS OKAY FOR CONVENIENCE
, BUT I THINK IT ALSO HAS
LIMITATIONS. SO I'M JUST TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT HOW HOW YOUR
YOU'RE DIFFERENT CAMPUSES.
FIGURE OUT WHAT TO PUT ONLINE
WITH THE DOING PERSON. THANK
YOU. I'M REALLY GLAD YOU CAUGHT
THAT PIECE BECAUSE IT REALLY
SHOWS THE JUXTAPOSITION OF HOW
COLLEGES HAVE TO DECIDE WHAT
WHAT GOES ON. AND SO YOU KNOW,
THEY HAVE SOME STUDENTS THAT
WILL SAY YOU KNOW, ONLINE
CLASSES IS GREAT. THIS IS
PERFECT. I YOU KNOW I'M DRIVING
DOWN THE 405. I CAN'T MAKE IT TO
CLASS ON TIME AND OTHERS THAT
LIKE I JUST NEED TO BE IN THE
CLASSROOM, RIGHT? AND SO THE
REALITY IS, OUR COLLEGES ARE
HAVING TO OFFER BOTH NOW AND
THAT ADDS TO COSTS AND EXPENSES
AND COMPLEXITY. UM BUT BUT IT'S
THE REALITY OF WHAT WE NEED TO
OFFER TO BE RESPONSIVE TO
CALIFORNIANS. SO WHAT COLLEGES
WILL DO IS OFTEN PUT THE SAME
CLASS AND THEN IN PERSON FORMAT
AND AN ONLINE FORMAT AND
SOMETIMES THOSE ONLINE CLASSES
PHILIP FOR FASTEST, AND THEY'LL
TRANSITION THEM. OR THEY'LL TURN
IT INTO A HYBRID CLASS. AND SO I
MEAN, I REALLY COMMEND HER
COLLEGES AND OUR FACULTY AND
STAFF HAVE BEEN VERY ADAPTIVE.
SO WHEN YOU SAY HYBRID UM IS IT
? I'M I'M THE INSTRUCTOR. I'M IN
THE CLASSROOM WITH. 10 STUDENTS
, AND THEN THERE'S MORE STUDENTS
ON ONLINE AS WELL. SO I'M DOING.
I'M TEACHING THE SAME CLASS. BUT
SOME PEOPLE ARE THERE IN PERSON.
OTHER PEOPLE ARE ONLINE, AND
THAT ALSO IS A NEW TERM AND
HIGHER ED NOTE. HI FLEX WERE
WELL, THEY'LL HAVE SOME IN
PERSON STUDENTS AND SOME ONLINE
AND THEN A HYBRID. ONE IS YOU
KNOW, SOME DAYS, IT WILL BE IN
PERSON. OTHER DAYS IT'LL BE
ONLINE. AND THEN WHO MAKES THAT
DECISION IS IT? IT'S DEAD. THE
COLLEGE. IS IT? THE INSTRUCTOR?
UM HOW? BECAUSE I GUESS TO ME.
DURING THIS VERY CHALLENGING
DYNAMIC YOU HAVE. WAS OVER 100
AND 21. 120 CAMPUSES. THEY EACH
HAVE THEIR OWN GOVERNING BODIES.
UM. AND I THINK PART OF THE
CHALLENGE IS THIS SORT OF THIS?
INCONSISTENCY GOING ON, BASED ON
FACULTY AND INDIVIDUAL FACULTY
PREFERENCES, AND I'VE SEEN THIS
IN MY OWN. UM COLLEGE. SO HOW DO
YOU? HOW DO YOU KEEP YOU KNOW?
BEFORE? BEFORE COVID YOU HAD A
CERTAIN EXPECTATION THAT THIS IS
THIS WAS THE CLASSROOM
EXPERIENCE NOW. IF I WERE GOING
TO WALK INTO A COMMUNITY COLLEGE
CLASSROOM IN MY MIND, I'M KIND
OF NOT REALLY SURE WHAT I'M WHAT
THE EXPERIENCE IS, YEAH. FACULTY
MEMBER WILL, UM, YOU KNOW WE'LL
WE'LL MAKE THAT DECISION.
THEY'LL ALSO SHOULD BE GETTING
DATA FROM THEIR COLLEGE
INSTALLATION AND OTHERS TO SEE
WHERE ENROLLMENT IS LYING AND
SEE WHERE DEMAND EXISTS. BUT YOU
KNOW, THAT REALLY HAS TO BE THE
WILLINGNESS OF THE FACULTY
MEMBER TO TEACH IN THAT MODALITY
BECAUSE UM, YOU KNOW THE IS THAT
REALLY WHAT'S HAPPENING FOR THE
THOUSANDS OF I FIND THAT VERY
DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE THAT I'M A
I'M, A TENURED FACULTY PROFESSOR
TEACHING ENGLISH AND I'M GOING
TO SIT THERE LOOKING AT DATA AND
DEBATE HOW I'M GOING TO TEACH
THIS CLASS I'VE BEEN TEACHING
FOR 20 YEARS. I CAN'T SPEAK FOR
ALL OF OUR COLLEGES AND EVERY
SINGLE COURSE THAT'S OFFERED. WE
HAVE SEEN THAT AS A AS A
PRACTICE. UM BUT I CAN IMAGINE
THAT THERE ARE INSTANCES WHERE A
FACULTY MEMBERS PREFERENCE AND
RIGHTLY SO COULD BE IN PERSON,
AND THAT'S WHAT THEY CHOOSE OR
ONLINE AND THAT'S WHAT THEY
CHOOSE. MY IMPRESSION IS THAT
IT'S REALLY BEING DRIVEN BY
INDIVIDUAL FACULTY. SO. THE
PROBLEM I HAVE IS THAT UM. YOUR
YOUR OFFICE IS REALLY IN CHARGE
OF STATEWIDE STANDARDIZATION,
HOWEVER, EACH OF THE CAMPUSES IS
FAIRLY AUTONOMOUS. UH BUT YET
THEY NEED THE RESOURCES FROM THE
STATE IN THEIR GIVING. I THINK A
VERY INCONSISTENT EXPERIENCE. UM
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD
NOT TOLERATE IN K 12. THERE'S NO
WAY I MEAN, WE WOULD NOT LET
INDIVIDUAL IN THE FOURTH GRADE
TEACHER DECIDE. HEY, THEY GET
TEACHER HYBRID OR HIGH FLEXOR.
THIS THE YOU KNOW, THAT'S NOT
THE WAY THAT FOURTH GRADE CAN BE
TAUGHT. UM AND I DO THINK. THE
BECAUSE OF THIS LACK OF
CONSISTENCY IS PART OF ONE OF
THE REASONS THAT THE AND ROLL
MINT HASN'T COME BACK. AH, UM I
UNDERSTAND THAT THE POPULATION
OF STUDENTS VERY DIFFERENT
BECAUSE THEY HAVE VERY DIFFERENT
ECONOMIC NEEDS AND SITUATIONS.
THAT THE MOST VULNERABLE
STUDENTS IN OUR SYSTEM BUT, UH,
YOU KNOW, THERE'S A REASON WHY
PRIOR TO THIS INDEPENDENT
INDIVIDUAL FACULTY DIDN'T GET TO
JUST DECIDE. HOWEVER, THEY
WANTED TO YEAH. TEACH THEIR
CLASS AND WHATEVER WAY THEY
WANTED. THERE WAS A CERTAIN SET
WAY TO DO IT NOW NOW BY DOING IT
THIS WAY, IT'S SORT OF LIKE THE
WILD WEST. SO HOW HOW DO WE YOU
KNOW, I APPRECIATE THE IDEAL
THAT THERE SHOULD BE DATA DRIVEN
AND REALLY UNDERSTANDING. UM
WHAT'S HAPPENING? IT'S NOT MY
EXPERIENCE THAT THIS IS ACTUALLY
WHAT'S GOING ON. SO, UM. SO HOW
DO WE. RAIN THIS BACK IN TO GET
TO A POINT OF CONSISTENCY, I
GUESS. SO THAT THIS. THIS REALLY
IS KIND OF ROOMS. STUDENT CENTER
NOT BASED ON PERHAPS INDIVIDUAL
PREFERENCE FROM MY FACULTY
MEMBER. A COUPLE OF THINGS. I
MEAN, WE'RE VERY MINDFUL OF THE
EXPERTISE THAT FACULTY HAVE, AND
SO THEY KNOW THEIR SUBJECT AREA
. THEY KNOW THEIR STUDENTS. UM
AND THEY'VE THEY'VE BEEN
ADAPTING TO WHAT STUDENTS ARE
ASKING THEM. AND SO I DO BELIEVE
THAT THEY'RE MAKING, UM, YOU
KNOW, STUDENT CENTERED DECISIONS
. UM AND IT IS VERY COMPLEX TIME
BECAUSE IN IN ONE SINGLE
CLASSROOM WILL HAVE A STUDENT
THAT HAS TWO DIFFERENT
PREFERENCES. AT THE STATE LEVEL
WHERE WE CAN BE HELPFUL, AND WE
ARE INVESTING IN THAT, UM WORK
AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. AS
WE LEARN MORE IS IN PROFESSIONAL
DEVELOPMENT TO HELP. UM, FACULTY
, UM, TO HELP COLLEGES MAKE
THOSE DECISIONS SO WE WILL
CONTINUE TO DO THAT, UM, AND
WORK WITH OUR COLLEAGUES ACROSS
THE STATE. SO THAT WE CAN
SUPPORT THEM AND STRIVE TOWARDS
THAT CONSISTENCY WHILE STILL
RESPECTING, YOU KNOW, OUR
FACULTY PURVIEW AND THEIR
EXPERTISE IN THEIR CLASSROOM.
L®NG. SORRY FIRST. KELLY WANTS
TO JUMP IN HERE. JUST JUST
RESPOND ALSO, AND TO ADD WHAT
MISS NAVARETTE SAYING, BECAUSE I
THINK WHAT YOU SAID, IS REALLY
IMPORTANT TO KEEP IN MIND. YOU
KNOW THE WAY COLLEGES DISTRICTS
ARE FUNDED, IS PRIMARILY BASED
ON ENROLLMENT, AND SO IN A
TYPICAL YEAR DISTRICTS HAVE A
STRONG FISCAL INCENTIVE TO OFFER
THE CLASSES THAT STUDENTS WANT
WHEN THEY WANT THEM AND THE
MODALITY THEY WANT AND TO SEE
THEM THROUGH TO COMPLETION. FOR
THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS BECAUSE
OF THE PANDEMIC BECAUSE OF THE
TRANSITION OF THE NEW FORMULA,
THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF
FUNDING PROTECTIONS PUT INTO
PLACE WHEREBY DISTRICT'S ARE
SHIELDED, NO MATTER WHAT THEIR
ENROLLMENT LEVEL THEY GET THE
SAME AMOUNT OF MONEY AND SO
THERE HAS NOT BEEN THE LAST
SEVERAL YEARS. A STRONG
INCENTIVE FOR COLLEGES TO MAKE
SURE THAT THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT
THEY WANT. I THINK THAT'S PART
OF THE REASON WHY YOU HAVE THE
CHANCELLOR'S PROBABLY DISCUSSED
MORE IN THE NEXT ISSUE BY THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE THAT'S
SAYING WE'VE HAD THESE EMERGENCY
CONDITIONS ALLOWANCE FUNDING
PROTECTIONS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL
YEARS THAT'S SCHEDULED TO END AT
THE END OF THIS YEAR, AND
STARTING NEXT YEAR. COLLEGES ARE
GOING TO BE FUNDED TO PHASE IN,
BUT BASED ON ACTUAL ENROLLMENT,
I THINK THE INTENT THERE IS. TO
BRING ENROLLMENT MODALITIES MORE
IN LINE WITH THE FISCAL
INCENTIVES THAT THE STATE WANTS
IT QUICK, QUICK QUESTION ON.
THIS IS JUST A BUDGET COMMITTEE
CHART, WHICH I THINK CAME FROM
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE AROUND.
PERCENT OF DISTANCE AND IN
PERSON EDUCATION WORDS FOR FALL
2022. IT'S 52% IN PERSON 48%
DISTANCE. UM I KNOW FOR DOES
THAT INCLUDE ALL COURSES. OR IS
THAT JUST PRIMARILY WHAT I WOULD
SAY? SORT OF COLLEGE TRACK. UM
AH COLLEGE TRACK TRADITIONAL
ACADEMIC COURSES. THIS WOULD
INCLUDE ALL COURSES AND ON THE
ON THE DISTANCE SAID COMPONENT
ANY CLASS THAT HAS SOME ELEMENT
OF ONLINE WOULD BE CATEGORIZED
AS DISTANCE. OKAY SO IT'S SO I
CAN OFFER 10 CLASSES IN PERSON,
BUT I HAD ONE CLASS ONLINE, IT
WOULD BE DISTANCE AT OR OR YOU
COULD OFFER ONE. YOU KNOW YOUR
CLASS. THAT'S UH, YOU KNOW, FIVE
OF THE SESSIONS ARE IN PERSON
AND FIVER ONLINE, AND WE WOULD
CATEGORIZE. THAT IS DISTANCE ED.
OKAY I MAY BE NICE TO HAVE MORE
BREAK OUT. MY UM MY EXPERIENCE,
AT LEAST WITH MY OWN COMMUNITY
COLLEGES THAT ALL THE I DON'T
WANNA MISCHARACTERIZED BLACK.
ALL I WOULD SAY THE MORE
VOCATIONAL COURSES CULINARY WE
HAVE, LIKE AUTO BODY SHOP. ALL
OF THOSE ARE IN PERSON. AND THEN
THE LARGE MAJORITY OF THE WHAT I
WOULD SAY MORE ACADEMIC, UM YOU
KNOW, SOCIAL STUDIES HISTORY
ENGLISH. THOSE ARE ONLINE IS
THAT SORT OF. WHAT YOU'RE SEEING
AS WELL ACROSS THE SYSTEM.
CORRECT WE'RE SEEING OUR CAREER
EDUCATION COURSES ARE
PREDOMINANTLY, YOU KNOW, IN
PERSON. THERE ARE A FEW SUBJECT
AREAS A REALLY LEND WELL TO
HAVING SOME ELEMENTS THAT ARE
ONLINE AND THOSE HAVE BEEN MORE
FLEXIBLE. WHAT? WHAT'S THE. WHAT
WHAT'S THE CONTINUED LOGIC TO
KEEP ALL THE ACADEMIC OR KEEP
THEM? SO LET'S SAY THE MAJORITY
OF THE ACADEMIC COURSES. UM
ONLINE. SOME OF THE REALLY LENDS
TO WHAT THE ELIO SHARED IS THAT
WE'RE SEEING THE SAME CLASS
OFFERED, AND THE ONLINE CLASS
WILL OFTEN FILL FIRST. AND SO
IT'S REALLY KIND OF DRIVEN BY
STUDENTS VOTING WITH THEIR FEET
ON WHAT THEY WANT, AND THAT'S
NOT THE SAME. SOMETIMES IT'S A
MATTER OF WHICH COURSE THE TIME
OF DAY SO BUT BUT BUT I GUESS,
UM AND I APPRECIATE THAT. I MEAN
YOU IF YOU GIVE A 17 YEAR OLD, A
CHOICE, WHETHER THEY WOULD GO TO
12TH GRADE IN PERSON OR 12TH
GRADE AT HOME. I GUARANTEE YOU I
KNOW WHAT CHOICE DID MAKE. RIGHT
DOESN'T MEAN RIGHT ACADEMIC
CHOICE. BUT I KNOW WHAT THE
CHOICE THEY MAKE. SO. I
UNDERSTAND WHY PEOPLE ARE
CHOOSING ONLINE. THE QUESTION IS
ACADEMICALLY. WHAT'S THE RIGHT
CHOICE? SO THAT'S THE CONCERN. I
HAVE. UM. BECAUSE ESPECIALLY
WHEN YOU'RE DEALING WITH YOUR
STUDENTS SEGMENT, WHICH IS AGAIN
THE MOST VULNERABLE. SEGMENT THE
ONES THAT NEED THE HIGHEST
AMOUNT OF ATTENTION. AND THOSE
ARE THE ONES THAT THE IRONY IS
YOU LOOK AT YOU SEE, THEY'RE ALL
BACK. I CAN SEE SUS CSU IS A
LITTLE BIT MORE HYBRID, RIGHT
MARK. THE MOSTLY BACK RIGHT. SO
IRONICALLY, THE ONES THAT HAVE
THE MOST. RESOURCES ARE ALL BACK
IN PERSON AND THE ONES THAT HAVE
THE LEAST RESOURCES ARE ONLINE.
THE VERY STUDENTS YOU ACTUALLY
PROBABLY NEED TO HAVE THE MOST
CONTACT WITH THE HIGHEST TOUCH
WITH SO I GUESS IT'S CONCERNING
. SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS
THE CHOICE THEY'RE MAKING. UM I
JUST DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S THE
RIGHT ACADEMIC CHOICE. SO WHAT
POINT DO THE ACADEMICS GET IN
THERE AND SAY HEY, YEAH, I GET
IT. THIS IS YOU KNOW? FOR
FLEXIBILITY, THE RIGHT WAY. BUT
IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU'RE
REALLY LEARNING THE SUBJECT IN
ORDER TO GET TO THE NEXT BECAUSE
BECAUSE SOME POINT IT'S A YOU
HAVE TO PROGRESS, SO YEAH, YOU
CAN TAKE THE COURSE BEGAN TO
PROGRESS. THE NEXT COURSE THE
NEXT COURSE TO GET TO YOUR END
GOAL. SO. AT WHAT POINT DO YOU
START EVALUATING THE EFFICACY OF
THOSE CLASSES. WE'RE LOOKING AT
STUDENT PERSISTENCE AND SUCCESS
DATA CONSTANTLY. BUT THIS IS
THIS IS REALLY LENDS TO A MUCH
DEEPER ANALYSIS, WHICH WE'RE
HAPPY TO LOOK AT AND IDENTIFY
AND HAPPY TO BRING SOMETHING
BACK AND WALK THROUGH. UM YOU
KNOW, LOOKING AT SUCCESS IN FALL
AS WELL. THAT MIGHT HELP PROVIDE
SOME ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AS WELL.
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL. YEAH I'M
I'M JUST CONCERNED. I MEAN, THIS
IS WHY WE HAD THIS DISCUSSION
WITH THE OTHER HIGHER ED
SEGMENTS TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY
WERE AND ALSO IT WAS A BIG
DEBATE A COUPLE YEARS AGO ABOUT
BRINGING K THROUGH 12 BACK, BUT,
UM I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE
STUDENTS ARE CHOOSING AND WHAT
THEY'D LIKE. I JUST DON'T KNOW
THAT THAT'S THE RIGHT ACADEMIC
CHOICE. SO I WOULD LIKE TO SEE
SOME DATA ABOUT HOW THAT HOW
THAT WORKS. UM AND REALLY,
BECAUSE I JUST FEEL UM THAT THIS
IS JUST THE IT'S A VERY IT'S A
VERY MEAN I THINK IT'S GOOD TO
HAVE A CERTAIN LEVEL OF
FLEXIBILITY. BUT I ALSO THINK
THAT FROM FROM A ACADEMIC
STANDPOINT, YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE
TO TEACH THE CLASS AND ALSO MAKE
SURE THE STUDENTS ARE RETAINING
THAT MATERIAL, NOT JUST YOU KNOW
, TAKING THE CLASS AND JUST
GETTING THROUGH IT. OKAY. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. UH SOME OF THE
MEMBERS CERVANTES THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR. THIS IS PROMISING TO SEE
THE UPSWING AND ENROLLMENT
STATEWIDE. I'M TRYING TO GET A
BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE
LANDSCAPE. BY REGION, AND I'M
WONDERING IF YOU HAD ANY
INFORMATION TO SHARE AND WHAT DO
YOU SEE AS THE REGIONAL
DIFFERENCES IN THE ENROLLMENT
TRENDS? QUICK. I CAN SPEAK TO
THAT, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS
THAT WE'RE SEEING IS THAT SOME
REGIONS HAVE, REALLY, UM, BOUNCE
BACK MUCH, MUCH FASTER. UM OFTEN
THAT IS IN HIGH POPULATION
CENTERS. SO WE ARE SEEING SOME
OF OUR RURAL COMMUNITIES. UH
THEIR ENROLLMENT PICKING UP MUCH
LOWER AH AH AND YOU KNOW THE
OTHER AREAS AS WELL. IS THAT
WE'RE SEEING IS, UH, HOUSING. UM
IS REALLY AFFECTING SOME OF THAT
, UM, THAT BOUNCED BACK. UH AND
SO FOR EXAMPLE, AREAS PREVIOUSLY
AFFECTED BY WILDFIRES REALLY
STRUGGLING TO COME BACK IN. WE
SEE A COMBINATION OF JOBS OR
AFFORDABILITY OR ACCESS TO
HOUSING. AND SO THOSE ARE SOME
OF THE REGIONS THAT WE'RE SEEING
MOSTLY, BUT THEY'RE REALLY
DRIVEN BY EXTERNAL FACTORS. IS
THERE DATA TO SHOW JUST THAT WE
COULD SEE ON A REGIONAL WE CAN
PULL SOME DATA FROM FALL AND DO
A BREAKDOWN FOR YOU FOR A
REGION? YEAH, HAPPY TO PROVIDE
THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU. UH, MOST
OF THE ISSUES HAVE BEEN RAISED
AND GOOD QUESTIONS FROM THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS. I WANT TO
JUST FOCUS ON TWO ISSUES. ONE IS
KIND OF MONEY ISSUE FROM THE
FINANCES. AND THIS IS FOR L. A L
UM, SO LET'S START THERE, AND
THIS IS SOMEWHAT BLEEDS OVER TO
THE NEXT ISSUE WITH THE
APPORTIONMENT FUNDING. SO I GET
THAT SOME COLLEGES ARE DOING
BETTER THAN OTHERS, AND YOU
KNOW, IT'S A BIG FAMILY. THERE'S
100, PLUS FITTEST 100, PLUS
COLLEGES, NEARLY 100 DISTRICTS.
AND I WAS WINNERS AND LOSERS. UM
IS THAT A BAD THING? THAT WE YOU
PAY FOR PEOPLE BY THE WORK THAT
YOU DO, BUT WHETHER IT'S A
PIECEMEAL JOB, YOU GET PAID BY
HOW MUCH WORK YOU DO SO
COMMUNITY COLLEGE WE PAY YOU FOR
HOW MANY STUDENTS YOU SERVE. AND
SO WE HAVE X AMOUNT OF MONEY IN
THE BUDGET. THAT'S FOR PROBLEM
98. SO WE HAVE OF THAT 11%
THAT'S FOR OUR COMMUNITY
COLLEGES SO IT SHOULDN'T BE A
WORRY THAT THIS IS GOING TO GO
TO PRISONS OR SOME OTHER THING
OR EVEN RESERVE. THIS IS STAYING
IN THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE WORLD,
SO I GUESS THE QUESTION IS,
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? SOME
COLLEGES HAVE A DROP. OKAY THEY
GET WHAT THEY SERVE, AND IF SOME
COLLEGES UM GROW WILL GIVE THEM
MORE THROUGH THEIR APPORTIONMENT
. AND THEN WE THE MONEY THAT'S
NOT SPENT REVERTED BACK AND IT'S
WASHED AND WE SPEND IT THE NEXT
YEAR FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PRIORITIES, WHETHER IT'S
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE OR
BUILDINGS OR PLETHORA OF ISSUES
THAT WE HEAR FROM YOUR ADVOCATES
FOR ONE TIME NEEDS. SO WHAT'S
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THAT SCENARIO,
ELIA? YEAH WE DON'T SEE THAT, AS
IS. IS SOMETHING WRONG? I MEAN,
IN THE PAST, THE LEGISLATURE HAS
FUNDED COMMUNITY COLLEGES THE
SAME AMOUNT. PER STUDENT. AND
THEN ABOUT FOUR OR FIVE YEARS
AGO, THE STATE CHANGED THAT SAID
THAT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THAT YOU
SHOULD GET EXTRA MONEY IF YOU'RE
SERVING A LOW INCOME STUDENT,
FOR EXAMPLE, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT
BE HARDER TO SERVE AND NEED MORE
RESOURCES. THERE SHOULD BE
FUNDING BASED ON OUTCOMES SO
THAT DISTRICTS CHANGE HOW THEY
PROVIDE INSTRUCTION IN A WAY
THIS IS MAYBE GETTING
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S THINGS POINT SO
THAT THEY HAVE AN INCENTIVE TO
SERVE THOSE STUDENTS BETTER. AND
SO YOU YOU WE DO HAVE A
DIFFERENT AMOUNT PER STUDENT. IN
TERMS OF WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN
WITH ALL OF THESE FUNDING
PROTECTIONS THAT ARE KIND OF
GOING AWAY OR GETTING PHASED
OUT. I THINK THERE IS A CONCERN.
AMONG IT GENERALLY WITH THE
SYSTEM ABOUT WELL, THE MONEY IS
GOING TO STAY IN COMMUNITY
COLLEGES BUDGET BECAUSE IT'S
PROP 98. HISTORICALLY COMMUNITY
COLLEGES GET A CERTAIN
PERCENTAGE OF THAT. BUT THERE'S
A CONCERN THAT CERTAIN DISTRICTS
ARE GONNA BE GETTING TO GET MORE
THAN OTHERS BECAUSE THEY'RE
SERVING MORE. SERVING BEST. YEAH
I WOULDN'T HAVE FOCUSED MORE ON
JUST THE ENROLLMENT PIECE THAT
THE FORMULA I'M FINE WITH WE
DEBATED THIS AND IT'S YOU KNOW,
IT'S SIMILAR TO WHAT WE EMBRACE
WITH L C F F CERTAIN STUDENTS.
YOU KNOW IT COSTS MORE TO HELP
THEM SUCCEED, AND WE'RE WHERE
WITH THAT, BUT THE ISSUE THIS
SHOULD WE BE CONCERNED THAT SOME
COLLEGES AND SOME MEMBERS OF THE
LEAGUE OR THE NOT REALLY THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE, BUT WE'LL
COME UP HERE AND SAY THE SKY HAS
FALLEN WHERE WE ARE. SEEING OUR
COLLEGE ENROLLMENT DROPPED BY
THIS AND THAT WE WANT SOME HOLD
HARMLESS, AND I THINK MY
SCENARIOS NO. WE NEED TO JUST
LIVE WITH THE REALITY. SOME ARE
GOING TO HAVE FEWER STUDENTS.
YOU'RE GONNA GET PAID PER
STUDENT. AND THEN SOMEWHERE WILL
HAVE WILL SERVE MORE AND YOU'LL
GET, YOU'LL GET MORE AND NOT
HAVE ANY HOLD HARMLESS FOR
ENROLLMENT. I THINK WE JUST NEED
TO TURN THE PAGE ON THAT AND I
JUST WANT TO ASK YELLOW. WE
CAN'T DO THAT. AND WHAT'S THE
DOWNSIDE TO DOING THAT? SO THERE
IS A IT'S NOT A IT'S A GRADUAL
STEP DOWN FOR DISTRICTS AND
WE'VE TALKED TO DISTRICTS
THEY'LL TELL YOU LOOK, WE WERE
ONCE A 16,000 STUDENTS
INSTITUTION, AND NOW WE'RE
12,000. BUT YET WE'RE STAFFED AT
16,000. SO HOW DOES THE STATE
GET IT SO THAT. THE INSTITUTION
IS STAFFED AND FUNDED. BASED ON
STUDENTS THAT THEY'RE SERVING
BASED ON ACTUAL WORKLOAD, AND
THAT'S WHAT THE THAT'S WHAT THE
FORMULA IS DESIGNED TO DO AND
THE VARIOUS LAWS SO YOU HAVE
EMERGENCY CONDITIONS ALLOWANCE
GOING AWAY, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE
A GRADUAL STEP DOWN FOR
DISTRICTS SO THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO LOSE THE MONEY OVERNIGHT.
THEY HAVE A COUPLE OF YEAR
PERIOD TO STEP DOWN AND ALIGN
THEIR BUDGETS WITH THE REALITY
OF THEIR WORK, SUPPORT THAT SO
UM, WHETHER IT'S MY DISTRICT
HERE, LOS RIOS OR RATHER THINK
LORDS. RIAS IS KIND OF
STABILIZED, BUT YOU HAVE TO
RIGHT SIZE TO YOUR NEW OPERATION
. IF YOU GO FROM 16 TO 12.
THAT'S REALITY. IF YOU'RE A
RESTAURANT NEEDS TO SERVE 300
PEOPLE A WEEKEND NOW YOU'RE
SERVING 200. YOU HAVE TO CHANGE
YOUR STAFFING. THAT'S JUST
THAT'S JUST THE REALITY. UM YOU
KNOW, MAYBE NOT DO IT OVERNIGHT
, MAYBE A PERIOD OF TIME, BUT WE
CAN'T JUST HOLD HARMLESS AND
DEFINITELY DOESN'T MAKE SENSE
FOR STATE BECAUSE THERE ARE
OTHER DISTRICTS THAT ARE GROWING
THAT ARE GROWING. YEAH. SO I
JUST THINK WE NEED TO TURN THE
PAGE ON THAT AND DISTRICT. HE
DID THIS JUST FOCUS ON THE
REALITY THAT WE'RE NOT GOING TO
JUST KEEP KEEP IT AS IS, UM,
LIKE YOU WERE BEFORE SO, BUT THE
FLIP SIDE TO THAT IS THAT MAYBE
WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THIS.
DRAMATIC AND PRECIPITOUS DROP,
AND, UM IT IS A CHALLENGE
BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
HERE. JUST LIKE VIEWS AND
POLITICS. I'M NOT GONNA NAME A
PERSON OR WHOEVER IN POLITICS,
BUT SOME PEOPLE LOVE THAT PERSON
. 25% LOVE THAT PERSON. 25%
CAN'T STAND THAT PERSON AND
THEY'RE JUST LIKE THAT'S LIFE
LIKE, YOU KNOW, QUARTER AND A
QUARTER HAVE STRONG OPINIONS AND
50% ROUGHLY IN THE MIDDLE, SO
THAT'S KIND OF HERE. QUARTER SAY
WE WANT MORE ONLINE. WE HAVE
MORE OF THAT QUARTER. YOU'RE
SAYING WE GET TOO MUCH ONLINE.
WE WANT THIS AND THAT, SO WE
NEED TO JUST KIND OF FOCUS ON
THE REALITY. WHICH IS, I THINK
SMART HAVE OPTIONS SO STUDENTS
CAN VOTE WITH THEIR FEET. BUT
VOTING SPEAKING OF VOTING WITH
THEIR FEET, I THINK, IN ADDITION
TO STUDENTS JUST NOT GOING TO
SCHOOL BECAUSE WE HAVE A
BLOOMING ECONOMY. WE HAVE THREE
YEARS 4% UNEMPLOYMENT YOU KNOW,
YOU CAN LIKE WE TALKED ABOUT A
FEW WEEKS AGO. IF YOU'RE IN THE
YOU CAN MAKE IT. IF YOU'RE IN
THE TAHOE REGION, YOU CAN MAKE
$30 AN HOUR WORKING FOR TACO
BELL. SO WHY DO YOU WANT TO GO
AND ROLL IN A COMMUNITY COLLEGE?
YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, MAKE PLENTY
OF MONEY DOING OTHER JOBS. IF
THERE UM AND SO SOME OF THESE
FOR PROFIT AND OTHER SCHOOLS, I
THINK ARE JUST SMARTER IN THEIR
MEETING. THE STUDENTS THEIR
NEEDS. THEY'RE THEY'RE THEY'RE
SETTING UP SHOP IN MALLS. I WENT
TO ARDEN FAIR MALL LAST WEEKEND
LOOKED PRETTY DEAD BECAUSE YOU
KNOW THERE IS, UM VACANT SPACES
. SO CATCH COMMUNITY COLLEGES
LOOK AT STOREFRONTS MORE SO THEY
DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY, BECAUSE I
THINK THAT WE CAN'T BE LIKE WELL
, WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOREVER
. WE HAVE THESE COLLEGES AND BIG
PARKING LOT. WE'RE HERE BETWEEN
MONDAY AND THURSDAY BETWEEN 10
AND FOUR FOR 80% OF OUR CLASSES
, AND THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE WE'RE
LOSING TO THE OTHERS THAT ARE
DOING A DIFFERENT MODEL AND
PEOPLE HAVE OTHER LIVES AND
THEY'RE VOTING FOR THAT. THEY'RE
VOTING FOR THAT OPTION.
SOMETIMES THEY'RE VOTING FOR
THAT OPTION. EVEN THOUGH IT COST
MONEY AND PUTS THEM IN DEBT. I
MEAN, WE HAVE COMMUNITY COLLEGE.
THAT'S THAT'S FREE. UM DURING
THE PANDEMIC, WE WERE PAYING
STUDENTS TO ACTUALLY ENROLL. WE
HAVE OUR EXPANDED CAL GRANT
OPTIONS THAT PAY FOR NOT JUST,
UH, BOOKS BUT COST OF LIVING
NOW, AND WE'RE JUST WE'RE
STEPPING IT UP THERE, AND SOME
STUDENTS ARE SAYING THAT'S FINE
. I'M STILL GOING TO PAY MONEY
OUT OF MY POCKET AND GO IN DEBT
BECAUSE THIS THING IS MORE
CONVENIENT FOR ME SO DO WE THINK
WE ARE DOING ENOUGH TO KIND OF
UH, CHANGED AND HAVE DIFFERING
DIFFERENTIAL OFFERINGS FOR
STUDENTS. LET ME ASK THIS NEVER
END. I REALLY APPRECIATE WHAT
YOU'RE HIGHLIGHTING BECAUSE IT
ALSO GIVES US MORE IMPETUS AND
KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THE
LEGISLATURE SUPPORT TO DO
EXACTLY THAT. DO THINGS
DIFFERENTLY. BE MORE ADAPTIVE,
BE MORE INNOVATIVE, AND I THINK
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING
WHAT WE'RE SEEING ACROSS OUR
CAMPUSES. WE'RE SEEING THEM. TRY
AND TEST UM AND LAUNCHED AND SO
ARE WE THERE YET? ALL THE WAY NO
. DO WE HAVE ROOM TO GROW?
ABSOLUTELY SO ONE OF THE
EXCITING THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING
TO DO JUST THAT AND BE
COMPETITIVE AGAINST SOME OF OUR
FOUR PROFITS IS REALLY LOOKING
AT, UM IS THE 16 WEEK. SEMESTER
CONSTRUCT TOO LONG, AND THE
REALITY IS THAT FOR THIS
GENERATION OF LEARNERS, IT IS
TOO LONG. IT DOESN'T SHOW THAT
VALUE PROPOSITION OF LIKE,
WHAT'S THE VALUE OF EDUCATION?
AND SO, UM, THE WORK THAT WE
WILL BE BEGINNING THIS SUMMER TO
THINK ABOUT HOW WE OFFER MORE
SHORT TERM ALIGNED PATHWAYS SO
THAT A STUDENT CAN COME TO OUR
CAMPUS AND ASKED WHEN DO I
START? AND WHEN CAN I FINISH? I
THINK THAT IS ONE KEY PIECE. UH
AND YOU KNOW, WE WILL CONTINUE
TO DOCUMENT OTHER STRATEGIES
THAT ARE REALLY INNOVATIVE AS
YOU HIGHLIGHTED BECAUSE OUR
BIGGEST COMPETITION IS NOT OUR
FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS OR
OTHERS. IT'S REALLY THE FOR
PROFITS. THAT CAN OUTSPEND US 4
TO 1 ON MARKETING AND OUTREACH
AND BEING AT THE MALL IN A
VARIETY OF OTHER EFFORTS. SO WE
HAVE OUR WORK CUT OUT, BUT BUT
WHAT WE'VE SEEN FROM LESSONS
FROM THE PANDEMIC OR REALLY
SETTING US UP TO HAVE THOSE
TOUGH CONVERSATIONS AND TO DO
THAT WORK AHEAD. OKAY? AND THIS
I THINK WE'RE OKAY HERE, BUT
MOVE ON WITH OUR AGENDA. OKAY
THANK YOU WILL HOLD THIS ISSUE
OPEN. GO ONTO ISSUE NUMBER. UM
Tð. AND THAT IS APPORTIONMENT.
FUNDING. GREAT. MADISON
SHEFFIELD DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
TO START. I'D LIKE TO SIGNAL THE
ADMINISTRATION'S ONGOING
COMMITMENT TO THE STUDENTS UNDER
AND FUNDING FORMULA OR A CFF
THROUGH THE VOLATILE FISCAL
CONDITIONS POSED IN THE LAST FEW
YEARS THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING
ABOUT THE FIRMLY AND HAS PROVEN
RESILIENT AND STABLE SOURCE OF
FUNDING FOR THE COLLEGES.
DESPITE THE REVENUE DECLINE, THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET DOES NOT
PROPOSE CUTS TO THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES APPORTIONMENT
AS MENTIONED IN THE AGENDA. THE
GOVERNOR'S BUDGET INCLUDES THE
STATUTORY STUDENT CENTERED
FUNDING FORMULA COST OF LIVING
ADJUSTMENT OR COLA. OF 8.13%
WHICH TRANSLATES TO 652.6
MILLION ONGOING PROPOSITION 98
GENERAL FUND. I'M HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE ABOUT THESE INVESTMENTS.
THANK YOU, PAUL STEINHAUSER
AGAIN WITH THE ANALYST'S OFFICE.
SO THE APPORTIONMENT, UH,
PROPOSAL THIS COST OF LIVING
ADJUSTMENT PROPOSALS BY FAR THE
LARGEST COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PROPOSAL IN THE JANUARY BUDGET.
BASED ON NEW DATA SINCE THE
JANUARY PROPOSAL. THE ESTIMATED
COLA RATE WILL BE EVEN HIGHER
THAN 8.13% MORE IN THE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF 8.4. NOW
DISTRICTS CURRENTLY ARE FACING
COST PRESSURES FOR THE BUDGET
YEAR TO INCREASE EMPLOYEES
SALARIES. GIVEN THE HIDE
INFLATION THAT WE'VE WE'VE BEEN
TALKING ABOUT WHILE FACING OTHER
CORE OPERATING COST PRESSURES.
UM AS YOU AS THIS SUBCOMMITTEE
HEARD FROM OUR OFFICE, UH, BACK
IN FEBRUARY WHEN DISCUSSING
ABOUT K 12 AND PROPOSITION 98.
DESPITE THESE CHALLENGES, WE ARE
CONCERNED WITH THE STATE'S
ABILITY TO SUPPORT A HIGHER COLA
RATE, GIVEN THE STATE REVENUE
OUTLOOK AND BUDGET CONDITION. SO
WE RECOMMEND THE LEGISLATURE
TREAT THE JANUARY PROPOSAL. THE
8.13% COLA AS AN UPPER BOUND FOR
2023 24. AND WE'RE THE ESTIMATE
OF THE BUDGET YEAR PROPOSITION
98 MINIMUM GUARANTEE TO BE
SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAT MAY
REVISE THE LEGISLATURE MIGHT
EVEN WANT TO CONSIDER A LOWER
RATE THAN WHAT THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSING IN JANUARY SO
SOMETHING LOWER THAN 8.13% GIVEN
AGAIN, GIVEN THE CONCERNS WE
HAVE LOOKING AT REVENUE OUTLOOK
FOR THE STATE. THANK YOU. JUST
WANTED TO SHARE BRIEFLY. SORRY
GOOD MORNING AGAIN. LIZETTE
NEVER WITH THE CALIFORNIA
COLLEGES. WHEN DID IT BEGIN BY
SHARING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE
STUDENTS AND FUNDING FORMULA AS
WAS HIGHLIGHTED, UM, ANY
RESOURCES, PARTICULARLY THE COLA
REALLY SUPPORTS THE STUDENT
CENTERED FUNDING FORMULA BY
INCREASING THE RATES AT WHICH WE
PAY FOR ENROLLMENT. UM
CONNECTIONS TO FINANCIAL AID
THROUGH THE SUPPLEMENT
COMPONENT. AND UH, SUPPORT ALONG
, UM, SUCCESS IN VARIOUS METRICS
. AND SO, UM, THE COLA REALLY IS
FUNDAMENTAL FOR THAT ON PAGE 19
. YOU CAN SEE A LITTLE BIT MORE
DETAIL. IT ALSO COVERS COSTS OF
THE OPERATING THROUGH A FUNDING
FOR COLLEGES AND CENTERS. AND SO
THESE ARE ALL THE RESOURCES THAT
HELP A COLLEGE SERVES. STUDENTS
PROVIDE FOR OPERATIONS. UM AND,
UM WHAT? WE'RE SEEING IT RIGHT
NOW IS THAT 62 OF OUR DISTRICTS
ARE HAVE FULLY TRANSITIONED TO
THE STUDENT CENTERED FUNDING
FORMULA. SOMETHING POSITIVE THAT
REALLY WILL HELP WITH THE
TRANSITION. UM AND THEN A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT WHAT THE COLA REALLY
PROVIDES. IT IS ESSENTIAL. WE
WOULD URGE THAT THE LEGISLATURE
PROVIDE THE FULL STATUTORY COLON
ALIGNMENT WITH K 12 TO COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. THESE RESOURCES
PROVIDE AGAINST SUPPORTS ACROSS
BOTH ACADEMIC CAREER, EDUCATION
AND SUPPORT SERVICES. THEY FUND
THE CORE OPERATIONS OF COLLEGES
. WHAT ARE PRIMARILY FUNDING
PEOPLE, FACULTY STAFF STUDENTS?
UH AND THAT'S WHAT COMPRISES
MOST OF OUR BUDGETS, AND IT
ALLOWS US TO KEEP PACE WITH
GROWING COST OF OPERATIONS AND
ESPECIALLY INFLATION. UH AND
I'LL END BY HIGHLIGHTING THAT
INVESTMENTS IN THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES REALLY PAID DIVIDENDS
FOR THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WE
ARE WORK COURSE NOT IN NOT ONLY
IN THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT
WE HELP EDUCATE AND TRAIN IN
VARIOUS FIELDS, BUT ALSO ON THE
RETURN ON INVESTMENT FOR
CALIFORNIA 1.128 BILLION RETURN
ON INVESTMENT TO CALIFORNIA AND
SO AS YOU'RE THINKING ABOUT YOUR
CHOICES IN ALLOCATING THIS
CALLER IT REALLY IS ESSENTIAL,
AND IT HELPS CALIFORNIA AS IT
ENTERS ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY SO
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS?
EXCELLENT THANK YOU. I'LL START
IT OFF AND THEN TURN IT TO OUR
COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR QUESTIONS
. UH WHAT OPTIONS DOES THE
LEGISLATURE HAVE? IF THERE IS
NOT ENOUGH ONGOING PROP 98
GENERAL FUND DOLLARS TO FULLY
COVER A COLA. SO ONE OPTION
WOULD BE TO PROVIDE AS MUCH OF A
CAUSE THE LEGISLATURE FEELS
COMFORTABLE WITH PARTIAL COLA,
AND THAT'S BEEN DONE IN THE
PAST. UH NOT IT'S NOT OFTEN, BUT
IT IS DURING A TIGHTER FISCAL
TIMES THE STATE WILL PROVIDE
LESS THAN WHAT THE CALCULATION
KIND OF INDICATES. SO INSTEAD OF
A SAY, 8.40% COLA MAYBE THE
8.13% COLA THAT THE GOVERNOR HAS
IN JANUARY OR SOMETHING LESS
MAYBE 6% COLA OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT. WHICH IS STILL SOMETHING
DISTRICTS VERY MUCH APPRECIATE
AGAIN. THEY HAVE PENSION COSTS
INCREASES THEY HAVE THEIR
EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE THEIR OWN
PERSONAL COST PRESSURES AT HOME
WITH WITH BILLS AND HOUSING AND
SO, UM YOU KNOW WHAT THE STATE
CAN AFFORD, I THINK WOULD BE
HELPFUL TO DISTRICTS THEY
APPRECIATE AS AS CHAIRMAN CARNEY
MENTIONED EARLIER NUMBER OF
OTHER DEPARTMENTS AREN'T EVEN
PROPOSED TO GET ANY COST OF
LIVING ADJUSTMENT. FOR THE
BUDGET YEAR, SO COLLEGES ARE DO
RECOGNIZE THAT THAT SOMETHING IS
BETTER THAN THAN THEN NOTHING OR
, YOU KNOW, GETTING AT LEAST A
6% 7% 8% CALL. IT'S STILL PRETTY
HISTORIC AND LARGE, UH FOR THE
COLLEGES. IF I'M IF I'M ON THAT
QUESTION, REMEMBER, CERVANTES,
UH, RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE TO
PROVIDE THE FULL CALLER WHILE
IT'S NOT, UM, IDEAL ONE OPTION
THAT THE LEGISLATURE HAS IS TO
ISSUE A DEFERRAL THAT ENSURES
THAT WE GET THAT BUYING POWER.
BUT DON'T LOSE THAT, UM AS
OPPOSED OR CONTRARY TO K 12. OH
THE LEGISLATURE IS NOT REQUIRED
TO BACKFILL US WHEN WE DON'T GET
THE FULL CALLER. BUT IF YOU
ALLOW US TO HAVE THAT BUYING
POWER THAN, UM, THAT IS CARRIED
FORWARD IN THE LEGISLATURE AND
THE STATE CAN PAY BACK COLLEGES
FOR THAT GAP. UM JUST IF YOU CAN
HELP ME, CLARIFY, UM IF THE
FIGURES FOR CURRENT YEAR AND
PROJECTED NEXT YEAR ON REVENUE
ARE LOWER, ISN'T PROP 98
GUARANTEE ALSO LOWERED, WHICH
MEANS LESS DOLLARS. VIA REGULAR
APPORTIONMENT. THAT'S CORRECT IF
THEY IF REVENUES GO DOWN, AND
THAT PROPOSITION MINIMUM
GUARANTEE GOES DOWN AS WELL, SO
THAT THAT'S OUR CONCERN IS THAT
IF THE LEGISLATURE WORD TO
PROVIDE UH, SAY 8.4% COST OF
LIVING ADJUSTMENT FOR THE BUDGET
YEAR, AND IF REVENUES CAME IN
LOWER, WHICH IN TURN LOWER THE
GUARANTEE IT WOULD MAKE IT VERY
DIFFICULT FOR THE LEGISLATIVE
THE STATE TO BE ABLE TO AFFORD
THAT COLA THAT IT ALREADY
GRANTED. IS THE COLA THE ONLY
WAY TO MAKE THE GUARANTEE. FOR
NO. THERE ARE OTHER WAYS AS WELL
. YOU THE LEGISLATURE HAS A LOT
OF OPTIONS LEGISLATURE COULD
PROVIDE. JUST A PROGRAMMATIC
INCREASE. IT'S DONE THAT IN THE
PAST LAST YEAR, THE LEGISLATURE
PROVIDED MONEY FOR CERTAIN
CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS WASN'T A
COLA WAS FOR IT WAS JUST
PROVIDING ADDITIONAL MONEY FOR
PROGRAMMATIC AND INCREASES. THE
LEGISLATURE COULD ALSO PROVIDE
ONE TIME MONEY. UH IN IN THE
BUDGET YEAR AND THE ADVANTAGE OF
THAT, FROM THE STATE'S
PERSPECTIVE IS THAT IT'S A ONE
TIME FOR ME, INTERRUPT YOU. I'M
THINKING MORE OF A SMALLER, UM
AMOUNT. IN THE NON COLA
APPROPRIATIONS SO THAT WE CAN
KEEP THE COLA. WHOLE OR FULL. I
SEE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. THIS
THIS BUDGET AS PROPOSED BY THE
GOVERNOR IS MOSTLY
OVERWHELMINGLY COLA, SO THERE'S
SOME MONEY FOR ENROLLMENT GROWTH
. THERE'S BUT IT'S BASICALLY THE
ONGOING MONEY IS PROPOSED IN A
COLIFORM, SO THERE'S NOT A LOT
TO TAKE OFF THE TABLE WITH
REGARD TO WHAT'S PROPOSED IN
JANUARY. THERE'S ALWAYS A
POSSIBILITY, HOWEVER, THIS MIGHT
BE WHERE YOU'RE GOING,
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S IS TO LOOK AT
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES BUDGET
WHAT'S ALREADY FUNDED WITHIN THE
BUDGET THAT BASE BUDGET AND
LOOKING AT, YOU KNOW, PERHAPS
TRIMMING THEIR TO FUND A HIGHER
COURT. I SEE AND I KNOW THERE'S
NO NOTHING ON PAPER FROM THE
ADMINISTRATION OR FINANCE BEFORE
MAY 15TH, BUT UM. THE DATA IS
QUITE CLEAR INDICATORS ARE
PRETTY CLEAR. UM WHAT HAS THE
ADMINISTRATION DONE IN THE PAST?
MAYBE SINCE YOU CAN PROBABLY
GIVE ME WHAT YOU WERE THINKING
OF DOING THIS HERE, TOO, IN THE
INSTANCES IN WHICH THE GUARANTEE
IS LOWER THAN WHAT WAS PROPOSED
IN A JANUARY BUDGET. YEAH HI.
MICHELLE KNEW IN WITH THE
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE. UM
THERE'S ACTUALLY VERY RECENT
EXAMPLES OF WHEN THE STATE HAS
FACED, YOU KNOW OF A LARGE
DEFICIT. SO UH, LEADING UP TO
THE 2020 BUDGET ACT WITH, YOU
KNOW, PANDEMIC UPON US, THE ON
BOTH THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND
THE K 12 SIDE. THERE WERE PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT DEFERRALS THAT WERE
PROPOSED AT THE TIME AND IN THE
2020 BUDGET ACT AS WELL. UM I
BELIEVE THE COLA WAS MAYBE
AROUND. 33% OR SO AND SO THAT
WAS ACTUALLY WE LOWERED THE
COLON ZERO AND THEN ALSO HAD TWO
DIFFERENT. Dð DEFERRALS
SIGNIFICANT REFERRALS FOR THE
STUDENT CENTERED FUNDING FORMULA
AND THE L C F F WHAT DID WE DO?
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES. I'M
AWARE OF THE COMMENTS MADE BY
COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE ABOUT UM, DEFERRALS AND
COLA FOR K 12 GET RECAPTURED IN
FUTURE YEARS, BUT THEY DON'T FOR
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. WHAT DID WE
DO? IN THOSE INSTANCES WHEN WE
DID DEFERRALS THAT WE MAKE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES WHOLE LATER
OR NOT. SO YES. SO IN 2020, YOU
KNOW, AS I MENTIONED THERE WAS A
0% COLA. I BELIEVE IN 2021.
THERE WAS A APPROXIMATELY
ADDITIONAL 1% ON TOP OF THE COLA
THAT WAS PROVIDED KIND OF AS A
NOD TO SOME OF THE CALLER THAT
HADN'T BEEN PROVIDED IN 2020 12
OR COMMUNITY COLLEGE ARE ALL
OKAY. AND THEN FOR, UM. IN 2022
ON TOP OF A FAIRLY SIZABLE COLA
6.56% LAST YEAR. THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES ALSO APPROVED A OR I'M
SORRY. THE BUDGET APPROVED A
$600 MILLION ONGOING BASE
INCREASE, SO THAT WAS
ESSENTIALLY MONEY ON TOP OF THE
COLA. UM 400 MILLION OF THAT WAS
TO INCREASE THE RATES WITHIN THE
FUNDING FORMULA AND IN 200
MILLION WERE KIND OF ESSENTIALLY
PROVIDED. KIND OF LIKE TO AS A
FOR PART OF THE FORMULA CALLED
THE BASIC ALLOCATION, WHICH IS
KIND OF LIKE A FIXED POT WITHIN
THE FUNDING FORMULA FOR FUTURE
YEARS OR JUST THE THAT YEAR. IT
WAS ONGOING, ONGOING. SO THERE
HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW. THERE WERE
THERE. THERE WAS A DOWN YEAR IN
2020 AND THEN PRETTY SUBSTANTIAL
SUBSTANTIVE INCREASES IN 2021 22
IN THE PROPOSED GOVERNOR'S
BUDGET STILL VERY SUBSTANTIVE
COLA OF 8.13% I THINK IT MAY BE
THE LARGEST COLA AH, UM THAT
THAT. I MEAN, CERTAINLY SINCE
I'VE BEEN WORKING HERE, AND I
THINK, UH, SINCE, UH, LAST
COUPLE OF DECADES AND THE
FACTORS FOR THAT COLA AND
DETERMINING THAT AMOUNT WAS THAT
C P I AND OTHERS ARE. SO THAT'S
A STATUTORY COMPUTATION. UM I
BELIEVE IT IS DATA FROM THE U. S
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, UM ON
LIKE A LOCAL AND STATE
GOVERNMENT PRICE INDEX, AND THEY
IT'S A LAGGING INDICATOR, WHICH
MEANS THAT USES PAST DATA AND IT
IT TAKES KIND OF LIKE A YEAR
OVER YEAR COMPUTATION. FOR THE
MAY REVISION. UH SO TYPICALLY,
THERE'S A GOVERNOR'S BUDGET COLA
. THAT'S THE 8.13% THAT MAY
REVISION. WE USE DATA THAT WE
DON'T FULLY GET UNTIL THE END OF
THIS MONTH, SO WE DON'T HAVE THE
FOR COMPUTATION OF THE MAIN
COLA, OKAY? UM THE OTHER ISSUE I
HAVE IS AND IT WAS POINTED OUT
IN OUR REPORT HERE. UH THE
AUDITS. UM AUDITOR'S REPORT IN
FEBRUARY ON THE ISSUE OF
INCREASED APPORTIONMENT THAT WAS
TIED TO FULL TIME FACULTY, WHICH
STILL SEEMS TO BE UH UM. NOT
HAPPENING AS ROBUSTLY AS I THINK
THE LEGISLATURE INTENDED, UM
DOES THAT? COMMUNITY COLLEGE
OFFICE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE HAVE
ANY RESPONSE TO WHAT'S BEING
DONE. TO ADDRESS UM THOSE THAT
DESIRE AND PREVIOUS YEARS AND ON
A GOING FORWARD BASIS AS IT
RELATES TO THE APPORTIONMENT FOR
THIS YEAR. WE THANK YOU VERY
MUCH FOR THAT QUESTION. UH LIKE
YOU HIGHLIGHTED. WE BELIEVE
THOSE DOLLARS SHOULD ABSOLUTELY
BE ONLY USED FOR FULL TIME
FACULTY HIRING AND TO MAKE
EFFORTS TOWARDS HAVING MORE FULL
TIME FACULTY, A COUPLE OF
CONSIDERATIONS THAT WE'RE
LOOKING AT. AND THEN THERE IS,
UH, WE HAVE A SHARED GOVERNANCE
SYSTEM ACROSS OUR SYSTEM. OR
ACROSS COLLEGES, AND SO ONE OF
THE AREAS WHERE WE WILL ENGAGE
IN A CONVERSATION WITH OUR
CONSULTATION COUNCIL. THE STATE
AUDIT THAT DIDN'T INCLUDE, UH
FACULTY COUNSELORS AND
LIBRARIANS, AND WE KNOW THAT
THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE
SUCCESS OF A STUDENT IN THE
CLASSROOM. AND SO THAT'S
SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.
YOU KNOW WHAT OH, WHAT
DEFINITIONS CAN WE UTILIZE THAT
DO INCLUDE THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF
OUR LIBRARY, LIBRARIANS AND
COUNSELORS WHO ARE ALSO AN ED
CODE CONSIDERED FACULTY. THE
OTHER IS WHERE ALSO, UH, WILL BE
RE ISSUING A MEMO TO REMIND
DISTRICTS THAT THEIR
RESPONSIBILITY IS TO UTILIZE
THOSE DOLLARS FOR FULL TIME
FACULTY. IF I SHARE A COPY OF
THAT, THANK YOU IF I RECALL
CORRECTLY, THOUGH, UM, THE
AUGMENTATION WAS DONE IN
RESPONSE TO THE RESEARCH THAT
DEMONSTRATED THAT FULL TIME
FACULTY STAFF. LEAD TO BETTER
OUTCOMES FROM STUDENTS, AND I
THINK THAT WAS RELATED TO
FACULTY AND STAFF THAT WAS IN
THE CLASSROOM. ALTHOUGH WOULD
NOT AT ALL ARGUE WITH YOU THAT
THE OTHER SUPPORT STAFF IS
CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT AS WELL.
BUT UM, AND SO, I GUESS MY ONLY
QUESTION AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO
ANSWER IT NOW. BUT AS YOU LOOK
AT REDEFINING WHAT THE FACULTY
IS AS AS IT, UM WOULD BE MORE
ALIGNED WITH THE ED CODE
DEFINITION IS, UM MORE
SPECIFICALLY. WHAT ARE WE DOING
FOR INSTRUCTIONAL? UH, FACULTY
THAT AGAIN, THE. WHAT I FROM MY
READING OF SOME OF THE HISTORY
AND THE AUDIT THE REASON THE
LEGISLATURE DID. THE
AUGMENTATION OF THE ADDITIONAL
APPORTIONMENT WAS AS A RESULT OF
WANTING TO SEE PEOPLE IN THE
CLASSROOMS BECOME FULL TIME, SO
I DEFINITELY WANT TO FOLLOW UP
WITH YOU ON THAT ON WHAT'S BEING
DONE TO SPECIFICALLY ADDRESS
THAT AND NOT TOO UM, ADD
ADDITIONAL UM. FULL TIME AND I
READ THAT IN THE AUDIT. I
REMEMBER NOW OTHER FULL TIME AND
IMPORTANT POSITIONS TO
ESSENTIALLY COUNT AS TOWARDS
FULL TIME FACULTY FROM A
TEACHING PERSPECTIVE, SO I THINK
I'LL JUST LEAVE THAT OUT THERE
AND WE'LL CONNECT ON THAT. THANK
YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY THANK YOU. I
THINK I ADDRESSED MY, UM ISSUES
AND COMMENTS ABOUT THIS DURING
THE PRIOR ITEM WITH THAT WILL
HOLD THIS ISSUE, BUT AS WELL.
THE BOND ISSUE NUMBER THREE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE. FACILITIES
THE O F L, A OH CHANCELLOR'S
OFFICE. THANK YOU. MADISON
SHEFFIELD DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE.
EXCUSE ME. THE GOVERNMENT'S
BUDGET INCLUDES A REDUCTION OF
213 MILLION IN DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE ACROSS THE THREE
YEAR WINDOW OF 21 22 THROUGH 23
24. THIS MEANS THE 2022 BUDGET
ACTS DEFERRED MAINTENANCE
APPROPRIATION OF 841 MILLION, WE
WOULD BE REDUCED TO
APPROXIMATELY 628 MILLION. ALSO
SIMILAR LAST YEAR'S INCLUSION OF
LANGUAGE WITH SUPPORT FOR ENERGY
EFFICIENCY PROJECTS WERE
INCLUDING PROPOSED TRAILER BILL
LANGUAGE, CLARIFYING THAT THESE
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE DOLLARS CAN
BE USED FOR CHILDCARE CENTERS IN
ATTEMPT TO SUPPORT THESE
COLLEGES LOOKING TO REOPEN OR
UPGRADE FACILITIES. HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY
HAVE ABOUT THESE INVESTMENTS.
OKAY. THANK YOU. L A L SO WITH
REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL TO REDUCE
BY $213 MILLION. ALREADY
APPROPRIATED FACILITY
MAINTENANCE FUNDS. WE RECOMMEND
THE LEGISLATURE REJECT THAT
PROPOSAL. MOST OF THOSE FUNDS
HAVE ALREADY BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO
DISTRICTS AND EARMARKED FOR
PROJECTS THAT WOULD REDUCE
COLLEGE MAINTENANCE BACKLOGS.
ADDRESSING DEFERRED MAINTENANCE
IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IN IT CAN
AVOID MORE EXPENSIVE FACILITY
PROJECTS, INCLUDING EMERGENCY
REPAIRS IN THE LONG RUN. AND AS
THIS SUBCOMMITTEE DISCUSSED IN
THE FIRST ITEM DISTRICTS COULD
STILL, UH CONDUCT OUTREACH
ACTIVITIES TO STUDENTS USING
REMAINING FUNDS FROM THEIR
CURRENT YEAR APPROPRIATIONS FOR
THAT PURPOSE. THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL ALSO WOULD EXPLICITLY
ALLOW DISTRICTS TO USE STATE
FACILITY MAINTENANCE FUNDS FOR
ALL CAMPUS CHILDCARE CENTERS.
MOST COMMUNITY COLLEGE CAMPUS
CHILDCARE CENTERS SERVE A DUAL
PURPOSE. THEY WHERE CHILDREN ARE
TAKEN CARE OF, BUT IT'S ALSO AN
INSTRUCTIONAL LAB FOR COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS STUDYING CHILD
DEVELOPMENT. NOW THERE ARE A FEW
JUST REGULAR CHILDCARE CENTERS
AT ON CAMPUSES THAT DON'T HAVE
AN ACADEMIC OR INSTRUCTIONAL
COMPONENT. FOR US. IT'S UNCLEAR
WHY COMMUNITY COLLEGES SHOULD BE
ALLOWED TO USE STATE FUNDS FOR
MAINTENANCE ON THESE BUILDINGS
THAT ARE FULLY SELF SUPPORTED
THROUGH THROUGH FEES. SO WE
RECOMMEND THE LEGISLATURE
PROHIBIT DISTRICTS FROM USING
STATE FACILITY MAINTENANCE FUNDS
FOR NON ACADEMIC SELF SUPPORTING
CENTERS. NOW THAT'S ONLY A SMALL
NUMBER OF CENTERS AS OUR
UNDERSTANDING MOST CASES. THESE
ARE DUAL PURPOSE. UH CHILDCARE
CENTERS ON THE CAMPUSES, SO IT
PROVIDES ACADEMIC BENEFITS TO
COMMUNITY COLLEGE STUDENTS WHO
ARE STUDYING CHILD DEVELOPMENT.
WE RECOMMEND THE LEGISLATURE
APPROVED, UM, THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL ALLOWING STATE FACILITY
MAINTENANCE FUNDS TO BE USED FOR
THOSE TYPES OF DUAL PURPOSE
CENTERS. NOW KEEP IN MIND THAT
THESE CENTERS STILL COLLECT FEES
FROM THEIR CLIENTS THAT USE THE
CENTER, SO IT DOES HAVE A SELF
SUPPORT COMPONENT SO MOVING
FORWARD THE LEGISLATURE MIGHT
WANT TO THINK ABOUT ESTABLISHING
SOME SORT OF COST SHARING
EXPECTATION, SO THAT FEES COVER
AT LEAST SOME OF THE FACILITY
MAINTENANCE COSTS, BUT THAT
THAT'S SOMETHING LEGISLATURE CAN
CAN DECIDE. HOW IT WANTS TO
PROCEED. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK
YOU. CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE. GOOD
MORNING AGAIN. LISETTE EVERY
WITH THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY COLLEGES, UH, A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT OUR DEFERRED
MAINTENANCE DOLLARS AND HOW THEY
HAVE BEEN APPROPRIATE AND HOW
THEY'RE UTILIZED BY OUR COLLEGES
AROUND 75% OF THE FUNDS PROVIDED
TO THE COLLEGES AS HIGHLIGHTED
ALSO IN YOUR AGENDA ARE UTILIZED
FOR MAINTENANCE PROJECTS, SAFETY
AND SO FACILITIES OVERALL. 25%
OF THOSE DOLLARS ROUGHLY ARE
UTILIZED FOR INSTRUCTIONAL
EQUIPMENT, LEARNING MATERIALS
AND OTHER SUCH PURPOSES. THE
ALLOCATION THAT WAS PROVIDED BY
THE LEGISLATURE ON 22 23 OF $841
MILLION WAS VERY WELCOME BECAUSE
COLLEGES COULD FOR THE FIRST
TIME TACKLE SOME OF THE LARGER
PROJECTS. ENTIRE ROOFING OF A
BUILDING. UM, REALLY ADDRESS,
UH, MORE SUBSTANTIVE, DIFFERENT
MAINTENANCE PROJECTS. BY THE
TIME THE FISCAL YEAR CONCLUDES,
ALL OVER THE DOLLARS WILL HAVE
GONE OUT. THEY ARE INCLUDED AS
PART OF A MONTHLY APPORTIONMENT
SCHEDULE THAT IS ESTABLISHED AND
IN AUGUST OF THE NEW FISCAL
YEAR. AND SO OF THE PROJECTS
THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE BACKLOG
LIST WE HAVE ABOUT 5000 AROUND
1200 WILL BE TACKLED BY THESE
DOLLARS AND SO WE DO HAVE
CONCERNS IN REMOVING THESE
DOLLARS FOR THIS PURPOSES, BUT
WE ALSO SEE EXTENSIVE VALUE, UH,
IN THE INTENT OF THE GOVERNOR'S
PROPOSAL AND THE DIRECTION THAT
THEY WANT TO GO TO KEEP US. UH
FOCUSED ON ENROLLMENT AND RE
ENGAGEMENT. ONE OPTION TO
CONSIDER IS, UH, TO LOOKING AT
ONGOING FUNDS THAT WE COULD
CONTINUALLY COUNT ON AND PLAN
TOWARDS FOR ENROLLMENT AND
PERSISTENCE, RECOGNIZING THIS
LEAN YEARS BUDGET, UM INSTEAD OF
SWEEPING ENROLLMENT DOLLARS, ONE
CONSIDERATION COULD BE TO READ
APPROPRIATING THOSE FOR
ENROLLMENT AND PERSISTENCE AND
THEN PRESERVING THE DIFFERENT
MAINTENANCE FUND. AS IS, UM,
HAPPY TO EXPLORE OTHER OPTIONS,
BUT WANT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST
OVERALL THE VALUABLE USES OF
THESE DOLLARS HAPPY TO TAKE
QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO.
WHAT'S THE OPINION FROM THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE ON THIS? ON
THIS SWAP. SO FINANCE IS
PROPOSING AT LAO SAYING THEY
DON'T LIKE THAT. AND I GUESS
THAT CHANCE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
LEAGUE IS SAYING SOMETHING IN
THE MIDDLE THAT MAYBE IT'S LIKE
A FLEXIBLE BLOCK GRANT YOU CAN
USE FOR EITHER OR SO WHAT'S THE
OFFICIAL POSITION OF THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE? WE SEE
MERIT IN THE DIRECTION THAT THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE WANTS TO GO IN
DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE TO GET US
TO KEEP FOCUSING ON ENROLLMENT,
RETENTION AND PERSISTENCE. UM
BUT WHAT WE'RE REALLY SEEING
THAT COLLEGES NEED IS A RELIABLE
FUNDING SOURCES POTENTIALLY
ONGOING SO THAT OUR ENGAGEMENT
WITH COMMUNITIES OR CAMPUSES
ISN'T EVERY TIME WE SEE MASSIVE
ENROLLMENT DECLINES, AND WE SEE
, UH, STATEWIDE EMERGENCIES THAT
IT'S CONSISTENT AND THEN WE
COULD PLAN AND PREDICT, BUT
THAT'S NOT SO ONE TIME MONEY. SO
ONE OPTION WOULD BE AGAIN
INSTEAD OF DIVERTING THE
ENROLLMENT DOLLARS THAT DIDN'T
GET UTILIZED. ONLY SEVERAL OF
OUR CAMPUSES HAD FUNDS TO THAT
THEY ACTUALLY CAPTURED
ENROLLMENT, SO YOU'LL HAVE THOSE
DOLLARS AVAILABLE INSTEAD. AND
SO THAT COULD, UH, SUPPORT THE
GOVERNOR'S DIRECTION, WHICH IS
VERY NEEDED. BUT NOT SWEEP THE
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE DOLLARS.
HOW MUCH IS THAT? IT'S NOT 200
MILLION. IT'S MUCH SMALLER
AMOUNT. BROWN 20. THE AVAILABLE
FUNDS WOULD BE AROUND $21
MILLION OR SO, BUT IT WOULD BE.
IT WOULD PROVIDE AT LEAST
CONSISTENCY AND POTENTIALLY
ONGOING DOLLARS THAT CAN GO TO
ALL DISTRICTS WITHOUT TAKING A
CUT THE CHOICE OF THESE TWO
YOU'RE NOT GIVING ME IT'S A NON
ANSWER. I WAS THE DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE, I THINK ARE WE WOULD
PROPOSE A DIFFERENT ALTERNATIVE
RIGHT THAT THAT WE DON'T WANT TO
SLEEP THESE DOLLARS. WE'VE
ALREADY BY THE TIME YOU APPROVE
THIS BUDGET, WE WILL ALREADY
HAVE GIVEN THEM OUT. BY NEXT
YEAR. WE WOULD HAVE TO PULL THEM
BACK. SO IT WOULD BE MORE OF A,
UM A DEFICIT. AND SO THAT'S VERY
DIFFICULT FOR COLLEGES TO
ABSORB, ESPECIALLY IF THEY'VE
ALREADY PLANNED SO, BUT WE DO
SEE MERIT AND KEEPING US ON TASK
TWO. KEEP FOCUSING ON ENROLLMENT
AND RETENTION. SO ONE
ALTERNATIVE THAT YOU MAY WANT TO
CONSIDER IS, UH, DOLLARS THAT WE
WERE NOT LIKELY TO UTILIZE IN AN
ENROLLMENT GROWTH $20 MILLION.
SO THIS IS 200 SO OKAY, I HEAR
IT, MR FONG. QUESTIONS. THANK
YOU SO MUCH, MR CHAIR AND THANK
YOU FOR THIS PRESENTATION. WE
KNOW THAT THERE'S A LOT OF
DIFFERENT MAINTENANCE IN OUR
SYSTEM AND THESE DOLLARS ARE
CRITICAL AND SAID THAT SIMILAR
LINE OF QUESTIONING MR CHAIR
JUST ASKED, BUT REALLY LOOKING
AT THE PRIORITIES IN TERMS OF
ROMAN RETENTION AND VERSUS THE
FARM MAINTENANCE AND REALLY
APPRECIATE THE L. A S COMMENTS
AS A WHILE. SO I THINK YOU'RE
TRYING TO NAVIGATE THAT THAT
THREAT AND REALLY LOOKING AT HOW
WE CONTINUE TO GROW ROOM AND
RETENTION AND FROM WHAT I HEAR.
AND REALLY WITH. FACILITIES WITH
, UH, PUT SUCH A BONDS AND
REALLY LOOKING AT HOW WE
CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN OUR
FACILITIES AND TO MODERNIZE OUR
FACILITIES. THAT'S A CRITICAL
INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE NEED.
NEED HERE FOR OUR TO MAKE
COLLEGES TO MAINTAIN, UH WORLD
CLASS CLASSROOMS, A FACILITY SO
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I THINK
WHAT THE FRED MAINTENANCE IT'S
CRITICAL AND WHAT THE CHILDCARE
CENTERS THAT ARE MENTIONED IN
THE, UH AS WELL SO IS THERE
ANYTHING ELSE YOU'D LIKE TO ADD?
IN TERMS OF THE RATIONALE FOR
POSSIBLE, REDUCING OTHER
DEFERMENTS IN ORDER TO FUND
RECOMMENDED RETENTION. ANYONE.
THANK YOU. SO UM, YES. SO WE
OBVIOUSLY THE INTENTION WITH THE
SHIFT TO THE ENROLLMENT DOLLARS
IS JUST TO HAVE A YOU KNOW A
PRIORITY ON ENROLLMENT. IT'S THE
MAJORITY OF HOW THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES ARE FUNDED, AND IT'S
THE MOST. UM UH, FLEXIBLE USE
AND ITS STUDENTS ENTERED. SO WE
JUST WANT TO KNOW THAT AFTER THE
GREAT RECESSION, IT TOOK A WHILE
TO FOR STUDENTS TO COME BACK, SO
WE JUST WANT TO BE REALLY
FOCUSED ON THAT, AND THAT IS
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE INCLUDED THIS
AND THE GOVERNOR'S BUDGET. THANK
YOU. OKAY THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT,
WE'LL HOLD THIS ISSUE. OPEN
ISSUE NUMBER FOUR. OTHER
MISCELLANEOUS PROPOSALS. YES.
ALISON SHEFFIELD DEPARTMENT OF
FINANCE. I'LL JUST GIVE A BRIEF
SUMMARY OF THE OTHER PROPOSALS.
WE HAVE INCLUDED CATEGORICAL
PROGRAM FLEXIBILITY, WHICH IS TO
SUPPORT A CONTINUED FOCUS TOWARD
THE GOALS OF THE ROAD MAP. THE
ADMINISTRATION INTENDS TO
INTRODUCE A MECHANISM THIS
SPRING TO PROVIDE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICTS THAT ARE
MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS THE
ROADMAP GOALS WITH ADDITIONAL
CATEGORICAL PROGRAM SPENDING
FLEXIBILITIES. AND THE ABILITY
OF STREAMLINE REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS. WE HAVE ALSO
INCLUDED AN INCREASE OF
14,000,001 TIME PROPOSITION 98
GENERAL FUND TO SUPPORT THE
ADMINISTRATION OF WORKFORCE
TRAINING GRANTS IN COLLABORATION
WITH THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT
OF FORESTRY AND FIRE PROTECTION,
OR CAL FIRE. THIS PROGRAM
SUPPORTS FOR HIS HEALTH AND
FOREST INDUSTRY ECONOMY BY
BUILDING UP THE WORKFORCE IN
THESE FIELDS. NEXT I HAVE A
SUMMARY OF THE 275 MILLION.
SORRY 200,000 PROPOSITION 98
GENERAL FUND, OF WHICH 200,000
IS ONGOING TO DEVELOP A
COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHIEF BUSINESS
OFFICER OR CBO PROFESSIONAL
LEARNING PROGRAM RUN THROUGH THE
FISCAL CRISIS AND MANAGEMENT
ASSISTANCE TEAM OR FAKE MAP.
THIS IS TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE DISTRICT LEADERSHIP
CAPACITY AND FISCAL
ACCOUNTABILITY. UM, ON THE
FACILITY SIDE. WE ARE CONTINUING
EXISTING PROJECTS. WE HAVE
GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND FUNDING
OF 143 POINT 8,000,001 TIME FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION PHASE OF 10
PROJECTS ANTICIPATED TO COMPLETE
DESIGNED BY SPRING 2024. ITS
ALLOCATIONS. 90.2 MILLION
PROPOSITION 51 53.6 MILLION
OLDER BONDS. AND THEN WE HAVE,
UM. AND THEN WE HAVE A SERVICE
LEARNING PROPOSAL. THIS IS A $0
PROPOSAL IN FURTHERANCE OF THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES, ROADMAP AND
COMPACTS WITH THE UC AND CSU
ADMINISTRATION WILL REQUEST THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES ESTABLISHED
DUAL ENROLLMENT AGREEMENTS IF
WITH ALL APPLICABLE L E. A S
WITHIN THEIR SERVICE AREA IF
THEY HAVE NOT DONE SO ALREADY.
IN ADDITION, THE ADMINISTRATION
WILL REQUEST THAT ALL COMMUNITY
COLLEGES DEVELOP AND OFFER A ONE
UNIT SERVICE LEARNING COURSE
THAT ALL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS
WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO ACCESS
THROUGH DUAL ENROLLMENT
OPPORTUNITIES. THE GOAL HERE IS
TO ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS TO VOLUNTEER IN
THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND
PARTICIPATE IN CIVIC ENGAGEMENT.
THAT I HAVE COMPLETED MY
PRESENTATION. I'M HAPPY TO TAKE
ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU,
LEO. THANK YOU JUST MENTIONED A
COUPLE OF THE PROPOSALS HERE
FIRST. WE DON'T HAVE ANY
CONCERNS WITH THE ATTEND
CONTINUING CAPITAL OUTLAY
PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE JANUARY
BUDGET. WE ALSO DON'T HAVE
CONCERNS WITH THE CHIEF BUSINESS
OFFICER PROGRAM, THE THICK MAT
PROGRAM. UM THE IDEA IS, AS WE
UNDERSTAND IT TO FOCUS ON
ASPIRING CHIEF BUSINESS OFFICERS
AS WELL AS CURRENT CHIEF
BUSINESS OFFICERS, UM TO HELP
THEM, UM YOU KNOW, I UNDERSTAND
MORE ABOUT DISTRICT BUDGETING
AND FINANCING. UM WELL, I
UNDERSTAND IS THAT THIS COULD BE
OPEN TO OTHER EMPLOYEES OF THE
COLLEGE. YOU WANT TO BE MORE
INFORMED? I THINK THAT'S
ACTUALLY PROBABLY A GOOD IDEA.
WE HEAR A LOT FROM DISTRICTS
ABOUT FACULTY AND CLASSIFIED
STAFF AND OTHERS THAT ARE IN
INFLUENTIAL POSITIONS OF THE
DISTRICT AND THE IMPORTANCE OF
GETTING THEM TO UNDERSTAND
BETTER ABOUT DISTRICT FINANCING
AND THE FORMULA AND RESERVES AND
THAT SORT OF THING. SO PROVIDING
A PROGRAM FOR THEM. WE THINK
COULD, UH, WOULD COULD BE A GOOD
IDEA WITH REGARD TO THE CAL
FIRE, FORESTRY WORKFORCE.
PROPOSAL WE THINK THAT THE
PROPOSED FUND SHIFT IS
REASONABLE. IT'S WORTH
CONSIDERING GIVEN THE STATE'S
NON PROPOSITION 98 BUDGET
DEFICIT. AND GIVEN THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES ROLE ALREADY AND
DEVELOPING THE FORESTRY
WORKFORCE. SO, UM. USING
PROPOSITION 98 FUNDS COULD
EXCLUDE OTHER WORKFORCE
PROVIDERS, BUT THE PROPOSAL
WOULD TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
COLLEGES, EXISTING EXPERTISE AND
EXPERIENCE IN THE FOREST STREET
AREA AREA. SO WE THINK IT IS
WORTH CONSIDERING AND APPROVING.
THANK YOU. COULDN'T MORNING
AGAIN. LISTEN EVERY WITH
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
UH JUST BRIEFLY WANNA SUPPORT
THE COLA THAT'S BEEN PROPOSED
FOR AVARICE, CATEGORICAL
PROGRAMS. THESE ARE ESSENTIAL,
ESPECIALLY AS WE CONSIDER
RECOVERING, UM, AND ENGAGING
STUDENTS BACK ON OUR CAMPUSES.
UM WANT TO ALSO EXPRESSED
SUPPORT FOR THE PROJECTS THAT
HAVE BEEN INCLUDED FROM PROP 51
BOND FUNDS. UM THOSE ARE IN
THEIR FINAL STAGES AND VERY
IMPORTANT TO COLLEGES AND
BRINGING BACK STUDENTS TO SAFE
ENVIRONMENTS. AROUND THE CAL
FIRE PROPOSAL. WE BELIEVE THAT
THIS LEVERAGES AN AREA OF
EXPERTISE THAT CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES HAVE, UH,
WHICH IS AROUND FIRE TRAINING,
UH, AND MANAGEMENT. AND SO THIS
WOULD ALLOW AN EXPANSION OF MORE
PARTNERSHIPS RIGHT NOW. ONLY TWO
COLLEGES HAVE THAT DIRECT
PARTNERSHIP AND WE BELIEVE
OTHERS. HAVE THAT EXPERTISE
ACROSS THE STATE AND GIVEN, UM
THE UNCERTAINTY IN THE GROWING
FIRE SEASON IN CALIFORNIA. THIS
IS AN IMPORTANT AREA TO BE
INVESTING AND GREAT JOBS FOR OUR
STUDENTS WITH THAT HAPPY TO TAKE
ANY QUESTIONS. OKAY. THANK YOU
QUESTIONS. I JUST HAVE ONE
QUESTION ON THE COLA. THAT YEAH,
I SUPPORT WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH
THE CALLS FOR BOTH. COMMUNITY
COLLEGES AND K 12 NOT SURE WHAT
THE FINAL NUMBER IS GOING TO BE
WITH THE WITH THE MAY REVISED,
BUT WHY DO WE EXCLUDE SOME
CATEGORICAL THAT WE KNOW ARE SO
CRITICAL AND HELPING NOT QUITE
BASIC NEEDS BUT HELPING STUDENTS
BUT START THOSE POPULATIONS WERE
TRYING TO SUCCEED LIKE POINT AM
OHANA, PART TIME FACULTY.
THEY'RE SO SMALL. CALL A MEANS.
PEOPLE NEED BECAUSE COSTS ARE
GOING UP, AND SO JUST DOESN'T
SEEM RIGHT THAT YOU LIKE. OH,
YOU GET A CALL, AND YOU EVER
HEAR THE SAME TYPE OF COSTS AND
EVERYTHING? DON'T WARRANT A
COLA. YES CERTAINLY. HERE YOU
THE PROPOSED THE CATEGORICAL
PROGRAMS THAT RECEIVED COLA IN
THIS GOVERNOR'S BUDGET ARE THE
SAME ONES THAT HAVE RECEIVED
THEM IN THE PAST. OR
STATUTORILY. UM REQUIRED TO
RECEIVE COLA, SO THERE'S NO
CHANGE TO POLICY IN THE CYCLE. I
GET THAT, BUT DOES THAT MAKE IT
RIGHT? BECAUSE I MEAN, WE HAVE
WE COULD SLIGHTLY ADJUST THAT
EIGHT. YEAH POINT. WHAT'S
SUPPOSED GOAL. 8.3% 3.13 CAN
MAKE IT TO 7.9 TIPSY OF THAT
DIFFERENCE AND GIVE THE OTHERS A
COLA, WHO HAVE ZERO AND JUST
SEEMS WHY WOULDN'T WE DO THAT?
ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL? OKAY?
WELL, WE'LL WE'LL RECOMMEND
THAT. UM OKAY. ISSUE NUMBER
FIVE. CAL BRIGHT COLLEGE UPDATE
.
SO THERE'S THIS IS AN
INFORMATIONAL ITEMS. NO UM, NEW
BUDGET ACTION HERE, BUT WITH US
WE HAVE WE HAVE THE PRESIDENT
AND CEO. THE COLLEGE. AS WELL AS
VICE PRESIDENT, SO PLEASE BEGIN.
GOOD MORNING, CHAIRMAN MCCARTY
AND MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. THANK
YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK
WITH YOU TODAY. WE HAVE TAKEN
OUR PAST DISCUSSIONS TO HEART AS
WE CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE
SEVEN YEAR START UP PERIOD. IN
LESS THAN TWO ACADEMIC YEARS.
OUR ENROLLMENT GROWTH HAS GROWN
BY NEARLY 400% IN 2000 TO 22,
THE COLLEGE DOUBLED THE NUMBER
OF CERTIFICATES AWARDED AND ONLY
MONTHS INTO 2023. WE ARE ON PACE
TO MORE THAN DOUBLE AGAIN.
EQUALLY CRITICAL. WE HAVE MET OR
EXCEEDED THE MILESTONES OUTLINED
IN OUR FOUNDING LEGISLATION AND
ARE ON TRACK TO COMPLETE EVERY
RECOMMENDATION FROM THE STATE
AUDITOR'S REPORT. AS THE AUDITOR
NOTED, WE ARE NON DUPLICATIVE
AND A VALUABLE PART OF THE C. C.
C SYSTEM. CAL BRIGHT IS NOT ONLY
A NEW COLLEGE BUT ALSO THE FIRST
DISTRICT IN MORE THAN 40 YEARS.
THIS WORK TAKES TIME. AND TODAY
WE'RE A DIFFERENT INSTITUTION
THAN THE ONE LAUNCHED UNDER
PREVIOUS LEADERSHIP. WE ARE A
COLLEGE THAT IS POSITIONED FOR
GROWTH AND EXPANSION, AND IT IS
CRITICAL THAT THE STATE CONTINUE
TO INVEST IN OUR WORK TO
IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS TO THE SHARED
CHALLENGES AND EQUITY GOALS OF
OUR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. BUILDING A NEW COLLEGE
FROM THE GROUND UP TAKES TIME
AND GROWTH FOR A NEW COLLEGE
TAKES MANY FORMS. WE ARE MORE
THAN A YEAR AHEAD OF SCHEDULE ON
OUR ACCREDITATION PROCESS, AND
EARLIER EARLIER THIS YEAR, WE
WERE THRILLED TO RATIFY OUR
INAUGURAL AGREEMENT WITH OUR
LOCAL CHAPTER OF THE CALIFORNIA
SCHOOL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION AND
ARE NOW ON TRACK WITH OUR
CLASSIFIED STAFF, AS WELL AS OUR
LOCAL CALIFORNIA TEACHERS
ASSOCIATION FACULTY UNION. BOTH
LABOR LEADERS ARE HERE WITH US
THIS MORNING AS WELL AS THE
PRESIDENT OF THE ACADEMIC
SENATE. I JUST WANTED TO THANK
THEM FOR BEING HERE. ALRIGHT
TEAM IS EXPANDING QUICKLY TO
MEET THE GROWING DEMANDS OF OUR
PROGRAMS. WE ARE DEVELOPING 10
NEW PROGRAMS TO LAUNCH IN 2024
BEYOND AND I AM FIERCELY PROUD
OF OUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. I'M
PROUD OF THE MODEL WE WERE
BUILDING AND I'M PROUD OF THE
CAL BRIGHT TEAM AND THE
ORGANIZATION THAT WE HAVE
BECOME. WE ARE A STUDENT
CENTERED COLLEGE, WHICH MEANS
OUR COMPETENCY BASED DESIGN AND
DECISION MAKING IT PRIORITIZES
ARE UNIQUE STUDENTS AND THEIR
NEEDS WE HAVE COME TO KNOW AND
TO ACTUALLY SEE OURSELVES
THROUGH THE EYES OF OUR STUDENTS
MORE THAN 90% OR AT LEAST 25
YEARS OF OLD YEARS OLD 40% OF
OUR STUDENTS ARE AT LEAST 40
YEARS OLD. OUR STUDENT BODY
REPRESENTS 47 58 COUNTIES IN
CALIFORNIA, 27 RURAL COUNTIES.
22% IDENTIFY AS BLACK 36%
HISPANIC IN 22% AS ASIAN PACIFIC
ISLANDER, A STRONG MAJORITY ARE
EITHER UNEMPLOYED OR WORKING
PART TIME. AND THEY COME TO
CALIBRATE SHARING A COMMON
DESIRE TO CREATE A BETTER LIFE
FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THEIR
FAMILIES ARE STUDENTS VALIDATE
THE IMPORTANCE OF CALIBRATES
FLEXIBLY PACED PROGRAMS. THEY
CONTINUALLY HIGHLIGHT THAT OUR
MODEL CREATES THE ENVIRONMENT IN
WHICH THEY DON'T HAVE TO MAKE
THESE IMPOSSIBLE DECISIONS AS TO
WHETHER TO TAKE AN EXTRA SHIFT
AT WORK OR PICK UP THEIR KIDS OR
ATTEND A CLASS. A THIRD OF OUR
STUDENTS, OUR PARENTS OR
CAREGIVERS, TRIPLE THE RATE IN
THE C. C C SYSTEM, AND AGAIN,
IT'S OUR DESIGN THAT PROVIDES
THE OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO
ENGAGE IN THEIR CURRICULUM AFTER
THEY'VE PUT THEIR KIDS TO BED OR
TO STEP BACK WHEN THEY'RE OUT OF
SCHOOL. JEREMY COX, WHO'S THE
PRESIDENT OF OUR STUDENT BODY
ORGANIZATION, IS BUT ONE EXAMPLE
. HE LED A 30 YEAR CAREER IN THE
RESTAURANT INDUSTRY, WHICH WAS
ACUTELY IMPACTED BY THE COVID
PANDEMIC. JEREMY HAS TWO YOUNG
CHILDREN AT HOME, AND IN HIS OWN
WORDS, HE SAYS. IF I'M GOING TO
TRAIN FOR A NEW CAREER, I NEED
TO BE ABLE TO DO IT AROUND THE
SCHEDULE OF MY YOUNG KIDS. FOR
SOME CALIFORNIANS, IT MAYBE
THEIR FAMILIES CHAOTIC SCHEDULE
A LONG COMMUTE OR MAYBE AN
UNPREDICTABLE WORK SCHEDULE THAT
MAKES ATTENDING A TRADITIONAL
INSTITUTIONS SEEM IMPOSSIBLE.
BEFORE MY CURRENT ROLE. I SERVED
AS PRESIDENT OBAMA'S HIGHER
EDUCATION ADVISER, AND IN THAT
CAPACITY, IT BECAME VERY CLEAR
TO ME THAT HIGHER EDUCATION IS
TRADITIONAL MODELS ARE NOT
POSITIONED TO SERVE ADULT
LEARNERS WELL, RESULTING IN
DECADES OF INEQUITABLE OUTCOMES.
THIS IS A NARRATIVE WE HEAR FROM
PARTNERS AND COLLABORATORS
ACROSS THE STATE AS WELL. AND SO
IT'S REALLY DISHEARTENING TO
HEAR ARGUMENTS AGAINST CALIBRATE
THAT ASSERT THAT THERE'S ALREADY
A STATEWIDE SOLUTION FOR THE
LEARNING AND SUPPORT CONDITIONS
THAT IMPROVE OUTCOMES FOR ALL
ADULT LEARNERS. ALIBIED IS
EXPANDING THE CAPACITY OF THE
SYSTEM ARE LEARNER ENROLLMENT IS
FOR ADULTS IS MORE THAN DOUBLE
THE C C C RATE. AND AS YOU'VE
DISCUSSED IN THIS COMMITTEE,
IT'S STUDENTS WHO ARE 25 YEARS
AND OLDER THAT HAVE LEFT
COMMUNITY COLLEGES BOTH HERE IN
CALIFORNIA AND ACROSS THE
COUNTRY AT VERY HIGH RATES.
RESEARCH FROM CALIFORNIA
COMPETES HIGHLIGHTS THIS 35% OF
ADULTS IN THE INLAND EMPIRE, FOR
EXAMPLE, WOULD LIKE TO ENROLL IN
HIGHER ED. YET ONLY 6% ACTUALLY
ARE. THIS IS A SHARED CHALLENGE,
AND THE DATA CLEARLY SHOWS THAT
OUR STUDENTS SEEK OUT CAL BRIGHT
BECAUSE OF THE WAY WE OPERATE
WHEN WE ASKED THEM. WHY HAVE
THEY ENROLLED? YOU'D THINK THEY
WOULD HIGHLIGHT THE THAT OUR
PROGRAMS ARE FREE. BUT WHAT
STANDS OUT IN THEIR RESPONSE IS
THAT NEARLY NINE IN 10 SITE OUR
MODEL AS THE LEADING REASON THE
STANDARD ACADEMIC CALENDAR THE
RIGID SCHEDULES THESE ARE
HURDLES, ADULT LEARNERS FACE AS
THEY NAVIGATE A SYSTEM THAT WAS
BUILT FOR A YOUNGER DEMOGRAPHIC
AND, FRANKLY, IS SIMPLY SIMPLER
ECONOMIC TIME. THERE IS AN
URGENCY IN THIS MOMENT DESPITE
HEADLINES OF LOW UNEMPLOYMENT
RATES, THERE IS A CLEAR GAP IN
OPPORTUNITY AND THE WAY THAT
MANY CALIFORNIANS ARE
EXPERIENCING THE LABOR MARKET. P
P I. C RESEARCH NOTES THAT
RESIDENTS OF THE CENTRAL VALLEY
IN THE INLAND EMPIRE ARE MORE
LIKELY TO EXPRESS CONCERN OVER
BEING ABLE TO AFFORD THEIR RENT
OR PAY THEIR BILLS. ADULT
LEARNERS ARE RARELY THE
BENEFICIARIES OF EVIDENCE BASED
EFFORTS TO NURTURE THEIR SUCCESS
. BUT CALIFORNIA'S OUR NATION'S
INNOVATION STATE AND AS THE
LEADING EDGE OF THE LEARNING
CURVE, IT'S CALIBRATES ROLE IN
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES SYSTEM TO
IDENTIFY SOLUTIONS TO THIS
COMPLEX EQUATION AND TO SHARE
WHAT WE LEARN TO CREATE A MORE
EQUITABLE AND ACCESSIBLE SYSTEM
. I WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR YOUR
TIME THIS MORNING, I'M JOINED BY
MICHAEL YOUNGER, OUR VICE
PRESIDENT OF WORKFORCE,
INNOVATION AND STRATEGY, AND
WE'RE HERE TO AND HAPPY TO
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
OKAY, SO. I'M STILL NOT SOLD ON
THIS. I KNOW YOU ARE. THAT'S
YOUR JOB, AND I HAVE A JOB TO.
UM I JUST KNOW THAT IF YOU LOOK
AT OUR RETURN ON INVESTMENT
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE WE'VE WE'VE
SPENT, I THINK 93 ROUGHLY A
MILLION DOLLARS ON THIS
ENDEAVOR. UM 15. YEAR TIMES.
FIVE YEARS 75 MILLION. 18
MILLION ONE TIME. 93 MILLION.
DIVIDED BY 234 PEOPLE WHO
SUCCEEDED COMPLETED IT'S LIKE
$400,000. PER STUDENT. $400,000
. SO DOES THAT SOUND LIKE A GOOD
RETURN ON INVESTMENT TO YOU? I
THINK WHAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
ABOUT THE NUMBERS YOU CITED IS
TO REMEMBER AND RECOGNIZE THAT
THIS IS A PART OF A SEVEN YEAR
START UP PERIOD AND WE ALWAYS
KNEW IT WAS GOING TO TAKE TIME
TO BUILD ASPECTS OF THE COLLEGE.
SO THERE'S ONGOING FUNDS, AND
THERE'S ONE TIME FUNDS AND IN
PARTICULAR, THE ONE TIME FUNDS
ARE REALLY DESIGNED TO ENSURE
THAT WE HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE
IN PLACE. WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO
LAUNCH THE PROGRAMS THAT NEED TO
BE LAUNCHED. AND THAT WE ARE
POSITIONED FOR SCALE OVER THAT
PERIOD. AND IN THAT, IN THAT
RESPECT, WE ARE DOING VERY WELL
AND I'LL GIVE YOU THAT. SO
KNOWING THAT YOU SAY THAT'S
ONGOING. ARE YOU ON TRACK TO
REACH YOUR DECEMBER 23 GOALS.
WHICH ARE THE GOALS THAT THAT
WERE OUTLINED IN OUR BUDGET
REPORT TWO YEARS AGO. I WAS
ENROLLING OF 5000 STUDENTS. AND
1200 STUDENTS COMPLETED THE
COUNT BRIGHT PROGRAMS, SO THIS
IS UH, UM. APRIL. SO THAT'S AN
EIGHT MONTHS FROM NOW YOU'RE
GOING TO. IT'S A IT'S A GREAT
QUESTION. UM THE GIRLS ARE
REFUSING TO ARE ONES THAT WE SET
AS AN INSTITUTION AS THE PART OF
OUR STRATEGIC VISION PROCESS. WE
SET THEM EARLY IN THE PANDEMIC
PERIOD AND OUR GROWTH. WHAT
WE'VE DEMONSTRATED IS WE HAVE
THE CAPABILITY TO GROW VERY
AGGRESSIVELY AND TO MAINTAIN OUR
DEMOGRAPHICS. AS AN INSTITUTION
. WE'VE MADE A CONSCIOUS
DECISION TO THINK ABOUT WHEN THE
BEST TIME TO TURN THE DIAL ON
ENROLLMENTS IS SO WELL WE'LL HIT
3000 STUDENTS THIS SUMMER LIKELY
FIVE 1000 IN THE 2024 TIME
PERIOD. WE WANT TO DO SO AND
CONDITION OUR GROWTH AND OUR
SCALE IN THE 10 NEW PROGRAMS
THAT WOULD BE LAUNCHING POST
ACCREDITATION, WE MADE AN
INTENTIONAL DECISION TO
PRIORITIZE ACCREDITATION BECAUSE
IT WAS IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF
THE STUDENTS ATTENDING OUR
INSTITUTION TO SEE THAT GROWTH
REALIZED IN THAT WAY, JUST A
CORRECTION. THE GOALS WERE
OUTLINED AT THE END OF THE
PANDEMIC. 2020 2021 WAS THE END
OF THE PANDEMIC. SO THAT WASN'T
DURING THE HEART. 2020 2020 WAS
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STRATEGIC
PLAN. 2021 WAS THE RELEASE OF
THE PLAN. THAT'S RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE PANDEMIC, THE END
OF THE PANDEMIC AS 2021
REGARDLESS TWO YEARS AGO, TWO
YEARS AGO, YOU SET SOME LOFTY
GOALS. AND EVEN IF YOU TAKE OUT
THE ONE TIME MONEY WE'RE STILL
SPENDING. UM $15 MILLION A YEAR.
AND YOU'VE HAD 230. TOTAL
AWARDEES CERTIFICATE. SO HOW
MANY ARE WE GETTING PER YEAR? UM
SO I DON'T HAVE MY CALCULATOR AT
HAND. BUT WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS
THAT NUMBER IS CONTINUALLY
INCREASING, AND THE PACE OF
COMPLETION IS INCREASING. LET'S
SAY YOU'VE HAD 234 TO DATE.
LET'S SAY I'LL GIVE YOU 234 THIS
YEAR, SO THAT'S A GIVE YOU THE
BENEFIT OF DOUBT. THAT'S STILL
$64,000. FOR INDIVIDUAL IS THAT
IS THAT WORTH THE STATE'S
INVESTMENT EACH YEAR THAT NUMBER
WILL GET LOWER AS WE DIAL
ENROLLMENTS AND AS STUDENTS
PROGRESS THROUGHOUT PROGRAMS.
WHAT WE KNOW IS WE'RE PERSISTING
AT HIGHER RATES THAN WE SEE FOR
ADULT LEARNERS IN THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGE. WE KNOW THAT THOSE
STUDENTS IN OUR PROGRAMS
THEMSELVES WITH THE MANY
IMPROVEMENTS AND SUPPORTS AND
THE TEAM SUPPORTING THEM HAVE
ACCELERATED THE PACE OF HER
COMPLETION. THIS IS IN SHARP
CONTRAST TO THE STANDSTILL AND
REGRESSION THAT WE'RE SEEING
ACROSS THE REST OF HIGHER
EDUCATION FOR THIS COMMUNITY OF
LEARNERS. SO WHAT WE'RE DOING IS
WORKING, AND IT'S SET TO SCALE
AND THE COST WILL REDUCE OVER
TIME. IT'S KIND OF LIKE TO THINK
ABOUT IT AS LIKE A HOCKEY STICK.
YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT BUILDING A STARTUP, AND
WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SCALED
GROWTH. WHAT WE WANT TO BE SURE
IN THIS PLACE IS THAT WE'RE
PERFECTING THE MODEL THAT THE
CONDITIONS FOR THE OUTCOMES ARE
THERE. AND WE HAVE ALL THOSE
EARLY INDICATORS THAT
DEMONSTRATE STATE THAT WE'RE
EXCEEDING THE BENCHMARKS THAT
EXISTS RELATIVE TO OUR
COLLEAGUES IN THE SYSTEM SERVING
A SIMILAR POPULATION, AND THIS
IS TRUE AND HIGHER EDUCATION
PROBLEMS OF VERY DIFFICULT,
INTRACTABLE PROBLEM TO SOLVE.
AND WE'RE NOT ONLY ON COURSE TO
SETTING IT. WE ARE EXCEEDING
MANY OF THE, UH, PROGRESSION
METRICS THAT THAT WE'RE SEEING
FOR STUDENTS HERE, AND THIS IS
THE SAME COMMUNITY OF LEARNERS
THAT HAS LEFT HIGHER EDUCATION
AT SIGNIFICANT RATES BECAUSE THE
MODEL IS NOT WORKING FOR THEM.
THIS IS A MODEL THAT THAT IS
WORKING FOR THEM, AND IT'S NOT
JUST OUR PERSPECTIVE ON IT. WE
REALLY RELY ON THE PERSPECTIVES
OF OUR STUDENTS ON THE INPUT OF
OUR STUDENTS ON THEIR
EXPERIENCES. TO DESIGN FURTHER
AND TO CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ON
THAT OUTCOME. SO THIS IS
SOMETHING THEY'RE TELLING US
THEY NEED AND WE'RE RESPONDING
AS AN INSTITUTION, AND IT'S NOT
JUST OUR SUCCESS. THAT'S
IMPORTANT. IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT
BECAUSE THIS IS IMPORTANT TO
SOLVING THE CHALLENGES THAT
WE'RE SEEING ACROSS THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES AND ACROSS
HIGHER ED FOR THIS POPULATION OF
LEARNERS. I THINK WE'RE, UM
WE'RE EXCITED. AT THE POTENTIAL
IMPACT OF THIS WORK RELATIVE TO
SOME OF THOSE CHALLENGES AS
WELL. STILL THINK YOU HAVE A LOT
OF SELLING TO DO TWO YEARS IN A
ROW. THERE WAS UNANIMOUS VOTES
IN THE ASSEMBLY TO ELIMINATE CAL
BRIGHT WHEN THIS WAS PROPOSED IN
2018. IT WAS BEFORE THE
PANDEMIC. AND ONE OF THE NOTIONS
WAS A LOT OF THE COMMUNITY
COLLEGES DON'T DO A LOT OF THESE
VIRTUAL ONLINE PROGRAMS, AND NOW
WE SPENT AN HOUR EARLIER. THAT'S
PRETTY MUCH WHAT COLLEGES DO NOW
ACROSS CALIFORNIA, AND I KNOW
YOU COULD COME HERE AND SAY
WE'VE HAD TREMENDOUS SUCCESS
400% IMPROVEMENT WELL, IT'S EASY
TO GO FROM 10 TO 40. AND SAY,
LOOK AT US. I KNOW THAT WE'RE
THROWING GOOD MONEY AFTER BAD,
AND I THINK THIS IS JUST AN
ALBATROSS. I THINK THIS IS, YOU
KNOW, HIGH SPEED RAIL 0.2 POINT
. OH AND IT'S A TERRIBLE USE OF
TAXPAYER MONEY. AND YOU KNOW, I
FOR ONE THINK THAT WE SHOULD
CALL IT A DAY IN TERMINATE THIS
, UM THIS PROGRAM AND WILL BE
RECOMMENDING ACCORDINGLY.
FURTHER QUESTIONS FROM COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. MR MURATSUCHI THANK
YOU. I'LL TRY TO BE A LITTLE
NICER THAN THE CHAIR. HURTS. UM,
NO, I MEAN SHARE MAKES A.
IMPORTANT POINT THAT WE HAVE TO,
UH FIGURE OUT WHERE TO SPEND OUR
LIMITED STATE TAXPAYER DOLLARS.
UM AND, UH, I THINK WE ALL AGREE
. I MEAN, I HEARD YOU SPENDING
MOST OF YOUR TIME TALKING ABOUT
THAT. THAT THAT THE CONCEPT OF
MAKING IT EASIER FOR WORKING
ADULTS TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE
IN YOUR PROGRAMS. UM WHAT? I'M
JUST NOT SURE. UH IF YOU TALKED
ABOUT IT AND FORGIVE ME IF YOU
DID I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR IN
MY HEAD. YOU KNOW THAT QUESTION.
WHY DO WE NEED A STANDALONE CAL
BRIGHT COLLEGE VERSUS OUR
COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFERING THE
ONLINE PROGRAMS UH, WHY? WHY?
WHY CAN'T WE JUST GO WITH THE UM
COMMUNITY COLLEGES OFFERING MORE
ONLINE PROGRAMS? YES IT'S A IT'S
A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK IT'S
ONE WE GET OFF AND, UM AND I
THINK IT REFLECTS A LITTLE BIT
ON THE DISCUSSION THAT YOU HAD
IN THIS COMMITTEE EARLIER ABOUT
QUALITY AND EFFICACY IN ONLINE
LEARNING WHAT'S FUNDAMENTALLY
DIFFERENT ABOUT PUTTING CONTENT
ONLINE IN THE FORM OF COURSES
AND DESIGNING A DIGITAL
ENVIRONMENT BASED ON THE NEEDS
OF YOUR LEARNERS TO
FUNDAMENTALLY DIFFERENT
EXERCISE, AND SO WE ARE ONLINE,
BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE ARE
CENTERED AROUND THE ADULT
LEARNERS STUDENT AND WE ARE
CONDITIONING, OUR GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING OF THE
COLLEGE BASED ON THAT LEARNERS
NEEDS AND TO PUT IT IN, LIKE
REAL AND MORE PRACTICAL TERMS.
UM IT IS REALLY BUILDING A
COMMUNITY OF SUCCESS. UH FOR THE
LEADERS. THAT'S TRUE IN THE WAY
THAT WE ORGANIZE OURSELVES IN
THE WAY THAT WE PARTICIPATE AND
ENGAGE WITH LEARNERS WHEN A
STUDENT FIRST COMES TO OUR
COLLEGE THAT FIRST RECEIPT IS
NOT THAT THAT FIRST CONNECTION
WE MAKE WITH THEM IS THE FIRST
OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD AN
IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM
. AND SO, UM, WE DON'T TREAT IT
AS AN JUST AN ENROLLMENT
EXERCISE OR A STUDENT
ACQUISITION EXERCISE. IT'S OUR
OPPORTUNITY TO BEGIN TO KNOW OUR
LEARNER TO BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND
TO BE ABLE TO ANTICIPATE THEIR
NEEDS SO THAT A WHOLE TEAM OF
FOLKS BEHIND THE SCENES CAN
SUPPORT THEM OVER TIME. SO WHEN
WE TALK ABOUT ENGAGING WITH
ADULT LEARNERS, AND WE TALK
ABOUT BRINGING THEM INTO OUR
INSTITUTION, AND WE TALK ABOUT
IT IN THE CONTEXT OF AN
ENROLLMENT CHALLENGE. UM IT
MISSES THE MARK JUST A LITTLE
BIT IN ORDER TO NOT JUST ENROLL
THESE STUDENTS BUT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THEY SEE CONTINUED PROGRESS
AND SUCCESS. WE HAVE TO STAY OUR
ENGAGEMENT WITH THEM. SO WHAT WE
ARE SET UP TO DO IS BUILD THAT
RELATIONSHIP. WE ENGAGE WITH OUR
STUDENTS SUPPORT SPECIALISTS
ACROSS THE LIFECYCLE AND OUR
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE LEARNER.
WE HAVE COUNSELORS. WE HAVE
FACULTY. WE HAVE I T SUPPORT WE
HAVE CAREER SERVICES. ALL OF
THOSE THINGS ARE INTEGRATED.
THEY'RE NOT EXISTING IN SILOS IN
THE INSTITUTION, BUT IT'S AN
EXPERIENCE AND WE ANTICIPATE
THEIR NEEDS. WE LISTEN TO THEIR
NEEDS, AND WE RESPOND TO THEM
MORE NIMBLY AND ACCURATELY. THIS
IS MANY OF THE THINGS THAT
ACTUALLY CAN CONDITION. THE
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW A STUDENT
CAN BE SUCCESSFUL IN AN ONLINE
ENVIRONMENT, HOW NOT ANY OTHER
PIECE OF IT? THAT'S THAT'S MOST
IMPORTANT IS ACTUALLY THE
BUILDING OF STUDENT COMMUNITY,
ESPECIALLY IN A FLEXIBLY PASTE
PROGRAM, RIGHT? IT IS VERY
ISOLATED. I REMEMBER IN THE CALL
MATTERS ARTICLE, JEREMY COX, OUR
STUDENT BODY ORGANIZATION
PRESIDENT MENTIONED THE FACT
THAT THAT YOU KNOW, ASYNCHRONOUS
OR FLEXIBLY PASTE CAN BE A
DOUBLE EDGED SHORT. AND UM, YOU
KNOW, WE SPEND A LOT OF TIME
WITH THAT QUESTION. HOW DO WE
BALANCE THE FLEXIBILITY FOR THE
LEARNER WITH MAKING SURE THE
SCAFFOLDING IS IN PLACE TO
SUPPORT THAT LEARNER TO THE END
OF THEIR GOALS, YOU KNOW, BASED
ON THE TIME THAT THEY HAVE
AVAILABLE TO THEM, SO YOU KNOW,
WHEN WE SAY WE HAVE FASTER TIME
TO COMPLETION, THAT'S TRUE ON
THE NORM. WE ALSO RECOGNIZE AND
THAT'S TRUE BECAUSE WE HAVE
ESTABLISHED A VERY SETS, YOU
KNOW, SCHEDULE AND INTERACTION
INSTEAD OF INTERACTIONS. UM,
REALLY PLANNED EFFORTS FOR AT
THE TIME. A STUDENT TELLS US
THEY HAVE AVAILABLE, SO WE
SCAFFOLD THAT LEARNING IN A
SAMPLE SCHEDULE AND WE THEN WELL
, WE'RE MOVING TO ACTUALLY DO
THAT ACROSS MULTIPLE DIFFERENT
SCHEDULES. IN A LARGE PART OF
THAT IS NOT DRIVEN BY OUR
GUESSES AND ASSUMPTIONS, AND
IT'S NOT EVEN JUST THE GAP OF,
UM, LISTENING TO STUDENTS.
BECAUSE SOMETIMES SOMETHING GETS
LOST IN THE TRANSLATION, RIGHT
WHAT WE HEAR THEIR NEEDS, AND WE
WONDER HOW TO DESIGN TO THEM,
BUT WE'RE GETTING HELP IN TERMS
OF BUILDING OUR CAPACITY TO DO
THAT. SO WE HAVE A MULTI YEAR
PARTNERSHIP WITH UC IRVINE
SCHOOL OF EDUCATION. UM NUDGE
LABS AND IDEAS 42 TO REALLY
FOCUS ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT IN
SERVICE OF THIS COMMUNITY OF
LEARNERS, WHICH IS MAKING SURE
THAT WE'RE UNDERSTANDING THERE.
BEHAVIORAL MOTIVATIONS THERE
NEEDS THE WAYS IN WHICH WE
COMMUNICATE WITH THEM. THAT'S
BUILDING THE CAPACITY OF OUR
TEAM TO APPROACH THE DESIGN OF
SUPPORTS AND INTERVENTIONS IN AN
ITERATIVE MANNER ON AN ONGOING
BASIS SO WE CAN CONTINUOUSLY BE
AT THE FOREFRONT OF GETTING
AHEAD OF WHAT OUR STUDENTS NEED
AND RESPONDING WHEN WE SEE A
NEED THAT'S BEING UNMET. OKAY. I
MEAN, THAT'S THAT'S A LOT OF.
EXPLAINING I THINK THE BOTTOM
LINE IS THE DATA THAT THE
NUMBERS THAT? I MEAN, I'M
LOOKING I WASN'T ON THE
SUBCOMMITTEE DURING MUCH OF THE
DISCUSSIONS ON THE CALIBRATE
COLLEGE. UM BUT I'M JUST LOOKING
AT THE COMMITTEE ANALYSIS. THIS
SUMMARY OF THE 2021, CALIFORNIA
STATE AUDITOR WONDER THEIR
FINDINGS WAS THAT, UH, IS WHAT I
HEARD YOU SAYING WAS THAT YOU
KNOW YOU. PROVIDE THIS, YOU
KNOW, HOLISTIC SUPPORT SYSTEM
FOR STUDENTS TO TRY TO ENSURE
THAT THEY COMPLETE THE PROGRAMS
AND NOT JUST ENROLL. UM BUT ONE
OF THE FINDINGS OF THE AUDIT,
APPARENTLY WAS THAT CAL BRIGHTS
METHODS FOR ENSURING THAT
STUDENTS SUCCEED OR INADEQUATE,
MOST STUDENTS HAVE EITHER
DROPPED OUT OR STOP PROGRESSING.
UM MHM. YES. RESPOND TO THAT.
ABSOLUTELY SO WE LEANED INTO THE
AUDITOR'S RECOMMENDATION IS TO
TAKE THEM AS AN IMPORTANT
OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO REALLY
DIVE IN. AND YOU YOU PROBABLY
KNOW OR MAY NOT KNOW THAT I WAS
NOT THE FIRST LEADER OF THIS
THIS INSTITUTION. SO UM, YOU
KNOW, THE OBSERVATIONS OF THE
AUDITOR REFLECTED THE PRIOR
LEADERSHIP PRIMARILY, BUT THEY
DID IDENTIFY CORE AREAS AND MADE
RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE
IMPORTANT FOR US TO UM TO
ADDRESS AND SO WITH RESPECT TO
THAT IN PARTICULAR, UM, WE HAVE
DONE A LOT OF WORK AND YOU CAN
SEE IT, ACTUALLY, WHEN YOU TRACK
ARE CHANGING PERSISTENCE, SO IN
SOMETIME IN ROUGHLY MIDDLE OF
2021, WE HAD PERSISTENCE RATES
IN THE LOW SEVENTIES. RIGHT NOW,
OUR TERM TO TERM PERSISTENCE
RATE IS AT 94. UM IN THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM IS A
REFERENCE POINT IS ABOUT 50% AND
WE'RE TALKING WITH THE COMMUNITY
OF LEARNERS THAT WE SERVE. SO
THIS IS THIS IS NOT
INSIGNIFICANT, BUT I POINT THAT
OUT BECAUSE THAT'S A DIRECT
RESULT OF THE EFFORT, THE
COMMITMENT, THE DEDICATION AND
THE METICULOUS WAY IN WHICH WE
HAVE TESTED AND, UM CREATED THE
EFFICACY OF OUR SUPPORT AND
INTERVENTION MODEL. THE OTHER
PIECE THAT THE AUDITOR
HIGHLIGHTED, WHICH IS VERY
IMPORTANT TO US AND FEEDS INTO
THE EARLIER CONVERSATION THAT
YOU ALL WERE HAVING OR SORT OF
THIS THIS QUESTION OF HOW DO WE
KNOW IT'S EFFECTIVE? HOW DO WE
KNOW IT'S WORKING? OR HOW DO WE
KNOW WHAT'S NOT WORKING, AND WE
ARE VERY WELL INSTRUMENTED FROM
A DATA PERSPECTIVE WHERE THAT'S
NOT, UH, SORT OF RHETORICAL
REPORTING QUARTERLY EXERCISE.
IT'S A REAL TIME EXERCISE FOR US
SO THAT THE TEAMS THAT ARE
SUPPORTING THE LEARNERS ARE
VIEWING WHAT IS HAPPENING TO
STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT POINTS IN
THE PROGRAM. THEY ALL HAVE
VISIBILITY. IT E INTO THAT, IN
ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE
THOSE SUPPORTS. NONE OF THOSE
THINGS WERE IN PLACE AT THE
TIME. THE AUDITOR EVALUATED US
ON THE HEELS OF MY PREDECESSORS
EXIT ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. OKAY.
THANK YOU, MR PHªN. THANK YOU,
MR CHAIR AND THANK YOU
COLLEAGUES FOR COMMENTS AND
THANK YOU. TO BOTH THE
REPRESENTATIVES FROM CAL BRIGHT
AH, JUST SECONDLY, CONCERNS. I
KNOW THAT. THE AUDITOR HAS MADE
A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS AND
I KNOW THAT. IT WAS THE NUMBER
OF INFORMATION IN TERMS OF THE
GROWTH IN THE ROMANCE OF 5000
STUDENTS. COUPLE QUESTIONS I HAD
IS IN TERMS OF THE ACCREDITATION
PROCESS. HOW'S THAT PROCEEDING?
YES WE ARE MIDWAY THROUGH THE
ACCREDITATION PROCESS AND WE
ANTICIPATE, UM, LEARNING ABOUT
THE OUTCOME OF THAT PROCESS. YOU
KNOW, IT'S NOT IN OUR CONTROL,
BUT LATER THIS YEAR HAS A QUOTE
UNQUOTE USE IT AS A PHYSICAL
SITE VISIT. BUT AS THERE AS A
SITE VISIT ALREADY HAPPENED. WE
DID YES. SITE VISIT HAPPENED IN
SEPTEMBER. UM AND, UH, YOU KNOW,
IT'S A IT'S A PRETTY CLOSE
PROCESS, BUT WE WILL. WE WILL
AWAIT THAT DETERMINATION FROM
THE AUDITOR SOMETIME THIS YEAR.
UM IN THE MEANTIME, WE HAVE THE
10 PROGRAMS THAT WERE SLATED
WILL BE DESIGNED INVALIDATED,
ACCORDING TO THE STATUTORY
DEADLINE BY JULY, 1ST, UM AND
THEN WE'RE PREPARING TO LAUNCH
THOSE IN A POST ACCREDITATION
ENVIRONMENT IN 2024. THANK YOU.
AND WHEN CAL BRAD WAS FIRST
BROUGHT FORTH IN 2018, AND THAT
CYCLE OBVIOUSLY DEPEND, EMMICK
ADDED. HAPPENED YET WE CAN
FORESEE IN THE TERMS OF THE
HOWEVER, CHANGED HOW IT CHANGED
HIGHER EDUCATION FOREVER IN
TERMS OF THIS SPACE IN TERMS OF
ONLINE LEARNING. AH UM, SO HOW
DOES CALIBRATES OFFERINGS
CURRENTLY GOT TO SIT TARGET
TRAINING PROGRAMS. I KNOW WE
DISCUSSED BEFORE AS WELL. HOW
ARE THESE OFFERINGS SUCH AS IT
SUPPORTS SERVER SECURITY DATA
ANALYSIS, MEDICAL CODING. AH HOW
ARE THOSE OFFERINGS DIFFERENT
FROM? WHAT'S OFFERED AT LOCAL
COMMUNITY COLLEGES. THERE? UM IN
A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS AND
JUST SORT OF HARKENING BACK TO
THE AUDITOR'S REPORT. IT'S THE
NATURE OF THE MODEL. IT'S THE
FACT THAT IT'S SELF PACED. IT'S
DECOUPLED FROM TIME IN THE
ACADEMIC CALENDAR. IT'S A IT'S A
COMPETENCY BASED APPROACH, BUT
THERE'S ALSO, UM VERY IMPORTANT
DIFFERENCE IN THE WAY THAT WE
CONSIDER WHICH PROGRAMS TO OFFER
AND OUR PLAN FOR BUILDING OUT
PROGRAMS. UM IN THE NEW YEAR,
WE'RE PRIMARILY LOOKING AT AREAS
AND I'M GOING TO TAG MICHAEL IN
HERE FOR A SECOND TO DESCRIBE
THIS A LITTLE LITTLE BETTER THAN
I CAN. I THINK, UM IS REALLY
ABOUT ROUND DIFFERENT
OCCUPATIONAL AREAS SO OFTEN IN
IN WHAT'S TRADITIONAL NON CREDIT
VOCATIONAL ED WE TALK ABOUT, YOU
KNOW A SINGLE CERTIFICATION. AND
HERE WE'RE LOOKING AT THE SUB
LEVEL OF THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY
LOOKING AT THE SKILLS AND
COMPETENCIES ASSOCIATED WITH
THAT UNDERLYING CERTIFICATION.
WE ARE SET UP TO SUPPORT A
STUDENT TOWARDS THE MASTERY OF
THOSE THINGS, SO NOT JUST THE
TIME THEY SPENT IN TERMS OF HOW
LONG THEY'VE BEEN AT THE
INSTITUTION, BUT ACTUALLY THE
PROGRESSION ACROSS THE SKILLS
THAT THEY'RE DEMONSTRATING
MASTERY IN. I POINT OUT TO THOSE
DIFFERENCES. AND I'M HOPING
MICHAEL CAN DESCRIBE A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT OUR PROCESS FOR DOING
THIS, BECAUSE THESE ARE SKILLS
THAT ACTUALLY ARE NOT JUST
RELEVANT TO A SINGLE
CERTIFICATION. THEY ARE WITHIN
OCCUPATIONAL CLUSTERS THAT HAVE
RELEVANCY IN MULTIPLE DIFFERENT
INDUSTRIES AND IN MULTIPLE
DIFFERENT CAREER PATHS. SO A
GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT IS ONE OF
THE FIRST PROGRAMS WE LAUNCHED
WHEN, AFTER I BECAME PRESIDENT
WAS THE CRM PROGRAM, THE
CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM AND THAT IS, UM UM, AN
IMPORTANT PROGRAM BECAUSE
ESSENTIALLY SMALL AND MIDSIZED
BUSINESSES ALL THE WAY UP TO
LARGE FIRMS ACROSS EVERY MAJOR.
INDUSTRY THAT HAS POINT OF SALES
ACTIVITIES. THEY NEED THIS SET
OF TECHNOLOGIES. AND SO THAT'S
CERTIFICATION HELPS STUDENT GET
TO A SALESFORCE ADMINISTRATION
OPPORTUNITY. UM BUT THAT
CERTIFICATION ALSO CAN OPEN UP
THE DOOR FOR THEM TO DO A
PROGRAM THAT'S IN DESIGN FIRST
AT THE INSTITUTION NOW, WHICH IS
ON JUNIOR DEVELOPER THAT
FOUNDATIONAL SET OF SKILLS CAN
ALSO BUILD INTO DATA ANALYTICS
THERE THE WAY THAT WE LOOK AT
THE WAY WE DESIGN PROGRAMS IS TO
MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND HOW
THOSE CAN CLUSTER AS OCCUPATIONS
AND HOW THAT GIVES STUDENTS OVER
TIME, MORE RANGE OF MOTION IN
THE ECONOMY LIKE MAYBE YOU COULD
JUST TOUCH A LITTLE BIT ON, UM,
HOW WE DO THOSE THAT
PROGRAMMATIC WORK AND THE
ENGAGEMENT WITH INDUSTRY?
ABSOLUTELY THANK YOU. AND AS
PRESIDENT MEN IN, UH, SPOKE
ABOUT OUR RESEARCH ARE KIND OF
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IS
REALLY INFORMED BY OUR
PARTNERSHIP WITH INDUSTRY. RIGHT
AND SO BOTH COMMUNITY PARTNERS
BUT ALSO PRIVATE AND PUBLIC
SECTOR. WHERE THE GAPS IN THE
WORKFORCE TODAY WHERE CAL BRIGHT
CAN KIND OF FILL THOSE GAPS TO
UP SKILL, AND I'M SURE WE HAVE A
HIGHER SKILLED WORKFORCE. AND SO
WE DIVE INTO THE DETAILS IN
TERMS OF UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT
REGIONAL ECONOMIES, SOME OF OUR
COLLABORATIONS AND PARTNERSHIPS
SPAN NORTHERN, FAR STATE RURAL
COMMUNITIES ALL THE WAY DOWN TO
THE IMPERIAL AND YOU KNOW THE
INLAND EMPIRE REALLY BEING ABLE
TO INFORM US ON THE NEEDS OF
VARIOUS REGIONAL ECONOMIES AND
REALLY UNDERSTANDING? WHAT ARE
THOSE OCCUPATIONAL CLUSTERS THAT
ARE NOT JUST HIDE DEMAND, BUT
WILL OVER THE COURSE OF TIME
WITHSTAND ANY TYPE OF DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION. AND SO THAT'S
REALLY THE VALUE OUT OF A COW.
BRIGHT IS THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT
UM, ENTRY LEVEL EMPLOYMENT TO
GET OUR STUDENT POPULATION INTO
THE BEYOND THE ENTRY LEVEL RUNGS
OF THE ECONOMY, BUT IN CAREER
LADDER FIELDS RIGHT, AND SO
PRESIDENT REAGAN SPOKE ABOUT
DATA ANALYTICS CRM SOME OF OUR
COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY COURSES, BUT
WE'RE ALSO EXPANDING 10 NEW
PROGRAMS AROUND DESIGN
INNOVATION VERY MUCH TALKING
THROUGH PROJECT MANAGEMENT. HR
IN TERMS OF TALENT ACQUISITION,
THESE ARE THESE ARE DISCIPLINES
. THAT INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO
INFORM US BY WAY. OF OUR
BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCILS. AND
YOU MENTIONED THE BUSINESS OF
ARCTIC COUNCIL NOW AND THE
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD, SO
I THINK CALIBRATE. UM AS YOU
HEARD FROM MY COLLEAGUES,
THERE'S A LOT OF CONCERNS ABOUT
THE NUMBER OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN
SPENT ON THIS SO MAKING SURE
THAT THERE'S A VALUE FOR THE
FUNDS EXPENDED AND SO THE WORK
AROUND THE FUTURE OF WORK AND
WORKFORCE TRAINING PROGRAMS. AND
HOW ALIBIED. IS THAT ADDED VALUE
, AND I THINK THAT'S CRITICAL
FOR CAL BACK WENT FORWARD TO
REALLY MAKE SURE THAT UM THERE'S
SOMETHING THAT DISTINGUISHES
ITSELF FROM ALL THE OTHER
OFFERINGS FROM 100. THE 73
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS AND
116 COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN
CALIFORNIA. AND SO I THINK
THAT'S AH OFFICERS AND AUDIT
RECOMMENDATIONS AND EVERYTHING
ELSE THERE, SO I KNOW THAT
YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT, BUT I
JUST REALLY WANT TO ECHO MY
COLLEAGUE'S CONCERNS AS WELL. SO
I APPRECIATE THE UPDATES AND
APPRECIATE. THE WORK HERE, SO
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MAYBE I
CAN JUST IF IT'S OKAY. I'LL
OFFER ONE MORE THING. YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE A IN TERMS OF IT'S
IMPORTANT TO BE DISTINCT FROM
THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. THAT'S A
MANDATE OF OUR LEGISLATION. IT'S
ALSO IMPORTANT FOR US TO HAVE,
UM, COMPLEMENTARITY TO IT. AND
SO ONE OF THE PROGRAMS THAT I
THINK REALLY ILLUSTRATES THIS
WELL AS A PROGRAM THAT WE'RE
BUILDING WITH. C I U UNITED
HEALTHCARE WORKERS AROUND
LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSING, UM
, THAT'S A PROGRAM WHERE THERE
IS A BOTTLENECK IN TERMS OF
PRODUCTION. IN UM IN OUR HIGHER
EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS IN CALIF
. PERIOD IT'S VERY SEVERE UNDER
PRODUCTION RELATIVE TO THE
DRAMATIC SHORTAGES THAT WE'RE
SEEING IN THE FIELD, AND THIS IS
AN AREA THROUGH THE WAY THAT
WE'RE DESIGNING THE PARTNERSHIP
. UM S C I U US DOING THE
CONTENT AND THE LEARNING IN THEN
STU, PARTNERING ON THE CLINICAL
PLACEMENT SITES. THIS IS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT ALLOWS FOR
US TO CREATE A NET NEW NUMBER OF
CLINICAL PLACEMENT
OPPORTUNITIES, SORT OF BUILDING
THE PIPING FOR THE CLINICAL
PLACEMENT INFRASTRUCTURE. THAT
HAS A BENEFIT BECAUSE IF WE WERE
DOING THIS IN A IN A CORNER OF
THE UNIVERSE SOMEWHERE, AND WE
WERE NOT CONNECTED TO THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM, UM
THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING WE NEED
TO OWN ENTIRELY, BUT THIS IS
SOMETHING THAT CAN UNLOCK, UM
RESOURCES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR
THOSE TYPES OF THINGS FOR
COMMUNITY CALLED OTHER COMMUNITY
COLLEGES OFFERING HEALTH CARE
PROGRAMS IN THE FUTURE. SO WHEN
WE THINK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF
OUR WORK IT'S NOT JUST WHAT WE
DO AS AN INSTITUTION, BUT IT'S
THE WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN ALSO
WORKED COLLECTIVELY SOLVE SOME
OF THE COURT CHALLENGES THAT
UNLOCK THE SCALE POTENTIAL OF
THE SYSTEM. SO ALL OF THIS IS
IMPORTANT TO US, LARGELY BECAUSE
, UH, IT MIGHT HISTORY AND
PUBLIC EDUCATION. UH I
UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE
CRITICAL THESE ARE THE CRITICAL
SYSTEM LEVEL PIECES THAT WE NEED
TO SOLVE FOR, AND SO WE, WE LOOK
FORWARD TO CLOSE ENGAGEMENT WITH
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE
THROUGHOUT THROUGHOUT OUR
DEVELOPMENT CYCLE TO ENSURE THAT
THAT VALUE IS BEING REALIZED BY
OTHER SYSTEM INSTITUTIONS AS
WELL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK
YOU, MR CHAIR. THANK YOU AGAIN.
THIS IS AN INFORMATIONAL ITEM.
NO ACTION ITEM HERE TODAY.
POTENTIALLY WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT
DOING SO AT THE CONCLUSION OF
OUR SUBCOMMITTEE PROCESS WITH
THAT WE ARE UH, WE HAVE
CONCLUDED, UH, THE ITEMS ON THE
AGENDA WILL NOW GO TO PUBLIC
COMMENTS. THANK YOU. CAMERAS.
MHM. OKAY THANK YOU, MR MCDONALD
. ONE MINUTE, PLEASE. ONE
MINUTE. THANK YOU. CHAIR AND
MEMBERS. I'LL BE BRIEF. MARTIN
MACDONALD MG ADVOCACY ON BEHALF
OF THE LOS ANGELES AND DIEGO,
SAN BERNARDINO AND PERALTA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICTS. I
WILL SAY ON THE KOLA WE WOULD
REQUEST PROP 98 PARODY. MEANING
THAT WE BE TREATED THE SAME WAY
THAT K 12 IS, UM AND IF IT CAN'T
BE FULLY FUNDED THIS YEAR THAT
WILL BE MADE WHOLE IN FUTURE
YEARS. AS MR ALVAREZ NOTED, WE
DON'T GET MADE WHOLE LIKE K 12
DOES ON THE 200 MILLION. WE
WOULD ASK FOR FLEXIBILITY
BECAUSE BRINGING STUDENTS BACK
ON CAMPUS REQUIRES, UM, THAT OUR
FACILITIES ARE IN GOOD SHAPE.
AND SO WE WOULD APPRECIATE
FLEXIBILITY ON THAT 200 MILLION.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING, KYLE
HIGHLAND, WITH THE BEHALF OF THE
ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ADMINISTRATORS. UM YEAH, WE
APPRECIATE THE CALM THE VERY
ROBUST CONVERSATION TODAY AROUND
THE COLA. WE DO SUPPORT APPLYING
THE STATUTORY COLA TO THE
STUDENT CENTER FUNDING FORMULA.
AND WE AGREE WITH THE U TURN
MCCARTHY THAT YOU KNOW ALL THERE
SHOULD BE MORE CATEGORICAL
PROGRAMS INCLUDED IN THAT COLA.
WE'D LIKE TO SEE ALL OF THEM
ACTUALLY HAVE THAT CALLER IF WE
COULD UM AND AKA ALSO OPPOSES
THE GOVERNOR'S PROPOSAL TO, UM
TO, UM SORRY TO, UH TO CUT
DEFERRED MAINTENANCE BY $230
MILLION OVER THE NEXT YEAR, AND
WE ALIGN OUR COMMENTS WITH THE
LAO TO REJECT THAT PROPOSAL AND
MAKE SURE THAT IMPORTANT FUNDING
IS INCLUDED, UM AND WE
APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND
APPRECIATE WORKING WITH YOU ON
THESE ISSUES. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. JIM MCCARTY MEMBERS, DAVID
HAWKINS WITH THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGE INDEPENDENCE.
UM, A FEW BRIEF COMMENTS. ONE ON
THE OUTREACH FUNDS THAT HAVE
BEEN ALLOCATED TO DISTRICTS WE
WOULD ASK THAT YOU CONSIDER
PUTTING A HIGHER PERCENTAGE IN
THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE AND THAT
WE DO A SYSTEM WIDE APPROACH. WE
THINK IT'S LESS COSTLY. WE THINK
IT WILL BE MORE EFFECTIVE IN
LETTING STUDENTS KNOW THAT
COMMUNITY COLLEGE EDUCATION IS
ONLY ACCESSIBLE BUT AFFORDABLE.
REGARDS TO COLLABORATE. YOU'VE
HEARD OUR POSITION BEFORE. WE
THINK THIS IS A FAILED
EXPERIMENT. UM I DIDN'T KNOW
THAT WE WERE GIVING STATE MONEY
TO CALIBRATE. I THINK THAT WE
JUST HAD A HEARING ON A PRIVATE
VOCATIONAL CORPORATION. THE
INTENTION IS GOOD. BUT THE
ACTUALITY, UH, IS EMBARRASSING.
I THINK FOR CALIFORNIA WHEN YOU
SPEND YOU KNOW $93 MILLION FOR
234 CERTIFICATES. I THINK
ALBATROSS MR CHAIR WAS REALLY
THE APPROPRIATE STATEMENT ON
THAT. AND THEN FINALLY, UH, WE
WERE THE SPONSORS OF THE STATE
AUDIT LOOKING AT THE FUNDING OF
FULL TIME FACULTY ALLOCATIONS.
UM YOU'RE AWARE THAT WE HAVE HAD
A 75% GOAL INSTEAD SHOOT FOR 35
YEARS WITH THE INTENT OF HAVING
75% OF INSTRUCTION TOPPED BY
FULL TIME FACULTY. WE HAVE NOT.
COME CLOSE TO THAT FIGURE IN 35
YEARS. AND ON TOP OF THAT WE'VE
SPENT $450 MILLION NOW THE
AUDITOR LOOKED AT THIS PRAYER
REQUEST, AND WE'RE VERY
APPRECIATIVE OF THE AUTHOR FOR
ASKING FOR IT. BUT THE AUDITOR
CONCLUDED THAT FUNDS WERE
MISUSED. OR FUNDS SIMPLY WEREN'T
SPENT. YOU HAVE TO WRAP IT UP,
MR HAWKINS, YOU BET PRIMARILY
WANTED TO COMMENT ON THE ON THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE STATEMENT.
THIS IS REALLY A SHARED
GOVERNANCE ISSUE. IT'S NOT IN
THE AUDITOR WAS VERY CLEAR ON
THIS. I DID IDENTIFIES THE LACK
OF PROGRESS TOWARDS THE STATE
GOAL FOR INSTRUCTION BY FULL
TIME FACULTY, THE IMPROPER USE
OF STATE FUNDING AND THE FAILURE
TO IMPLEMENT CERTAIN EEO
PRACTICES. THAT HAVE RESULTED
FROM THE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE IS
INSUFFICIENT OVERSIGHT. VERY
CRITICAL OF THE LACK OF
OVERSIGHT AND ACCOUNTABILITY AND
WE WOULD BE VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
HAVING A JOINT HEARING FROM THE
AUDITOR'S OFFICE, UH, TO DISCUSS
THIS FURTHER. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. OKAY ONE MINUTE OR LESS.
PLEASE LET'S TRY THIS AGAIN
BECAUSE WE HAVE WE HAVE AN
OFFSITE CAUCUS MEETING AND I'M
GONNA PROBABLY HAVE TO SHUT THIS
DOWN EARLIER. THANK YOU. CAN WE
GO? YEP GOOD MORNING. MY NAME IS
MICHAEL STEWART ON THE ACADEMIC
SENATE PRESIDENT AT CALVARY
COLLEGE AND I'M HERE IN FAVOR OF
THE SCHOOL. THANK YOU. HELLO
GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M WENDY BROUGH
WYNKOOP ON BEHALF OF THE FACULTY
ASSOCIATION OF THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES WE WANT TO
RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE
LEGISLATURE FOR THE INVESTMENTS
IN FULL TIME FACULTY HIRING AND
PART TIME FACULTY SUPPORTS. I
CAN MAKE THIS BRIEF. THANK YOU
TO MR HAWKINS. BUT WE HOPE THAT
THE COMMITTEE WILL CONTINUE TO
BUILD ON THOSE INVESTMENTS AND
CONTINUE. UM, ADOPTING THE
RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE STATE
AUDITOR ON THE ACCOUNTABILITY
FOR THE FULL TIME FACULTY HIRING
FUNDS ALLOCATED AND PRIOR YOUR
BUDGETS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING CHAIR
COMMITTEE. MY NAME IS ZACHARIAH
WOODEN FROM THE STUDENT SENATE
FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES, VICE PRESIDENT,
LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS AND I JUST
WANT TO SAY WITH REGARDS TO THE
EARLIER DISCUSSION TODAY ABOUT
ENROLLMENT. I JUST WANT TO
EMPHASIZE THAT THE TWO THINGS
THAT ARE REALLY STUDENTS KEEPING
IN MIND WITH REGARDS TO
ENROLLMENT, OUR BASIC NEEDS AND
THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE CALDERON
REFORM. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE COMMITMENT TO CABINET
REFORM CONTINUES AND ALSO THAT
STUDENT HOUSING FUNDING ALSO
CONTINUES. ONE IN FIVE
CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
STUDENTS FACE HOUSING INSECURITY
ANY GIVEN TIME, SO WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT THAT NEED IS MET
AND THAT STUDENTS ARE GIVEN THE
DIGNITY TO HAVE SOMEWHERE TO
LIVE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE THEIR
EDUCATION. THAT IS ALL TRUE.
THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MORNING
CHAIR MCCARTY AND MEMBERS OF THE
BUDGET SUBCOMMITTEE. MY NAME IS
MOLLY MCGUIRE, AND I'M, THE
STATE AND FEDERAL POLICY
DIRECTOR WITH THE CAMPAIGN FOR
COLLEGE OPPORTUNITY. REGARDING
THE $200 MILLION ENROLLMENT AND
RETENTION PROPOSAL, GIVEN THE
PREVIOUS ENROLLMENT AND
RETENTION INVESTMENTS, PLUS THE
LACK OF CONFIRMED NEED ACROSS
DISTRICTS AND YOU SUPPLEMENTAL
FUNDING INCREASES SHOULD BE
ACCOMPANIED BY PERFORMANCE
GUARDRAILS TO ENSURE FUNDING IS
EXPENDED QUICKLY AND ON
EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES. THE
CAMPAIGN PUBLISHED A REPORT IN
DECEMBER ANALYZING THE DECLINE
IN COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENROLLMENT
, THE REASONS FOR THE DECLINE
HOW THAT DECLINE IS DISTRIBUTED
ACROSS CAMPUSES AND REGION AND
ITS IMPACT ON THE STATE'S PUBLIC
FOUR YEAR INSTITUTIONS.
SOMETHING WE ARE PARTICULARLY
INTERESTED IN IS ITS IMPACT ON
TRANSFER AND WHAT STRATEGIES YOU
C AND CS YOU CAN EMPLOY TO MEET
THEIR TRANSFER GOALS AS CAPTURED
IN THE COMPACTS IF MEMBERS ARE
INTERESTED IN INFORMATION ON
COMMUNITY COLLEGE ENROLLMENT, WE
STAND READY AS A RESOURCE. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD MORNING
CHAIR. MCCARTY AND MEMBERS.
MELISSA BARTER ON BEHALF OF THE
EDUCATION TRUST WITH PLACES
SUPPORT THE 8.13% COLA FOR A CFF
APPORTIONMENT AND SELECT
CATEGORICAL PROGRAMS. THE
SIGNIFICANT COLA WILL HELP THE
COMMUNITY COLLEGES NAVIGATE POST
PANDEMIC CHALLENGES, BUT WE
CONTINUE TO EMPATHIZE THE
IMPORTANCE OF ACCOUNTABILITY,
OVERSIGHT AND SETTING WREATH
CONSCIOUS GOLDAR METRICS TO
ENSURE CAMPUSES ARE MAKING
PROJECT PROGRESS. GIVEN THAT
THIS COLOR IS UNRESTRICTED,
THERE MAY BE ROOM FOR THE
LEGISLATURE TO LINK THE FUNDING
TO CERTAIN PRIORITY. THAT'S
ADJUSTED BY THE L. A. OH AND
THERE WAS TROUBLE REQUESTING THE
CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE BUDGET
REQUEST THAT HAVE THE GREATEST
POTENTIAL TO ENHANCE RACIAL
EQUITY, INCLUDING TEACHER
PREPARATION PROGRAMS, THE PORTS
FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF EQUITABLE
PLACEMENT AND EXPANDING AND
ENHANCING CHILDCARE ON COLLEGE
CAMPUS. COLLEGE CAMPUS. IN TERMS
OF THE GOVERNOR'S ONE TIME
PROPOSAL FOR STUDENT ENROLLMENT
AND RETENTION. WE RECOMMEND THAT
THE STATE PRIORITIZED NEW FUNDS
FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF EQUITABLE
PLACEMENT AND COMPLETION REFORMS
, ESTABLISHING OR EXPANDING TO
ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS AND
PROVIDING ADDITIONAL SUPPORT TO
PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS
. BE A CHILD CARE AND FINANCIAL
AID. THANK YOU. ANDREW MARTINEZ
COMMUNITY COLLEGE LEAGUE OF
CALIFORNIA. WE APPRECIATE THE
CONVERSATION TODAY ON THE KOLA
RECOGNIZED THERE ARE SOME
PRESSURES ON THAT. WE ARE JUST
AS MR MCCALL SAID EARLIER. WE
ENCOURAGE A CONSISTENT SHARE
WITH K 12. YOU KNOW, WHATEVER
DECISION YOU MAKE ON THE KOLA
AND THEN ADDITIONALLY WE
APPRECIATE THE CONVERSATION ON
THE DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND
ENROLLMENT AND WE ENCOURAGE AS
MUCH FLEXIBILITY AS YOU CAN TO
PROVIDE OUR COLLEGES ON THAT
ISSUE AND THEN LASTLY, WE ARE
VERY, VERY SUPPORTIVE OF
AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOANS FOR OUR
PROGRAMS. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
GOOD MORNING, SARAH MCCARTHY AND
MEMBERS OF THE BUDGET
SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
FINANCE. MY NAME IS HECTOR. THAT
DESMOND STUDENTS CITY OF
CERRITOS COLLEGE. I'M SPEAKING
TO EXPRESS MY SUPPORT FOR
MAINTAINING CURRENT BUDGET
LEVELS TO FUND THE HIGHER
EDUCATION STUDENT HOUSING GRANT
PROGRAM. I BELIEVE IT'S REALLY
UNFAIR TO OVERLOOK COMMUNITY
COLLEGE STUDENTS AND THE HOUSING
THAT IS NEEDED TO SUPPORT THEM.
WE NEED MORE HOUSING BECAUSE WE
HAVE GREATER NEED THAN SEE SUS
AND UCS. WE CANNOT DO THEY
HOUSING, CERRITOS COLLEGE AND
OTHER COLLEGES KNOW HOW TO BE
INNOVATIVE OR COLLEGE IS ALWAYS
FINDING SOLUTIONS TO MEET
STUDENTS NEEDS AND THAT INCLUDES
HOUSING IN 2020. CERRITOS
COLLEGE OPENED THE VILLAGE.
CALIFORNIA IS VERY FIRST
COMMUNITY COLLEGE HOUSING
DEVELOPMENT EXCLUSIVELY FOR
STUDENTS FACING HOMELESSNESS,
THE COMMITTEE NOT TO DISMISS OUR
STUDENTS AND TO SUPPORT MORE
HOUSING FOR THE STUDENTS. WE
NEED SAFE, AFFORDABLE PLACE TO
LIVE SUPPORT, MAINTAINING THE
CURRENT 2023 24 BUDGET LEVELS
WITHOUT DELAYING THE FUNDING
INTO 2024 25 TO OFFER MORE
STUDENTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THANK YOU. CHAIR AUSTIN WEBSTER
WITH THE LEAST STRATEGIES ON
BEHALF OF THE ACADEMIC SENATE
FOR CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY
COLLEGES. WE WANT TO THANK THE
COMMITTEE FOR ITS ONGOING
FUNDING THE ACADEMIC SENATE AND
CONTINUE TO ENGAGE WITH STAFF ON
CONVERSATIONS RELATED TO THE
ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE
INITIATIVE. ADDITIONALLY ON
BEHALF OF THE CALIFORNIA
COMMUNITY COLLEGES ASSOCIATION
FOR OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION, WE
URGED THE COMMITTEE TO CONTINUE
FUNDING THE STRONG WORKFORCE
PROGRAM. INCLUDING THE K 12
STRONG WORKFORCE COMPONENT.
THANKS SO MUCH. HI MY NAME IS
ANYA ELDER AND THE STRATEGIC
INITIATIVES SPECIALISTS AS WELL
AS CHAPTER 53 PRESIDENT
REPRESENTING CALIBRATE COLLEGE
AND I WANT TO URGE YOU TO
CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CAL BRIGHT.
I HAVE BEEN A CAB RIGHT SINCE
2019 AND I HAVE SEEN THE
TRANSFORMATIONAL WORK AND THE
CHANGES UNDER THE CURRENT
ADMINISTRATION. WE ARE TRENDING
IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION. WE ARE
REACHING UNSERVED AND
UNDERSERVED. ADULT LEARNER
POPULATIONS, WHO WITHOUT OUR
ASSISTANCE ARE IN JEOPARDY OF
BEING LEFT BEHIND. WE HOPE TO
GET YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT.
DIDN'T YOU, SIR? GOOD MORNING.
MY NAME IS CINDY CARNEY. I AM
THE TALBOT FACULTY ASSOCIATION
PRESIDENT AND I WOULD LIKE TO
URGE YOU TO CONTINUE FUNDING FOR
CAL. RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU. THANK YOU FOR PARTICIPATING
WITH THAT WE ARE A JOURNEY. 24.
SUB TWO HAS A JUDGE.