Overview March 2015 Regional Plan Submitted to CCCCO and CDE Legislative Update Community Education Northern Santa Barbara County Adult Education Consortium.

OverviewMarch 2015Regional PlanSubmitted to CCCCO and CDE

Legislative Update Community Education

Northern Santa Barbara County Adult Education Consortium Project

Project Leads:• Allan Hancock College Community

Education, Ardis Neilsen, Dean

• Lompoc Unified School District Adult Education, Mary Coggins, Adult Ed Principal

Project Support:• Strategic Vitality LLC, Victoria Conner, Consultant

FACTS

Trailer Bill AB 86 required:

California Community College Chancellor (CCCCO) and California Department of Education (CDE) Superintendent to implement 2–year (2013-15) statewide planning grants

Goal: Community colleges and K-12 adult education providers should work collaboratively to develop regional plans to better serve adult education needs throughout California

FACTS

2013 State Budget Act

$25 million statewide to 72 community college districts for planning grants

Unprecedented – a planning grant of this size statewide

for adult education

Northern SB County Consortium: $240,319

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State-Mandated Program Areas

5 Focus Areas:

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1. Elementary and Basic Skills: classes required for HS Diploma or GED

2. ESL /Citizenship

3. Adults with Disabilities

4. CTE (vocational) Workforce Preparation 5. Pre-apprenticeship

Planning Grant: Required Objectives

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1. Assess Adult Ed programs available in Northern S.B. County & program needs

2. Develop plans based on stakeholder input to: integrate community adult ed programs address adult ed gaps

accelerate students’ progress expand professional development

leverage existing regional structures, develop partnershipsi.e., WIB, WIA, CTE, etc.

Project Management Structure:

Steering Committee: 8 members representing key program areas, met one to two times per month since 2014

• Chairs, LUSD Adult Ed Principal & AHC Dean• LUSD & AHC faculty, ESL/Basic Skills • Tri-Counties Regional Center Consultant, AWD• WRC Director (WIA/WIB), Vocational/CTE

Program Area Subcommittees chaired by Steering Committee members

Community organizations, agenciesFaculty adult ed/noncredit - AHC/LUSDStudents Employers

Process: surveys and focus group meetings

Steering Committee helped to implement Project Management Plan focused on 4 data sources:

1. Adult Education Summit – 71 community attendees representing31 organizations, July 2014

2. Faculty Focus Group – 30 faculty attended, 60 surveys

distributed, September 2014

3. Student Surveys

• 600 surveys distributed to 48 classes throughout North County

• 88% return rate using random sample for class selection November 2014

4. Employer Roundtable – 17 North County employers attended along with 23 adult ed stakeholders, Feb. 2015

Key findings from data collected:• North County’s adult education needs

far exceed the region’s educational capacity.

• Why? • Santa Ynez and Santa Maria Joint Union School

Districts closed their adult ed programs.

• AHC and LUSD are the only North County providers.

low educational attainment• 58,160 of 229,881 North County residents do not have a HS diploma

• a 1% increase in literacy translates to a 1.5% permanent increase in GDP. National Assn. of Adult Literacy, DOE

Data reveals serious challenges:

Poverty• 23% of residents, 52,413, below the poverty line• per capita income: Santa Maria, Guadalupe,

Lompoc - $13,000 to $19,000 compared to Santa Barbara - $33,000

• High unemployment• Jan. 2015, 8-9% • (Santa Maria, Lompoc)

• English language • 42% of North County

residents, 95,261, are potential English language learners

• Low citizenship rates• 32,841 not U. S. citizens

(underreported)

• High crime rate• Santa Maria – highest

rate in SB County

Needs assessments indicated:

More noncredit vocational curriculum & certificate programs – job skills training – improve employability – most frequently cited student goal

More flexibility in schedulingi.e., offer online ESL and basic skills noncredit classes

Align curriculum with employer needs

What did we learn from the stakeholder groups?

Needs assessments indicated:• Need full-time permanent noncredit/adult ed faculty

& navigators/counselors with appropriate support staff Good news! Hiring first full-time noncredit ESL

faculty member, Aug. 2015, Title 5 funding

• More support services, i.e., transportation, childcare, counseling (not just academic)

March 1, 2015: 72 California regional consortiums submitted adult education improvement plans with funding requests to CDE and CCCCO

Review plans and make recommendations to the California Legislature and Governor for funding allocations.

Northern SB County Consortium submitted a 200-page regional plan. Posted at the state CCCCO website:

http://ab86.cccco.edu

Total Request:• Allan Hancock College

• $2.2 Million Dollars

• Lompoc Unified School District Adult Education

• $2.2 Million Dollars

• Funds to hire full-time faculty & staff, improve curriculum, educational resources/materials, support professional development

Submitted plan – now what? Governor’s Budget 2015-16 allocated

$500 Million Adult Ed Block Grant - for adult education restoration, improvement, and expansion How will the block grant funds be distributed?

Now under legislative review.Proposed: $350 million for adult ed

restoration (K-12)

$150 million to regional consortiums

Board-mandated partners, representatives from: Workforce Investment Board

County Parole Office Community Member K-12 Adult Ed Community College Dept. of Social Services EDD

• Regional consortiums will continue • Fiscal Planning Allocation Board will

be required • Annual reporting to the CCCCO & CDE

Governor’s budget tied to new legislationConsortium requirements - beginning July 1, 2015

More Legislative Changes to Adult Ed SB 173 (Liu)

Legislation requires that the CCCCO and CDE provide policy recommendations for Adult Ed (K-12 and community colleges).

-increased accountability requirements -standardization of:

-assessment-evaluation-data collection-fees policy

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Entering the “Golden Age” of Noncredit Education

SBCC, Executive VP, Dr. Jack Friedlander

Future of Adult Education – challenges and opportunities!

Thank you