Update on Legislation and Other Activities

Update on Legislation and Other Activities

California Community College Chancellor’s Office

Barry A. Russell, Ph.D.Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs

Legislation

• Student Success – SB 1456 (Lowenthal)– SB 1062 (Luis)

• Workforce– SB 1402 (Lieu)– SB 1070 (Steinberg)

• Backfill Taxes– AB 2593 (Furutani)

Legislation

• Extension Fees for Credit– SB 1550 (Wright)

• E-Textbooks and Instructional Materials– AB 2571 (Lara)

• Digital Library and Council (OER)– SB 1052 (Steinberg)– SB 1053 (Steinberg)

• Credit for Prior Military Service– SB 2462 (Block)

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INSTRUCTIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS

• AUDITOR QUESTIONS• TASK FORC• MAJOR FINDINGS– Updating references to Ed Code and title 5– Must follow 14 conditions– Public safety courses cannot be asynchronous because they

must be positive attendance– Faculty identified in the agreement– Faculty must be in “line of sight”– Attendance records must be kept– Must certify no “double dipping”

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Program and Course Approval Handbook

• Total review by SACC is complete• Editing has been completed• Formatting is taking place• No more printed document – only PDF with

active indexing• Updating will be ongoing

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Association of Community and Continuing Education

• Education Code requiring guidelines to be developed

• Working on issues of moving courses from credit/noncredit to community education

• Survey being distributed• Draft to be completed by July 2012

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American Council on Education

• Military credit guidelines• Current legislation• Involvement of Academic Senate• Best practices• Prior Learning (PL) and Council for Adult and

Experiential Learning

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Accrediting Commission of Community and Junior Colleges

• Commission meets twice a year• Student Learning Outcomes requirements• Updates to current standards• Who’s next?

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Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education

• WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET)

• Western Alliance of Community College Leaders

• Academic Leaders Toolkit• Western Undergraduate Exchange

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SB 1440

• Implementation Issues• Curriculum Inventory Issues• CSU Transfer Issues

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Priority Enrollment

• Title 5 Changes

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Student Success Task Force

• Legislation• Regulations• Work Group Meetings• Academic Affairs– Basic Skills– Enrollment Management– Professional Development

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Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching

• Online learning materials• Catalogued by registered members• Peer reviewed online materials

• Open Educational Resources (OER)• Connexions (Rice University)• Creative Commons

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Complete College America

• Reports on Completion• Grant to California for work on SB 1440• Sharing information from other states– Remediation– Transfer– Enrollment Management

Chancellor Search

• Board of Governors• Search Firm• Timeline

Thank You!