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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