update on legislation and other activities
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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 - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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)
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”
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
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
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
Accrediting Commission of Community and Junior Colleges
• Commission meets twice a year• Student Learning Outcomes requirements• Updates to current standards• Who’s next?
Western Interstate Commission on Higher Education
• WICHE Cooperative for Educational Technologies (WCET)
• Western Alliance of Community College Leaders
• Academic Leaders Toolkit• Western Undergraduate Exchange
Student Success Task Force
• Legislation• Regulations• Work Group Meetings• Academic Affairs– Basic Skills– Enrollment Management– Professional Development
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
Complete College America
• Reports on Completion• Grant to California for work on SB 1440• Sharing information from other states– Remediation– Transfer– Enrollment Management