Student Success and Support Program: Scaling Up Mia Keeley, A&R/EAP/SSSP, CCCCO

1. Student Success and Support Program: Scaling Up Mia Keeley, A&R/EAP/SSSP, CCCCO CSU CCC Counselors Conference Fall 2014

2. Presentation Overview • Origins and Purpose of the Student Success and Support Program (SSSP) • Budget/Funding Update • Core Services • Associate Degrees for Transfer • Priority Enrollment Update

3. SSSP Mission To increase community college student access and success by providing effective core services, including orientation, assessment and placement, counseling, academic advising, and early intervention. SSSP ensures student equity in assessment, student services, and access to college resources and provides a foundation for students to achieve their educational goals.

4. Student Success & Support Program 3 funded core services Institutional AND student requirements Incentives for student completion of core services Incorporates student equity planning Linked to the Student Success Scorecard

5. Fiscal Year 2012-13 Fiscal Year 2013-14 Fiscal Year 2014-15 Fiscal Year 2015-16 Fiscal Year 2016-17 SSSP Planning & Implementation Timeline • Implementation Year 3: • FY 16-17 allocations based on 15-16 year-end data reported • 50% of prior year funding guaranteed (returns to 95% thereafter) • Legislative report dueJuly 1, 2016 • System-level Planning Year: • Implementation workgroups convened October 2012 to develop proposals for title 5 Matriculation revisions, new allocation formula, & revised MIS data elements & definitions • New program planning & budget process developed • SB 1456 effective January 1, 2013 • District/College-level Planning Year: • Allocations based on enrollment only, new formula not applied • Funding targeted to core services (1-year exemption permitted by request) • Regulations effective October 19, 2013 • Develop program plans • Implement MIS changes for accurate & complete data reporting • Convene noncredit work group • District/College-level Implementation Year 1: • Program plans and budgets submitted • Continue to ensure accurate and complete data reporting • Allocations based on enrollment only, new formula not applied • First legislative implementation report due July 1, 2014 (biannually thereafter) • Implementation Year 2: • FY 15-16 allocations based on 14-15 year-end data reported • Application of funding formula begins this year • 80% of prior year funding guaranteed

6. SSSP 2014-15 State Budget • Additional $100 M to SSSP in 2014-15 • $196.6 M Total • (Excludes Student Equity and $2.5 M for Tech Asst.) • $ 181.7 M to be allocated to districts • Excludes State Set Aside and $14.3M for Statewide Technology Projects • Split between Credit and Noncredit

7. 2014-15 Credit SSSP Match • New Credit match of 2:1 on all credit SSSP categorical funds: • Due to substantial increase in funding for 2014-15 • Clarify and broaden the definition of what can be counted toward the match: • Make the “transitional services” permanent • Add institutionally-funded tutoring and supplemental instruction costs for at-risk students.

8. SSSP 2014-15 State Budget: Advance Allocations • Advance allocations are generally calculated at 95% of the prior year’s allocation. • Due to the size of the budget increase, for 2014-15 the advance allocation will be 125% of 2013-14 • For credit

9. Student Success and Support Program Core Services SSSP funding must be expended on Core Services: • Orientation • Assessment • Counseling, Advising & Other Education Planning Services • Follow-up for at-risk students (§ 55525) • Enrolled in Basic Skills, no identified ed goal or course of study, on academic/progress probation

10. Student Success and Support Program Core Services Orientation: A process that acquaints students and potential students with, at a minimum, college programs, student support services, facilities and grounds, academic expectations, institutional procedures, and other appropriate information… Title 5, Section 55521

11. Student Success and Support Program Core Services Assessment for Placement: The process of gathering information about … the student's study skills, English language proficiency, computational skills, aptitudes, goals, learning skills, career aspirations, academic performance, and need for special services. Assessment methods may include, but not necessarily be limited to, interviews, standardized tests, attitude surveys, vocational or career aptitude and interest inventories, high school or postsecondary transcripts, specialized certificates or licenses, educational histories, and other measures of performance. Education Code section 78213

12. Student Success and Support Program Core Services Counseling, Advising, Other Education Planning Services: All first-time students expected to have: Abbreviated Ed Plan is 1-2 semesters in length - or - Comprehensive Ed Plan…take(s) into account a student’s interests, skills, career and education goals, major, potential transfer institutions, and the steps the student needs to take…to complete their identified course of study. Title 5 Section 55524

13. Student Success and Support Program Core Services Student Follow-up: Required for at-risk students Enrolled in Basic Skills courses Have not identified an education goal and course of study Are on Academic or Progress Probation – at risk of losing enrollment priority and BOG Fee Waiver

14. Funding Formula/MIS Data Elements

15. Allowable Use of Funds: General Rules • Justifiable • Reasonable • Used to support and meet costs of core services • Any expenditure not in SSSP Plan must be approved by the Chancellor’s Office. • Noncredit requires a minimum of ninety percent of funds expended on direct services to students.

16. Priority EnrollmentTitle 5 § 58108 Builds upon the Student Success Task Force recommendations by prioritizing access for certain groups of students Specifies how certain qualified groups of students should receive enrollment priority Outlines requirements for students to lose enrollment priority Amended July 2014 to reflect statutory changes, conform to other regulatory changes and provide clarification

17. Regulation Amendments

18. Regulation Amendments • Clarifications: • Term “continuing student” replaced with “not new student” to clarify that students not meeting the definition of new student per 55530, must meet academic standards/unit cap requirements to be eligible for priority enrollment • Colleges may create subcategories of similarly situated students by units if necessary for server capacity; however, no one statutory group may register before another

19. Priority Enrollment Eligibility • All new students, including those in statute, must have completed orientation, assessment, and developed student education plans to be eligible for Priority Enrollment • Students that are not new, must be in good academic standing and not have exceeded unit cap to be eligible

20. AA-T/AS-T Degrees – 4 Years Later • 32 (TMC) Major Templates Available • 1,416 degrees active, 354 in the pipeline • 87% of the target reached • Thousands of degrees awarded and students transferred

21. TMCs Available And others in progress…

22. In Progress and Next Steps • SB 440, Follow-up legislation signed October 2013 • Among other things, calls for additional TMCs to be established in at least four “areas of emphasis” by 2016-17 • Rollout of e-verify online degree verification this fall for Winter/Spring applicants • Rollout (est. October) of the ability to search by major, CCC or CSU campus for degree paths on www.adegreewithaguarantee.com

23. Questions? Contact Information: Mia Keeley, A&R/EAP/SSSP mkeeley@cccco.edu (916)323-5953