Welcome Legislators Thank you for supporting our colleges.

1. Welcome LegislatorsThank you for supporting our colleges.

2. MACJC FY 2010 Legislative Recommendations

3. Presentation Outline • Facts about Community and Junior Colleges • Mississippi Values – The People We Serve • Top Three Funding Priorities • SBCJC Request • Questions

4. Northwest Northeast Coahoma Itawamba Mississippi Delta East Mississippi Holmes East Central Meridian Hinds Copiah-Lincoln Jones Southwest Pearl River Mississippi Gulf Coast FTE Enrollment, FY 08 – 71,491

5. Enrollment • 73 percentof CJC students are enrolled in academic programs with plans to transfer to a four-year institution • 43 percentminority • 64 percentfemale

6. Enrollment • 70 percentof all freshmen in public and private institutions of higher learning are enrolled at CJC • 51 percentof all college undergraduates are enrolled at CJC • 97 percentof all CJC credit students are Mississippi residents

7. Our people are of value. • Our efforts embody the values of the state. • We are the best educational value in Mississippi.

8. Serving more than 273,000 people in Mississippi with… Nearly 10 percent of the entire state population is educated at Mississippi’s community and junior colleges.

9. Investing in human capital… Mississippi ranked SECOND in the nation for achieving the largest increase of adults taking the GED test to complete high school in 2007.

10. We lead the way with… Mississippi Community and Junior Colleges are one of the top four systems in the nation according to a 2008 Policy Brief by the Rockefeller Institute of Government.

11. Open door institutions with… Mississippi Community and Junior Colleges are the critical bridge between high school and the university; between employers and workers.

12. Community and junior colleges are the bridge to a better job, a better life.

13. Average yearly tuition and fees, academic year 2007-08 Cost Comparison The Best Value .

14. Enrollment Comparison

15. FY 09 General Fund Distribution

16. State Funding Decline *FIRST YEAR OF 3-YEAR PLAN TO ACHIEVE MID-LEVEL FUNDING

17. Top Three Funding Priorities Mid-Level Funding is the No.1 Priority

18. Mid-Level Funding – SB 2364 • The Mississippi Legislature PROVED it values community and junior colleges during the 2007 Session. • Historic legislation passed both houses without a dissenting vote; established a stable, equitable funding method for community colleges.

19. Mid-Level Funding Request

20. Progress Toward Mid-Level Funding With legislative support we continue to move toward our target, but have failed to achieve the three-year implementation plan.

21. Mid-Level Funding Request While $120 million is needed to achieve a three-year phase-in, the FY 2010 request is $60,300,000. • Mid-Level Funding will support “Continuation” requests (new programs, technology, basic operations, workforce, nursing program expansion, etc.), as well as Mid-Point salaries.

22. Midpoint Salaries $4,513 = difference (9.21%) between CJC Average Faculty Salary and Midpoint in FY 2010

23. Midpoint Salaries The total salary improvement request is estimated to cost $26,922,609. However, the salary improvement request for FY 2010 is $20 million, one-third of the Mid-Level Funding requested for FY 2010.

24. 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan A comprehensive 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan for the 15-college system documents nearly $500 million in needs for facilities and infrastructure to support quality instructional programs, emerging business and industry training needs, and progressive community endeavors.

25. 5-Year Capital Improvement Plan The CJC are requesting $128 million to support the plan in FY 2010. --$64 million to be distributed equally among the 15 institutions --$64 million to be distributed based on enrollment

26. Dropout Recovery Initiative There’s a hidden workforce in Mississippi. More than 400,000 adults over the age of 25 don’t have a high school diploma – one in four working-age Mississippians without the education and skills to be gainfully employed.

27. Dropout Recovery: The Problem • In Mississippi only 60 percent of the state’s ninth-graders finish high school. • Less than 1 percent of the adult population without a high school education is engaged in Adult Basic Education programs. • Only about one-third of dropouts work or seek work.

28. Dropout Recovery: The Plan • The Community College Dropout Recovery Initiative includes a blending of GED preparation and testing with occupational skills training. • Plus, wrap-around services such as childcare, transportation and mentoring.

29. Pilot Dropout Recovery Efforts in FY 09 • FastTrack GED courses for adults • Part-time ABE/GED recruiters • Expanded GED testing schedules and additional GED examiners • One free college class for GED recipients attending college for the first time • College scholarships for high-scoring GED achievers • Payment of $40 GED testing fee for eligible test takers

30. Dropout Recovery: The Plan • FUNDING REQUEST: Provide the same FTE state support per student as students enrolled in regular college credit programs. 3,500* students x $4,244 = $14,854,000 *One-fourth of the estimated annual dropout population

31. Strategic Workforce Development • Coordinated effort to consolidate workforce delivery system: • State Board for Community and Junior Colleges (SBCJC) • State Workforce Investment Board (SWIB) • Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) • Other Employer Groups

32. Strategic Workforce Development • Today’s Workforce • 15% of jobs require unskilled workers • 65% of jobs require skilled workers (education and training beyond high school) • 20% of jobs require professional workers (bachelor’s degree or above)

33. Strategic Workforce Development • Industry Training Programs – CJC train more than 145,000 workers annually. • Regionally Centered Partnerships – CJC are sharing resources and leveraging training dollars in projects like the WIRED grant from the U.S. Dept. of Labor.

34. Strategic Workforce Development • Nursing and Allied Health Worker Shortage – Community college partnership with Mississippi Organization for Associate Degree Nursing and the Mississippi Council of Deans and Directors of Schools of Nursing. • Improve retention and graduation rates • Secure funding for local and regional Simulation Labs to expand clinical training capacity

35. Strategic Workforce Development • Other Workforce Initiatives • Career Readiness Certificates, more than 2,500 Mississippians have earned the CRC credential since May 2007. • Mississippi Entrepreneurial Alliance – identifying and training the next generation of small business owners in Mississippi.

36. SBCJC State Board for Community and Junior Colleges FY 2010 Request

37. SBCJC Capital Improvements - $7.5 millionSBCJC Headquarters Building • Request endorsed by MACJC • Current space is limited and not suited for efficient operation or future needs • Mississippi has a premier community college system that is recognized as a national model for strategic workforce development, distance learning and academic preparation for university transfer.

38. $14,854,000 Top Three Funding Priorities Endorsed by: Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges Mississippi Association of Community and Junior College Trustees Mississippi Community and Junior College Inter-Alumni Association Mississippi Faculty Association for Community and Junior Colleges

39. Our colleges can be THE solution to the economic challenges facing our state and nation. Provide the Tools…Mid-Level Funding Protect the Investment…Capital Improvements Reclaim lost Potential…Dropout Recovery

40. Questions?