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Learn about government relations at Ivy Tech, job responsibilities, audience, legislative priorities, federal and state relations, Indiana General Assembly, and key government agencies. Explore the role of Congress, State Educational Institutions, and Commission for Higher Education. Discover how government relations advance the college's mission and collaborate with elected officials.
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Government Relations 101 Mary Jane Michalak & Matt Hawkins
Overview • What is “Government Relations” at Ivy Tech? • Job responsibilities • Audience • Congress • Indiana General Assembly • State Educational Institutions • Indiana Commission for Higher Education • State Higher Education Appropriations • State Performance Funding Formula Our Communities. Your College. Pathways for Student Success and a Stronger Indiana.
Government Relations • “Plan and execute a comprehensive, proactive government affairs strategy that advances the College’s mission and goals with local, regional, state and federal elected officials.” • Build and strengthen relationships with elected officials and government agencies. • With College leadership, plans legislative priorities. • Serve as the lead contact to the General Assembly. • Monitors legislation and policy activities, updates and advises College leadership. • Coordinate college’s participation in meetings with state agencies. • Develops materials in support of government relations agenda. • Collaborate with counterparts at other state educational institutions. • Coordinate involvement in federal issues. • Track and prepare activity reports for the Indiana Lobby Registration Commission. • Serve a liaison with the State Board of Trustees Our Communities. Your College. Pathways for Student Success and a Stronger Indiana.
Government Relations • Federal Relations • Congressional Leaders • AACC • State Relations • Governor’s Office • Commission for Higher Education • Department of Workforce Development • Indiana Department of Education • Indiana Economic Development Corporation • State Educational Institutions • Independent Colleges of Indiana • State legislators (Indiana General Assembly) • Association Relations • Local Government Relations Our Communities. Your College. Pathways for Student Success and a Stronger Indiana.
Congress • Senate members • Donnelly (D)** • Young (R) • ** up for re-election • Committees • House • 20 Standing, 1 Select • Senate • 16 Standing • 67 Subcommittees • 5 Nonstanding • House members • Visclosky (D) • Walorski (R) • Banks (R) • Rokita(R)* • Brooks (R) • Messer (R)* • Carson (D) • Bucshon (R) • Hollingsworth (R) • *Running for Senate Our Communities. Your College. Pathways for Student Success and a Stronger Indiana.
Indiana General Assembly • 150 legislators (100 in House; 50 in Senate) • “Session” • Odd-numbered years = “Budget Session” • January – April 30 • Even-numbered years = “Short Session” • January – March 14 • “Special Session” – called by the Governor • By the numbers – 2018 Short Session • 901 introduced • 212 (23%) of bills introduced made it to Governor’s desk Our Communities. Your College. Pathways for Student Success and a Stronger Indiana.
Committees • 25 House Committees; 23 Senate Committees • House Ways and Means • 24 members – 16 Republican, 8 Democrat • House Education • 13 members – 9 Republican, 4 Democrat • Senate Appropriations • 15 members – 11 Republican, 4 Democrat • Senate Education and Career Development • 11 members – 8 Republican, 3 Democrat Our Communities. Your College. Pathways for Student Success and a Stronger Indiana.
The Process • First Reading, Committee Assignment • Committee Hearing, Amendment, Vote • Second Reading, Amendments • Third Reading, Vote • Goes to other chamber • First Reading, Committee Assignment • Committee Hearing, Amendment, Vote • Second Reading, Amendments • Third Reading, Vote • Back to original chamber, concurrence/dissent • Conference Committee • Governor’s Desk Our Communities. Your College. Pathways for Student Success and a Stronger Indiana.
State Educational Institutions • Indiana University – 4 • Purdue University – 2 • Ball State University - 2 • Indiana State University – 1 • University of Southern Indiana – 1 (dual role) • Vincennes University – 1 (dual role) • All work together regarding public postsecondary education • Regular meetings • Joint-functions Our Communities. Your College. Pathways for Student Success and a Stronger Indiana.
Commission for Higher Ed • 14 members, appointed by the Governor, must be citizens of Indiana • Each Congressional district must be represented • One student member • One faculty member • Purposes of the commission: • Plan for and coordinate state supported system of postsecondary education. • Review appropriation requests of state educational institutions. • Make recommendations to the governor, budget agency, or the general assembly concerning postsecondary education. • Administer state financial aid programs. • Provide staff for the Board for Proprietary Education. • Other functions as assigned. Our Communities. Your College. Pathways for Student Success and a Stronger Indiana.
Commission for Higher Ed • Committees • Academic Affairs & Quality Committee - ensure Commission carries out its statutory responsibilities related to matters of an academic nature and the quality of the student experience. • The Budget & Productivity Committee – develops, implements, and has oversight of Commission's fiscal policies focused on increasing postsecondary efficiency and productivity. • The Student Success & Completion Committee - develops policy and practice initiatives to aid Hoosier postsecondary students in graduating from college on-time and without excessive debt. Our Communities. Your College. Pathways for Student Success and a Stronger Indiana.
State Dollars to Higher Ed • FY 18 - $2,008,467,194 • FY 19 - $2,045,623,577
Ivy Tech Budget – FY 2018 $22.3 million per month
CHE At-Risk Student Degree Completion Changing to Rate Based Calculation 4
Create A STEM Metric • Recognize each institution’s individual contribution to workforce alignment by expanding high-impact to all institutions and creating a STEM metric: • Research institutions will continue to benefit from the list of STEM degrees • STEM degree list will be opened to four-year comprehensive institutions • Two-Year institutions will be measured on: • •Credit-bearing certificates that meet the criteria for the Workforce Ready Grant (4 and 5 flames) • •Associate degrees in STEM fields 7
Eliminate Remediation Metric: Institutions will be rewarded based on persistence and degree completion 8
Stackable Credentials • Higher education is increasingly shifting to “stackable” credentials • Adjust Metrics for Stackable Credentials: • For each student, the PFF will only pay for the highest credential awarded in each CIP code during the fiscal year • Formula will continue to pay for stackable credentials earned in different fiscal years • Affects overall, at-risk, and STEM metrics 9