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Good news: NO CATEGORICAL FLEXIBILITY

Bad news: It’s not over… Revenues continue to decline Propositions must pass May Revise will be delayed until June

LAO Proposals: Fees double or more Reduced funding rate for “recreational”

courses Advocacy continues

Sponsored bills: AB 386 (Ruskin) – Captioning of audio-

visual materials AB 669 (Fong) – Residency for foster

youth

Other legislation: Textbooks

AB 317 (Solario) – Spot bill intended to address BSA recommendations

SB 48 (Alquist) – Require publishers to make books available in electronic format by 2020

Textbooks (continued) SB 216 (Liu) – Require colleges to post

textbook information on Web site at least 30 days before start of class

SB 386 (Runner) – Require faculty to provide “cost-benefit analysis” before adopting new version of a book within 3 years

Foster Youth AB 1393 (Skinner) – Request colleges to

give housing priority to foster youth

Concurrent Enrollment AB 78 (Portantino) – Allow ESL and Basic

Skills, eliminate principal’s recommendation, eliminate 5% summer cap, change “low enrollment priority” to “not a high priority”

AB 555 (Furutani) – Create pilot to allow 3 districts to partner with schools to concurrently enroll students for academic, CTE or Basic Skills courses at the college or high school

Assessment and Placement AB 371 (Fuller) – Spot bill to encourage CCCs

to provide incentives for students to enroll in Basic Skills in their first year

AB 1008 (Block) – Spot bill to require colleges to assess their Basic Skills offerings and the extent to which they are meeting student needs

Transfer AB 440 (Beall) – Authorize AA Transfer degree

Veterans AB 38 (Salas) – Change residency

determination provisions SB 15 (Cedillo) – Extend Cal Grant

Entitlement to vets under age 28 SB 361 (Runner) – Clarify that enrollment

priority (SB 272, 2007) applies only to vets with honorable discharge

SB 646 (Denham) – Prohibit charging any fees to honorably discharged CA resident vets or National Guard who have exhausted federal veterans benefits

Honorary degrees AB 37 (Furutani) Request that colleges and

universities confer an honorary degree upon any person who was unable to complete due to the internment of Japanese Americans in 1942

Expelled students AB 1400 (Fong) – Authorize colleges to share

information about students expelled for specific offenses

Title IX Discrimination SB 195 (Florez) – Require colleges to certify

that every activity complies with federal law prohibiting sex discrimination and impose a civil penalty of $50,000 for false certification

Recommendations for comment: Pre-requisites1.Change Title 5 to only require content review

(Model District Policy on Pre-Requisites) for validation of a pre-requisite.

2.Support for statewide pre-requisites for specific courses to be phased in over time. A significant question is what things need to be considered in the development of any statewide proposal.

Services3.Support ongoing system efforts to increase

matriculation funding. Promote a desirable counselor: student ratio (but not require).

Recommendations (continued): 50% Law4. Investigate what a reasonable percentage might be

should counselors and librarians be included with "classroom faculty" for purposes of calculating 50% law compliance (AB1157 a possible vehicle).

5. Investigate the effect of removing the "non-classroom" loads of counselors and librarians from both the numerator and denominator in 50% Law calculations, which would then inform whether or not this might be brought forward as a consensus proposal.

APG to conclude by June 30

Proposed by UC President Mark Yudof Charge is to identify reforms or strategies to

increase the number of CCC students who: Are transfer-ready Are offered and accept transfer Succeed at the receiving 4-year university

Preliminary report by August 1, 2009 CCC representatives:

Steering Committee: Morgan Lynn Planning Committee: Linda Michalowski and Jeff

Spano Working Team: Linda Lacy, Jane Patton, Michelle

Pilati, Randy Lawson, Morgan Lynn and Linda Michalowski

Memorandum of Understanding: Entered into by DMH and CCCCO related to

implementation of Prop. 63 and the use of MHSA funds   New Mental Health Liaison, Abby Medina will:

Assist colleges to develop and maintain improved services Carry out goals and activities related to the MOU,

including convening a CCC advisory committee on mental health issues

SMHI Systemwide, K-12 and Higher Education competitive grants Status: On hold Problem: Counties not returning

funds Item of discussion for the next MH Services Oversight and

Accountability Commission meeting (April 24th)

14 completed, 7 to go for 2008-09 Improvements in place: Data given to

colleges, Self-Evaluation format, Report Template, team training materials, team and college Evaluation Forms

System Advisory Committee on Student Services is working on further improvements for 2009-10

Chancellor’s Office will have all 2008-09 reports to colleges within 60 days of the end of the visit

Team composition and cancellations has been greatest challenge

Yes. Memorandum is being prepared. Funds may be spent until September 30,

2009 Will apply to EOPS, CARE, DSPS,

Matriculation and BFAP-Student Financial Aid Administration

Memo will include reminder that implementation of GASB-45 Advisory is on hold; categorical funds can only be used for current employees

Spring General Assembly: May 1-3 in San Diego There will be voting on Resolutions and election of At-

Large Senators for 2009-10 SSCCC Council continues to represent students

well Chancellor’s Office still needs help paying

expenses 13 colleges agreed to pay travel in response to appeal

from Diane Woodruff Chancellor Scott will appeal to CEOs again

Your support is always critical to encourage thoughtful students to get involved

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