What s Changed and What Needs to Change in

What’s Changed and What Needs to Change in Title 5? Beth Smith, Treasurer Mark Wade Lieu, Past President Spring 2010

Proposed Changes • 51010 – Equal Employment Opportunity (53000 -53006, 53020 -53034) • 53412 – Minimum Qualifications for Noncredit (resolution pending) • 55003 – Prerequisites • 55035 – Remedial Coursework

More Proposed Changes • 55047 – Repetition of Noncredit Coursework • 55063 – Minimum Requirements for the Associate Degree (SB 1440) • 55152 – Short Term Vocational Programs Providing 288 Hours or More of Instruction (noncredit) • 57030 -57037 – Lab Space Allocation

51010 – EEO • • Overall Updates to the language Removal of “availability data” references New tone of self-assessment and self-accountability Lengthens the term from 1 to 2 years for an interim administrative position • Interims positions must be filled through regular or in-house searches that include EEO responsibilities • Provides more suggestions on how to demonstrate efforts on hiring and retaining a diverse workforce

53412 – MQs for Noncredit Faculty • Resolution pending this spring to remove the MQs from Title 5 and move to the Disciplines List • Support from noncredit faculty and HR directors • New format of the Disciplines List will make it relatively easy to incorporate noncredit

55003 – Prerequisites • Removes requirement for data analysis for English or mathematics prerequisites on courses outside these disciplines. • Content review is the only requirement for validition • Prerequisites continue to need review every 6 years or 2 years if vocational courses/programs • Must monitor student equity in applying prerequisites • Must apply multiple measures when using assessment/placement tests for meeting prereqs

55035 – Remedial Coursework • 30 unit limit for basic skills instruction • ESL is exempt from the 30 unit limit • Need to update because: ▫ Use of the word “remedial” is problematic ▫ Students are officially banished to adult school or noncredit when they reach 30 unit limit ▫ Confusing and hard to interpret ▫ SACC to investigate

55047 – Noncredit Repetition • Added definitions of ▫ Repetition ▫ Re-enrollment ▫ Multiple Enrollments • Requires Boards of Trustees to establish policies and procedures pertaining to these three areas.

55063 – Minimum Requirements for the Associate Degree • Pending outcomes of resolutions this spring

55152 – Short Term Vocational Programs - noncredit • Currently, there is 288 hour minimum for enhanced funding • Researching why “ 288” and if another number of hours makes sense • Proposal to increase the number of hours required for these programs

57030 -57037 – Lab Space Allocation • Regs are over 40 years old • Were designed to be temporary at the time • There is interest in removing the specifics within the regs and replacing them with separate guidelines • There is support in various pockets of the system for change

What needs to change? • MQs ▫ Clarification about whethere can be an equivalency to the associate degree for minimum qualifications ▫ Adding pedagogical training as a minimum qualification

What needs to change? • How we approach the 50% law ▫ Change or abolish the percentage ▫ Counselor : student ratio ▫ Change overall funding formula to create incentives to hire more counselors (more than just Title 5)

What needs to change? • Language that actually moves the System forward in increasing the percentage of courses taught by full time faculty • Legislation that removes the Department of Finance’s ability to determine what is an “unfunded mandate” in Title 5 or not • Reduction in regulations overall