The member colleges of Association of Community Colleges (TACC) have designed a new legislative approach to community college support. BAHEP endorses the five- point program of recommendations to best support students, colleges, communities, and Texas.

Community College Legislative LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES Priorities

Our messages:

• Student success is the highest priority of every community college in Texas.

• The state’s community colleges are driving rapid and expansive improvements in public education to meet current and anticipated workforce needs.

• Community colleges are economic and cultural engines in every part of the state, vital to their communities and key to advancing the individual aspirations of students.

THE 5-POINT CAMPAIGN

1. Workforce and Skills Alignment

2. Measuring and Funding Success

3. College Readiness

4. Transfer and Articulation

5. Texans in Community Colleges

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SAN JACINTO COLLEGE / COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND / COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND www.bayareahouston.com www.bayareahouston.com Community colleges provide essential workforce development opportunities for hundreds of thousands of Texans, all over the state, preparing them for the jobs of today and tomorrow.

WORKFORCE AND point 1 SKILLS ALIGNMENT

CURRENT LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS:

• Reform the Skills Development Fund to enhance the ability of community colleges to better serve students and workforce needs

• Define clear pathways between high school career and technical education and community college career and technical programs

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SAN JACINTO COLLEGE / COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND SAN JACINTO COLLEGE / COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND www.bayareahouston.com www.bayareahouston.com Community colleges are developing accountability measures that ensure students are making progress and communities are getting return on their investment.

MEASURING AND point 2 FUNDING SUCCESS

CURRENT LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS:

• A new and innovative funding model:

- Core College Operations - Contact Hours - Student Success Points • Restore employee health insurance state funding over the next two biennia STUDENTS SUCCESS POINTS MODEL

Complete Math DE, 1 point Degree/Certificate Complete Reading/Writing DE, 1 point Awarded, 2 points STEM, 2.25 points

Pass 1st college Math course, 1 point Transfer to university after Complete 15 credit hours, 1 point completing 15 semester Complete 30 credit hours, 1 point credit hours, 2 points

ABE GED Complete First 15 credits 30 credits Certificates Associate’s High Employment Bachelor’s ESL Developmental College 1 Term 1 Year Degree Demand Degree Work Credit College-Level College-Level Workforce

$1.968 Billion Student Success Appropriations Request

Core Student Contact Hour Operations Success Points Funding $1 million / district 10% (less core) 90% (less core) $50 million total $196.8 million $1.72 billion total

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SAN JACINTO COLLEGE / COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND SAN JACINTO COLLEGE / COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND www.bayareahouston.com www.bayareahouston.com Community colleges provide an essential gateway to higher education for hundreds of thousands of Texans, with innovative approaches and easy access all over the state.

point 3 COLLEGE READINESS

CURRENT LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS:

• Implement the New Mathways Project by supporting the University of Texas at Austin Dana Center • Develop and require a Student Success course for all entering students eligible for state funding. • Support STARLINK in order to provide professional development for faculty to engage in Student Success initiatives

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SAN JACINTO COLLEGE / COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND SAN JACINTO COLLEGE / COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND www.bayareahouston.com www.bayareahouston.com Community colleges are developing easily transferable coursework and common curriculum standards and measures of student progress.

point 4 TRANSFER AND ARTICULATION

CURRENT LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS:

• Define a universal pathway to an Associate Degree and further degree programs through a statewide-adopted common core curricula.

• Incent Associates Degree completion for students, reward community colleges and universities commensurately.

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SAN JACINTO COLLEGE / COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND SAN JACINTO COLLEGE / COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND www.bayareahouston.com www.bayareahouston.com Community colleges meet multiple needs: higher education, job readiness, adult basic education, skills building, and lifelong learning and enrichment.

TEXANS IN COMMUNITY point 5 COLLEGES

CURRENT LEGISLATIVE RECOMMENDATIONS:

• Fund ABE sufficiently • Transfer oversight of Adult Based Education (ABE) from the Texas Education Agency to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

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SAN JACINTO COLLEGE / COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND SAN JACINTO COLLEGE / COLLEGE OF THE MAINLAND www.bayareahouston.com www.bayareahouston.com