TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD Division of Academic Quality and Workforce 1200 E. Anderson Lane, Austin, Texas Workforce Education Course Manual (WECM) Advisory Committee April 30, 2020 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM Teleconference Meeting Key Staff Mindy Nobles, Assistant Director Duane Hiller, Program Director Agenda 1. Welcome, introductions, and call to order 2. Consideration and approval of minutes from the January 30, 2020 meeting 3. Public testimony on agenda items 4. Coordinating Board update regarding Perkins V and other legislative changes 5. Professional organization updates – TACE, TACTE, TACRAO 6. Report from WECM course review workshops subcommittee 7. Report from WECM Comments review subcommittee 8. Report from Special Topics and Local Need course review subcommittees 9. Reports from other subcommittees for WECM Advisory Committee 10. Future agenda items and resources required for next meeting 11. Timeline and future meeting dates 12. Adjournment This meeting will be web-cast through the Coordinating Board’s website at: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us Texas Penal Code Section 46.035(c) states: “A license holder commits an offense if the license holder intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly carries a handgun under the authority of Subchapter H, Chapter 411, Government Code, regardless of whether the handgun is concealed or carried in a shoulder or belt holster, in the room or rooms where a meeting of a governmental entity is held and if the meeting is an open meeting subject to Chapter 551, Government Code, and the entity provided notice as required by that chapter." Thus, no person can carry a handgun and enter the room or rooms where a meeting of the THECB is held if the meeting is an open meeting subject to Chapter 551, Government Code. Please Note that this governmental meeting is, in the opinion of counsel representing THECB, an open meeting subject to Chapter 551, Government Code and THECB is providing notice of this meeting as required by Chapter 551. In addition, please note that the written communication required by Texas Penal Code Sections 30.06 and 30.07, prohibiting both concealed and open carry of handguns by Government Code Chapter 411 licensees, will be posted at the entrances to this governmental meeting. TEXAS HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD Summary Notes/Minutes Workforce Education Course Manual Advisory Committee Meeting 1200 East Anderson Lane, Board Room Austin, Texas January 30, 2020 10:00 a.m. The webcast of this meeting is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qINgs0Xuyl0 1. Welcome, introductions, and call to order The Advisory Committee convened at 10:00 a.m. Joyce Williams, Chair, called the meeting to order. The following appointed Advisory Committee members were present: 1. Joe Arrington 2. James Chegwidden 3. Troy DeFrates 4. Ronda Dozier (via telephone) 5. Robin Garrett 6. Cynthia Griffith 7. Linda L. Head 8. Phillip Nicotera 9. D’ Wayne Shaw 10. Joyce Williams The following ex-officio members were present: 11. Lesley Keeling-Olson (TACTE) 12. Vernon Hawkins (TACE) The following members were not present: 13. Mary Adams (via telephone) 14. Rob Blair 15. Cynthia Casparis 16. Thera Celestine 17. Jennifer Myers 18. Olga Valerio 19. Vernell Walker 20. Denny Yarbrough (TACRAO) THECB Staff present: Mindy Nobles, Assistant Director Duane Hiller, Program Director 2. Consideration and approval of minutes from the September 27, 2019 meeting The minutes from the September 27, 2019 meeting were reviewed. Motion to approve the minutes as presented was made by Troy DeFrates and seconded by James Chegwidden. Motion passed. WECM Advisory Committee, Summary Notes January 30, 2020 1 3. Public testimony on agenda items There was no public testimony provided. 4. Coordinating Board update regarding Perkins V and other legislative changes Mindy Nobles gave an update on Perkins V and Comprehensive Local Needs Assessment requirements, and announced that sample CLNA reports will be posted on the THECB website as well as the Perkins section of the TACTE website. The draft Perkins V State Plan is currently posted on the TEA website for public comment Duane Hiller reported on the proposed requirements and curriculum standards from the Texas Department of Licensing and Certification (TDLC) regarding licensure for cosmetologists and related occupations. The changes can be accommodated using the flexibility of current WECM courses, so no new courses or course changes will be necessary. Duane also reported on the 2020 CIP code changes and their effect on funding rates. The most dramatic change is that Veterinary Technology is moving from CIP 51, funded at the Critical Field rate of $3.59 per contact hour, to CIP 01, funded at the regular rate of $2.48 per contact hour. Coordinating Board staff will propose that an exception be made for Veterinary Technology to keep the funding rate the same. Duane announced that the Cloud Computing Program of Study had been approved by the Coordinating Board at its January 23 meeting, and will be posted on the web shortly. 5. Professional organization updates – TACE, TACTE, TACRAO The representatives from the professional organizations provided their updates. • TACE – Vernon Hawkins reported on plans for the 40th anniversary TACE conference scheduled to be held on April 15 at the Omni-Southpark. Additional information and registration is available on the TACE website at www.taceonline.org. • TACTE – Lesley Keeling-Olson reported on plans for the TACTE conference scheduled to be held on April 1-3 at the Omni Southpark. A pre-conference WECM Information session is scheduled for April 1. Lesley also announced the the TACTE website has been redesigned and includes information about the conference, Perkins, WECM, and other resources, as well as a link to subscribe. The website is at www.TACTE.org • TACRAO – Denny Yarborough was not present to give a report. 6. Consideration of recommendations from WECM course review workshops Robin Garrett and D’Wayne Shaw reported on the Cisco course review workshop held January 24 at the Coordinating Board offices. The workshop participants made a recommendation for the Cisco Exploration 1-4 courses to be archived, but additional information has been received since then that new courses might be developed, so these courses will not be archived at this time until further clarification is received. The four Cisco CCNA course have been revised and combined into three courses, with the content of CCNA 4 being incorporated into CCNA 2 and CCNA 3. As a result, the workshop participants recommended that the course ITCC 1x40 “CCNA 2” be changed to WECM Advisory Committee, Summary Notes January 30, 2020 2 ITCC 1x44, that the course ITCC 2x12 “CCNA 3” be changed to ITCC 2x20, and that the course ITCC 2x13 “CCNA 4” be archived. Future updates to the Cisco CCNP and Cisco Exploration courses will be reviewed when the changes are made available from Cisco. A motion was made by James Chegwidden and seconded by Lesley Keeling- Olson to approve the workshop recommendations for revisions to the Cisco CCNA courses, and to defer updating the Cisco CCNP and the Cisco Exploration courses until those changes are available. Motion passed. Robin also gave an update on plans for scheduling a virtual workshop to review the HRGY courses. 7. Report from WECM Comments review subcommittees Copies of the WECM comments received since the last meeting and a summary of those comments were distributed for review. The subcommittee will meet to review these comments and report to the committee at its next meeting. A cursory review of the comments indicated that some additional training for faculty on the use of the WECM would be useful. Regional training workshops or webinars could be used to explain what the WECM is, how to search the WECM, and how to submit Special Topics and Local Need courses. 8. Report from Special Topics and Local Need course review subcommittees Duane Hiller and Vernon Hawkins reported on the activities of the Special Topics and Local Need course review subcommittees. Courses received between September 1, 2018 and August 31, 2019 were sent to the subcommittees for review. The summary spreadsheets of the courses were presented to the Advisory Committee for review. Vernon presented the results of the subcommittee’s review of the CE courses. 9. Report from other subcommittees for WECM Advisory Committee The list of courses that have not been used in the past five years was presented to the committee to be considered for archival. The list indicated that new courses that were created in the past five years are not being recommended for archival, but courses that have been available for more than five years are recommended for archival. 10. Future agenda items and resources required for next meeting The committee members reviewed the agenda items proposed at the July meeting, and were asked if there were any incomplete or new items to suggest for the next Advisory Committee meeting. 11. Timeline and future meeting dates Future meetings have been scheduled for April 30, and July 30. Dates for meetings to be held in FY 2021 will need to be set. 12. Adjournment Chair Joyce Williams adjourned the meeting at 11:54 a.m. WECM Advisory Committee, Summary Notes January 30, 2020 3 Received 01/29/2020 3:39:00 PM From: Mary Lindsay Department Chair San Jacinto College [email protected] 281-413-8814 Category WECM Course Structure Subject BARB 1304 I would like to request assistance with a Barber course, BARB1304. This course is presently ARCHIVED. Our new Barber AAS needs this three hour course in order to stay within the 60 semester credit hours for our AAS. I would like to request that this be presented at the January 30, 2020 WECM Leadership Committee Meeting. Looking forward for approval of this request.