ALAMO COLLEGES DISTRICT 2021 STATE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA Invest in Texas’ Economic Recovery • Prioritize investments in Texas Community Colleges at an overall minimum level of $1.879 billion to include: ACD Snapshot - Adopting the Success Points metric and weights as recommended by the CTCFAC 100,000+ - Fund Success Points at the 2020-21 reimbursement rate of Students in AY 2020 $202.53 per point - Provide hold harmless funding on a by-college basis to 11,645 ensure that no college’s state appropriation declines relative degrees and certificates to the 2020-21 biennium awarded in AY 2020 • Support interventions and funding for diverse student populations aligned with success measures including the 73% non-formula support request for the Alamo Colleges District’s People of Color (Fall 2020) Veterans Assistance Centers. Expand Texas’ Workforce Programs 60% Female (Fall 2020) • Grow employer-informed micro-credentials and certificates and ensure they are recognized as part of the state’s 60x30TX Plan. 68% • Invest in existing (Skills Development Fund and the (J.E.T.) Part-time students (Fall Grant) and new funding models that will provide support for 2020) growing workforce programs including short-term training and micro-credentialing. 70% Strengthen College and Career Pathways Rely on Financial Aid & • Continue to improve pathways for credential completion to Scholarships meet regional industry needs through expansion of Career and Technical Education dual-credit opportunities. 3,000 AlamoPROMISE students • Improve the college credit transfer and applicability processes to improve college enrolled (Fall 2020) completion and reduce student debt. 14,083 students Increase Access for Students High School Programs • Expand the Texas Education Opportunity (Fall 2020) Grant to high school students enrolled in dual credit courses. 28,200 students • Enact legislation to close the digital divide Workforce Programs by ensuring availability, connectivity, (AY 2019 & Fall 2020) and affordability of broadband internet service for all Texans. alamo.edu/legislative The Alamo Colleges District Family • 5 Alamo Colleges - Northeast Lakeview College - Northwest Vista College - Palo Alto College - St. Philip’s College - San Antonio College • 8 Regional & Neighborhood Centers • 14 Early College High Schools • 3 P-TECHS • 4 CAST Schools • 4 Alamo Academies The Alamo Colleges District’s Economic Impact $2.6 Billion 41,170 In Added Income Jobs Supported Students Taxpayers Society For Every $1 $7.20 $3.70 $22.50 Gained in lifetime Gained in added tax Gained in added Invested earnings revenue and public state revenue and sector savings social savings We Offer A Wide Range We Provide Strong Of Workforce Programs Transfer Pathways & 156 57 1,038 342 Occupational Program Transfer Workforce Categories Classifications Advising Guides Degree Plans For more information: Priscilla Camacho | Director Government & Community Relations | 210.326.3751 | [email protected].