AB 86: Adult Education Consortia Planning Debra Jones, Ed.D.

$25 Million Statewide for 2 Year Planning AB 86, Section 76, Article 3 The CC Chancellor and CDE Superintendent will jointly provide 2-year planning and implementation grants to regional consortia of community college districts and school districts for the purpose of developing regional plans to better serve the educational needs of adults. Consortium shall consist of: – School district – required. – Community college district – required. Consortia may include other adult education providers. Consortium determines fiscal agent. 11/1/ AB 86 Informational Webinar

Regional Consortia Grant Funds The consortia will use funding to develop regional plans for adult education in: – Elementary and basic skills; classes required for HSD or equivalency certificate; – Classes for immigrants: ESL, citizenship, and workforce preparation; – Programs for adults with disabilities; – Short term CTE programs with high employment potential; and – Programs for apprentices. 11/1/2013AB 86 Informational Webinar 3

Components of Regional Consortia Plans A Regional Consortia Plan must include: 1.Evaluation of existing AE programs. 2.Evaluation of AE needs. 3.Plans to integrate programs. 4.Plans to address the gaps. 5.Plans to accelerate a student’s progress. 6.Plans to collaborate on provision of professional development. 7.Plans to leverage existing regional structures. 4 11/1/ AB 86 Informational Webinar

Looking Forward Reports to be submitted to the legislature by the CC Chancellor and CDE Superintendent: – March, 2014: Status of developing regional consortia. Status and allocation of grant awards. – March, 2015: Status of plans developed by regional consortia. Recommendations for additional improvements. Intent of Legislature is to work toward : Developing common policies on fees and funding structures. Providing additional funding in /1/ AB 86 Informational Webinar

AB 86 Planning Structure Six member Cabinet appointed by Chancellor Harris and Superintendent Torlakson Twelve member Work Group – 4 K-12 adult education field representatives – 4 Community College field representatives – 2 CDE system office representatives – 2 Community College system office field representatives 6 11/1/2013AB 86 Informational Webinar 6

Current Work Website - Survey of Interest Stakeholder Sounding Board Expert Panel State Reports FAQs on website RFA to be released in December RFA will not be competitive Weekly Webinar Series – Fridays at noon Town Hall Meetings – October 28th, 29th, 30ieth, and 31st 7 11/1/2013AB 86 Informational Webinar 7

Town Hall Meetings Southern California Meeting Monday, October 28, 2013 Hacienda La Puente Adult Education E Nelson Ave La Puente, CA Central Valley Meeting Tuesday, October 29, 2013 State Center CCD 390 W. Fir Avenue Clovis, CA Bay Area Meeting Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Mc Clymonds Educational Complex 2607 Myrtle Street Oakland, CA Northern California Meeting Thursday, October 31, 2013 Butte Community College 3536 Butte Campus Drive, Oroville, CA /1/2013AB 86 Informational Webinar 8

Questions for Town Hall Participants How do you envision the makeup of your consortium in this area? What are some of the specific challenges with collaborating for the development of a regional consortia? This is a non competitive grant process. What are your suggestions on how these planning funds could be distributed? AB86 provides an opportunity to re-envision, rethink, and reshape the service delivery model for adult education. How do you believe adult learners can be better served as a result of the development of local consortia? 11/1/2013AB 86 Informational Webinar 9

Questions for CIOs What are the implications of “consortia” for your work? What are the exemplars, those best practices, that should be considered by consortia to “accelerate a student’s progress”? What would it mean to “collaborate in the provision of ongoing professional development opportunities for faculty” to improve student outcomes? 11/1/2013AB 86 Informational Webinar 10

How Do I Get Involved? Weekly Webinar Series Stakeholder Sounding Board Sign up for More on AB 86 eNewsletter feedback/questions – Refer to the Website – /1/2013AB 86 Informational Webinar 11

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