1. Government Relations 101
Mary Jane Michalak
&
Matt Hawkins

2. Overview What is “Government Relations” at Ivy Tech? Congress
Job responsibilities
Audience
Congress
Indiana General Assembly
State Educational Institutions
Indiana Commission for Higher Education
State Higher Education Appropriations
State Performance Funding Formula
In this session, we will discuss…..
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3. Government Relations
“Plan and execute a comprehensive, proactive government affairs strategy that advances the College’s mission and goals with local, regional, state and federal elected officials.”
Build and strengthen relationships with elected officials and government agencies.
With College leadership, plans legislative priorities.
Serve as the lead contact to the General Assembly.
Monitors legislation and policy activities, updates and advises College leadership.
Coordinate college’s participation in meetings with state agencies.
Develops materials in support of government relations agenda.
Collaborate with counterparts at other state educational institutions.
Coordinate involvement in federal issues.
Track and prepare activity reports for the Indiana Lobby Registration Commission.
Serve a liaison with the State Board of Trustees
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4. Government Relations Federal Relations Congressional Leaders AACC
State Relations
Governor’s Office
Commission for Higher Education
Department of Workforce Development
Indiana Department of Education
Indiana Economic Development Corporation
State Educational Institutions
Independent Colleges of Indiana
State legislators (Indiana General Assembly)
Association Relations
Local Government Relations
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5. Congress Senate members House members Donnelly (D)** Visclosky (D)
Walorski (R)
Banks (R)
Rokita (R)*
Brooks (R)
Messer (R)*
Carson (D)
Bucshon (R)
Hollingsworth (R)
*Running for Senate
Senate members
Donnelly (D)**
Young (R)
** up for re-election
Committees
House
20 Standing, 1 Select
Senate
16 Standing
67 Subcommittees
5 Nonstanding
At federal level, deal with Congress HEA, working now on “Reauthorization”
Reps. Luke Messer and Todd Rokita are on the House Education and Workforce Committee
Senator Todd Young is on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee
Rep. Jackie Walorski is on the House Ways and Means Committee
Rep. Visclosky is on the House Appropriations Committee (defense subcommittee)
Rep. Brooks former Ivy Tech employee (General Counsel and SVP for Workforce Development)
Congressman Messer introduced the Reverse Transfer Act, amended into PROPSER (
Young – exploring social impact bonds  
Have provided letters and fact sheets on issues RE: Reauthorization, and have visited with congress people and staffers.
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6. Indiana General Assembly
150 legislators (100 in House; 50 in Senate)
“Session”
Odd-numbered years = “Budget Session”
January – April 30
Even-numbered years = “Short Session”
January – March 14
“Special Session” – called by the Governor
By the numbers – 2018 Short Session
901 introduced
212 (23%) of bills introduced made it to Governor’s desk
Fun with Numbers Finale
There were a total of 901 bills introduced this session.
At the halfway point this session, there were only 130 House bills still alive, and 172 Senate bills still alive.
The last third reading deadline held strong, passing a good amount of bills in each chamber. There were 112 House bills still alive, and 115 Senate bills still alive.
Following the push on Wednesday night, 212 bills have been passed by the Indiana General Assembly. 101 House bills have made it through, and 111 Senate bills have made it through.
22% of House bills will make it to the Governor's desk.
24% of Senate bills will make it to the Governor's desk.
Overall, 23% of all bills introduced will arrive on Governor Holcomb's desk.
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7. Committees 25 House Committees; 23 Senate Committees
House Ways and Means
24 members – 16 Republican, 8 Democrat
House Education
13 members – 9 Republican, 4 Democrat
Senate Appropriations
15 members – 11 Republican, 4 Democrat
Senate Education and Career Development
11 members – 8 Republican, 3 Democrat
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8. The Process First Reading, Committee Assignment
Committee Hearing, Amendment, Vote
Second Reading, Amendments
Third Reading, Vote
Goes to other chamber
Back to original chamber, concurrence/dissent
Conference Committee
Governor’s Desk
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9. State Educational Institutions
Indiana University – 4
Purdue University – 2
Ball State University - 2
Indiana State University – 1
University of Southern Indiana – 1 (dual role)
Vincennes University – 1 (dual role)
All work together regarding public postsecondary education
Regular meetings
Joint-functions
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10. Commission for Higher Ed
14 members, appointed by the Governor, must be citizens of Indiana
Each Congressional district must be represented
One student member
One faculty member
Purposes of the commission:
Plan for and coordinate state supported system of postsecondary education.
Review appropriation requests of state educational institutions.
Make recommendations to the governor, budget agency, or the general assembly concerning postsecondary education.
Administer state financial aid programs.
Provide staff for the Board for Proprietary Education.
Other functions as assigned.
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11. Commission for Higher Ed
Committees
Academic Affairs & Quality Committee - ensure Commission carries out its statutory responsibilities related to matters of an academic nature and the quality of the student experience.
The Budget & Productivity Committee – develops, implements, and has oversight of Commission's fiscal policies focused on increasing postsecondary efficiency and productivity.
The Student Success & Completion Committee - develops policy and practice initiatives to aid Hoosier postsecondary students in graduating from college on-time and without excessive debt.
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12. State Dollars to Higher Ed
FY 18 - $2,008,467,194
FY 19 - $2,045,623,577

13. Ivy Tech Budget – FY 2018 $22.3 million per month
State appropriation – operating, debt service, dual credit….. This does not include the money we get from students who receive state financial aid!

14. State Performance Funding

15. CHE Overall Degree Completion2

16. CHE At-Risk Student Degree Completion3

17. CHE At-Risk Student Degree Completion Changing to Rate Based Calculation4

18. CHE Student Persistence Incentive5

19. Create A STEM Metric
Recognize each institution’s individual contribution to workforce alignment by expanding high-impact to all institutions and creating a STEM metric:
Research institutions will continue to benefit from the list of STEM degrees
STEM degree list will be opened to four-year comprehensive institutions
Two-Year institutions will be measured on:
•Credit-bearing certificates that meet the criteria for the Workforce Ready Grant (4 and 5 flames)
•Associate degrees in STEM fields 7

20. Eliminate Remediation Metric:
Institutions will be rewarded based on persistence and degree completion 8

21. Stackable Credentials
Higher education is increasingly shifting to “stackable” credentials
Adjust Metrics for Stackable Credentials:
For each student, the PFF will only pay for the highest credential awarded in each CIP code during the fiscal year
Formula will continue to pay for stackable credentials earned in different fiscal years
Affects overall, at-risk, and STEM metrics 9

22. CHE On-Time Graduation Rate10

23. QUESTIONS?