Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
2014 Supplemental Operating Budget Policy Level Request
Recommendation Summaries
FY 2014
Policy Level Request (Total)
FY 2015
2013-15
$0
$28,365,000
$28,365,000
1
Student Achievement Initiative
$0
$4,750,000
$4,750,000
2
High Demand Enrollment
$0
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
3
Faculty Increments
$0
$3,400,000
$3,400,000
4
1% Salary Increase for all SBCTC Employees
$0
$6,805,000
$6,805,000
5
Educational Support for Traditionally Under-served Students
$0
$410,000
$410,000
6
Aerospace Enrollment
$0
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
7
Air Washington
$0
$3,000,000
$3,000,000
Student Achievement Initiative
FY 2014
FY 2015
Total
$0
$4,750,000
$4,750,000
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) requests $4.75 million for the Student
Achievement Initiative to bring annual funding to $10 million year.
High Demand Enrollment
FY 2014
FY 2015
Total
$0
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) requests $5 million to expand enrollment in
high demand programs by 500 FTE.
Faculty Increments
FY 2014
FY 2015
Total
$0
$3,400,00
$3,400,000
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges requests $3.4 million for faculty increments. To stay
effective, full- and part-time faculty must continuously update their knowledge, skills and abilities to stay
current with the latest innovations and advance their professional development. For such efforts, a faculty
member earns a salary step increase typically called an “increment.” However, increments can be paid only if
authorized by the Legislature. This request represents the estimated funding needed to pay for increments
earned for SFY 2015.
1% Salary Increase for all SBCTC Employees
FY 2014
FY 2015
Total
$0
$6,805,000
$6,805,000
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) requests $6.8 million to provide the 1% salary
increase to all community and technical college employees as was provided to classified employees in the
2013-15 Appropriations Act.
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Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
2014 Supplemental Operating Budget Policy Level Request
Recommendation Summaries
Educational Support for Traditionally Under-served Students
FY 2014
FY 2015
Total
$0
$410,00
$410,000
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) requests $410,000 to continue a pilot program
providing educational support for traditionally under-represented STEM students.
Aerospace Enrollment
FY 2014
FY 2015
Total
$0
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) requests $5 million to expand Aerospace
enrollments by 500 FTE, as recommended by the Aerospace Pipeline Committee.
Air Washington
FY 2014
FY 2015
Total
$0
$3,000,00
$3,000,000
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) requests $3 million to continue the Air
Washington program, as recommended by the Aerospace Pipeline Committee.
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Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
2014 Supplemental Operating Budget Policy Level Request
Student Achievement Initiative
Brief Description:
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) requests $4.75 million for the Student
Achievement Initiative.
Requested Funding by Fiscal Year
FY 2014
FY 2015
Total
$0
$4,750,000
$4,750,000
Support for Request:
The SBCTC requests $4.75 million for the Student Achievement Initiative (SAI). $4.75 million would nearly
double the performance funding available to $10 million per year. Each year the funding is pooled and
distributed to the colleges based on the various reward metrics derived from the accumulation of points
awarded for student achievement. This request supports accountability and student success.
The SAI is a performance incentive funding system for community and technical colleges. Washington’s
Community and Technical College system is widely considered a national leader in performance funding. Its
purposes are to improve public accountability by more accurately describing how students advance in our
colleges each year, and to provide incentives through financial rewards to colleges for improving student
outcomes. The community and technical colleges accumulate points as students achieve any of 10 significant
education milestones. Our system serves a diverse education mission, the achievement points measure the
achievement of all students in the community and technical college system. Points are earned when students:
attain basic education levels (e.g., high school equivalency); achieve college readiness in math or English;
complete 15 college credits; complete 30 college credits; complete college level math; complete 45 college
credits; complete a certificate, degree or apprenticeship, and; (while achieving the other points) enroll in
consecutive academic years.
The SAI award system distributes funding based on three different achievement point perspectives. The first
awarding method, 45% of the funding pool, provides a payment for total points accumulated (less completion
points) in the year (as a share of total system points). The second method, 10% of the pool, provides an award
for total completions (as a share of total system completions). The final award method, 45% of the pool,
provides an award for share of total points generated per 100 students.
Ongoing vs. One-Time Costs:
These costs are all ongoing.
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Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
2014 Supplemental Operating Budget Policy Level Request
High Demand Enrollment
Brief Description:
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) requests $5 million to expand enrollment in
high demand programs by 500 FTE.
Requested Funding by Fiscal Year
FY 2014
FY 2015
Total
$0
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
Support for Request:
As the state continues to recover from the economic crisis started in the last decade, the community and
technical college system continues to provide an essential tool to Washington residents looking for
opportunities to improve their lives. The community and technical colleges provided over 300,000 students
access to education in 2013. The average age of our students was approximately 26 years old. Further, of our
students, approximately 44 percent work and 31 percent are raising a family. The community and technical
colleges have developed a broad catalog of educational programs designed to move Washington residents
further, faster toward their education goals and their professional aspirations. The system is dedicated to
finding innovative ways to help students enter into and complete their higher education pathway.
In 2013, over 33,000 students completed a degree or received a certificate from community and technical
colleges (as measured by the Student Achievement Initiative). This represents a 46 percent increase over the
Initiative’s baseline year of 2007. While these accomplishments are deserving of attention, the gap between
current annual completions and the output required to meet projected state-wide employment needs is
daunting. It is estimated that each year between 2016 and 2021, the state of Washington will need between
54,000 and 63,000 workers with sub-baccalaureate degree/certificate completions to meet employment
demands. To contribute our share toward the state completion projections, the SBCTC will need to reach
45,000 to 52,000 completions annually.
The degrees needed to satisfy increasingly high-tech manufacturing, communications, and health care
industries require specialized resources and instruction that continually evolve to keep pace with new trends.
To keep pace, programs need funding levels that move beyond the view of ‘stereotypical’ student in a
classroom with a blackboard and a professor. In addition it is essential to provide students academic support
services, which improve student outcomes, as an upfront investment in securing student success. The
importance of academic support services for students is underscored by changes in population demographics
our state experiencing.
Current demographic trends project the number of traditional, ‘coming of age’ college students (i.e., 15-19
years of age) to be relatively unchanged between now and 2030. Over the last twenty years this population
group grew by 45 percent. During the next twenty years, total anticipated growth is only eight percent. The
ability to generate the needed number of post-secondary educated workers is going to rely on providing
opportunities to ‘non-traditional’ college student populations. The population of 25 to 44 year olds is
anticipated to increase 13% by 2030 (with 35 to 44 year olds increasing by 18%). Students in these age ranges
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Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
2014 Supplemental Operating Budget Policy Level Request
High Demand Enrollment
have obstacles not experienced by younger students. Family and jobs create unique challenges for students
trying to improve their quality of life through education. As the average age of a CTC student demonstrates
(26 years old), the CTC system is already uniquely situated to provide flexible educational opportunities to
these ‘non-traditional’ students.
As a step toward satisfying the number of degree and certificate completions required to meet employment
demand, the SBCTC requests funding for an additional 500 enrollments (FTE). Funding per student is request at
a level of $10,000 annually and will be used for the delivery of instructional and student support services.
Ongoing vs. One-Time Costs:
These costs are all ongoing.
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Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
2014 Supplemental Operating Budget Policy Level Request
Faculty Increments
Brief Description:
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges requests $3.4 million for faculty increments. To stay
effective, full- and part-time faculty must continuously update their knowledge, skills and abilities to stay
current with the latest innovations and advance their professional development. For such efforts, a faculty
member earns a salary step increase typically called an “increment.” However, increments can be paid only if
authorized by the Legislature. This request represents the estimated funding needed to pay for increments
earned for SFY 2015.
Requested Funding by Fiscal Year
FY 2014
FY 2015
Total
$0
$3,400,000
$3,400,000
Support for Request:
A reasonable and predictable incentive system must be in place to encourage faculty to improve their
knowledge, skills and abilities in the rapidly evolving knowledge-based economy. The system has developed
and used a simple and equitable method to develop requests for increment appropriations.
The two-year college system recommends that the Legislature appropriate 0.8% of the faculty salary base plus
related benefits for the purpose of paying faculty increments. This level is based on the historical average of
annually earned increment obligations after use of turnover savings. When combined with turn-over savings
generated in the system, CTCs will have resources adequate to pay for the increments earned for SFY 2015. To
this end, it is important to retain the authority to use turn-over savings for faculty increments as currently
provided in the 2013-15 appropriations act (Section 601, subsection 4a).
“…the state board for community and technical colleges may use salary and benefit
savings from faculty turnover to provide salary increments and associated benefits for
faculty who qualify through professional development and training.”
Ongoing vs. One-Time Costs:
These costs are all ongoing.
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Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
2014 Supplemental Operating Budget Policy Level Request
1% Salary Increase for all SBCTC Employees
Brief Description:
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) requests $6.8 million to provide the 1% salary
increase to all community and technical college employees as was provided to classified employees in the
2013-15 Appropriations Act.
Requested Funding by Fiscal Year
FY 2014
FY 2015
Total
$0
$6,805,000
$6,805,000
Support for Request:
Under the enacted 2013-15 operating budget, some state employees may have an opportunity to receive a 1%
cost-of-living, salary increase. The FY 2015 1% COLA excludes CTC faculty and staff exempt from state merit
system rules. The COLA is contingent upon increases in state revenue projections for FY 2015, due to ‘economic
activity,’ when comparing the February 2014 revenue forecast to the September 2012 forecast. The threshold
for triggering the COLA is an increase of at least $200 million. The request is to expand eligibility for the FY
2015 Contingent 1% COLA to include all CTC faculty and staff.
Ongoing vs. One-Time Costs:
These costs are all ongoing.
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Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
2014 Supplemental Operating Budget Policy Level Request
Educational Support for Traditionally Under-represented STEM Students
Brief Description:
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) requests $410,000 to continue a pilot program
providing educational support for traditionally under-represented STEM students.
Requested Funding by Fiscal Year
FY 2014
FY 2015
Total
$0
$410,000
$410,000
Support for Request:
Through a National Science Foundation grant, the MESA Community College Program has provided students
with support allowing them to excel academically and transfer to universities as STEM majors since 2010. This
support is especially critical for students coming from low-performing high schools, in order to prepare them
for high demand STEM curriculum. In 2011-12, the six community colleges participating in the program
increased Associate in Science-Transfer degree awards by 31% over the previous year, nine percentage points
higher than the rest of the CTC system.
Upon conclusion of National Science Foundation grant funding in 2014, the SBCTC requests funding to
continue the pilot program providing educational support for traditionally under-represented STEM students.
Ongoing vs. One-Time Costs:
These costs are all ongoing.
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Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
2014 Supplemental Operating Budget Policy Level Request
Aerospace Enrollment
Brief Description:
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) requests $5 million to expand Aerospace
enrollments by 500 FTE, as recommended by the Aerospace Pipeline Committee.
Requested Funding by Fiscal Year
FY 2014
FY 2015
Total
$0
$5,000,000
$5,000,000
Support for Request:
The SBCTC requests $5 million to expand Aerospace enrollment by 500 FTE. Funding would increase capacity at
community and technical colleges (CTCs) and provided the high skilled workforce that business demands.
In 2012, the Legislature through SSHB 2156 created the Washington Aerospace & Advanced Materials
Manufacturing Pipeline Advisory Committee (also known as the Aerospace Pipeline Committee) in an effort to
better connect the state’s aerospace training programs with industry needs. The Aerospace Pipeline
Committee is charged with making recommendations to the State Board on what efforts must be taken to
continue to close the skills gap in the aerospace industry relative to training.
The Aerospace Pipeline Committee has recommended that the State Board for Community & Technical
Colleges pursue annual funding to grow the capacity of the CTC system to offer training relative to the
aerospace industry. The committee recognizes that the colleges have demonstrated the ability to respond to
industry need when resourced to do so. While the community & technical colleges have adapted to industry
need colleges do still experience programs with wait lists and are finding that the skills needed to work in
aerospace are valued by many industries. Students are finding work in a variety of fields coming out of
traditionally aerospace related programs. The committee’s intent is to ensure that the community & technical
colleges have the resources to build in additional capacity in aerospace programs where needed and to grow
programs that are emerging.
The definition of what constitutes “aerospace” is fairly broad with employers who fall clearly in the North
American Industry Classification System (NACIS) coding system as aerospace and others who align in a
periphery section of “aerospace related” firms. As a result the funding would be used for training programs to
support the broader definition of aerospace and aerospace related programs. The request reflects the unique
costs of offering programs that have unique technical needs to offer industry related training. The request
includes all aspects of the training; equipment, faculty, and development of curriculum.
While the aerospace industry has a reputation for being fairly cyclical in nature the outlook for the industry is
unprecedented in its expected production levels. Boeing has record orders for new airplanes and has stated
that they have a current back-log of orders that exceeds 4,000 planes. The aerospace suppliers in Washington
report that their work is becoming more diverse and they have expanded their work opportunities by working
with more than just Boeing. The funding received would provide a continued growth for the industry as a
whole and resource the community & technical colleges to be able to respond to the needs of industry partners
to grow the state’s economy.
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Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
2014 Supplemental Operating Budget Policy Level Request
Aerospace Enrollment
Ongoing vs. One-Time Costs:
These costs are all ongoing.
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Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
2014 Supplemental Operating Budget Policy Level Request
Air Washington
Brief Description:
The State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) requests $3 million to continue the Air
Washington program, as recommended by the Aerospace Pipeline Committee.
Requested Funding by Fiscal Year
FY 2014
FY 2015
Total
$0
$3,000,000
$3,000,000
Support for Request:
The Air Washington project is a consortium of eleven community and technical colleges that received a $20
million Department of Labor (DOL) 3-year grant to strengthen our aerospace industry through workforce
training. By Fall of 2014, Air Washington campuses will train more than 2,600 workers in advanced
manufacturing/composites, electronics/avionics, aircraft assembly, and aircraft maintenance. This Fall the DOL
grant funding will expire, as a result funding is requested to continue providing the highly skilled workforce
demanded by employers.
In 2012, the Legislature, through SSHB 2156 created the Washington Aerospace & Advanced Materials
Manufacturing Pipeline Advisory Committee (also known as the Aerospace Pipeline Committee) in an effort to
better connect the state’s aerospace training programs with industry needs. The Aerospace Pipeline
Committee is charged with making recommendations to the State Board on what efforts must be taken to
continue to close the skills gap in the aerospace industry relative to training.
The Aerospace Pipeline Committee has recommended that the State Board for Community & Technical
Colleges pursue annual funding for the programs established through the Air Washington project. The
committee is keenly aware of the difficulty of re-establishing programs in lean budget environments and have
put their recommendation behind maintaining the Air Washington programs in order to not lose the ground
gained in growing capacity for programs and graduates connected to their industry.
Ongoing vs. One-Time Costs:
These costs are all ongoing.
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