Pathways to College & Careers
for
Washington’s Emerging Workforce
Accelerated Pathways, Increased Opportunities
WIOA Transition
CBS Spring 2016
Will Durden, Policy Associate: I-BEST
Jon M. Kerr, Director
Basic Education for Adults
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges
General Updates
Spring 2016
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APPROVED SEPT 2015
WACTC ALLOCATION MODEL RECOMMENDATIONS
STATE FUNDS
• Determines College/District Base Enrollment Allocations
(enrollment targets adjusted annually based on the comparison of the 3-year average
of actual enrollments to the 3-year average target)
• Determines Minimum Operating Allocation (MOA) $2.85
Million/Campus/District
• Allocates 5% Performance Share for SAI
• Weights Priority Enrollments (30%)
 All BEdA enrollments
 All applied baccalaureate programs
 STEM courses designed for STEM majors or transfers
 Workforce high demand courses identified as contributing to
degrees needed to meet skills gaps identified in the Joint Study
on A Skilled and Educated Workforce
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ALLOCATION MODEL REMINDER
• College Providers: The Enrollment Enhancement Earmarked dollars
received each fall will no longer allocated to college providers. The idea
is that the 1.3 weighting in the allocation formula is more significant
than the small amount of tuition backfill.
 Both the weighting and elimination of the basic skills enhancement
earmark are to happen beginning July 1, 2016.
• CBO Providers: As CBOs do not receive SBCTC state allocations beyond
the enhancement funds, They will continue to receive their earmarked
funds in the fall.
 These funds will be renamed “State Match - Federal Basic Education
Grant.”
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FALL 2015
ENROLLMENT SUMMARY
In fall 2015, colleges enrolled 123,362 state-supported FTES, down 1
percent from fall 2014.
• This marks the fifth straight year that state-supported
enrollments have declined.
• In the prior four years, the decline in enrollment appears to have
been primarily driven by the improving economy with larger
declines among older students and students in workforce classes.
• This year marks the first year in which the larger declines were
among younger students and students in pre-college classes.
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ENROLLMENTS WERE UP FOR:
• Basic Education: 17,655 FTES, up 2%
• I-BEST: 2,392 FTES, up 11%
• International-Contract: 6,446 FTES, up 3%
• Running Start: 18,828 FTES, up 12%
• Worker Retraining: 5,951 FTES, up 5%
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ENROLLMENTS WERE DOWN FOR:
• International-All Funds: 12,858 FTES, down 4%
• Workfirst: 2,381 FTES, down 17%
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I-DEA DATA
Data Point*
Students Enrolled
2013-2014
2014-2015
408
749
Significant Gains
211 (59.7%) 466
Earned (CASAS)
(62.2%)
Total SAI Points Earned 862
1,366
Average SAI Points
Earned Per Student
Federal Level Gains
Total
1,157
677
(57.5%)
2,228
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1.8
1.9
256 (49%)
382 (51%) 638 (54%)
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* SBCTC Report Manager Enrollment Monitoring, 01/07/2016
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HS21+ DATA
Data Point*
Students Enrolled
Diplomas Awarded
2013-2014
521
168
2014-2015 2015-2016* Total*
1,935
1,567
4,023
698
448
1,314
Significant Gains
Earned (CASAS)
Total SAI Points
Earned
Average SAI Points
Earned Per Student
Federal Level Gains
391
1,207
730
2,328
1,467
4,128
2,008
7,683
2.8
2.2
N/A
2.5
208
606
384
814
* Data Through Fall Quarter 2016
*SBCTC Report Manager Enrollment Monitoring, 3/30/2016
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GED PASS RATES
AS OF MARCH 8, 2016
• Washington State Pass Rate: 90%
• National Pass Rate: 76%
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I-BEST
Data Point*
Students Enrolled
FTE
Degrees & Certificates
Significant Gains
Earned (CASAS Test)
Total Performance
(SAI) Points Earned
Performance Points
Earned Per Student
Federal Level Gains
* SBCTC Report Manager Enrollment Monitoring, 01/07/2016
2012-2013
3,629
1,749
1,836
1,525
2013-2014
3,873
2,034
2,114
1,682
2014-2015
3,940
2,177
1,744
1,619
Total
11,442
5,960
5,694
4,826
16,202
17,083
17,400
50,685
4.5
4.4
4.4
4.4
934
980
958
2,872
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ABILITY TO BENEFIT
UPDATE
All Washington I-BEST pathways are eligible under
Ability to Benefit as long as students do not have a
high school diploma or GED and the pathway meets
federal requirements. Students in Academic I-BEST
must have the goal of an AA degree.
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DECEMBER 2015 SPENDING AGREEMENT AFFECTS
ABILITY-TO-BENEFIT DETERMINATIONS
BY JOAN BERKES, POLICY AND FEDERAL RELATIONS STAFF
Old: Concurrently enrolls participants in connected adult education and eligible
postsecondary programs.
New: Includes, as appropriate, education offered concurrently with and in the same context
as workforce preparation activities and training for a specific occupation or
occupational cluster.
Old: Provides counseling and supportive services to identify and attain academic and career
goals.
New: Includes counseling to support an individual in achieving the individual’s education and
career goals.
Old: Provides structured course sequences that are articulated and contextualized, and that
allow students to advance to higher levels of education and employment.
New: Enables an individual to attain a secondary school diploma or its recognized equivalent,
and at least one recognized postsecondary credential; and helps an individual enter or
advance within a specific occupation or occupational cluster.
Publication Date: 1/28/2016
https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/7399/December_Spending_Agreement_Affects_Ability-to-Benefit_Determinations
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DECEMBER 2015 SPENDING AGREEMENT AFFECTS
ABILITY-TO-BENEFIT DETERMINATIONS
(CONTINUED)
Old: Provides opportunities for acceleration to attain recognized postsecondary
credentials, including degrees, industry relevant certifications, and certificates of
completion of apprenticeship programs.
New: Organizes education, training, and other services to meet the particular needs of
an individual in a manner that accelerates the educational and career
advancement of the individual to the extent practicable; and prepares an individual to be
successful in any of a full range of secondary or postsecondary education options, including
apprenticeships registered under the Act of August 16, 1937.
Old: Is aligned with the education and skill needs of the regional economy.
New: Aligns with the skill needs of industries in the economy of the state or regional economy involved.
Old: Is organized to meet the needs of adults; and has been developed and implemented in collaboration
with partners in business, workforce development, and economic development. Guidance from ED is
needed to determine whether Pell Grant amounts for students who are Title IV-eligible through the
career pathways alternative will change for 2015-16, or not until 2016-17. Likewise, ED guidance is
needed to know the impact, if any, of the new definition of career pathways program for 2015-16.
Publication Date: 1/28/2016
https://www.nasfaa.org/news-item/7399/December_Spending_Agreement_Affects_Ability-to-Benefit_Determinations
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WORK WITH DOE & CONCERNED
CONGRESSIONAL REPRESENTATIVES
• Technical Approval Request (PAR)
• Professional Technical I-BEST and I-BEST Expansion
Guidelines
• BAS Program Proposal Form
• BAS Degree Rubric
• Academic Transfer Research on Wages and State Need
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March On The Hill
Updates 2016
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LEGISLATIVE UPDATE
•
HB 2329 & SB 6161
Basic Education for Adults: Adds Basic Education for Adults
students to the Washington Caseload Forecast-
•
HB 2619 & SB 6260
Corrections Education: Allows CTCs to offer AA & BA degrees in
prisons
•
HB 2743
High School Diplomas: Allows high school equivalency certificates
(GEDs) to be issued as a Washington State HSD
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Washington’s
Community and Technical
Colleges
Guided Pathways Initiatives*
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• SBCTC offered a system-wide guided pathways 101 workshop January 19 & 20, 2016
• Guided Pathway Strand at Rendezvous
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GUIDED PATHWAYS
The guided pathways approach presents courses in the context
of highly structured, educationally coherent program maps.
• The idea behind guided pathways is straightforward.
College students are more likely to complete a degree in a
timely fashion if they choose a program and develop an
academic plan early on, have a clear road map of the
courses they need to take to complete a credential, and
receive guidance and support to help them stay on plan.
http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/media/k2/attachments/What-WeKnow-Guided-Pathways.pdf
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WASHINGTON'S CTCS
TWO PATHWAY INITIATIVES
• College Spark: Guided Pathways
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation: Student
Success Centers
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Developing Guided Pathways
• Clear roadmaps to student goals (Meta-majors)
• Intake redesigned as an on-ramp
• Students’ progress closely tracked
• Learning outcomes/assessments aligned across
programs
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META-MAJORS
• Meta-majors are groups of academic
programs with common or related subject
matter that students are advised about when
they begin college.
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WIOA
Updates
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Adult Education (Title II) Defined
The term ‘adult education’ means academic instruction and
education services below the postsecondary level that increase
an individual’s ability to—
(A) read, write, and speak English and perform mathematics or
other activities necessary for the attainment of a secondary school
diploma or its recognized equivalent;
(B) transition to postsecondary education and training;
(C) obtain employment.*
*WIOA, SEC. 203 Definitions (1)(A)(B)(C)
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EL CIVICS AS WE KNEW IT!
The WIOA Section 231(b) funds are the
Master Grant funds and can be used for any
ELA (ESL) activities including what we knew
as EL Civics in the past.
(IEL/Civics funds cannot be used for old EL Civics Activities.)
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INTEGRATED ENGLISH LITERACY & CIVICS
(IEL/CIVICS)
All providers will need to ensure IEL/Civics funds are used only for the
activities described in WIOA Section 203(11).
• IEL/Civics funds are WIOA Section 243 funds and can only be used in
combination with Integrated Education and Training as defined in WIOA Section
203(11):
“‘Integrated Education and Training’.—The term integrated education and
training means a service approach that provides adult education and
training concurrently and contextually with workforce preparation activities
and workforce training for a specific occupation or occupational cluster for
the purpose of educational and career advancement.”
• This goes into effect July 1, 2016.
Some providers may choose to not continue their IEL/Civics (past EL Civics) grant
and only request funding under their Master Grant in their extension application.
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IEL/CIVICS PROGRAMMING
Programming that would qualify for IEL/Civics Funding would
only include:
 IEL/Civics specific navigators
 All I-BEST programs
 I-BEST at Work On-ramps (CBOs may want to consider
this.)
 On-ramps where all instruction is contextualized and
delivered concurrently with training in a specific
occupation or occupational cluster.
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THE GUIDED PATHWAY
FUNDED
On-Ramps to I-BEST
($25/quarter)
-HS 21+
I-BEST Quarter 1
-I-BEST at Work
(Opportunity Grant &
State Need Grant)
-I-DEA
-Tuition
-College
Readiness/Employability Skills
-Books
-Fees/Supplies
I-BEST to 2 Year
Degree
(Ability to Benefit &
State Need Grant)
-High School
Diploma
Baccalaureate
Degrees
(Ability to Benefit &
State Need Grant)
-Career Specific
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Timeframes & Submission: WIOA Local Plan Documents
•
January 5, 2016 – May 2, 2016: Plan development (including CBS, Workforce Board,
and ESD technical assistance).
•
May 2, 2016 – May 31, 2016: Public comment on local plans.
•
May 2, 2016: Draft local plan due to Workforce Board and ESD.
•
May 23, 2016: State comments on draft local plans transmitted to LWDBs following
review.
•
June 10, 2016: Final, signed local plans due to the Workforce Board and ESD.
•
June 22, 2016: Workforce Board takes action on local plans at special meeting.
•
June 30, 2016: Local plans approved by the Governor.
•
June 30, 2016: Local Chief Elected Officials and LWDBs notified by Workforce Board
of Governor approval of their local plans.
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SIGNIFICANT WIOA DATES
UPDATED
2015-2016 -Transition Year
o Implement all changes outlined in our transition plan
(exceptions: funding for One-stops, EL Civics changes, and common performance measures)
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Run new extension
2016-2017 – Full Implementation July 1, 2016
o RFA/extension awardees begin full implementation of WIOA
(exception: funding & MOUs for One-stops)
o Joint funding for One-stops begins
o IEL/Civics changes are implemented
o Common performance measures kick in
o Run new BEdA Grant Competition
2017-2018 Full Implementation July 1, 2017
o New Grant Awardees begin full implementation
o One-stop shared funding and MOUs kick in
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CBS – WDC
Action Items
Update
QUESTIONS?
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Contacts
"Better Jobs. Better Futures. A Stronger Washington."
Jon M. Kerr, Director
Basic Education for Adults
V (360) 704-4326
E jkerr@sbctc.edu
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Washington State Board for Community & Technical Colleges
1300 Quince St SE | PO Box 42495 | Olympia, Washington 98504
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