Connections 2013
Division of Florida Colleges Update
Julie Alexander
Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs
April 12, 2013
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2012 Legislation Implementation
2013 Proposed Legislation
Upcoming Activities
Good news for the Florida College
System
• Questions
2012 Legislation Implementation
• General Education Core Courses
• 30-Hour Advising
• Foreign Language
General Education Core Course Options
• Institution feedback under review
• Proposed legislation
– Maintain 36 hours
– Institution does not have to offer all core course
options
– Timeline
– Additional core courses
General Education Core Course Options
Initial Faculty Draft Recommendations
Mathematics
MAC
X105
Communications
ENC
X101
Social Science
Natural Science
Humanities
PSY
X012
BSC
X005
ARH
X000
STA
X023
SYG
X000
CHM
X020
HUM
X020
MGF
X106
WOH
X040
PHY
X020
LIT X100
MGF
X107
CPO
X001
ESC
X000
MUL
X010
ANT
X000
EVR
X001
PHI X010
Senate Bill 1720
The core courses maybe revised or the fivecourse cap within each subject area maybe
exceeded if approved by the State Board of
Education and the Board of Governors, as
recommended by the subject area faculty
committee and approved by the Articulation
Coordinating Committee, as necessary for a
subject area.
30-Hour Advising
• Beginning with the 2013-2014 academic year
• By the time the student accumulates 30
college credits
– The student must
• Identify a baccalaureate institution and program of
interest
– The college must
• Advise the student of the common prerequisites
Foreign Language
• Beginning with 2014-2015
• First-time-in-college Associate in Arts (AA)
degree seeking
• Demonstrate foreign language competency
– 2 sequential courses in high school
OR
– 2 sequential college credit courses
2013 Proposed Legislation
• High School Diploma Designations
• Dual Enrollment
• Developmental Education
Senate Bill 1076:
High School Diploma Designations
• Scholar Designation
– Meet Standard Diploma, plus
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Algebra II and statistics
Chemistry or physics
Foreign language
At least one credit in acceleration mechanism
• Merit Designation
– Meet Standard Diploma, plus
• One or more industry certifications
House Bill 5101:
Education Funding, Dual Enrollment
When dual enrollment is provided on the high school site by
postsecondary institution faculty, the school district shall reimburse
the costs associated with the proportion of salary and benefits and
other actual costs of the postsecondary institution to provide the
instruction. When dual enrollment is provided on the high school site
by school district faculty, the school district shall be responsible only
for the postsecondary institution's actual costs associated with offering
the program. A postsecondary institution may enter into an agreement
with the school district to authorize teachers who teach dual
enrollment courses at the high school site or the postsecondary
institution. A school district may not deny a student access to dual
enrollment unless the student is ineligible to participate in the
program subject to provisions specifically outlined in this section.
House Bill 7057 & Senate Bill 1720:
Developmental Education
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Both bills require major reforms
Many provisions are similar
Building on work already started
Senate Bill 1720 passed this week
House Bill 7057 has not yet passed
House and Senate will reconcile differences
Senate Bill 1720
House Bill 7057
Similarities
Meta-Majors, State Board by October 1, 2013
Meta-Majors, State Board by July 1, 2014
Supplemental Attributes such as GPA, etc. for
Supplemental Attributes for Placement, Local Using
Placement, State Board
Data Supported Student Attributes
Developmental Education Options Notification and Developmental Education Options Notification and
Counseling, Tutoring, Extended Time in Gateway,
Counseling, Tutoring, Extended Time in Gateway,
Free Online Courses
Free Online Courses
Differences
Definitions
Definitions
Developmental Education Co-Requisite, No
Developmental Education Strategies:
Tuition
Acceleration, Modularization,
Contextualization
Acceleration, Modularization,
Contextualization
Florida College System Institution Shall Implement
Policies for Direct Enrollment in College Credit
State Board Rules to Implement Developmental
Florida College System Institution Submit Plan to
Education, January 1, 2014
Chancellor for Approval, Implementation no later
than 2015-16
Course Repeat – Full Cost of Instruction Except
Extended Gateway Course
Report Developmental Education Annual Cost
Annual Accountability Report Submitted to
Accounting System
Governor
Facts
• 2010-11, 176,286 individuals enrolled in at least one
developmental course
– 171,269 developmental mathematics courses
– 70,933 developmental reading courses
– 71,967 developmental writing courses
• Students of all ages enroll in developmental education
– Recent high school graduates were least likely to need
developmental education (14% under 20 years of age)
– Nearly 4 out of 10 developmental students were 25 years of age
and over
– Nearly one-half of developmental students were between 20
and 24 years of age
• Recent high school graduates were the only age group to
show decreases in developmental education
Upcoming Activities
• Developmental Education Massive Open
Online Course (MOOC) Grant Opportunity
• Dual Enrollment Toolkit Grant Awarded to
College of Central Florida
• Financial Literacy Toolkit Grant Awarded to
Broward College
• Postsecondary Education Readiness Test
(PERT) Algebra I End-of-Course (EOC)
Concordance Score & Standard Setting
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Economic Impact
The total effect of the Florida College System on
the Florida economy, based on student
productivity gains, college operations, and
student spending, is $26.6 billion.
Questions