The Texas Association of Community Colleges has posted its summary of the
2013 Regular Session. It's a very useful document, and will be cited often in
subsequent TCCTA blog posts and Messenger articles on a variety of
subjects. The full report is available here in pdf
format.
Of particular interest to community college faculty members is the plan by lawmakers to implement a regimen of "outcomes-based" funding. Absent a seismic change in future Sessions, the new policy represents the paradigm of the future. So far the amount of revenue at stake is (eventually) ten percent of the instructional formula, which is based now completely on prior student enrollments and associated program costs.
For background, including a list of the enacted Success Points, please see this previous post.
One question asked frequently by teachers is how the Points will translate into dollars. The information provided below provides some tentative answers, taken verbatim from the TACC report. (The charts listed refer to the full document and can be located easily by scrolling to the cited page. SB 1 is the official appropriation bill for 2013.)
Two key items to keep in mind: (1) This is the beginning of a long process, which presumably will address the "what ifs" that spring up inevitably with so many prospective variables. (2) As usual, the Coordinating Board will occupy a prominent position regarding details and further input.
Here is the language from the TACC report:
Student Success Points
Of particular interest to community college faculty members is the plan by lawmakers to implement a regimen of "outcomes-based" funding. Absent a seismic change in future Sessions, the new policy represents the paradigm of the future. So far the amount of revenue at stake is (eventually) ten percent of the instructional formula, which is based now completely on prior student enrollments and associated program costs.
For background, including a list of the enacted Success Points, please see this previous post.
One question asked frequently by teachers is how the Points will translate into dollars. The information provided below provides some tentative answers, taken verbatim from the TACC report. (The charts listed refer to the full document and can be located easily by scrolling to the cited page. SB 1 is the official appropriation bill for 2013.)
Two key items to keep in mind: (1) This is the beginning of a long process, which presumably will address the "what ifs" that spring up inevitably with so many prospective variables. (2) As usual, the Coordinating Board will occupy a prominent position regarding details and further input.
Here is the language from the TACC report:
Student Success Points
- The Student Success appropriation for the 2014-15 biennium is $172 million; 10 percent of the instructional funds appropriated to community colleges (after first deducting the core amount).
- The distribution of the 2014-15 Student Success appropriation is based on the three year average (FY10-11-12) of student success points for each college district (detail by college in chart on page 7). The appropriation was determined by taking the total amount appropriated for student success points ($172 million) and dividing by the total number of student success points (929,188) to derive a dollar amount per point ($185). The funding for each college district was determined by multiplying the number of points for each institution by $185.
- The student success points model (see chart below) details the points college districts can earn based on a system that recognizes student achievement along a continuum from successful completion of college readiness courses to intermediate success measures (e.g., pass 1st college math course) to successful outcome metrics (e.g., degree awarded; transfer to university).
- The 2014-15 Student Success appropriation should be viewed as a starting point for incorporating performance funding into the community college instructional appropriation.
Rider #23 in SB 1 requires a new methodology for
student success points allocation in the 2016-17 biennium:
“The Public Community/Junior Colleges and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall jointly develop recommendations for an allocation system for student success points for the 2016‐17 biennium.
The allocation system should allocate funds to college districts for improvement in student achievement.
The allocation system shall be developed in a manner that compares the performance of the college district to itself using the allocation for student success points in the 2014‐15 biennium as the baseline for comparison.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall report these recommendations to the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor no later than August 1, 2014."
“The Public Community/Junior Colleges and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall jointly develop recommendations for an allocation system for student success points for the 2016‐17 biennium.
The allocation system should allocate funds to college districts for improvement in student achievement.
The allocation system shall be developed in a manner that compares the performance of the college district to itself using the allocation for student success points in the 2014‐15 biennium as the baseline for comparison.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall report these recommendations to the Legislative Budget Board and the Governor no later than August 1, 2014."
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