Texas Council of College Instructional Leaders

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Perspectives from TACC

• Texas Council of College Instructional Leaders
• October 3, 2007

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Importance of Instructional Leadership

• Quality Programs
• Academic Agendas at Home

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Strategic Relationships

• TACC Master Plan
• Stronger Ties with Trustees
• Stronger Ties with Professional Associations

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Relationships with Universities

• Forging the way-Texas Tech,
• Sam Houston State Univ. of Houston.
• UT/AM Initiative

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Student Success

• P-16 Initiatives
• Achieving the Dream
• Early College Initiatives

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Texas Community Colleges

• Everybody Loves Us
• Until Its Time to Fund Us

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Funding History
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80th Legislature

• Session Progression
• Optimistic StartBudget Surplus
• Coordinating Board Formula Recommendation
• TACC ProposalNew Compact

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New Compact

• Base Funding
• Base Formula Funding
• Employee Benefits
• Contingency Funding for Enrollment Growth
• Incentive Funding
• Innovation
• Outcomes
• Affordability
• Student Financial Aid

TACC
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80th Legislature Not the Usual Process

• Strong Start
• Restoration of Health Benefits
• Proportionality Set Aside

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80th LegislatureConfusing and Mysterious

• Initial Recommendations No wiggle room
• Closed Door Meetings
• 90 Threshold for ERS benefits

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Summary of Community College Appropriations

• Close of Session
• Total General Revenue increase of 129 M
• (6.7 increase over the previous biennium)

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Other Appropriations

• Financial Aid
• Nursing Growth
• Enrollment Growth
• Skills Development Fund
• Higher Education Performance Incentives

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Other Community College Legislation

• HB 2198 (Flores)
• Removes the pilot status from the three existing
  colleges that offer the BAT degree.
• (Brazosport, Midland, and South Texas)
• Provides for the Coordinating Board to create
  rules to allow other institutions to offer the
  baccalaureate degree.

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Summary of Community College Appropriations
(cont.)

• After Governors Veto
• Total General Revenue decrease of 28.2 M
• (1.5 decrease over the previous biennium)

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Veto Impact

• Health Insurance Benefits for 2008-2009
• 154 M
• 49 colleges

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Veto Impact (cont.)

• New Campuses
• 3.2 M
• 5 Colleges
• Alamo, Austin, Houston, Paris, Temple

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How We Spent Our Summer Vacation

• Public Media Campaign
• Legislative Advocacy
• Hearings

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Senate Hearing Benefits Veto

• Senator Zaffarini
• August 14
• Invited and Public Testimony

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House Hearing - Funding

• Representative Branch
• September 6
• Invited Testimony

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Solutions

• Interim Band Aid
• Going Forward

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• Story last updated at 221 a.m. Sunday, September
  30, 2007
• Capitol whispers have college funds restored this
  week
• AUSTIN - There is no official word from Austin,
  but the buzz at the Texas Capitol is

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The Good and the Bad

• Strength of Our System
• Public Support
• Emotionally and Physically Tiring

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Texas Community Colleges

• Everybody Loves Us
• Now Its Time to Fund Us

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Thank You

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