Social, Political, and Legislation Trends Affecting PVCC

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Social, Political, and Legislation Trends
Affecting PVCC

• Jon Storslee, CIS Faculty
• jon.storslee_at_pvmail.maricopa.edu
• Paul Dale, Vice President, Learning Support
  Services
• paul.dale_at_pvmail.maricopa.edu
• Shirley Green, Dean of Students
• shirley.green_at_pvmail.maricopa.edu

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Maricopa Demographics
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Maricopa County Birth Rates, (Ages 15-44) 2000,
Per 1000
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Maricopa County K-12 Student Enrollment 1999-2000
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Arizona Population 2000-2040
Millions
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What does this mean to Maricopa?

• The county gained 700,000 new residents since the
  2000 Census
• Reasons for growth include weather, job
  opportunities, and cheaper housing
• Phoenix moved into fifth place ahead of
  Philadelphia as one of the nations most populous
  cities

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What does this mean (contd)

• Colleges in the areas with the largest growth
  need to keep up with educational demands of new
  residents
• East Valley (Queen Creek, Gilbert, Chandler)
• West Valley (Avondale, Buckeye, Goodyear, El
  Mirage)

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Political OverviewUh Oh!

• State Budget Deficit
• MCCCD in the News
• State Government Leadership

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Education Legislation
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House Passes H.R. 3043

• House passed its Labor, Health and Human
  Services, and Education spending bill (HR3043)
• Significant funding for student financial
  assistance programs
• Raises Pell Grant maximum by 390 to 4,700
• Increases funding for TRIO and GEAR UP programs
• No Child Left Behind, adult education,
  international education, Hispanic Serving
  Institutions, and Historically Black colleges and
  universities also received increased funding
• What does this mean to Maricopa?
• Will increases in Pell Grant awards be
  sufficient?
• How does legislation (i.e., No Child Left Behind)
  impact financial aid opportunities for Maricopa
  students?

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Americas Partnership for Nursing Education Act
of 2007

• Bill would increase the number of nursing
  instructors at US colleges and universities
• Would provide at least 2 million per year to
  increase nursing instruction
• What does this mean to Maricopa?
• The bill would use state and federal funds to
  help staff nursing school faculties.

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Advanced Technological Education (ATE) Program

• Legislation passed would fund the ATE program at
  the Bush Administrations requested level of
  51.62 million
• What does this mean to Maricopa?
• How will the increased funding impact services
  for these programs?

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Accreditation and Transfer Rules

• Education Secretary Margaret Spellings is
  drafting rules which focus on accreditations and
  transfer
• Legislators want the Secretary to refrain from
  developing new regulations until the Higher
  Education Act is reauthorized
• Secretary Spellings counters that the process
  does not create new rules nor circumvent the
  legislative process
• What does this mean to Maricopa?
• How could the proposed recommendations related to
  transfer to four-year institutions and
  accreditation impact Maricopa?

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MCCCDs ACE Program

• Provision in an energy bill would provide 1
  million to MCCCDs ACE program
• A Representative opposes the earmark arguing that
  the funding proposal is attached to a bill that
  has nothing to do with education funding
• What does this mean to Maricopa?
• There may be more scrutiny of the ACE programs
  effectiveness

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State Oversight of Community Colleges

• 2007 Legislature debated whether to bring back a
  state agency to oversee Arizonas community
  college districts (abolished 5 years ago)
• What does this mean to Maricopa?
• It is unknown how an appointed state board may
  balance the interests of large urban districts
  vs. small rural districts

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Maricopa Government Bill Summary

• Budget The JLBC and OSPB budgets recommended
  full funding for community colleges
• Dual enrollment The bill passed with reporting
  changes, IGA template modifications, and
  modifications to admittance options
• Firearms bill HB2457 provides that this state, a
  county, a city or town, or any other political
  subdivision of this state cannot prohibit an AZ
  POST certified peace officer from carrying a
  firearm

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Immigration
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Proposition 300

• Nearly 5,000 people in Arizona have been denied
  in-state college tuition, financial aid, and
  adult education classes
• What does this mean to Maricopa?
• Some believe this proposition may negatively
  impact MCCCDs enrollment, FTSE, and specific
  programs
• What resources are needed to implement and
  maintain systems to comply with this legislation?

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English Is Official Language

• A largely symbolic measure emphasizing the
  importance of learning English and conducting
  state business in that language
• What does this mean to Maricopa?
• ESL programs may experience increased enrollment
  as more people find it necessary to learn English

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Immigration/Employer Sanctions

• This bill (signed by the Governor) now affects
  Maricopa only as an employer in this state by
  requiring the use of the Basic Pilot Program

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Climate
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Maricopa Scrutiny Continues

• Editorial depictions of the scrutiny Maricopa is
  under politically, publicly, socially, and
  legislatively continue
• Biased reporting showcasing faults of community
  colleges while distancing faults of university
  system

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Summary

• Some populations adversely impacted by state
  legislationimpacts PVCC enrollment growth
• Opportunities with federal legislation
• State funding a concern
• Do more with less
• Higher levels of accountability and scrutiny