HACU Western Regional Office California Focus Groups

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HACU Western Regional OfficeCalifornia Focus
Groups
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Federal Legislation

• Title V Request for 2007
• Additional Appropriations Request for 2007
• Other Legislation Impacting Hispanic
• Students

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HACU Title V Request for 2007

• Title V Appropriations for Undergraduate Support
  for HSIs - 175M
• First Time Legislation and Funding for Graduate
  Education Under Title V - 20M
• Remove 50 Low-Income Requirement from HSI
  Definition and Eliminate Two-Year Wait Out

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HACU Appropriations Request for 2007

• USDA Request 20M for HSIs under Title VII of
  the Farm Bill, 25M under Title X
• DOD - 15M for RD, testing and evaluation
  infrastructure, 5M for faculty development
• US Dept. of Energy - 10M for the Western
  Hemisphere Energy Cooperation

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HACU Appropriations Request for 2007

• HUD - 12M for HUD HSI Assisting Communities
  Program 5M to reinstate HUD HSI Work-Study
  Program
• DHHS - 20M for HSIs for the National Institutes
  of Health

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HACU Appropriations Request for 2007

• NASA - 10M to elevate Proyecto Access to a
  nationwide program.
• NSF - 20M for HSIs for research, curriculum, and
  infrastructure development

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Other Legislation

• DREAM Act
• S 2075 DREAM Act (Sen. Durbin, IL)
• McCain-Kennedy Bill
• S1033  The Secure America and Orderly Immigration
  Act

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Other Legislation

• SMART Grants (Senator Frist)
• Will provide Pell Grant eligible students
• 4,000 grants per year for maintaining a 3.0 GPA
  and majoring in math, science, engineering,
  technology or foreign languages critical to
  national security during their third and fourth
  years of college.

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State Legislation

• Gubernatorial Budget Proposal
• Overall Positive Budget for Higher Education
• Other Legislation Impacting Hispanic Students

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Proposed CA Community Colleges Budget

• The Positives
• 148.8M for 3 enrollment growth
• 264.4M for 5.18 COLA
• 50M for Economic Development and Career
  Technical Education

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Proposed CA Community Colleges Budget

• The Positives
• 500,000 for the California Partnership for
  Achieving Students Success
• 130M for equalization
• 491.7M from state bond funds for capital outlay
  projects

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Proposed CSU Budget

• The Positives
• 54.4M to buy out scheduled fee increases
• 75.7M for 3 increase in basic budget support
• 57.7M for 2.5 enrollment growth
• 1.1M for Science and Math Teacher Initiative
• 234M for capital outlays projects

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Proposed UC Budget

• The Positives
• 75M for buy out of scheduled fee increases
• 52M for 2.5 enrollment growth
• 80.5M for 3 basic budget increase
• 375,000 for Science and Math Teacher Initiative
• 340M for capital outlay projects

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Proposed State Budget The Negatives

• CSU would suffer 7M loss for Student Academic
  Preparation and Student Support Services Programs
• UC would suffer 17.3M loss for Student Academic
  Preparation and Education Programs

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Infrastructure BondSB 1164

• 2006 - 5.4B Bond
• 1.93B UC, 1.73B each for CSU/CCC
• 2010 - 2.6B Bond
• 1B UC, 800M each for CSU/CCC
• 2012 - 3.7B Bond
• 1.23B each for UC/CSU/CCC
• Senate Higher Education Committees
  recommendation is
• 45 CCC/30 CSU/25 UC

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The California DREAM Act (SB 160)

• Senate Bill SB 160 by Senator Cedillo would allow
  AB 540 students to apply for, and participate in,
  state financial assistance to the extent the
  federal law permits

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College Opportunity Act of 2006 (SB 1709)

• Direct the Governor to convene a State of
  College Opportunity meeting every two years
  through 2015
• Family notification of college opportunities
• Improve K-12 and community college coordination

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College Opportunity Act of 2006 (SB 1709)

• Require a 10-year enrollment plan for the entire
  education system
• Decrease costs per graduate by 10 by focusing on
  increasing completion rates
• Call on the state to develop a decade-long
  financing plan for California higher education

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Financial Aid

• AB 1315 Liu
• Cal Grant Award would equal 20 of access costs
• AB 2813 De La Torre
• Cal Grant B Initial Year Awards
• Increase Age Limitation
• Increase number of competitive grants
• AB 358 Liu
• Cal Grants for students attending independent
  schools

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• Member Survey Results
• and Discussion

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Member Survey Results and Discussion

• Academic Preparation
• K-12 English Math/AP/A-G Requirements
• Academic Preparation in Colleges/Universities
• Vocational Education
• Teacher Preparation

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Member Survey Results and Discussion

• Articulation
• Perceptions among the 3 public segments on how
  well articulation is working
• Ideas on areas for improvement in the transfer
  system

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Member Survey Results and Discussion

• Public Awareness Campaign
• Message
• Partners

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Contact Information

• Western Regional Office
• 915 L Street, Suite 1425
• Sacramento, CA 95814
• Phone [phone]
• Fax [phone]